49ers roll to victory with a good day

The San Francisco 49ers improved to 6-2 with a strong performance in Week 8 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. While the Jaguars are not a good team, this game represented a challenge of maintaining focus. The 49ers were heavy favorites, and while the defense did not get nearly enough pressure, the team was able to win this one in a waltz.

The game was filled with an assortment of notable news. Jim Harbaugh became the fourth fastest coach to reach 30 wins, doing it in his 40th game. He is also 10-2 against the AFC, which is the best mark of any current NFC coach. The 49ers also improved to 14-6 on the road under Harbaugh.

Colin Kaepernick and Frank Gore each ran for a pair of touchdowns. This marked the first time since 1961 that a 49ers quarterback and running back accomplished this feat in the same game. And for Frank Gore, this marks the first time in his career he has rushed for two touchdowns in a game in back-to-back weeks. Not too shabby.

With the Win...

• The 49ers improved to 14-6 on the road since head coach Jim Harbaugh took over in 2011, tying New England Patriots head coach, Bill Belichick, for 1st in the NFL in road win percentage during that span (.700).
• The 49ers improved their all-time record against the Jaguars to 2-2, and moved to 2-0 all-time at Wembley Stadium, becoming only the second NFL team ever to win multiple games in London (New England - 2).
• The 49ers recorded their fifth consecutive double-digit victory for the first time since 1995.
• The 49ers' five-game winning streak is the second-longest active winning streak in the NFL (Kansas City - 8).
• Head coach Jim Harbaugh improved his record against AFC South opponents to 3-1.
• Harbaugh improved his overall record to 30-9-1 as a head coach, since he made his NFL head-coaching debut in 2011, becoming the fourth-fastest head coach to reach 30 wins since the merger in 1970.

Fewest Games To Reach 30 Wins Since 1970
Coach	Team	Years	Games
George Seifert	San Francisco 49ers	1989-91	36
Chuck Knox	Los Angeles Rams	1973-75	38
Ted Marchibroda	Baltimore Colts	1975-77	38
Jim Harbaugh	San Francisco 49ers	2011-13	40
Joe Gibbs	Washington Redskins	1981-83	41
Red Miller	Denver Broncos	1977-79	41

• Harbaugh improved to 10-2 in his coaching career against the AFC, giving him the best record by a current NFC head coach against the AFC.
• Harbaugh improved to 11-1 in the month of October since taking over in 2011.

Double Duty

• QB Colin Kaepernick and RB Frank Gore each registered 2 rushing TDs, marking the first time the 49ers had a quarterback and running each run for 2 TDs in the same game since 10/1/61 (QB Billy Kilmer - 2 TDs and HB-FB J.D. Smith - 2 TDs). The last time it happened in the NFL was on 11/9/03 (SD QB Doug Flutie - 2 TDs and RB LaDainian Tomlinson - 2 TDs).

Turning Takeaways Into Points

• Over the past five games, the 49ers have forced 13 turnovers and have scored off of every takeaway (9 TDs, 4 FGs).
• LB Patrick Willis tallied his 2^nd FF of the season, 16^th of his career, as he stripped the ball from TE Marcedes Lewis. The fumble was picked up by LB Dan Skuta and returned 33-yds. for a TD. It marked Skuta's first career TD and first career FR.

Owning The Red Zone

• The 49ers offense scored a TD on all 5 trips to the red zone (4 rushing, 1 passing). It marks the most red zone TDs in a single game by the 49ers since 11/16/08 (5 TDs on 5 trips to the red zone vs. StL).

Lighting Up The Scoreboard

• The 49ers have scored 30-or-more points in each of the last 5 games, tying the franchise record. The team also accomplished this feat in 1994 and 1997.

Consecutive Games With 30-or-More Points In Franchise History
1994				1997				2013
Date	Opp.	Score		Date	Opp.	Score		Date	Opp.	Score
11/20	vs. LAN	31-27		9/14	vs. NO	33-7		9/26	at StL	35-11
11/28	at NO	35-14		9/21	vs. Atl.	34-7		10/6	vs. Hou.	34-3
12/4	vs. Atl.	50-14		9/29	at Car.	34-21		10/13	vs. Arz.	32-20
12/11	at SD	38-15		10/12	vs. StL	30-10		10/20	at Ten.	31-17
12/18	vs. Den	42-19		10/19	at Atl.	35-28		10/27	at Jax.	42-10

• The 49ers scored 28 points in the first half, the most by the team in the first half since 12/12/10 vs. Sea. (30 points). The 28 points are the most by the 49ers in either half since 10/7/12 vs. Buf. (28 points - 2nd half).

Moving The Chains

• The 49ers converted 6 of 9 third down conversions (66.7 pct.), the highest third down percentage by the team since 12/14/03 (6 for 9 - 66.7 pct. at Cin.).
• San Francisco also converted 2 of 2 attempts on 4^th down.

Ground & Pound

• The 49ers rushed for 221 yds. and 4 TDs on 38 carries at Jax., the most rushing yds. in a game by the team this season and the 4^th most in the NFL.

Most Rushing Yds. In A Single Game This Season
Date	Team	Opponent	Yds.
9/19/13	KC	vs. Phi.	264
9/9/13	Phi.	at Was.	263
9/15/13	Oak.	vs. Jax.	226
10/27/13	SF	at Jax.	221
9/26/13	SF	at StL	219

• The 49ers 4 rushing TDs are the most by any team in a game in the NFL season.

Keeping ‘Em Clean

• The 49ers offensive line did not allow a sack on 17 total attempts by QB Colin Kaepernick and QB Colt McCoy. The last time the 49ers did not allow a sack was 11/25/12 at NO.

Gore Keeps Making History

• RB Frank Gore rushed for 71 yds. and 2 TDs on 19 carries, marking his 10^th-career game with 2 rushing TDs. It also marked the first time in his career that Gore registered 2 rushing TDs in consecutive games.
• With 71 rushing yds., Gore now has 9,457 career rushing yds., and ranks 29^th in NFL history, moving past RB Shaun Alexander(9,452) and RB Earl Campbell (9,407).

Most Rushing Yds. In NFL History
Rank	Player	Yards
27.	Ricky Williams	10,009
28.	Clinton Portis	9,923
29.	Frank Gore	9,457
30.	Shaun Alexander	9,453
31.	Earl Campbell	9,407

Kapitalizing

• QB Colin Kaepernick completed 10 of 16 passes for 164 yds. with 1 TD and a passer rating of 117.7. The 49ers are 10-0 when Kaepernick has a passer rating of 90.0 or higher (min. 10 atts.).
• Kaepernick also had 7 carries for 54 yds. (7.7 avg.) and 2 TDs, marking his first career game with 2 rushing TDs.

Kendall Notches Career-High

• RB Kendall Hunter rushed for a career-high 84 yds. on 9 carries (9.3 avg.). His previous career-high was 81 yds. vs. Buf. (10/7/12).

Miller High Life

• FB Bruce Miller set a career-high with 56 rec. yds. on the day. He hauled in a 43-yd. recept., setting a new career-long. His previous career-long came on a 30-yd. TD recept. at Was. (11/6/11).