The 49ers Faithful overtook SoFi Stadium last week and turned a road game into a pseudo-home contest in the regular-season finale against the Los Angeles Rams, but Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones believes there won't be a similar situation in Sunday's NFC Wild Card Game at AT&T Stadium.
“Every game, we have the highest attendance in the NFL. Considerably so," Jones said Friday on the K&C Masterpiece on 105.3 The Fan (h/t Audacy). "I look out across there and every game will have some visiting team support. But, the attendance, the ability to have that kind of attendance [at AT&T Stadium] creates more visiting team fans.
"[The] percentage is what you want to look at, and I’ll guarantee you this will be a Cowboys crowd, without question. … This is a home game, and we’ll get the benefit of the home crowd. We just need to get our fans in play early and we need their help."
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Jones is correct that the Cowboys led the league in overall attendance this season, with more than 1.3 million total fans filing into the massive stadium for home games. However, the Rams ranked sixth in the NFL in attendance yet had several games in which opposing fan bases packed SoFi as 49ers Faithful did in Week 18.
Many 49ers fans made their way to Texas for Sunday's game, though, and some got to the stadium quite early.
Also, there appeared to be quite a few 49ers fans at a local bar Saturday, and they covered radio play-by-play announcer Greg Papa in chains amid loud cheers.
This re-ignites what was one of the great NFC playoff rivalries of the 1980s and '90s, as the Cowboys and 49ers met for a handful of high-profile playoff games. Of course, all of the personnel has turned over, but the passionate Faithful seem to be relishing the opportunity to go into Dallas and potentially take down America's Team.
Out of the 80,000 capacity at AT&T Stadium, don't be surprised if a significant number of 49ers fans flood in, hoping to see another playoff victory for Kyle Shanahan and Co.
