49ers first in the Super Bowl, rally to beat Falcons 28-24 in NFC championship game

San Francisco 49ers' Colin Kaepernick (7) celebrates with Leonard Davis and Daniel Kilgore (67) after the NFL football NFC Championship game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in Atlanta. The 49ers won 28-24 to advance to Superbowl XLVII. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

The San Francisco 49ers are back in the Super Bowl.

Behind a clutch defense and a powerful running game, San Francisco rallied from a 17-0 deficit to beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 in the NFC Championship Game in the Georgia Dome.

San Francisco ralled from a 17-0 second-deficit, chipping away at the lead with clutch passing and running.

Trailing 24-21, the 49ers' running back Frank Gore scored on a 10-yard touchdown run with to take a 28-24 lead with 8:23 remaining in the game.

The Falcons had a chance to win the game, when they drove down to the 49ers 10-yard line. But Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan threw an incompletion on a fourth-and-four play with 1:09 remaining in the game.