NFL admit referee call was wrong

THE NFL admitted that a referee made an incorrect call on the final play of the San Francisco 49ers’ 39-38 playoff victory over the New York Giants, a mistake that could have cost the Giants the game.

Mike Pereira, the NFL’s director of officiating, told the two teams that a defensive pass interference penalty should have been called on the 49ers, which would have allowed the Giants to retry a potential game-winning field goal.

“It doesn’t do us a damn bit of good,” Giants coach Jim Fassel said after the statement, which blamed referee Ron Winter’s officiating crew for not making the pass interference call.