Over the past 31 years, 49ers quarterbacks - from Joe Montana to Steve Young to Alex Smith - have earned their place in franchise postseason lore with famous last-second throws at Candlestick Park.
On Saturday, Colin Kaepernick etched a spot in 49ers' playoff history with a run. And then another. And then - you guessed it - yet another.
In a 45-31 divisional-playoff win over the visiting Packers, Kaepernick repeatedly ran through Green Bay's flailing defense and didn't stop until he landed in the NFL record book. In his eighth career start, he had 181 yards on 16 carries and scored on touchdowns of 20 and 56 yards.
Running the still semi-novel read-option - clearly a part of the NFL's future - Kaepernick accomplished what no other signal-caller had in the league's past. His yardage total was the most by a quarterback in NFL history, and he eclipsed the franchise single-game playoff rushing record previously held by Roger Craig by 46 yards.
His series of sprints opened the floodgates for the offense. Running back Frank Gore added 119 yards while the 49ers' 579 total yards broke their previous postseason record of 537 set in Super Bowl XIX.
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After this performance, I might have to go for the 49er's to win it all!!
