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108 yards for a score, and star linebacker Ray Lewis' last play fittingly was part of a defensive effort that saved the victory.
• "To me, that was one of the most amazing goal-line stands I've ever been a part of in my career," said Lewis, who announced a month ago he would retire when the Ravens were done playing.
• They are done now, with another Vince Lombardi Trophy headed for the display case.
• "What better way to do it," Lewis said, "than on the Super Bowl stage?"
• That stage already was loaded with plots:
• --The coaching Harbaughs sibling rivalry, won by older brother John, who said the postgame greeting with Jim was "painful."
• --Flacco's emergence as a top-level quarterback, and his impending free agency.
• --Colin Kaepernick's rapid rise in the last two months as 49ers QB.
• --The big game's return to the Big Easy for the first time in 11 years, and the first time since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city in 2005.
• --Lewis' self-proclaimed "last ride."
• But when the Superdome lost power, well, that wasn't in anyone's scenario.
• Flacco and the Ravens (14-6) were turning the game into a rout, leading 28-6 when, without even a flicker of warning, several banks of lights and the scoreboards went dark. Players from both sides stretched and chatted with each other in as bizarre a scene as any Super Bowl has witnessed.
• "The bad part was we started talking about it," said safety Ed Reed, who had the game's only interception. "That was mentioned. It was like they were trying to kill our momentum."
• After power was restored, the 49ers began playing lights out.
• San Francisco (13-5-1), in search of its sixth Lombardi Trophy in as many tries, got back in the game almost immediately.
• Michael Crabtree's 31-yard touchdown reception, on which he broke two tackles, made it 28-13. A few minutes later, Frank Gore's 6-yard run followed a 32-yard punt return by Ted Ginn Jr., and the 49ers were within eight.
• Ray Rice's fumble at his 24 led to David Akers' 34-yard field goal, but Baltimore woke up for a long drive leading to rookie Justin Tucker's 19-yard field goal.
• San Francisco wasn't done challenging, though, and Kaepernick's 15-yard TD run, the longest for a quarterback in a Super Bowl, made it 31-29. A 2-point conversion pass failed when the Ravens blitzed.
• Tucker added a 38-yarder with 4:19 remaining, setting up the frantic finish.
• Kaepernick couldn't get the 49ers into the end zone on the final three plays. The

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