The San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams will face off in the NFC Championship Game, an NFC West duel with a trip to Super Bowl LVI on the line.
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Game Date: Sunday, January 30
Game Time: 6:30 PM EST
TV: FOX
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This will be the third time the 49ers and Rams have faced off this season. San Francisco won both games, including a dramatic 27-24 comeback win in Week 18 to clinch a playoff spot. Now, close friends Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay will be battling minds for a right to play in the Super Bowl.
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While the Rams are hosting at SoFi Stadium, the home-field advantage may belong to the 49ers. San Francisco’s fans swarmed in Los Angeles close for the regular-season finale with Matthew Stafford’s wife blasting Rams’ fans for being so overwhelmingly outnumbered by opposing fans.
This will be the third time the 49ers and Rams have faced off this season. San Francisco won both games, including a dramatic 27-24 comeback win in Week 18 to clinch a playoff spot. Now, close friends Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay will be battling minds for a right to play in the Super Bowl. In six head-to-head meetings, Shanahan is 6-0 vs. McVay.
A return to the Super Bowl would be monumental for both franchises. The 49ers last reached the Super Bowl in 2020, suffering a 31-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV. A year earlier, the Rams were taken down by Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in a 13-3 Super Bowl LIII loss, the lowest scoring Super Bowl ever.