The Catch II was a National Football League (NFL) Wild Card Playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers on January 3, 1999.

Controversial decisions by the game officials led to rule changes related to challenging calls on the field and the use of instant replay.

The San Francisco 49ers went 12–4 during the 1998 NFL season and entered as the 4th seed in the playoffs after clinching a Wild Card berth.

[1] The Green Bay Packers went 11–5 and entered the playoffs as the 5th seed, also clinching a Wild Card berth.

After two rushes gained 18 yards, Steve Young threw a 1-yard pass to Greg Clark for the touchdown putting the 49ers up 7–3.

The Packers then drove 62 yards on 9 plays, scoring touchdown on a 2-yard pass from Brett Favre to Antonio Freeman.

San Francisco quickly tied the game 10–10 on a 34-yard Wade Richey field goal, after a short 8-play, 37-yard drive.

[5] The 49ers' Lee Woodall intercepted a Favre pass, kickstarting a 5-play, 33-yard drive that ended in an 8-yard touchdown catch by Clark to tie the game at 17–17.

Favre connected with Freeman for his second touchdown reception of the game, a 15-yard pass that ended a 9-play, 89-yard drive.

[6] Owens, securing the victory after a terrible offensive game, was overcome with emotion as he hugged head coach Steve Mariucci.

[7] On the ensuing kickoff, Roell Preston was able to return the ball to his team's own 45-yard line, but fumbled out of bounds as time expired, giving the 49ers the victory over the Packers, 30–27.

[10] With 40 seconds left in the game during the 49ers' final drive, Young completed a pass to Jerry Rice for a gain of 6 yards to the Packers' 47.

[12] At the time of this game, instant replay rules were not instated in the NFL, in which the play could be easily challenged and overturned.

[11] However, Packers' players, coaches and executive complained about the poor officiating and argued for the implementation of instant replay to avoid these type of impactful calls.

[12][13] Shortly after the missed fumble, the referees also called a pass as incomplete that Packers' players felt was an interception, a play which would have also effectively ended the game.

[14] One of the biggest stories of the game was Terrell Owens and his struggles on offense prior to the game-winning touchdown catch.

[18] Following the missed Jerry Rice fumble, outcry rippled throughout the NFL and the Packers organization for the league to institute a new instant replay review system.

[22] The Catch II went down in 49ers–Packers history, as a culmination of San Francisco finally winning one of their many postseason meetings in the 1990s.

[28] As for Owens, the moment was one of his first memorable plays with the 49ers that eventually led to a Hall of Fame NFL career.