the san francisco 49ers lost to new york giants and a loss to the seattle seahawks in the super bowl.
the san francisco 49ers lost to new york giants and a loss to the seattle seahawks in the super bowl.
who did the san francisco 49ers lose to in the super bowl?
new york giants and a loss to the seattle seahawks
the new england patriots () and pittsburgh steelers () have won the most super bowls with six championships, while the dallas cowboys () and the san francisco 49ers () have five wins. new england has the most super bowl appearances with 11, while the buffalo bills () have the most consecutive appearances with four (all losses) from 1990 to 1993. the miami dolphins (1971–1973) and new england patriots (2016–2018) are the only other teams to have at least three consecutive appearances. the denver broncos () and patriots have each lost a record five super bowls. the minnesota vikings () and the bills have lost four. the record for consecutive wins is two and is shared by seven franchises: the green bay packers (1966–1967), the miami dolphins (1972–1973), the pittsburgh steelers (1974–1975 and 1978–1979, the only team to accomplish this feat twice and the only team with four wins in six consecutive seasons), the san francisco 49ers (1988–1989), the dallas cowboys (1992–1993), the denver broncos (1997–1998), and the new england patriots (2003–2004). among those, dallas (1992–1993; 1995) and new england (2001; 2003–2004) are the only teams to win three out of four consecutive super bowls. the 1972 dolphins capped off the only perfect season in nfl history with their victory in super bowl vii. the only team with multiple super bowl appearances and no losses is the baltimore ravens, who in winning super bowl xlvii defeated and replaced the 49ers in that position. four current nfl teams have never appeared in a super bowl, including franchise relocations and renaming: the cleveland browns, detroit lions, jacksonville jaguars, and houston texans, though both the browns (1950, 1954, 1955, 1964) and lions (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957) had won nfl championship games prior to the creation of the super bowl in the 1966 season.
list of super bowl champions
bullet::::- super bowl xvi, january 24, 1982 – cincinnati appeared in super bowl xvi facing the san francisco 49ers. played in detroit's silverdome, it was the first super bowl north of the mason–dixon line. it was also the first super bowl since super bowl iii to feature two teams who had never appeared in a super bowl before. (super bowl xx is the only game since with this feature.) the bengals hurt themselves early and often in the game. after recovering a fumble from the 49ers on the opening kickoff, the bengals gave the ball right back to san francisco by throwing an interception, which led to a 49ers touchdown on their next possession. later, a fumble cost the bengals a sure score and another gave the 49ers a field goal. by halftime, the 49ers had built a 20–0 lead, the largest halftime margin in super bowl history, at the time. the bengals made a valiant comeback attempt in the second half, and managed to outscore san francisco by 15 points, but committed even more costly turnovers; another interception and a turnover on downs when the 49ers stuffed an attempted fourth down conversion attempt on the san francisco one-yard line. cincinnati ended up losing the game 26–21 despite outgaining the 49ers in total yards 356 to 274 and setting 3 super bowl records: most receptions by one player (11 by dan ross), most completions (25 by ken anderson), and highest completion percentage (73.5).
history of the cincinnati bengals