This is the live blog for the first quarter of Super Bowl XLVII. I’ll update this frequently with information and analysis from my living room in Oakland.
3:28 Baltimore wins the toss and chooses to defer. They feel their defense can stop the 49ers’ offense.
3:30 Guess the first play. I’m guessing pass to Crabtree.
3:32 Tucker kicks it past the back of the end zone. The 49ers start from their own 20.
3:32 From the pistol, Kaepernick play fakes and hits Vernon Davis for a gain of 20, but there is a flag.
3:33 Illegal formation. First and 15.
3:33 Gore takes the handoff and gains no yards. Second and 15.
3:34 Kaepernick completes a pass to Walker on the sideline but he can’t get his feet in bounds. Third and 15.
3:35 Kaepernick hands off to Gore on a draw and he gains two yards. They messed up two plays on that drive.
3:36 Jacoby Jones returns the punt to the Ravens’ 49 yard line.
3:36 Joe Flacco completes a short pass to fullback Vonta Leach for a gain of eight. Second and two.
3:37 Rice runs up the middle for four yards. First down. Then Flacco drops back and hits Torrey Smith for 20 yards. First and ten from the 19.
3:38 Rice up the middle for one.
3:39 McDonald gets pressure and Flacco throws it away. Third and nine.
3:39 Flacco overthrows his target in the end zone, but Ahmad Brooks is flagged for jumping offside. Five yard penalty. Third and four.
3:40 Flacco drops back and hits Anquan Boldin for a touchdown. He beat NaVorro Bowman and Donte Whitner. 7-0 Ravens with 10:36 left in the first quarter.
3:43 The 49ers were not prepared on either series. The Ravens look more prepared early in the game.
3:44 LaMichael James catches the kickoff in the end zone and takes a knee.
3:47 From the pistol, Kaepernick hands off to Gore who runs up the middle for a loss of a yard, and there’s a fight.
3:47 Kaepernick drops back, throws with pressure in his face and hits Crabtree over the middle for 19 yards. First down.
3:48 First and 10 from the 38. Gore up the middle for no gain.
3:48 Gore runs a draw and gains eight yards. Third and two.
3:49 Kaepernick runs a draw up the middle and gains nine yards. First and 10.
3:52 Kaepernick completes a 24 yard pass to Vernon Davis. First and goal at the eight.
3:53 Kaepernick throws over Crabtree’s head on second and goal, and on third and goal Paul Kruger beats Anthony Davis and sacks Colin Kaepernick.
3:54 Akers makes the field goal. 7-3 Ravaens with 3:58 left in the first quarter.
3:56 We can see the Ravens are struggling with the 49ers’ offensive speed, but the Ravens are getting pressure and they’re tough in the red zone.
3:57 Ed Reed is jogging to the locker room. He was shaken up when he tackled Vernon Davis. Vernon Davis was also shaken up on the play.
3:58 Reed injured his knee on that play. It was a knee-to-knee collision.
4:00 Flacco drops back and hits Pitta for nine yards. Second and one from the 31.
4:00 Rice runs up the middle for no gain. Third and one.
4:01 Rice runs off left tackle for two yards. First down.
4:01 Rice runs up the middle and gains three. Second and seven.
4:02 Flacco throws to Boldin and he drops it. He didn’t want to get hit by Donte Whitner. Third and seven.
4:03 Willis blitzes, Brooks gets pressure, Flacco rolls right and throws a prayer off his back foot and Boldin catches it in front of Culliver. First down. Gain of 31.
4:04 Flacco checks down to Leach for a loss of three.
4:04 Flacco overthrows Torrey Smith deep. Third and 13.
4:05 Ray McDonald sacks Flacco. They’re going to have to punt.
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Humm baby, lets go Niners!
We get the ball.
good. let Kaep get any butterflies out of the way.
Lets go, cool calm collective drive with a TD.
So far the commercials bite.
* deep breath *
* another *
Right then. Let’s do this.
for some reason, i’m more calm for this game than vs the Falcons….so far…
Here we go!
nice toss. damn flag
A flag already Niners?
Get your feet inbounds Walker.
Damn, wanted to get out to a smooth start. Bad penalty then a out of bounds catch. Here comes a punt….
Let’s see what the D can do with a short field to defend.
ok lets control the line
Conservative..too much. Just wasted that series. 3 and 15 at least try!
Nice Roman- the first play you run is an illegal formation. ILLEGAL FORMATION!! I have watched football for 20+ years and I never remember hearing an illegal formation until last year.
I can’t wait for Roman to find other work- is there a head coach for oregon yet?
Ray Rice and not Flaco is who scares the crap outta me. I think big brother is going to try and give lil brother a taste of his own medicine in the run game to set up the deep plays for Flaco.
Not looking good so far, but it’s still early.
Waaaay early, but we always get off to a slow start. Was hoping for a change in the Super Bowl.
I just don’t get how they allow Smith to become that wide open.
That’s been one the problems for the Niner safties all season.
They have to jam him at the LOS with press coverage. Smith is known to struggle with this.
Good tackle Brooks.
49ers are losing today. They wont be able to match the emotional high that the Ravens are on and are going to get mauled. It wont even be close. Not only do we lose for the first time in the SB we get blown the F out.
I saying it right now, we wont even have 200 yards of offense.
See. I told you so. We lose today.
Bet everything that the Ravens are up no less then 14 -0 at the end of the first quarter. Final score Ravens 38 49ers 13.
You kool aid swilling fools are gonna be choking by the end of the game. Reality is setting in folks. We’re about to get destroyed in the superbowl. LIVE WITH IT.
This will be good for all of the kids that were assuming we were gonna come in here and kick their azz. Reality sucks kiddo’s get ready for a big heaping 4 hour dose of it.
Another flag?! This is the Super Bowl, not a regular season game. There is redemption after this game.
…is no redemption…
this coming from behind stuff has got to stop
Too late now but you ain’t lying!
Sloppy so far….
And we ran on third and long.
Yeah, we threw it on the first play of the game, then why play nervous on 3rd and long?
C’mon Niners. Respond with your own TD drive.
Easy 7 points for Flaco to get in a early rhythm. Horrible start so far…
Blown assignments on offense and defense. Very frustrating. It’s time for the offense to play tit for tat.
always jam Boldin!! he’s not fast.
Exactly. Both Boldin and T. Smith have problems with press coverage.
It’s just lame seeing us play undisciplined like this. Wiped out a long gain on the first drive and then gave up a TD when we could have had them settle for 3.
That first series had “play not to lose” all over it for the 49ers. And it never works.
ATTACK!
Bad start.
Ravens look like they are clearer in what they want to do.
Need at least a good drive get some yards, make some plays. A TD would of course be good.
Flaco is in attack mode early. No jitters from him or the coaching staff.
Too many mistakes
I like Donte Whitner, but his height is a liability in coverage, especially the red zone.
Penalty discombobulated us
Punch thrown by 97 should be ejection
So far our team is getting outmuscled.
nice!
That’s the way Crabtree!
ok, so they’re taking away Gore, let CK run
Gore up the middle? Singletary in the house..
Crabtree is a human lightning bolt after the catch. Keep it up!
going to be a real test to see how we can run against these guys. still very early. ravens taking chances
And you all said I was just negative and always wrong… Ravens are playing inspired football and are this years Giants. 5-1
KAEP!
gutsy
Got a rhythm going now.
Kap leaning forward for every yard on each scamble. Careful man.
Drill these fools, they can’t stop our run game!
………or cover Vernon! lmao.
VD
Good throw to Davis!
Punch it through Niners.
Boonie keeps twitching before the play. He may get flagged.
Looks like the Ravens get to the QB first. 3 and out. Dang!
phew!
Niners need to execute. and hit
was Kruger offside?
Yes, these refs are looking the other way when to comes Ravens mistakes
3 is alright..7 was there. Push em back,push em back,team!
we got this game. they can’t stop us
Can’t hurt his confidence
we need more shotgun. Screen plays.
“we need more shotgun”.
……and cowbell. — Christopher Walken
Big series for the D
we need VD back…but if Ed Reed gets dinged i like our chances even more
Lets see how Fangio responds
What is Davis’s status?
Elbow injury. Return is probable.
lets go D and get the field position.
How in the world did Flacco make that pass?
We will pick off one of those. Just watch…
Finally an incomplete pass from Flacco.
need better focus from withner
un fricking believable
Are you kidding me?! Stop that from being caught Culliver!
Blowing chances every way possible.
did our dline suddenly forget how to wrap up?
flacco can’t keep doing this all game……..one of his scrambles is gonna cost them
Lucky there was no flag on Cilliver there.
finally
Sack finally!!!!!!
That’s it
Finally they got Flacco!
we got this game……
Culliver has been a liability in coverage for some time now. He has no ball skills at the point of catch.
Culliver is not having a good game so far. Hope he can step it up.
Ravens are very aggressive right now. You can tell they want to throw to a get a lead early then pound us into submission if possible & wear us down to negate our speed.
JSmith gets helmet knocked sideways. Still chases flacco with helmet backwards.
The accuracy!
Keep throwing that ball to Davis and great things will happen.
I am so thankful James no longer falls to the ground after first contact.
What about fumbles? *yuck*
Whoops. So often when fighting hard for tough yards.
No way! That fumble did not just happen. What a way to kill a great drive. Ugh!
Need a stop here D.
CK is leading us down the field but we keep making mistakes. We should be up right now.
Is this really happening?