When Dallas-based freelance photographer Cooper Neill ventured over to the on-field entrance to the San Francisco 49ers’ locker room following their chaotic Wild Card win over the Dallas Cowboys, he was primarily hoping to capture shots of players being greeted by congregating 49ers fans. There were, after all, tons of 49ers fans there.
“It was way more than I was expecting for a playoff game,” Neill told SFGATE. “I didn’t think that many Cowboys fans would have sold their tickets to 49ers fans, which is my guess for why there were so many 49ers fans there.