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49ers vs. Rams final score: Notable performances, stats from Thursday Night Football

The 49ers improved to 2-2 with their Week 4 win over the St. Louis Rams. We break down some of the notable stats and performances from Thursday's game. New to Niners Nation? Sign up here and join the discussion!

Michael Thomas

The San Francisco 49ers PR department put together a list of notable stats that came out of Thursday Night Football. Here is a rundown of all sorts of notable performances and stats.

With the Win...

  • The 49ers improved their all-time record against the Rams to 63-62-3.
  • The 49ers improved their record at the Edward Jones Dome to 10-9.
  • The 49ers improved their record in Prime Time to 64-33.
  • The 49ers improved their record on Thursday Night Football to 7-2.
  • Head coach Jim Harbaugh improved his record against the Rams to 3-1-1.
  • Harbaugh improved his record against the NFC West to 9-4-1.
  • Harbaugh improved his record vs. the NFC to 19-7-1.
  • Harbaugh improved his road record to 12-6, which is tied for 3rd best in the NFL since the start of the 2011 season.
  • Harbaugh improved his record in Prime Time to 7-3.
  • Harbaugh improved to 7-4 in the month of September since taking over in 2011.
  • The 49ers defense held the Rams to 18 yds. rushing on 19 carries (0.9 avg.). This marks the 7th-best single-game defensive rushing performance in franchise history.

Fewest Rushing Yds. Allowed In Franchise History

Rank

Date

Opponent

Atts.

Yds.

1t.

10/29/12

at Arizona

9

7

10/1/72

at New Orleans

16

7

3.

11/2/03

vs. St. Louis

8

9

4t.

12/1/86

vs. NY Giants

19

13

11/29/10

at Arizona

11

13

6.

12/6/64

vs. LA Rams

14

15

7.

9/26/13

at St. Louis

19

18

8.

10/29/50

vs. Baltimore

21

21

9.

10/20/91

vs. Detroit

8

24

10.

9/10/95

vs. Atlanta

11

25

Frank Runs Wild

  • RB Frank Gore rushed for 153 yds. and 1 TD on 20 carries. The 153 yds. by Gore are t-5th most in a single game in his career.

Gore's Highest Single Game Rushing Performances

Date

Opponent

Atts.

Yds.

TDs

11/19/06

vs. Seattle

24

212

0

9/20/09

vs. Seattle

16

207

2

12/14/09

vs. Arizona

25

167

1

11/12/06

at Detroit

22

159

1

9/26/13

at St. Louis

20

153

1

12/31/06

at Denver

31

154

0

  • Gore scored on a 33-yd. TD run, marking his 2nd of the season and 53rd of his career.
  • Gore now has 14 rushing TDs against the Rams, the most by any player against the Rams in NFL history.

Most Rushing TDs Against St. Louis Rams

Player

Games

TDs

Frank Gore, SF

14

14

Lenny Moore, Bal.

20

12

Jim Taylor, GB, NO

17

10

Shaun Alexander, Sea.

10

9

Roger Craig, SF, LAA, Min.

17

9

  • Gore rushed for 107 yds. and 1 TD on 10 carries in the first half. This marks the 7th time he surpassed the 100-yd. mark in the first half in his career and the first time since 10/30/11 vs. Cle. (103 yds. and 1 TD on 19 carries).
  • This marks Gore's 33rd career 100-yd. game and first of the season. His 33, 100-yd. games rank t-2nd in the NFL since 2005.

Most 100-yd. Rushing Games Since 2005

Rank

Player

Games

1

Adrian Peterson, Min.

38

2t.

Frank Gore, SF

33

Chris Johnson, Ten

33

4

Steven Jackson, Atl.

31

5t.

Maurice Jones-Drew, Jax.

26

Willis McGahee, Cle.

26

  • The 49ers improve to 26-7 when Gore has 100-yd.-or-more.

Ground Delivery

  • RB Anthony Dixon recorded his first TD of the season, 7th of his career, on a 1-yd. TD run.
  • RB Kendall Hunter notched his 2nd TD of the season, 6th of his career, on a 29-yd. TD run. He finished the game with 11 carries for 49 yds. and 1 TD.
  • The 49ers had 3 rushing TDs vs. the Rams. It marked the first time the 49ers have had three different RBs score a rushing TD in the same game since 12/2/01 vs. Buf. (Garrison Hearst, Fred Beasley and Paul Smith).

Tip Of The Kap

  • QB Colin Kaepernick completed 15-of-23 for 167 yds., 2 TDs, and a QB rating of 115.7. The 49ers improved to 6-0 when Kaepernick starts and has a QB rating of 100.0-or-better.

Red And Bold

  • WR Anquan Boldin finished the day with 5 recepts. for 90 yds. and 1 TD. He hauled in his 2nd TD of the season, and 60th of his career, on a 20-yd. TD pass from QB Colin Kaepernick.

Davis Finds Paydirt

  • TE Vernon Davis hauled in his 3rd TD of the season on a 12-yd. TD pass from QB Colin Kaepernick. Davis now has 43 career TDs.

Take It Away

  • S Donte Whitner picked of Rams QB Sam Bradford, marking his 1st INT of the season and 9th of his career. The INT lead to a 33-yd. TD run by RB Frank Gore on the ensuing series.
  • LB NaVorro Bowman sacked and stripped Bradford and the loose ball was recovered by DT Tony Jerod-Eddie. It marked the 2ndFF of the season and 3rd career FF for Bowman and the first-career FR for Jerod-Eddie. RB Anthony Dixon scored on a 1-yd. TD run on the ensuing drive.

Applying The Pressure

  • The 49ers defense registered 5.0 sacks on Rams QB Sam Bradford. This marks the first time the 49ers defense notched 5.0 sacks-or-more in a game since 11/25/12 at NO (5.0 sacks of QB Drew Brees).
  • LB NaVorro Bowman led the way with 2.0 sacks, marking his first-career multi-sack game. He now has 2.0 sacks on the season and 6.0 in his career.
  • LB Ahmad Brooks tallied 1.5 sacks, giving him 2.5 sacks on the season and 29.0 for his career.
  • DL Glenn Dorsey registered 1.0 sack. He now has 2.0 sacks on the season and 6.0 for his career.
  • DT Justin Smith added 0.5 sack, his first of the season. Smith now has 76.5 sacks in his career.

It's A First

  • LB Dan Skuta made his first start as a member of the 49ers and LB Michael Wilhoite made his first career start.
  • WR Jon Baldwin and QB Colt McCoy each made their 49ers debut.
  • LB Nate Stupar and CB Darryl Morris each made their NFL debut.