49ers vs. Cowboys – Match Summary – January 16, 2022

ARLINGTON, TX – Kyle Shanahan walked the field heavily nodding, believing his San Francisco 49ers had beaten Dallas Cowboys in a chaotic wildcard goal that left many unsure of what was happening.

The official word came a moment later.

Deebo Samuel ran 26 yards to the touchdown to get a nice lead in the third quarter before the Cowboys collected and ran out of time to try to get the final game 49ers 23-17 victory on Sunday.

I’m still trying to figure out where I am, Shanahan said as he coached San Francisco’s first playoff win in Dallas in a post-season story. “It’s pretty emotional there. Lots of chances to win the game. Those guys (Cowboys) just kept fighting. We made a couple of mistakes there at the end. We shouldn’t have let it go there.

The 49ers (11-7) defeated Jimmy Garoppolo in the lead when they led 13 in the fourth quarter and are now going to the division playoffs in Green Bay two years after reaching the Super Bowl and losing to Kansas City.

The wait for Dallas (12-6) to even make it to the NFC championship is ticking up 27 years after Dak Prescott’s second first game, the second of three trips in six seasons to a star game builder. It was his first playoff game since he signed a $ 40 million annual contract during the interim.

Prescott ran to the finish to get Dallas inside the point after listening to Garoppolo, and he had plenty of time to get his team in front for the first time near the midfield in a finished run. His desperate fourth pass was just out of reach of Cedrick Wilson.

The 14th penalty for the NFL’s most regularized team in the regular season helped San Francisco run most of the clock, and the 49ers were going to win the fourth loss as Samuel’s run ended a cent shorter after the ball. was raised in the review.

Instead, San Francisco hit after the wrong start and gave Dallas one more chance. Without enough time, as it turned out.

The Cowboys started at 20 after 32 seconds. Wilson plunged CeeDee Lamb into the 20-yard hook and ladder, and Dalton Schultz got 9 yards before getting out of bounds with 14 seconds left.

Prescott set off for the planned run and slid at the end of the 17-yard run after about eight seconds. Judge Ramon George collided with Prescott while trying to place. The click on San Francisco 24 came after the clock expired.

Dallas coach Mike McCarthy suggested that Prescott slowed the collision with George, and the side officer assured him that the play would be reviewed.

The message I was given on the sidelines was that they were looking at it, McCarthy said. They were going to put the time back on the clock. And next I know they’re running off the field.

Players from both teams flowed into the field immediately after Prescott took the ball and scored, and many made a U-turn as the referees discussed the game. Then the referee Alex Kemp announced the end of the game.

It was like all day, it really was, Garoppolo said of the last series. It was a dog fight, the atmosphere of hell here. I mean, the fans were crazy. That was all we thought it was. It was fun.

Kemp said in his pool report that George followed the game from the right distance and acted appropriately to get the ball detected correctly. The referee must touch the ball before a new game can take place.

Kemp said the decision that the initial feed took place after the clock expired was made on the ground, not against a New York re-feed.

The referee just noticed the ball correctly, Kemp said. He bumped into the players as he placed the ball as he moved it to the right place.

The 49ers dominated in the fourth quarter but did not rely on the running game they thought they could take them to victory when Garoppolo threw a cut Anthony Brown, who scored a 7-yard goal for Prescotts.

Garoppolos ’mistake wasn’t long after Prescott was picked up from Dallas 26 by KWaun Williams and Samuel ran untouched with a cut from the middle to the finish line in the next game 23-7 lead.

San Francisco lost star pass rusher Nick Bosa to a concussion just before halftime when teammate DJ Jones jerked him to the head and neck area. But the 49ers put enough pressure on Prescott, finishing five sacks while the NFL’s No. 1 attack held 307 yards.

The guys just get big in big key situations, that’s what it really was all day, Garoppolo said. Early on, we got it spinning with attack and defense all day long. We have some dogs to defend. It is fun.

San Francisco scored in the first four of their balls, but three times contented themselves with Robbie Gould’s field goals to help the Cowboys stay close.

Rookie Elijah Mitchell ran 96 yards and the first points of the game in a 4-yard run. Samuel had 72 yards on 10 moves and three catches on 38 yards.

Like most of the season, Dallas didn’t get the running game started with Ezekiel Elliott. The two-time rush champion had 31 yards in 12 moves as the Cowboys won 169-77 in the country.

Prescott was 23/43 at 254 yards. Garoppolo, whose future with the 49ers after this season is uncertain as rookie Trey Lance awaits his turn, was 16/25 at 172 yards.

Dallas lost 13-0 when Prescott threw a 20 yard touch feed Amari Cooper. The Cowboys dominated the first half for the last time and the second half in the opening kick to get closer and were unable to.

The team shouldn’t have been able to make the last match something controversial, Dallas owner Jerry Jones said. I’m not going to make it bigger than it is.

Chat programs do it for him.

MONEYER

Gould is now the number one player in his playoffs at the age of 18. Two of his field goals were made at least 50 yards away (53, 52).

OFFENSES

Concussions almost sidelined both teams with the best pass rushers. Micah Parsons, a Dallas newcomer who stood out before Bosa’s injury, was assessed for a concussion in the first quarter. He returned quickly.

NEXT

49ers: Head to Green Bay and face Aaron Rodgers and Packers on a division tour.

Cowboys: The season ends with Prescott’s first wild card loss in three playoffs.

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