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GREEN BAY, Wis. — The snow flurries came in the second half of the San Francisco 49ers' playoff game at host Green Bay on Saturday. The temperature dropped. The fog of heavy breath poured out of players' face masks in one of the most storied venues in American sports.
The 49ers needed their defense to come through over and over again. The offense was ineffective, with a rare scoring opportunity thwarted by a Jimmy Garoppolo interception at the end of the first half. Another came in the fourth quarter when San Francisco turned it over on downs, getting stuffed on a fourth-and-1 run when they needed a touchdown to tie it.