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This 49ers Team Is Super Bowl-Bound on the Backs of Its Defense and ... Raheem Mostert

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The celebration rang in the hallways at Levi’s Stadium late Sunday. Workers wheeled the championship stage toward the field in five parts. Injured 49ers players whooped and hollered as golf carts sped them toward confetti showers. A random fan in a Joe Montana jersey kept jumping at stadium employees, awkwardly bumping so many yellow-vested chests. Jerry Rice raised his fist in triumph as he walked into the night.

This is what it looked like and what it sounded like, as the 49ers secured their first trip to the Super Bowl since the 2012 season, as a franchise as proud as any in pro football finally managed to return to the game that once seemed like its birthright.