On Sunday the mark could be tied by a more familiar name these days : Colin Kaepernick .
With the win in Carolina in the divisional round , the young pin 49ers became the fourth quarterback in history to win his first three
playoff games outside the stadium , joining Delhomme , Tony Eason (New England) and Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh ) .
To match the brand of all time , Kaepernick will have to do something that has never accomplished: win at Seattle.
The elusive pin has to San Francisco in his third final of the National (NFC ) Conference and second in a row with him at the controls.
Kaepernick took over ownership last season after he suffered a concussion Alex Smith, and led the 49ers to the Super Bowl , but San Francisco fell short in last offensive game and fell 34-31 to Baltimore.
It is considered the face of a new generation of quarterbacks in the NFL, that can pass and run, and introduced to the league 's offensive "read -option " and training "gun" . In 2012 , Kaepernick passed for 1,814 yards and 10 touchdowns in just seven regular season games , also rushed for 415 yards and five touchdowns other .
In the playoffs hit five passes in the end zone and ran for 181 yards in the divisional round against Green Bay, a new record for a quarterback.
"I really think Colin Kaepernick may be one of the best quarterbacks of all time ," said Ron Jaworski recently , former Philadelphia quarterback in the 70s and now a television analyst . "Love their skills."
Skills that are reminiscent of a former 49ers, Steve Young, Randall Cunningham but also a star in the '80s and '90s with Philadelphia and Minnesota prototype quarterbacks - runners.