San Francisco has a plus-191 point differential, including the postseason. San Francisco went 9-1 at home for its best home record since going 8-0 in 1998. The 49ers’ most recent winning streak longer than 11 games was an 18-gamer in 1989-90. San Francisco has won 11 straight games for the first time since the 1997 season. The 49ers became the second team ever to gain at least 500 yards, score 40 or more points and commit no turnovers in a playoff win. The Niners have made it to the conference title game or beyond in their past five playoff appearances. San Francisco is in the divisional round for the third time in four seasons, going to the Super Bowl in the 2019 season and the NFC title game last season. He had 13 tackles in the wild-card loss to the 49ers last season. LB Leighton Vander Esch returned against the Bucs after missing three games with a neck injury and had a team-best nine tackles with two pass breakups. His eight pressures of Brady were the most in the NFL this season, according to Pro Football Focus. LB Micah Parsons, who is the third player since sacks became an official stat in 1982 to have at least 13 in each of his first two seasons, had his first career playoff sack against the Bucs. He has led the Cowboys in catches and yards receiving in each of the past two postseason games. He was the first Dallas TE with multiple TDs in a playoff game. TE Dalton Schultz had the first two postseason touchdown catches of his career against Tampa Bay. He ended a seven-game interception streak, the longest of his career. Prescott improved to 2-3 in the postseason by beating Tom Brady and the Bucs and had career playoff bests in completions (25), completion rate (76%), yards (305), TDs (four) and passer rating (143.3). He accounted for five TDs against the Bucs, the first Dallas QB to do that in a playoff game. QB Dak Prescott is the only NFL player with at least one passing touchdown and rushing score in four consecutive playoff games. Dallas’ 36 playoff victories are tied with Green Bay and Pittsburgh for second all time. It came on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the previous road win, which was at San Francisco in an NFC championship game. The win over the Bucs ended an eight-game road playoff losing streak for the Cowboys, which was tied for the second longest in NFL history. The most recent victory was the last of four in a row during the 1995 season, when Dallas won the most recent of its five Super Bowl titles. STATS AND STUFF: The Cowboys’ six-game losing streak in the divisional round is the longest since the 1970 merger.
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