The San Francisco 49ers defense made sure that Matt Ryan would not author another late game-winning drive. With just more than a minute remaining, the 49ers broke up a fourth down pass attempt from Ryan to Roddy White to end the Falcons' bid for a go-ahead score.
Five plays later, the 49ers were headed to the Super Bowl with 28-24 win in the NFC Championship Game.
Thanks in large part to Julio Jones' monster performance in the first 15 minutes and six seconds of the game, the Falcons flew out to a 17-0 lead. But they squandered their early edge for the second week in a row. The 49ers settled down after Jones' second touchdown and then put 14 straight points on the board in the second quarter. A Tony Gonzalez touchdown catch in the final seconds of the second quarter staked the Falcons to an 24-14 lead at the intermission.
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