San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are an NFL team in the San Francisco Bay Area that competes in the NFC West division. The team started in the All-America Football Conference and moved to the NFL in 1949 when the leagues merged. The 49ers nickname comes from the prospectors who flocked to California in the 1849 Gold Rush.
Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, and Steve Young are among the notable former players enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The 49ers are one of the most decorated franchises in the NFL as they have multiple Super Bowl wins. The division rival Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, and Arizona Cardinals are fierce rivals, as are the Dallas Cowboys.
First season: 1946
Head coach: Kyle Shanahan
Stadium: Levi's Stadium
Number of Super Bowl titles: 5
Colors: Red and gold
Mascot: Sourdough Sam
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The San Francisco 49ers and NFL star running back Christian McCaffrey, the reigning Offensive Player of the Year, have agreed to a two-year, $38 million contract extension, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported on Tuesday. The deal was negotiated by WME Football. San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey is guaranteed his 2024 and 2025 salaries McCaffrey, […]
The San Francisco 49ers have signed veteran tight end Logan Thomas to a one-year contract. Thomas, who turns 33 on July 1, gives the Niners a veteran tight end option behind George Kittle after losing Charlie Woerner and Ross Dwelley to the Atlanta Falcons in NFL free agency. San Francisco 49ers tight end Logan Thomas […]
The San Francisco 49ers have signed restricted free agent wide receiver Jauan Jennings to a two-year contract that will keep him in the Bay Area through the 2025 season. Jennings, who has emerged as the team's reliable third receiver option over the past three seasons, did not sign his restricted free agent tender. Wide receiver […]
Super Bowl LVIII is less one week away! As the Chiefs and 49ers descend upon Las Vegas for the NFL Championship, CBS is taking things to the next level with its record 22nd television broadcast. The Paramount-owned company will break ground with some new technologies while rolling out an insane number of cameras all across […]
Brock Purdy is perhaps the most polarizing quarterback of the modern era of the NFL. The former ‘Mr. Irrelevant' was thrust into the starting job for a legitimate Super Bowl contender and has won 21 games with just five losses in the QB1 role. His lone playoff loss may not even count because he was […]
George Kittle and the 49ers are headed back to the Super Bowl after beating the Lions in the NFC Championship on Sunday. Detroit blew a 17-point lead in about 12 minutes and San Francisco got on a roll that ultimately became insurmountable. Although Kittle had just two catches for 27 yards in the win, the […]
Brock Purdy was never supposed to be the starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. The QB1 job kind of just fell into his lap. Jimmy Garoppolo got injured. Trey Lance was terrible. Now, just barely more than one year later, Purdy — who was picked dead last in the 2022 NFL Draft — is […]
As the NFL season nears its conclusion, the San Francisco 49ers are the clear-cut favorites to win the Super Bowl after the first 14 weeks of the season. Although their defense has been awesome and deserves its flowers, it is the offense that continues to shine. Brock Purdy and Christian McCaffrey are a dominant one-two […]
Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers look to go to 5-0 when they face the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night.
San Francisco 49ers legendary quarterback Joe Montana has an interesting take on who's the best quarterback in NFL history.
