The Grab (The Catch III) HD 49ers Alex Smith to Vernon Davis 2012 

Always brings tears to my eyes when I see Davis crying after getting a touchdown. DAMNIT!

I love how Alex Smith talked smack to the Saints while he was walking off. He's been a real humble dude his whole career while taking shots from every single angle. I don't think I could take half of what he took, and you never hear him complain about it. Not even once. I can't wait until next year to see Alex lead us to #6!!

It's the crowd that throws me into euphoria.. God I love the Niners. What a PLAY.

I miss candlestick

literally one of the greatest games ever!!

The 49ers may have choked 2 super bowls in my lifetime but this is still the most hyped i’ve ever been in any sports moment. Remember this like it was yesterday. I’ll never forget it. edit: holy shit. that aiyuk catch. and that comeback. if the 49ers win it all we may have just witnessed a Catch IV. or the first Catch at Levi’s, however you wanna look at it. one more to go.

One of the greatest games I've ever seen. Miss these days. Miss this Vernon Davis too :(. what happened.

Alex Smith is criminally underrated

I think when Davis stands up and is clearly stunned beyond belief, you love this play no matter what team you like.

I was lucky to have witnessed this live, I can imagine how being there woulda felt..

I'm a Packers fan and I still got teary eyed when I saw Davis' reaction to making that catch. Harbaugh has done tremendous things for that whole organization and it's well deserved.

Hard to believe this was 9 years ago. Made me cry, not gonna lie.

Niner fans since birth. I was at the catch 2 with TO at 8 years old and watched this one on TV. Niner fans were back!!!

Was watching this at 1:15am in London. Screamed the place down!

greatest NFL year ever

I was at this game with my dad. So amazing!! The energy in that stadium when Vernon caught that pass was off the hook! Everyone was going crazy!

"The Catch" was on 3rd and 3 "The Catch ii" was on 3rd and 3 "The Catch iii" was on 3rd and 3 There are 3 "The Catch" plays made on 3rd and 3 There are 3 sides on the triangle "The Catch" is illuminati confirmed.

I am a 49er fan, but I think that was the greatest game I ever seen! The back and forth moment change from both teams! That was a fantastic finish and still give me chills!what a game!

Watching Alex Smith in this game was so great. He played his buttons off, going from a labeled bust to having a great year. We didn't win the SB this year, but we had a team to be proud of.

Tough preseason, but Jimmy G is looking good after week 3, 2019. I hope this comment ages well.

I cry every time man that was the emotional game in my life time as Niner Fan. I never knew what it was to see my squad win a playoff game but to do it like that!! Vernon makes tear up everyone I watch this bru ❤️💛❤️💛

Seems like 20 years ago. SMH.

Still brings tears to my face every, damn, time. Forever 49er Faithful 💓

I was at a family get-together and Man I screamed so loud when he made that catch, half my family ran in the room thinking it was a terrorist attack on T.V. and the other half pretty much had heart attacks where they stood. My adrenaline was through the roof!!! Great Game.

Thanks for the memories, Vernon Davis. He just retired.

just waiting patiently and staying faithful for another moment like this one. still watch it till this day. great memories.

Still feels like just yesterday..got chills

I was there, worth every penny to watch that 4th quarter and our win. I almost passed out from excitement!! It was electric at the stick!❤

This was legitimately one of the best touchdowns ever in nfl history man Fucking amazing

I remember seeing this and being so damn happy for Alex Smith and especially Vernon Davis. The career they had, the ups and downs, and to come through like that. I was happy for them both, even though Alex had suffered under coaches who didn't know how to play to his strengths and still came through. He proved a lot of doubters wrong with how he played in KC. Dont get me wrong, I wish we wouldve drafted Aaron Rodgers, but the dude had heart. And VD was just amazing. I loved that team. The players on Defense. My boy Pwill, Bowman, Cowboy, Whitner, Rodgers, Sopoaga, Ahmad Brooks, Parys Haralson, even Aldon Smith before he imploded his career. The offense: Frank Gore of course, Randy Moss, Crabtree, VD, Goodwin, Iupati, Delanie Walker, Boone. We had a damn good team. Shame we couldn't finish. Again.

I was at this game. Teared up when Vernon made that catch. Saw on the highlights later that he cried too at the same time. Will never forget this one.

“Can you feel candlestick?” That’s what Ted Robinson said after the TD. Great memories.

This was truly an emotional play and game, you can tell Davis really is passionate about the game and his team.

miss the ol' candlestick park 😢😢😢

This. This was the moment I truly fell in love with football.

Being from NY, but born a 49ers Fan cheering and believing in them all season telling people we were going to the NFC Championship and just laughed in my face asking me when's the last time we made the playoffs (2002), but never lost hope. NINERS 4EVER we will be back, cheering here from NY i almost yelled and turned up my building

I am a huge Saints fan, but even I'll admit that game was too epic to deny the 49ers from victory. It was incredible to watch and reminded me why I love football.

I still get goosebumps every time I watch this catch!! Amazing effort from our Niners!!!

This playoff game as a whole is one of the better playoff matchups of the decade

How much I miss these days so so much....

This is easily my favorite plays in niners history that I was able to witness. Seeing Vernon breakdown in the end zone is so powerful to me for some reason.

Divisional playoffs weekend was a GREAT weekend. Marked the end of Tebowmania. THANK GOD! Reality set in for the Packers with 17 point loss to the Giants, and the bountygate Saints lose to the Niners with The Catch III.

I thought I was back in 1998 again what a play GG luv my 9ers now its time 4 the 6th ring!!

10 years later and this still brings tears to my eyes. Smith to Davis as a duo was way WAY underrated. And its a shame Harbaugh bailed on Smith the next season after his concussion (when he was having a career year after improving his throwing mechanics). Right when Smith arrived and thrived, he got replaced. I thought it was a mistake the day Jim made the decision, and history still says it was a mistake. Smith ended up a 3 time pro bowler, Kap ended up out of the league. That team loved Alex, and they may have won it all with him.

Needs to be called "The Throw"

That crowd!! I fucking miss this. I was there greatest moment of my life so far to see them live and lose next week as well was a fucking dagger to my heart such an emotional rollercoaster those two weeks

Gives me goosebumps every time. I remember where i was standing

I had the glory of watching this live like many. Man o man id be lying if I said I didn't tear up when I seeing Vernon cry. 🙏

Bro this was the end of the NFL.. this was its highest peak then it started to die

Funny reading all the pro kapernick comments and everyone hating on smith. What a bust. You see, Alex smith suffered and rose up from the depths and had the fortitude to succeed. Everything came too easy for kap. When adversity hit, he had no mental capabilities to handle it and thus floundered.

Saints and 9ers always have awesome back n forth

I miss these times.. I hate Jed York for ending these moments. worst owner in football

Magical 49er game. I was and still am so proud of Alex for all he went through with team and then redeeming it all by creating one of the all time great 49ers moments. Also, proud of Vernon for this too and all he went through as a young player to come out on the other side of it. Who’s got it better than?! Noooobody!

If Joe Starkey called 'The Catch III': "Alex fires into the end zone! VERNON! VERNON! VERNON! HE CAUGHT IT! HE CAUGHT IT! TOUCHDOWN 49ERS! OH WHAT A BONANZA! Roman Harper tried to dislodged the ball, but Vernon Davis hanged on to it!"

I was at that game, it was incredible!!!

As if the rushing TD by Alex Smith wasn't good enough to win a football game he goes and threw this game winning TD to Vernon Davis. Epic Classic!!!

This feels like forever ago. I hope and trust that Shanahan and Lynch will get us back there.

Catch I: NFC Championship Catch II: NFC Wild Card Game Catch III: NFC Divisional Playoff Catch IV: Super Bowl?

I'm looking at these game winners and you see the heartbreak from the Saints a lot in this video. Its crazy how many times they've lost on a GW man.

The Alley-Oop from YA Tittle to RC Owens is the Prequel of "The Catch" saga

Impossible not to cry when i see Vernon's face after that play.

Greatest game ever

Salute. Our boys are gunna do it this year, take care

Chills every time i watch it.

The best part of this video is seeing Roman Harper get absolutely leveled. He's running full speed toward Davis, then next thing you know he's on his back. Damn.

1 of the best playoffs games i've watched get game even if we did lose!

I WAS THERE! MY FIRST NFL GAME AS A CANADIAN LMAO IT WAS AWEOSME

VERNON DAVIS MADE ONE OF THE BEST CATCHES IN NFL AND SF 49ERS HISTORY! HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE ALL-TIME BEST TIGHT ENDS IN SF 49ERS AND NFL HISTORY

What a moment!!!!

not even a 49ers fan, but Vernon Davis crying gets me every fucking time.

This was an Epic game one for the ages. Hope we face the Aints again in 2020, just to rub it in more but with Jimmy G. Just like we did in the Big Easy

I'm an old school Los Angeles Rams fan. I can concur with the 49er mystique. I've seen it time and time again. They've just been dormant for the last ten years.

Damn this Catch III played almost completely in parallel with the Catch 2. Closing seconds, at least 20 yards out, 3 men rush, THIRD AND THREE, and TD receiver crying in blissfulness in the NFC Wild Card game. Only real difference was that Owens had a crappy game before his catch, while Davis was a beast before his catch.

Soon there will be a catch IV!

By far the most heartbreaking moment of my Saints fandom. That was our best shot at another Super Bowl and will be for a long time.

Man Sean Peyton and Drew Brees have been Apart of some real heartbreakers in the playoffs...beast quake, this, the Minneapolis Miracle....wow!

Gotta love it

Alex's throw is so underrated

I was at this game btw!

Brent Jones, Vernon Davis, and now George Kittle. 49ers always seem to have a great TE

as a 49ers fan, i'm so happy they are in the Super Bowl this year since the last time they made the Super Bowl which was in 1994, i was like 6 or 7 years old, didn't follow Sports then

Alex Smith is all sorts of jacked up after the play. I mean...I would be too, it's just awesome to see.

I was walking home waiting to get picked up from a tournament. And my family as well as i am are die hard Niners fans so i couldn't get a ride since they were watching it. So i told my friend to look up the score with his iphone. It was 29-32 and the Saints had the ball with 30 seconds left. I thought oh well they're just gonna take a knee and its over. Then i tell my friend to update it and the score was 36-32 and i just went CRAZY!!! I ran down the street screaming jumping up and down!

As a 49ers fan, that image of Gregg Williams slowly walking up and down the sidelines looking down will always remind me of the day that the 49ers returned to glory.

I love The Catch series. The best part about them is that all of them happen when the 49ers are at home, all three had different qb's throwing the ball, and all three of them happen on 3rd and 3. There's some magic there, I think.

This game was exciting af

I have an honorable mention for the Catch II, call it The Catch 1.5: The TD from Montana to Freddie Solomon (RIP) during the 1983 divisional playoff at home versus the very formidable Detroit Lions. They went up 24-23 and had to fend off a final Lions drive and a missed 43 yard FG from Eddie Murray.

I remember after scoring a big goal playing soccer, I ran to the sideline to hug my coach after celebrating w my teammates on the field. Sometimes you just wanna hug the coach.

"Great offense beats great defense." Plays like this one are why that saying exists.

Watched a similar play...Smith to Davis, in Redskins Training camp yesterday.

I was trying to hold it in, and then I seen V Davis 😭. Let’s Go Niners!! 🔴👊🏽✊🏽

Dam..theres nothing finer than a niner...candlestick park was had the greatest crowds in all of the nfl.

My brother was there last year when this took place and damn i wish i wouldve been there too lol.

I also miss 'The pick at the stick' what a beast of team.

Best Game and Play of the season theyll do gretat this year

geez, this reminded me of Montana....and Alex Smith has the great potential to win a few SB's..no doubt after this game...damn!!! Epic , classic ending!!! Iconic. the 49ers are for real, this team is really really damn good..to damn good. for years.

Life was beautiful almost ten years ago! It still is 8-6 Niners let’s gooooo

I remember reading up somewhere that Vernon was crying after this TD because he remembered Mike Singletary's rant on him

Thank you Alex Smith. Enjoy retirement. What a game!!

jim harbaugh is a fantastic coach.look what he has done at michigan already.amazing