Mostert lifts 49ers to Super Bowl with 37-20 win vs Packers

Raheem Mostert rushed for 220 yards and 49ers (15-3) vanced to ir first Super Bowl in seven years and will play Kansas City Chiefs in two weeks in Miami for championship.

It's been a remarkable turnaround for a team that won just 10 games in first two seasons under coach Kyle Shanahan and general manr John Lynch and h . 2 pick in most recent draft.

w, San Francisco is one of two teams left standing after delivering a second thorough beating of season to Rodgers and Packers (14-4). Niners are third team to make it to Super Bowl a year after winning four or fewer games, joining Cincinnati (1988) and Rams (1999).

Bosa, prize for last year's rough season as . 2 overall pick, helped set tone when he ended Green Bay's second drive of game with a

Mostert, a former special teams standout, did much of rest in a remarkable redemption story for a former surfer who was cut seven times and carried ball only eight times in his first three seasons in NFL.

But he has become a key part of NFC's top team this year, leing Niners with 772 yards rushing in regular season and delivering a performance for s in NFC title game.

He h second-most yards rushing in a playoff game to Eric Dickerson's 248 for Rams on Jan. 4, 1986, and was first player to rush for at least four TDs and 200 yards in a playoff game.

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Mostert ded a 22-yard TD run in third quarter.

Rodgers and Packers were unable to match that performance as y got overwhelmed by San Francisco's dominant front for a second time this season.

Rodgers h a career-low 3.15 yards per attempt in a 37-8 loss here back in vember and wasn't much better in first half of rematch.

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Rodgers capped that drive with a

He led Green Bay to two more TDs and finished with 326 yards passing, but it wasn't nearly eugh as Packers lost NFC title game for third time since ir last Super Bowl trip following 2010 season.

QUIET DAY

Niners asked very little of Garoppolo, who threw only eight passes thanks to big-play running game and lopsided score. He went 24 minutes of game time between his sixth and seventh passes and finished with six completions for 77 yards.

PASSING FAVRE

Rodgers' two TD passes gave him 40 in his playoff career, breaking Brett Favre's franchise record of 39. Rodgers also has seven straight playoff games with at least two TD throws, one shy of Joe Flacco's record.

INJURIES

Packers: S rian Amos left after injuring his pectoral muscle in first half. ... CB Jaire Alexander left in second half with a thumb injury.

49ers: RB Tevin Coleman left in first half with a shoulder injury.

UP NEXT

49ers: team's seventh appearance in Super Bowl against Chiefs on Feb. 2.