The 8-3-1 San Francisco 49ers will return from their two-game road trip to face the 5-7 Miami Dolphins at Candlestick Park at 4:05 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon.The Niners are coming off an upset overtime loss at St. Louis, and their division lead over the Seahawks has been sliced to 1.5 games. However, the team has always responded to losses (or ties) well under Jim Harbaugh, with a perfect 6-0 record in those situations these past two seasons. In fact, in the five games they've played following losses, the Niners haven't even allowed a single touchdown. Another point in the 49ers' favor is that they will be facing a young quarterback in Miami rookie Ryan Tannehill, and San Francisco's defense has typically thrived in that situation. Tannehill will be under great duress, trying to be productive without the protection of left tackle Jake Long. Instead, rookie Jonathan Martin will be trying to cover Tannehill's blind side against NFL sack-leader Aldon Smith.Meanwhile, the 49ers will be starting their own inexperienced QB in Colin Kaepernick, who's made fewer starts in the league than Tannehill despite being in his second season. Kaepernick struggled through a rough outing at St. Louis, and he'll need to come through with a bounce-back game to show the coaches that they need to stick with him once and for all.This game doesn't look that critical on paper for the Niners, since it's against an AFC opponent and all, but in reality it's close to a must-win for them, with tough road games at New England and at Seattle looming. The Atlanta Falcons are likely too far out of reach for the first overall seed, but the Niners still have to hold off the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers to get that second seed and a first-round bye in the playoffs. The Dolphins are hanging on at the very fringes of the AFC playoff race at 5-7, tied with the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills for second (and last) in the AFC East. Their only chance to qualify for the playoffs will be to win out from here and hope for some help. There isn't that much history between these teams, and the last meeting, a forgettable 14-9 Dolphins win on Dec. 14, 2008, hardly stirred the masses.The one notable exception, of course, was when they met for Super Bowl XIX on Jan. 20, 1985 at Stanford Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, with the 49ers capturing the second of their five Lombardi Trophies in the 38-16 rout. Joe Montana easily bested Dan Marino in the game, and Roger Craig had three touchdowns combined rushing and receiving. The Dolphins haven't made it back to the Super Bowl since, while the 49ers have floundered for most of the past decade before returning to prominence under another former Stanford coach, Jim Harbaugh, just as they did in the '80s with Bill Walsh.
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