An overtime loss in the Super Bowl where leads in the final two minutes of the game and in overtime were both not enough to secure a victory? Add it to the ever-increasing list of abysmal 49ers losses in recent history.
That’s the hard part about San Francisco’s 25-22 OT loss to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII – it’s a strange type of sports agony. It is undoubtedly present, but it has also been lingering since this stretch of rough finishes began in the 2011 season, so there’s also a numbing sensation that comes with the 49ers losing their final game of the year in a fashion that looks like it was conceived by some combination of NFL Films and the guy who created the Saw franchise.
Some would call 49ers fans lucky. There are teams like the Jets who haven’t been to the playoffs very often and then lost new quarterback Aaron Rodgers on the first drive of the year. Those fans would kill to see their team make as many deep playoff runs as 49ers fans have experienced over the last decade and change.
49ers fans probably feel something that’s the antithesis of lucky. Unlucky, some might call it.
Since the 2011 season the 49ers have been to seven NFC championship games – that’s 54 percent of the NFC title games in that stretch. They’ve also been to three Super Bowls – that’s 23 percent of those.
Almost every team and fan base would love that kind of postseason resume. For the 49ers though, all it amounts to is heartbreak, and it never ends in normal fashion where they just lose by a couple scores. It’s always gut-wrenching. Here’s a rundown of how each 49ers playoff run has ended since 2011:
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Punt returner Kyle Williams fumbled two punts, including one in the fourth quarter that allowed the Giants to take a 17-14 lead, and then another in overtime that allowed the Giants to kick the game-winning field goal.
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The 49ers trailed in this one 28-6 after Ravens kick returner Jacoby Jones returned the second-half kickoff for a touchdown. Then San Francisco battled back and trailed 34-29 when running back Frank Gore took a carry 33 yards to the Baltimore 7. A 2-yard LaMichael James carry put the 49ers five yards from a Super Bowl victory. They’d never get closer than that as three throws to wide receiver Michael Crabtree fell incomplete.
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