Key stats from the 49ers’ 23-7 Week 17 win over the Texans

The San Francisco 49ers improved to 9-7 on the season after their 23-7 Week 17 win over the Houston Texans at Levi's Stadium.

Below are several statistics and notes from Sunday's game, which were provided by the 49ers Communications staff.

With The Win…

• The 49ers improved to 4-1 all-time against the Texans, including a 3-0 record at home.
• San Francisco defeated Houston for the first time in the regular season at Levi's Stadium.
• Head coach Kyle Shanahan improved to 2-0 as a head coach against the Texans.
• The 49ers have won each of their past 4 home games at Levi's Stadium, marking their longest home winning streak in a single season in Levi's Stadium history and the most consecutive home games won by the 49ers since winning their final 6 home games of the 2011 season.
• The Niners finished the season 2-2 against the AFC South.

Elijah Mitchell

• RB Elijah Mitchell rushed for 119 yds. on 21 carries while adding 2 recepts. for 11 yds. and his first career receiving TD. This marked his 5th game with 100-or-more rushing yds. this season.
• Mitchell now has 878 rushing yds. this season, which are the most by a rookie in franchise history.

• Mitchell is 1 of 4 rookie RBs since 1990 to register 100-or-more rushing yds. in at least 5 of his first 10 career games, joining RB Edgerrin James (1999 – 7 games), RB Adrian Peterson (2007 – 6 games) and RB Ezekiel Elliott (2016 – 5 games).

Deebo Samuel

• WR Deebo Samuel hauled in 3 recepts. for 63 yds. and 1 TD, while adding 7 carries for 19 yds.
• Samuel now has 13 total TDs (6 rec. & 7 rushing) on the season, the most by a member of the 49ers since TE Vernon Davis (13 rec. TDs in 2013).
• This season, Samuel has amassed 1,630 yds. from scrimmage (1,310 rec. yds. & 320 rushing yds.). His 1,630 yds. from scrimmage are 9th-most in a single-season in franchise history and the most since RB Frank Gore notched a franchise-record 2,180 yds. from scrimmage (1,695 rushing yds. & 485 rec. yds.) in 2006.

Trey Lance

• In his first career start at home, QB Trey Lance completed 16 of 23 atts. for 249 yds., 2 TDs and a QB rating of 116.0. He also added 8 carries for 31 yds. on the ground.

Fred Warner

• LB Fred Warner finished with a game-high 15 tackles and 1 FF, as he forced a Texans RB Rex Burkhead. He now has 1 FF on the season, 6 in his career and it marked his first FF since 12/26/20 at Arz.

Marcell Harris

• LB Marcell Harris registered a career-high 10 tackles and his first career INT, picking off Texans QB Davis Mills.

Samson Ebukam

• DL Samson Ebukam registered 3 tackles and 0.5 sack. He now has tied his career-high with 4.5 on the season (4.5 sacks in 2019 & 2020).
• Ebukam has now tallied 0.5-or-more sacks in 4-straight games for the first time in his career.

Arik Armstead

• DL Arik Armstead notched 8 tackles and 0.5 sack, as he combined with Ebukam to bring down Texans QB Davis Mills. He now has 3.5 sacks on the season and 26.0 in his career.

Jordan Willis

• DL Jordan Willis notched 1 tackle, 1.0 sack, and 1 FF, as he brought down Mills for a 5-yd. loss. He now 3.0 sacks on the season and 8.5 in his career, as he has registered 1.0-or-more in back-to-back games for the first time in his career.

Robbie Gould

• With his 3 FGs on the day, K Robbie Gould ranks 2nd in franchise history with 132 made FGs.