The San Francisco 49ers made NFL historical past on Sunday throughout their wild comeback win over the Detroit Lions.
The 49ers had been trailing 24-7 at halftime earlier than rallying again for a wild 34-31 win. The 17-point comeback was the most important comeback from a halftime deficit in convention title recreation historical past.
Each Sunday night time I get an electronic mail from our analysis division right here at CBS Sports activities and that was one among 13 wild stats that they despatched by way of involving Sunday’s video games.
With that in thoughts, listed here are 13 extra loopy information from the convention title video games:
- 49ers pull off greatest comeback in NFC title recreation historical past. The 49ers’ 17-point comeback in opposition to the Lions was tied for the most important NFC title recreation comeback in NFL historical past. The one different 17-point comeback was additionally pulled off by the 49ers in a 2012 win over the Falcons (The most important comeback in AFC title recreation historical past is eighteen factors).
- 49ers get Fortunate 38. The win over the Lions was the thirty eighth playoff victory in franchise historical past for the 49ers, which is probably the most by any crew in NFL historical past. The 49ers had beforehand been tied with the Packers and Patriots for probably the most ever with 37.
- Purdy good. With the 49ers victory, Brock Purdy now has 4 playoff wins for his profession, which is the second-most in NFL historical past for a participant in his first two seasons. Solely Ben Roethlisberger (5) has extra and Purdy can tie him with a Tremendous Bowl win over the Chiefs. Purdy additionally had no less than one win in opposition to each NFC crew that made the playoffs, which makes him the primary QB to tug that off feat since Joe Montana in 1984.
- Lions’ receiver goes on a run. Jameson Williams scored on a 42-yard run in opposition to the 49ers, which was the third-longest TD run by a receiver ever within the playoffs, trailing solely James Lofton (71-yard run in 1982 divisional) and Ahmad Merritt (47-yard run in 2001 divisional).
- Lions street woes proceed within the bay. The Lions have now misplaced 14 straight street video games in opposition to the 49ers, which is the longest energetic streak within the NFL. The 49ers have not misplaced a house recreation to the Lions since 1975.
- Chiefs pull off AFC title recreation rarity. The Chiefs scored precisely zero factors in second half, which makes them the primary crew because the 2010 Steelers to go scoreless within the second half of an AFC title recreation and nonetheless win.
- Kelce catches Jerry Rice. With 11 catches in opposition to the Ravens, Travis Kelce now has 156 for his postseason profession, which is the MOST in NFL historical past. He moved previous Jerry Rice, who completed his profession with 151. Kelce now additionally has 14 playoff video games with no less than one TD, which is tied with Rice for probably the most in NFL historical past.
- Mahomes is magic. The Chiefs QB will turn out to be the primary participant to start out in 4 Tremendous Bowls earlier than the age of 30. He additionally gained his 14th postseason recreation, which is tied for the third-most in NFL historical past, trailing solely Tom Brady (35) and Joe Montana (16).
- Lamar Jackson loses once more in playoffs. With the loss to the Chiefs, the Ravens quarterback now has a profession document of 2-4 within the postseason, which is tied for the fifth-worst document of all-time for any QB who has began no less than 5 video games.
- Ravens cannot recover from the hump. The Ravens have gained 66 video games over the previous six seasons, which is tied for the second-most in NFL historical past for a crew that did not make the Tremendous Bowl throughout that six-season span. Solely the Chargers, who gained 67 between 2004 and 2009, gained extra with out making the Tremendous Bowl.
- Chiefs can go back-to-back. The Chiefs have an opportunity to turn out to be the NFL’s first repeat Tremendous Bowl champion since 2003-04, when the Patriots went back-to-back.
- Reid vs. Shanahan, Half II. This may mark simply the fourth time in NFL historical past that two coaches have met in a Tremendous Bowl no less than two instances. We’ve not seen this occur since Tom Coughlin’s Giants performed Invoice Belichick’s Patriots two instances over 5 seasons.
- By no means wager in opposition to Mahomes. The Chiefs quarterback is now 3-0 as a playoff underdog in his profession, which is spectacular when you think about that he now has as many underdog wins within the postseason as Brett Favre, Dan Marino, Steve Younger and Jim Kelly COMBINED. These 4 Corridor of Famers went 3-25 as underdogs within the playoffs.
As issues stand proper now, Mahomes could possibly be an underdog as soon as once more within the Tremendous Bowl. The Chiefs opened as a 2.5-point canine, however after bettors hammered Kansas Metropolis early, the Chiefs at the moment are only a 1-point canine. You possibly can learn our full early odds story on the Tremendous Bowl right here.
