The rivalry will be renewed when the Dallas Cowboys play the San Francisco 49ers in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. The teams last played in last year’s wild-card round the Cowboys lost at home. It was crushing loss for Dallas in not just that they lost in the opening round, but how they looked discombobulated for much of the game. Losing in the postseason is always a gut punch but falling to the 49ers made it a tougher pill to swallow.
The final play will go down as one of the more controversial calls in recent memory. The Cowboys battled back from being down all game, only to miss out on a final chance at the win while trying to get a final try off. The Cowboys can exact some measure of revenge by going into San Francisco and returning the favor. Here are six things to know about the divisional matchup.