2012 San Francisco 49ers season

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The 2012 season was the San Francisco 49ers' 63rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 67th overall, their second under the head coach/general manager tandem of Jim Harbaugh and Trent Baalke, and their penultimate season at Candlestick Park. After going 13–3 and reaching the NFC Championship the year before, the 49ers topped that success with their first NFC championship since 1994 as well as their sixth overall as a franchise, overcoming a 17–0 deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 28–24 on January 20, 2013, in the NFC title game. However, the season ended with their first-ever defeat in the Super Bowl, losing 34–31 to the Baltimore Ravens. With that game, the Ravens replaced the 49ers as the only team with multiple appearances to never lose a Super Bowl; they have since been joined by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in this capacity. This season was also highlighted by the signing of star wide receiver Randy Moss, who had come out of retirement after initially retiring following the...

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