49ers claim most Monday Night Football wins in NFL history

The San Francisco 49ers took care of business on Monday Night Football, as they took control in the second half en route to a 27-6 victory. The win was the 49ers 44th victory on MNF, and improved their record to 44-25 on Monday nights. They snapped a tie with Dallas for most victories, and are currently second to Seattle in MNF win percentage.

The 49ers released their usual postgame notes detailing some of the bigger performances. Aldon Smith had two sacks to climb out of a tie with Chris Doleman for fifth place on the 49ers sack chart. He now has 40 career sacks, which is five behind Dwaine Board for fourth all time. Aldon's 40 sacks since the start of the 2011 season is one ahead of Jared Allen for most in the league during that stretch.

The 49ers continued to dominant when they force turnovers. The 49ers have forced 19 turnovers this season, and they have scored on every one of them. They have 11 touchdowns and 8 field goals, which is good for a league high 108 points off takeaways.

With the Win...

• The 49ers improved their record on Monday Night Football to 44-25 since the merger, giving San Francisco the 2^nd highest winning percentage in the NFL during that span (Sea. - .714) (minimum 15 games).

Highest Win % On MNF Since 1970
Rank	Team	Win %
1.	Seattle	.714
2.	San Francisco	.638
3.	Pittsburgh	.625
4.	Indianapolis	.618
5.	Dallas	.573

• The 49ers registered their 44^th win on Monday Night Football, breaking a tie with Dal. for the most in NFL history. San Francisco also improved to 4-1 all-time against the Redskins in games on Monday night.

Most Wins On MNF In NFL History
Rank	Team	Wins
1.	San Francisco	44
2.	Dallas	43
3t.	Miami	40
	Pittsburgh	40
4.	Oakland	37

• The 49ers improved their all-time record against the Redskins to 19-10-1, and 8-7 (2-1 at FedExField) all-time when playing Was. on the road.
• The 49ers improved to 9-3 in prime time games under head coach Jim Harbaugh.
• This marks the 49ers 5th consecutive win on Monday Night Football.
• Harbaugh improved to 4-0 on ESPN's Monday Night Football.
• Harbaugh improved his record as a head coach to 6-3-1 in the month of November.

• The 49ers improved to 15-7 on the road since head coach Jim Harbaugh took over in 2011, giving Harbaugh the best road win percentage (.682) in the NFL during that span.

Best Road Win % In The NFL Since 2011
Rank	Team	Record	Win %
1.	San Francisco 49ers	15-7	.682
2t.	Denver Broncos	14-7	.667
	New England Patriots	14-7	.667
4.	Green Bay Packers	13-8	.619
5.	Cincinnati Bengals	13-9	.591

Defense Clamps Down

• The 49ers defense held the Redskins to just 90 net yds. passing, the fewest net passing yds. allowed since 11/19/12 vs. Chi. (58 net yds. passing).

Capitalizing Off Of Takeaways

• In the last games, the 49ers have forced 19 turnovers and have converted each one into points (11 TDs, 8 FGs).
• This season, the 49ers have scored 108 points off of takeaways, ranking first in the NFL.
• S Donte Whitner notched his 2^nd INT of the season, 10^th of his career, picking off Redskins QB Robert Griffin III. The INT led to a 29-yd. FG by K Phil Dawson.

Leading The Way

• QB Colin Kaepernick completed 15 of 24 atts. for 235 yds., 3 TD and a career-high 134.5 QB rating. His previous QB rating high was 133.1 vs. Chi. (11/19/12).

• The 49ers improved to 11-0 when Kaepernick starts and has a passer rating of 90.0 or higher.

Davis Climbs The Charts

• TE Vernon Davis registered 4 recepts. for 70 yds. and 1 TD. Davis now has 9 TDs on the season, ranking t-5h in the NFL and 3^rd among tight ends.
• Davis now has 49 career TD recepts., ranking t-4^th in franchise history with WR Billy Wilson (49).

Most Career Rec. TDs In Franchise History
Rank	Player	TDs
1.	Jerry Rice	176
2.	Terrell Owens	81
3.	Gene Washington	59
4t.	Vernon Davis	49
	Billy Wilson	49

Anquan Shines On Monday Night

• WR Anquan Boldin registered his first multi-TD game as a member of the 49ers and the 12th of his career. It marked his first 2 TD game since 12/9/12 at Was. (3 recepts. for 78 yds. and 2 TDs).
• In his career, Boldin has notched 8 rec. TDs on Monday Night Football, ranking first among all active players.

Most Rec. TDs On MNF Among Active Players
Rank	Player	Games	TDs
1	Anquan Boldin, SF	9	8
2t.	Marques Colston, NO	12	7
	Jimmy Graham, NO	6	7
4t.	Antonio Gates, SD	14	6
	Jason Witten, Dal.	14	6

Sacks for Smith

• LB Aldon Smith sacked Redskins QB Robert Griffin III two times, giving him 6.5 sacks on the season and 40.0 for his career. This marked Smith's 11^th game with 2.0 or more sacks and second of the season.
• Smith's 40.0 career sacks ranks 5^th in franchise history.

Most Career Sacks In Franchise History
Rank	Player	Sacks
1.	Bryant Young (DT)	89.5
2.	Charles Haley (LB)	66.5
3.	Dana Stubblefield (DT)	46.5
4.	Dwaine Board (DE)	45.0
5.	Aldon Smith (LB)	40.0

• In four career games on Monday Night Football, Smith has registered 12.0 sacks, ranking t-1st among all active players for the most sacks on Monday night.

Most Sacks Among Active Players On MNF
Rank	Player	Games	Sacks
1.	Dwight Freeney	13	12.0
	Aldon Smith	4	12.0
3.	Shaun Phillips	12	10.5
4t.	Jared Allen	12	9.5
	James Harrison	12	9.5

• Since 2011, Smith's 40.0 sacks ranks 1^st in the NFL.

Most Sacks Since 2011
Rank	Player	Sacks
1.	Aldon Smith	40.0
2.	Jared Allen	39.0
3.	DeMarcus Ware	36.0
4.	J.J. Watt	35.5
5.	Von Miller	34.0

Brooks Sets Career High

• LB Ahmad Brooks registered 2.0 sacks on Redskins QB Robert Griffin III, marking his 2^nd game of the season with 2.0-or-more sacks, and 5^th of his career.
• Brooks leads the team with a single-season career-high 8.5 sacks. His previous career-high was 7.0 sacks in 2011.
• Brooks has now registered 33.0 sacks as a member of the 49ers, ranking 8^th in franchise history.

Most Career Sacks In Franchise History
Rank	Player	Sacks
1.	Bryant Young (DT)	89.5
2.	Charles Haley (LB)	66.5
3.	Dana Stubblefield (DT)	46.5
4.	Dwaine Board (DE)	45.0
5.	Aldon Smith (LB)	40.0
6.	Chris Doleman (DE)	38.0
7.	Justin Smith (DT)	34.5
8.	Ahmad Brooks (LB)	33.0
9.	Andre Carter (DE)	32.0
10.	Jeff Stover (DE)	30.5

Streaking

• K Phil Dawson has made 13 consecutive FGs over the past seven games. Dawson is now tied with Bruce Gossett and Jose Cortez for the 6th longest streak in franchise history with 13 consecutive made FGs.

	Player (Timeframe)	FGs
1.	Joe Nedney (11/26/06 - 9/30/07)	18
2.	Mike Cofer (12/4/88 - 10/1/89)	17
3t.	Wade Richey (12/27/98 - 11/7/99)	16
	Gary Anderson (9/14/97 - 11/10/97)	16
5.	David Akers (10/9/11 - 11/13/11)	15
6t.	Phil Dawson (10/6/13 - 11/25/13)	13
	Jose Cortez (9/5/02 - 11/3/02)	13
	Bruce Gossett (10/14/73 - 12/2/73)	13

Making His Debut

• G Joe Looney made his NFL debut.