In the franchise's first playoff game in nine years, the 49ers played lethally all day long. The defense rattled bones and forced five turnovers before yielding to the overpowering Saints late in the game. As the assassin's role shifted to the offense, Alex Smith somehow won a shootout with the NFL's Sundance Kid..His 124 yards from scrimmage were career high. Only other players with two TD receptions and a TD run in the same playoff game were Roger Craig and Ricky Watters. RB Danny Woodhead expected back after hurting thumb on Patriots first offensive play against Houston and missing rest of game. Patriots led NFL with 427.9 yards and 34.8 points per game.

A couple of months later, a reporter asked the governor of Missouri if he was for the ERA. "Do you mean the old ERA or the new ERA?" he replied. "I was for equal pay for equal work, but after those women went down to Houston and got tangled up with the abortionists and the lesbians, I can tell you ERA wil