The Giants advance to the conference championship game with a 24-13victory over a tough 49ers squad. The score is completely misleading as NY scored a late TD on a Joe Morris (26-84) run after SF failed on a 4th down attempt deep in their own territory.The Giants showed very little offense in this game after their opening possession. That was a 12 play, 74 yard TD drive which ate up over eight minutes on the clock. The 49ers slowly came back on two Wersching FGs in the 2nd quarter (30 and 34 yards). Unfortunately Wersching missed two others in the same quarter (39 and 43) as NY had three possessions totaling seven plays in the quarter. The first half ended 7-6.
The next big play was a 53 yard interception return of a Montana(14-30-
121-2 picks) to Rice (2-32) aerial by Perry Williams. That occurred early in the 3rd quarter. The Giants were content to sit on the14-6 lead. That contentment took a hit when Don Griffin took a Landeta(8-41.9) punt 60 yards to the NY 4. Three plays later Montana hit Clark for the score. A scream could be heard across the entire state of Arkansas when the 49er coach realized there were no 2 point tries in1986 - 14-13 New York.That was about it for any offense in this game. Allegre managed a 30yard FG after the Giants took over at midfield on a short punt and decent
return. The big play in that drive was a 15 yard personal foul against the 49ers. In fact the 49ers were plagued by penalties all day7-65 yards to 4-25 for NY (and two of those were delay of game penalties to move the ball back before punting).As already noted the last score came on after SF failed on a 4th and 6from their own 24 with 2:10 remaining. Two face mask penalties and a 13yard run by Morris clinched the win. Final yardage: 241 SF to 203 for New York. Simms was 8-15 for 101 yards and was sacked 3 times (1 pick).Neither team lost a fumble. Hats off to Bill who simply couldn't overcome some bad rolls (two missed FGs and numerous key penalties). -contributed by Wayne Poniewaz-
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