ARLINGTON, Texas -- On a sleepless Thursday night before Sunday's showdown with the Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan did the only thing that allows him to relax: He watched more football.
Shanahan didn't turn on any ordinary game when he awoke this time. Instead, he flipped on coach's footage of the 1995 NFC Championship Game, which just so happened to be the last time these two historic rivals met in the postseason.
Motivated by what he saw, Shanahan showed the clips to his team on Friday, hoping to ignite some inspiration and help his young team see just how much it meant to play the Cowboys on such a grand stage.