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Kaepernick sets NFL playoff rushing record for QBs, leads 49ers past Packers 45-31
• SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The unproven kid thoroughly beat the former Super Bowl champion and reigning MVP.
• With a strong arm that allowed him to pick the Packers apart from the pocket and speedy legs that helped him break free for big gains, Colin Kaepernick did a little bit of everything in a record-setting, sensational playoff debut -- and Aaron Rodgers just couldn't keep up.
• Kaepernick passed for 263 yards and ran the San Francisco 49ers right back to the NFC championship game with a 45-31 win over Green Bay in an NFC divisional game Saturday night.
• Kaepernick rushed for a quarterback playoff record 181 yards and two touchdowns and threw two scoring passes to Michael Crabtree. Next up for the Niners: a game on Jan. 20 for a spot in the Super Bowl, against the winner of Sunday's game between the Seattle Seahawks and Falcons at Atlanta.
• "It feels good. We're one step closer to where we want to be," Kaepernick said. "I feel like I had a lot to prove. A lot of people doubted my ability to lead this team."
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Sunday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2013. There are 352 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Jan. 13, 2012, the Italian luxury liner Costa Concordia ran aground off the Tuscan island of Giglio and flipped onto its side; 32 people were killed. (Ship's captain Francesco Schettino (frahn-CHEHS'-koh skeh-TEE'-noh) faces possible trial on charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship before evacuation was complete.)
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• On this date:
• In 1733, James Oglethorpe and some 120 English colonists arrived at Charleston, S.C., while en route to settle in present-day Georgia.
• In 1794, President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Ken (Continued on page 32)
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