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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: July 26, 2009
However, for a game that doesn't matter, the media and fans always seem to over-hype a rivalry that in reality should not exist.
The 49ers were the glory team of the 80's and early 90's, winning all five of their Super Bowls in that span.
Meanwhile, the Raiders won all three of their Super Bowls in the 70's and 80's. From the mid 70's to the mid 90's, at least one of the Bay Area franchises was always a legitimate contender.
There were a couple of seasons immediately before and after the turn of the millennium when both franchises had playoff talent, but since 2002, when both teams lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the same postseason (49ers in the divisional round, Raiders in the Super Bowl) neither team has been good.
Over the last six years, both teams have been either mediocre or genuinely terrible.
Therefore, over those six seasons, fans of both the tea...
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