49ers beat their rivals, yes it was a good day

The 49ers have a lot of work left to do, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy Sunday's victory. The 49ers are likely plenty bruised after that win, but those bruises don't feel quite so awful when they're accompanied with a win.

With The Win...

• The 49ers improved to 14-0-1 against NFC West opponents at Candlestick Park since 2009, giving them the 2^nd best winning percentage (.967) against divisional opponents at home during that span.

Best Divisional Record At Home In The NFL Since 2009
Rank	Team	Record	Win %
1.	New England	14-0	1.000
2.	San Francisco	14-0-1	.967
3t.	Indianapolis	11-2	.846
	Seattle	11-2	.846
5.	Green Bay	12-2-1	.833

• The 49ers improved their all-time record against Seattle to 15-15, and 8-6 against the Seahawks at Candlestick Park. This was San Francisco's 5^th consecutive win against the Seahawks at Candlestick Park, which is the longest home win streak against Seattle in franchise history.
• Harbaugh improved his record as a head coach against Seattle to 4-2.
• Harbaugh improved his record as a head coach to 8-3 in the month of December.

Controlling The Ground

• The 49ers offense rushed for 163 yds. on 33 carries (4.9 avg.) against the Seahawks defense that was allowing just 107.2 yds. per game on the ground.
• San Francisco's defense held the Seahawks, who ranked 2^nd in the NFL averaging 146.2 rushing yds. per game, to just 86 yds. rushing.

Block Party

• WR Kassim Osgood blocked Seahawks P Jon Ryan's punt for his first-career blocked punt. This marked the first blocked punt by the 49ers since 9/15/13 at Sea. (S Craig Dahl blocked Seahawks P Jon Ryan's punt).
• According to Stats Inc., it marks just the 3^rd time in franchise history that the 49ers blocked 2 or more punts in a season (1975 - 3; 1960 - 2).

Dawson Sets The Franchise Record

• K Phil Dawson connected on all 4 FG attempts on the day, including the game-winning 22-yd. FG with 26 seconds left in the 4^th qtr.
• Dawson has now made 20 consecutive FGs, setting the franchise record for most consecutive FGs made. K Joe Nedney, who made 18 consecutive FGs, held the franchise record since 2007.

	Player (Timeframe)	FGs
1.	Phil Dawson (10/6/13 - present)	20
2.	Joe Nedney (11/26/06 - 9/30/07)	18
3.	Mike Cofer (12/4/88 - 10/1/89)	17
4t.	Wade Richey (12/27/98 - 11/7/99)	16
	Gary Anderson (9/14/97 - 11/10/97)	16

• According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Dawson, who also holds the Cleveland Browns franchise record for most consecutive made FGs (27), joins K Olindo Mare (Mia. and Sea.) and Neil Rackers (Arz. and Hou.) as the only kickers who currently hold the record for most consecutive made FGs for two different franchises.

Being Frank

• RB Frank Gore rushed for a game-high 110 yds. on 17 carries (6.5 avg.), including a season-long 51-yd. run late in the 4^th qtr. to set up the game-winning FG by K Phil Dawson. The 51-yd. run by Gore was his longest since 10/16/11 at Det. (55 yds.).
• This marked Gore's 3^rd 100-yd. game of the season and 35th of his career. His 35 career 100-yd. games are the 2nd-most among all players since 2005. The 49ers improved to 28-7 when Gore rushes for 100-yds.-or-more.

Most 100-yd. Rushing Games Since 2005
Rank	Name	Games
1.	Adrian Peterson, Min.	42
2.	Frank Gore, SF	35
3.	Chris Johnson, Ten.	34
4.	Steven Jackson, Atl.	31
5.	Maurice Jones-Drew, Jax.	27

• With a start against the Rams, Gore has now started 41 consecutive games, which is the longest current streak among active RBs.

Right On Q

• WR Anquan Boldin hauled in 6 recepts. for a game-high 93 yds., becoming the 30^th player in NFL history to surpass 11,000 career rec. yds. (11,080).
• Boldin now ranks 29^th in NFL history for the most career receiving yards.

Most Receiving Yards In NFL History
Rank	Player	Yds.
27.	Keenan McCardell	11,373
28.	Larry Fitzgerald	11,187
29.	Anquan Boldin	11,080
30.	Chad Johnson	11,059
31.	Joey Galloway	10,950

Davis Hauls In His 11th

• TE Vernon Davis hauled his 11^th TD of the season, 51^st of his career, on an 8-yd. TD pass from QB Colin Kaepernick.
• Davis has now registered a TD recept. in each of the last 4 games, marking the 3^rd time in his career he accomplished this feat.
• Davis now ranks 8^th among all tight ends in NFL history with 51 career TD recepts.

Most Career Rec. TDs Among TEs In NFL History
Rank	Player	TDs	Rank	Player	TDs
1.	Tony Gonzalez	108	6.	Dallas Clark	53
2.	Antonio Gates	86	7.	Dave Casper	52
3.	Shannon Sharpe	62	8.	Vernon Davis	51
4.	Jerry Smith	60	9t.	Jason Witten	50
5.	Wesley Walls	54		Ben Coates	50

Applying The Pressure

• LB NaVorro Bowman sacked Seahawks QB Russell Wilson and stripped the ball, giving him 4.0 on the season and 8.0 for his career. It also marked his 3^rd FF of the season and 4^th of his career.
• DT Ray McDonald brought down Wilson, giving him 3.5 sacks on the season and 16.5 for his career.

The Closer

• CB Eric Wright picked off Seahawks QB Russell Wilson late in the 4^th qtr. to secure the victory. It marked his first INT as a member of the 49ers and 15^th of his career.