Key stats from the 49ers’ 45-29 Week 15 win vs. the Cardinals

With The Win...

• The San Francisco 49ers have won the NFC West for the 22nd time in franchise history and in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
• The Niners improved to 36-29 all-time against the Cardinals, including 7-7 under head coach Kyle Shanahan.
• The 49ers have swept the season series against the Cardinals in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 2012 and 2013 seasons and for the 10th time in franchise history.
• San Francisco has won 12-consecutive regular season games against NFC West opponents, which is the most consecutive division wins by an NFC West team since 2002.

Scoring Machine

• The 49ers scored a season-high 45 points at Arz. (12/17/23), which marks the most points that the team has scored in a regular season game since 2019 when they scored 48 points in 2019 [W, 48-46 at NO (12/8/19)].
• The 49ers scored a TD on their opening possession for the 9thtime this season and have scored an NFL-high 66 points on the opening possession of games this season.
• The team's 66 points on opening possessions this season is the most points scored by an NFL team on opening possessions through their first 14 games since at least 2000.

Brock Purdy

• QB Brock Purdy completed 16 of his 25 passing atts. for 242 yds. and 4 TDs with a passer rating of 135.3. His 4 passing TDs gave him 29 this season and 42 in his career.
• With 4 passing TDs vs. Dal. (10/8/23), 4 passing TDs at Phi. (12/3/23) and 4 passing TDs today at Arz., Purdy became the first 49ers QB to throw 4-or-more passing TDs in at least 3 games in a single season since QB Jimmy Garoppolo in 2019 [4 TDs at Arz. (10/31/19); 4 TDs vs. Arz. (11/17/19); 4 TDs at NO (12/8/19)].
• Purdy has registered a passer rating of 130.0-or-higher in 6 games this season, which ties New York Jets QB Aaron Rodgers (6 games in 2011 & 6 games in 2020), former QB Tony Romo (6 games in 2014), former QB Ryan Tannehill (6 games in 2019) and Denver Broncos QB Russell Wilson (6 games in 2019) for the most such games in NFL history.
• With a passer rating of 135.3, Purdy has now registered 13 games in his first two seasons with a passer rating of 110.0-or-higher, which ties Los Angeles Chargers QB Justin Herbert for the 2nd-most such games in a player's first two seasons in NFL history.

Christian McCaffrey

• RB Christian McCaffrey registered 18 carries for 115 yds. and 1 TD on the ground to go along with 5 recepts. for 72 yds. and 2 TDs through the air, marking the 2nd time in his career that he has registered 2-or-more rec. TDs in a single game [2 rec. TDs at Pit. (11/8/18)].
• McCaffrey's 20 total TDs this season are the 2nd-most total TDs scored by a player in franchise history.

• With 4 total TDs in Week 4 vs. Arz. (10/1/23) and 3 total TDs today, McCaffrey has scored 7 TDs against the Cardinals this season, which is tied for the most TDs scored against a single team in the Super Bowl era.

• McCaffrey's 3 TDs on the day give him 80 total TDs in 89 career games, which make him the 5th RB in the Super Bowl era to record 80-or-more TDs in his first 90 career games (HOF RB LaDainian Tomlinson – 104 TDs; HOF RB Emmitt Smith – 97 TDs; RB Shaun Alexander – 91 TDs; RB Adrian Peterson – 83 TDs).
• With 1 rushing TD and 2 rec. TDs on the day, it marks McCaffrey's 15th career game with 1-or-more rushing TDs and 1-or-more rec. TDs, which is tied for the most such games in NFL history.

• It also marks McCaffrey's 6th game with at least 1 rushing TD and 1 rec. TD as a member of the 49ers, which is the most in franchise history.

• McCaffrey's 182 yds. from scrimmage mark his 7th-consecutive game with 100-or-more yds. from scrimmage, which is the 3rd-longest streak of his career (9 games in 2019 & 8 games in 2018) and ties former RB Roger Craig (7 games in 1988) for the most consecutive games with 100-or-more yds. from scrimmage in a single season in franchise history.

• It also marked McCaffrey's 11th game this season with 100-or-more yds. from scrimmage, which also ties Craig (11 games in 1985 & 11 games in 1988) for the most games in a single season with 100-or-more yds. from scrimmage.

• McCaffrey's 115 yds. give him 6 games this season with 100-or-more rushing yds., the most in the NFL, and mark the 21st such game of his career, tying him with New York Jets RB Dalvin Cook for the 4th-most games with 100-or-more rushing yds. among active NFL RBs.

• With 72 rec. yds. on the day, McCaffrey now has 1,292 rushing yds. and 509 rec. yds. on the season, making him the 4th player in NFL history to record 1,000-or-more rushing yds. and 500-or-more rec. yds. in at least 4 seasons.

• With 115 rushing yds., McCaffrey now has 6,018 rushing yds. and 4,265 rec. yds. in his career, making him 1 of 3 players in NFL history to register at least 6,000 rushing yds. and 4,000 rec. yds. in the first 7 seasons of his career (HOF RB Marshall Faulk; RB Roger Craig).

Deebo Samuel

• WR Deebo Samuel hauled in 4 recepts. for 48 yds. and 2 TDs. His rec. TD marked his 6th of the season and the 18th of his career.
• With 2 rec. TDs last week at Phi. (12/3/23), 1 rec. TD vs. Sea. (12/10/23) and 2 rec. TDs on the day, it marked the first time in Samuel's career that he has registered 1-or-more rec. TDs in 3-consecutive games.

Nick Bosa

• DL Nick Bosa registered 1 tackle, 1 FF and 1.0 sack of Cardinals QB Kyler Murray, giving him 10.5 sacks on the season and 53.5 in his career. He now has 8 career games with at least 1.0 sack and 1 FF.
• With 1.0 sacks on the day, Bosa has reached 10.0-or-more sacks in a season for the 3rd-consecutive season, making him 1 of 4 active NFL players to have 3-consecutive seasons with 10.0-or-more sacks (DL Myles Garrett, Cle. – 6 seasons; DL Haason Reddick, Phi. – 4 seasons; DL Micah Parsons, 3 seasons).

Javon Kinlaw

• DL Javon Kinlaw registered 2 tackles and 1.0 sack of Murray, giving him 3.5 this season and 5.0 in his career.

Fred Warner

• LB Fred Warner registered 9 tackles, 1 FF and a 0.5 sack of Murray, giving him 2.0 sacks on the season and 8.5 in his career.

Chase Young

• DL Chase Young registered 2 tackles and a 0.5 sack of Murray, giving him 7.0 this season and 16.0 in his career.

T.Y. McGill

• DL T.Y. McGill registered 2 tackles and 1 FF, marking his first FF of the season and the 2nd of his career.

Charvarius Ward

• CB Charvarius Ward registered 3 tackles and a career-high 2 INTs of Cardinals QB Kyler Murray, one of which he returned for a 66-yd. TD. The TD marked the first of his career and the team's first defensive TD of the season.
• Ward's 66-yd. INT return is the first INT returned for a TD by a 49ers player since CB Emmanuel Moseley had a 41-yd. INT returned for a TD in Week 5 of 2022 at Car. (10/9/22).
• It also marked the longest INT returned for a TD by a member of the 49ers since LB NaVorro Bowman in 2013 [89-yd. INT returned for a TD vs. Atl. (12/23/13)].
• Ward now has 4 INTs on the season and 9 in his career.

Jake Moody

• K Jake Moody connected on a 43-yd. FG and all 6 of his PATs.
• Moody has converted on each of his 52 PATs this season, which ties him with former New England Patriots K Stephen Gostkowski for the most PATs made without a miss since the kick was moved to the 15 in 2015.

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