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San Francisco 49ers: Ranking the Five Biggest All-Time Rivalries

By Peter Panacy

December 8, 2013; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) shakes hands with Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) after the game at Candlestick Park. The 49ers defeated the Seahawks 19-17. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
December 8, 2013; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) shakes hands with Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) after the game at Candlestick Park. The 49ers defeated the Seahawks 19-17. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 5, 2014; Green Bay, WI, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) runs with the ball as Green Bay Packers inside linebacker Brad Jones (59) attempts to tackle during the first quarter of the 2013 NFC wild card playoff football game at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 5, 2014; Green Bay, WI, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) runs with the ball as Green Bay Packers inside linebacker Brad Jones (59) attempts to tackle during the first quarter of the 2013 NFC wild card playoff football game at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports /

No. 4: Green Bay Packers

All-Time Series Record: 27-31-1 (not including playoffs)

Ah yes, the 1990s. And the 2010s… at least the first part of the decade.

Take your pick between quarterbacks Steve Young and Brett Favre. The two certainly shared some great moments. Still, the Green Bay Packers seemed to have little trouble dominating San Francisco when it mattered most — the playoffs.

From 1995 through 1997, the 49ers could never get past the Packers in the postseason. Favre and Co. had little trouble ending the Niners’ hopes for a sixth Super Bowl.

But the reign of dominance ended at the tail end of 1998, when the two great quarterbacks met again in the Wild Card round.

You know, “The Catch II.”

In the 2010s, this storied rivalry gave way to two other quarterbacks — Aaron Rodgers and Colin Kaepernick. Only the 49ers had the last laugh in their respective playoff bouts.

Kaepernick dominated his boyhood team in the 2013 divisional game. And the Niners replicated the effort on the frozen turn of Lambeau Field a year later to eventually propel San Francisco to its third consecutive NFC Championship game.

But Rodgers has a Super Bowl ring. San Francisco hasn’t gotten one in a while now.