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What’s the weather forecast in San Francisco for the Lions - 49ers game on Sunday?
There should be no weather complications in San Francisco when the Lions come to town for the Conference Championship final.
The city of Detroit was in raptures last weekend as the Lions advanced to the NFC Championship Game with a 31-23 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
Seeking their first ever Super Bowl berth, the Lions will travel to California to face the San Francisco 49ers next Sunday with Detroit set to play in the conference title game for the first time since the 1991 season.
The Lions’ second playoff win in as many weeks came three years to the day after Dan Campbell was introduced as the downtrodden franchise’s new head coach.
“I envisioned that we would have a chance to compete with the big boys, and that’s where we’re at,” Campbell said. “All you’ve got to do is get in.” For the second week running, Lions fans chanted Goff’s name.
“This is our last one in front of them and they were special (Sunday), as they were last week,” Goff said. “They deserve it. They deserve this, they deserve to enjoy this and hope to give them a lot more coming forward.”
San Francisco awaits
A tough test awaits the team from Michigan as five time Super Bowl winners will rely on a packed Levi’s Stadium and despite a title drought going back to 1994, Kyle Shanahan’s team are the pre game favourites after the edged out Green Bay in a dramatic play-off game last weekend.
Saturday’s Green Bay Packers-San Francisco 49ers divisional playoff game is projected to be the most-watched Saturday telecast on any U.S. network since the 1994 Winter Olympics, Front Office Sports reported Monday.
An average of 37.5 million viewers watched San Francisco secure a 24-21 victory against the Packers on Fox, making it that network’s most-watched Saturday telecast in its 37-year history.
The 49ers were boosted as Christian McCaffrey rushed for two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 1:07 left, and the team from held on to beat the Green Bay Packers 24-21 in an NFC divisional round playoff matchup on Saturday night in Santa Clara.
Sunday’s San Francisco forecast
The good news for players and fans alike ahead of Sunday’s Conference Championship final is that the weather will not take centre stage or impact on the game with a mild 67 degrees fahrenheit expected at the start of the game. Precipitation is unlikely with the current forecast suggesting only a 9% chance of rainfall around the Santa Clara area.
The game between Lions - 49ers will be played on Sunday January 28, with a start of at 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT. at Levi’s Stadium (Santa Clara).