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Buffalo's defense probably would have been better yesterday if Bruce Smith played. Even at age 49.

For a seven-year stretch beginning in 1988, the San Francisco 49ers or Buffalo Bills were in each Super Bowl. And every year for an even longer stretch, Chris Berman would predict that the 49ers and Bills would meet in that year’s Super Bowl.

The teams never met in a Super Bowl, but it was a historic performance by San Francisco when the teams met on Sunday. The 49ers passed for 310 yards and rushed for 311 yards, becoming the first team in NFL history to top the 300-yard mark both through the air and on the ground.

In fact, before this season, only 46 teams had ever hit 250 rushing yards and passing yards in the same game, with the 2010 Eagles being the most recent team. The first two teams to set this mark were in the AAFC, and it wasn’t until 1948 that an NFL team crossed those thresholds. Three times in the playoffs, including one Super Bowl, a team gained at least 250 yards passing and rushing.

The table below lists all such games, and has linkable boxscores in the “Date” column.

TmYrwkOppDatePFPAATTPYDRSHRYDMin
SFO20125BUF10/7/20124532531038311310
PHI201010WAS11/15/201059282833238260260
NYG20085SEA10/5/20084462626936254254
DEN20058PHI10/30/200549213530936255255
CIN200412CLE11/28/200458482925132253251
KAN20047ATL10/24/200456102826949271269
JAX199919MIA1/15/20006272026346257257
PHI19956WAS10/8/199537344525238272252
GNB199415CHI12/11/19944033425946257257
KAN19906DET10/14/199043242625643310256
RAM19886ATL10/9/19883302624945252252
NYJ19885KAN10/2/198817174827046272270
WAS198719DEN1/31/198842103032240280280
CIN198614NWE12/7/19863173128442300284
NOR198614MIA12/7/198627313426936257257
CIN198514DAL12/8/198550243329642274274
SEA198313KAN11/27/198351483225147280251
PIT19829CLE1/2/198337212426049261260
CHI198014GNB12/7/19806172432748267267
PIT197913CLE11/25/197933304435145255255
ATL19791NOR9/2/197940343829547257257
DAL19781BAL9/4/19783802730545278278
CHI197613SEA12/5/19763472825048259250
DEN19762NYJ9/19/19764632829244251251
OAK19758NOR11/9/197548102726353260260
DAL19733STL9/30/197345102532842250250
SDG196316BOS1/5/196451102629232318292
GNB19629PHI11/11/19624903133455294294
HOU196113NYT12/10/196148213830735266266
SFO19614RAM10/8/19613502626240259259
CRD19591WAS9/27/195949212831926250250
SFO19589GNB11/23/195833123528342256256
RAM19587SFO11/9/19585672725339324253
CRD19582WAS10/4/195837103227039261261
RAM195711GNB12/8/195742173129742302297
RAM195612GNB12/16/195649212729749314297
BAL19568RAM11/25/195656212631639258258
SFO195312BAL12/13/195345144434533252252
RAM195010NYY11/19/195043354937038266266
CRD19502BAL10/2/195055133028151272272
PHI19498WAS11/13/194944212829455256256
CRD19498NYY11/13/194965203625347319253
PHI194812DET12/12/194845212425850262258
SFO19485BUF9/26/19483828252680268268
CRD19484NYG10/17/194863352028034299280
LAD194612BUF12/1/19466214193370288288
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