49ERS COME ALIVE : SHORT FILM GOES LONG WAY IN WIN AGAINST STEELERS SAN FRANCISCO 25, PITTSBURGH 15.Byline: Rick Gosselin Dallas Morning News Bill Walsh showed a short film Saturday night to the San Francisco 49ers
It featured Carl Lewis, Pete Sampras Peter “Pete” Sampras (born 12 August 1971), is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. During his 15-year career he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles in 52 appearances. Sampras finished as No. and Ken Norton This article is about the hall of fame boxer. For Super Bowl Champion American football Linebacker, see Ken Norton, Jr.. Kenneth Howard Norton (b. August 9 1943, Jacksonville, Illinois) is a former world champion heavyweight boxer. Sr. Champions, one and all - Lewis in the Olympics, Sampras in Grand Slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. events, and Norton breaking Muhammad Ali's jaw. The 10-minute film pinpointed the concentration, focus and drive of those men to capture the ultimate victory. The 49ers, battered former champions that they are, needed such a reminder, then put that little history lesson to good use Sunday against the Steelers. San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden whipped Pittsburgh 25-15 to keep its hopes alive for yet another NFC NFC abbr. National Football Conference West title. ``This is an angry team,'' 49ers linebacker Ken Norton Jr. said. ``This team is fed up with a lot of stuff that has been said about us, a lot of stuff that's been written. I think that film helped remind us who we are.'' The 49ers found themselves in must-win situations three times this season and lost all three games. They needed to make a statement to their new rival, the Green Bay Packers, in October. They lost 23-20. They needed to make a statement to their old rival, the Dallas Cowboys Finally, the 49ers needed to make a statement to the upstart Carolina Panthers Many thought the division race could end Sunday, when Carolina hosted lowly Baltimore and San Francisco traveled across the country to play the defending AFC champions. Especially with the 49ers reeling from their loss of composure against the Panthers last week. The 49ers were penalized pe·nal·ize tr.v. pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing, pe·nal·iz·es 1. To subject to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or official regulation. See Synonyms at punish. 2. a season-high 14 times, including six personal fouls, and linebacker Gary Plummer Gary Plummer may refer to
``Forty-niner football is playing hard,'' Norton said. ``It's playing smart. It's avoiding stupid penalties and stupid mistakes. It's playing with emotion. Playing with class. Playing aggressive. It's execution. It's performing like a fine-tuned machine. ``There's a certain effort we have to give and a certain standard we have to uphold. That's the way we want to play. This is the way we know we can play.'' The 49ers shocked the Steelers, jumping out to a 16-0 lead before the game was six minutes old. That sent the Steelers down to their first and only home loss of the season. Pittsburgh has clinched the AFC Central and is battling New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. for the other first-round bye in the AFC. Both take 10-5 records into the season finale. It was easily San Francisco's most impressive victory of the season. In fact, it's the 49ers' only victory over a playoff team this year. More important, it came on the road. PLAYOFF POSSIBILITIES AFC WEST DENVER: Clinched division title and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. KANSAS CITY: Clinches playoff berth with a win at Buffalo or Jacksonville loss vs. Atlanta. AFC CENTRAL PITTSBURGH: Clinched division title. Clinches first-round bye with win at Carolina AND New England loss to N.Y. Giants Saturday. JACKSONVILLE: Clinches playoff berth with a win vs. Atlanta AND EITHER an Indianapolis loss at Cincinnati or two Buffalo losses or a Kansas City loss at Buffalo. AFC EAST NEW ENGLAND: Clinched a playoff berth. Clinches division title with a win at N.Y. Giants Saturday OR one Buffalo loss. Clinches first-round bye with a win OR one Buffalo loss and a Pittsburgh loss at Carolina. BUFFALO: Clinches division title with two wins AND a New England loss at N.Y. Giants Saturday. Clinches playoff berth with a win or tie at Miami Monday (Dec. 16) OR Jacksonville loss or tie vs. Atlanta. INDIANAPOLIS: Clinches playoff berth with a win at Cincinnati OR Jacksonville loss vs. Atlanta OR two Buffalo losses OR Kansas City loss at Buffalo. NFC WEST CAROLINA: Clinched playoff berth. Clinches division title with a win vs. Pittsburgh OR a San Francisco loss vs. Detroit Monday (Dec. 23). Clinches first-round bye with a win vs. Pittsburgh OR a San Francisco loss vs. Detroit Monday (Dec. 23) AND Dallas doesn't beat Washington by 78 or more points. Clinches home field throughout the playoffs with a win vs. Pittsburgh AND a Green Bay loss to Minnesota by 19 or more points. SAN FRANCISCO: Clinched playoff berth. Clinches division title and first-round bye with a win vs. Detroit Monday (Dec. 23) and a Carolina loss vs. Pittsburgh. NFC CENTRAL GREEN BAY: Clinched division title and first-round bye. Clinches home-field advantage throughout the playoffs with a win vs. Minnesota OR a Carolina loss or tie vs. Pittsburgh OR with a loss to Minnesota by 17 or fewer points. MINNESOTA: Clinched playoff berth. NFC EAST DALLAS: Clinched division title. Clinches first-round bye with a win at Washington by 78 or more points AND a Carolina loss vs. Pittsburgh AND a San Francisco loss vs. Detroit Monday (Dec. 23). PHILADELPHIA: Clinched playoff berth. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: (color) Pittsburgh quarterback Mike Tomczak (18) is sacked for a safety by Bryant Young and Roy Barker (92). Associated Press Box: PLAYOFF POSSIBILITIES (see text) |
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