49ers fans swarm AT&T Stadium, make their presence felt again
The Rams complained about 49ers fans at SoFi Stadium last week. Now, the Faithful has traveled to Arlington, Texas.
It may have been a road game for the 49ers, but it sure didn’t look or sound like it.
For the second straight week in a must-win game, the 49ers Faithful once again came out to support in droves — and were loudly heard throughout the game, too.
Texas native Trent Williams leads #49ers onto field for #NFLPlayoffs vs #Cowboys pic.twitter.com/6QaqoeoZQQ
— Cam Inman (@CamInman) January 16, 2022
The Cowboys were urging their fans to not sell their tickets to 49ers fans throughout the week, with head coach Mike McCarthy saying on Monday that he didn’t “want to see a lot of the other fans.”
Dallas also tried to spark a “white-out” by asking fans to wear white to the stadium and handing out white towels. While many did, it only made the 49ers fans in red stand out all the more and gave the stands a candy cane look.
Red-and-white, candy-cane effect here with #49ers #Cowboys crowd as Jimmy G and Trent Williams head off field after pregame warmups pic.twitter.com/I1cdw3GnYw
— Cam Inman (@CamInman) January 16, 2022
But even in the expansive AT&T Stadium in Arlington, 49ers fans could be heard loud and clear when San Francisco broke off big plays right from the get-go, urged on by the 49ers’ dominant first quarter.
49ers fans had a similar impact last week at SoFi Stadium, with several members in and around the Rams organization saying it surprised them.
“It did catch us off guard,” Rams coach Sean McVay said on Monday. “Just because of the way it’s been this year. It’s been great, great atmosphere, great environment. Yesterday was the same thing, but there was a lot of red there. That was definitely a surprise.”
Rams general manager Kevin Demoff said this week at an event promoting SoFi Stadium’s coming Super Bowl, “Our players said they were surprised by the crowd noise.”
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford said it was “a tough environment for us to communicate in really the whole second half,” something his wife Kelly echoed on her podcast.
Kelly Stafford the wife of #Ramshouse QB Matthew Stafford has a message for Rams fans this Monday nite:
“Please Don’t sell your tickets to AZ fans” pic.twitter.com/KyNaBIjaui
— Nick Hamilton (@NickHamilton213) January 12, 2022
And it looks like, for the second week in a row, 49ers fans traveled en masse to support their team.
And it’s not the first time this has happened in Arlington, Texas. This week, many remembered what AT&T Stadium looked like in 2014, the first time the 49ers traveled down to the Cowboys’ new stadium.
https://t.co/nLxySyxT9n pic.twitter.com/yh48VzZ0xm
— Dieter Kurtenbach (@dieter) January 10, 2022