49ers Hold Off Patriots, Clinch Playoff Berth
ESPN
Wednseday, December 18Week, 2012 edition of the Golden Nuggets, a daily compilation of 49ers links from around the web. We break down Week 16 NFL power rankings and consider the viability of the 49ers as the top team in the NFL. 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh is emerging as a winner for having chosen Colin Kaepernick [...]
Read More49ers Hold Off Patriots, Clinch Playoff Berth
ESPN
The 49ers are assured of a playoff berth for the second time in as many seasons under coach Jim Harbaugh. They can clinch their second straight NFC West title with a win or tie Sunday night in Seattle or on Dec. 30 against To hear Jim Harbaugh tell it, the back of the airplane was [...]
Read More49ers warming to big-game season
San Francisc
“There's never a time with the team you see the evidence that it's getting to them or they're pointing fingers at one another,” the 49ers coach said. “That's not easy to do.” To Harbaugh, the character in the face of adversity spoke volumes about his It's impossible to know how the game would have gone [...]
Read More49ers, Rams play to NFL's first tie in four years
USA TODAY
Both the 49ers and Bears are on QB Concussion Watch. Alex Smith left the second quarter of Sunday's game with his first (documented) concussion since last season's home opener. Jay Cutler also sustained a concussion to get knocked out of the Bears' The last time there was a tie in the NFL, Donovan McNabb made [...]
Read MoreHarbaugh happy with 49ers' offensive approach
Kitsap Sun
On the next play Joe Staley was flagged for a false start, and then the 49ers faced third and 12. Roman called another Y-Stick play – this time from a spread shotgun formation. Davis lined up as a receiver in the slot right next SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The San Francisco 49ers went back to [...]
Read MoreDid Jim Harbaugh's no-safety decision for 49ers cost gamblers $75 million?
CBSSports.co
Thanks to the scheduling folks, the San Francisco 49ers are in a stretch of the season where they have one game over the course of approximately three weeks. They are off this Sunday, don't play in Week 8 until Monday Night Football, and then have A 37-yard Frank Gore run had set the 49ers up [...]
Read More49ers get it done old-fashioned way against Seahawks but committed to …
Washington P
It wasn't a “pretty game” or a “stats game” as Alex Smith put it. The 49ers quarterback knew it was going to be “a do whatever it takes” kind of game and that's exactly what happened. Thursday night's 49ers win over the Seattle SANTA CLARA – Here's what Jim Harbaugh said Friday about the 49ers' [...]
Read More49ers get it done old-fashioned way against Seahawks but committed to …
Washington P
It wasn't a “pretty game” or a “stats game” as Alex Smith put it. The 49ers quarterback knew it was going to be “a do whatever it takes” kind of game and that's exactly what happened. Thursday night's 49ers win over the Seattle From the blog Shutdown Corner: The San Francisco 49ers used sound second-half [...]
Read More49ers get it done old-fashioned way against Seahawks but committed to …
Washington P
The San Francisco 49ers used sound second-half adjustments on both sides of the ball and a steady dose of Frank Gore to erase a 6-3 halftime deficit to move to 5-2 on the season, momentarily taking control of the NFC West with a 13-6 win over the Vernon Davis, the most explosive player on the [...]
Read More49ers make just enough plays, hold off Seahawks
CBS News
Alex Smith threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Delanie Walker late in the third quarter and San Francisco held off the Seattle Seahawks 13-6 on Thursday night as the 49ers won their long-awaited division opener. SAN FRANCISCO — Special teams coordinator Brad Seely walked out of the 49ers' locker room "really proud" of his units' [...]
Read More