Super Bowl 47 essential facts
49ers Go For Team's 6th Super Bowl
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The San Francisco 49ers are one of the most successful franchises in the NFL, winning a total of five Super Bowls. The 49ers are tied with the Dallas Cowboys for the second most Super Bowl wins and are the only team in NFL history to appear in more than one Super Bowl without ever losing. But, they haven't played in a Super Bowl in nearly 20 years and had a number of rough seasons up until the 2011 season when Jim Harbaugh took over. The 49ers fell a game short last season losing to the New York Giants in the N.F.C. championship game. The team is led by 25-year-old quarterback Colin Kaepernick who had only three NFL completions before this season.
