There aren’t a lot of better playoff traditions in football than the 49ers’ end zone makeover for the playoffs.
A crew on Tuesday went to work painting the 49ers’ end zones red with the familiar gold saloon-style font and old-school 49ers helmet. It’s the first time the 49ers have painted the end zones red for January football at Levi’s Stadium.
David Lombardi of the Athletic had a photo:
Saloon font and red end zone paint, a playoff tradition of the dynastic 49ers, is back. pic.twitter.com/p0b7DQzxm2
— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) January 7, 2020
The last time the 49ers played at home in the postseason was the 2013 wild card round when they knocked off the Packers 45-31 at Candlestick Park. They also painted the end zones red for the final home game at Candlestick in Week 16 of the 2013 season. The 49ers won that game as well, 34-24 on the strength of a NaVorro Bowman pick-6 near the end of regulation.
Levi’s Stadium doesn’t quite have the same electric, historic feel that Candlestick Park had, but painting the end zones red and playing a postseason game there should help it earn some of the history that makes a stadium great.