San Francisco 49ers
The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and joined the NFL in 1949 when the leagues merged. The 49ers were the first major league professional sports franchise based in San Francisco. The name "49ers" comes from the prospectors who arrived in Northern California in the 1849 Gold Rush. The team is legally and corporately registered as the San Francisco Forty Niners. The team began play at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco before moving across town to Candlestick Park in 1970 and then to Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara in 2014.
Frank Gore
In the playoffs, the 49ers faced the Green Bay Packers once again, this time in Candlestick Park. Gore had 119 yards and a score (his quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, had 181 yards rushing, the most ever by a quarterback in a single game). The San Francisco 49ers then visited the Georgia Dome to play against the top-seeded Atlanta Falcons. The game was completely dominated in the first quarter by the Falcons with wide receiver Julio Jones having 100 yards and the 49ers having only 2. They went into halftime with the Falcons leading 24–14. The game would end up with the San Francisco 49ers winning 28–24 when NaVorro Bowman made a stellar defensive play to stop the Falcons on 4th down inside the 49ers 10-yard line. In the victory, Gore had 90 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns allowing the 49ers to go to Super Bowl XLVII, their first Super Bowl since 1994. In the Super Bowl, Gore had 19 carries for 110 yards and a touchdown, but the 49ers fell behind early and couldn't come back, losing the game 34-31 to the Baltimore Ravens.