The San Francisco 49ers dropped to 1-1 on the season after a 23-17 Week 2 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Below are several statistics and notes from Sunday's game, which were provided by the 49ers Communications staff.
3-1-1
- In QB Brock Purdy (319 passing yds.), RB Jordan Mason (100 rushing yds.) and WR Deebo Samuel (110 rec. yds.), the 49ers finished with a 300-yd. passer, a 100-yd. rusher and a 100-yd. receiver in the same game for the first time since 12/10/23 vs. Sea. [QB Brock Purdy (368 passing yds.); RB Christian McCaffrey (145 rushing yds.); WR Brandon Aiyuk (126 rec. yds.); WR Deebo Samuel (149 rec. yds.).
QB Brock Purdy
- QB Brock Purdy completed 28 of his 36 passing attempts for 319 yds., 1 TD and a passer rating of 101.3. His 319 passing yds. mark his 6th career game with 300-or-more passing yds. and the first time he has done so since he threw for 368 yds. vs. Sea. (12/10/23).
- Purdy's passing TD marked his first of the season and the 45th of his career.
- With a passer rating of 101.3, Purdy, who completed his 23rd career start, became the sixth QB in NFL history to register a passer rating of 100.0-or-higher in 15 of his first 25 career starts.
MOST GAMES WITH A PASSER RATING OF 100.0-OR-HIGHER IN A PLAYER'S FIRST 25 CAREER STARTS, NFL HISTORY
Rank | Player | Games |
1. | QB Patrick Mahomes, KC | 18 |
2. | QB Kurt Warner, StL | 16 |
3t. | QB Brock Purdy, SF | 15 |
QB Carson Palmer, Cin. | 15 | |
QB Dak Prescott, Dal. | 15 | |
QB Tony Romo, Dal. | 15 |
TE George Kittle
- TE George Kittle caught 7 passes for 76 yds. and 1 TD on the day. His TD recept. marked his first of the season and the 38th of his career.
- Today's game vs. Min. (9/15/24) marked Kittle's 100th career game. With 76 rec. yds. on the day, Kittle now has 6,390 career rec. yds. His 6,390 rec. yds. surpass HOF TE Kellen Winslow for the third-most rec. yds. by a TE in his first 100 career games in NFL history.
MOST REC. YDS. BY A TE IN HIS FIRST 100 CAREER GAMES, NFL HISTORY
Rank | Player | Rec. Yds. |
1. | TE Rob Gronkowski, NE | 7,112 |
2. | TE Travis Kelce, KC | 6,762 |
3. | TE George Kittle, SF | 6,390 |
4. | TE Kellen Winslow, SD | 6,330 |
5. | TE Jimmy Graham, NO | 6,063 |
- With 7 recepts. on the day, Kittle now has 471 recepts. in 100 career games. His 471 recepts. surpass former TE Rob Gronkowski for the fifth-most recepts. by a TE in his first 100 career games in NFL history.
MOST RECEPTS. BY A TE IN HIS FIRST 100 CAREER GAMES, NFL HISTORY
Rank | Player | Recepts. |
1. | TE Travis Kelce, KC | 531 |
2. | TE Kellen Winslow, SD | 497 |
3. | TE Jimmy Graham, NO | 485 |
4. | TE Zach Ertz, Arz. | 475 |
5. | TE George Kittle, SF | 471 |
WR Deebo Samuel
- WR Deebo Samuel Sr. caught 8 recepts. for 110 yds., marking his 14th career game with 100-or-more rec. yds.
RB Jordan Mason
- RB Jordan Mason registered 20 carries for 100 yds. and 1 TD. His rushing TD marked his 2nd of the season and the 6th of his career.
- Today's game marked Mason's second career start. With 147 rushing yds. last week vs. NYJ (9/9/24) and 100 rushing yds. today vs. Min. (9/15/24), Mason has registered the most rushing yds. by a 49ers player in their first two career starts in franchise history.
MOST RUSHING YDS. BY A PLAYER THROUGH THEIR FIRST TWO CAREER STARTS, FRANCHISE HISTORY
Rank | Player | Rush Yds. | Season |
1. | RB Jordan Mason | 247 | 2024 |
2. | RB Kevan Barlow | 239 | 2003 |
3. | RB Matt Breida | 228 | 2018 |
4. | RB Carlos Hyde | 211 | 2015 |
5. | RB Amp Lee | 192 | 1992 |
LB Fred Warner
- LB Fred Warner registered a team-high 9 tackles, 2 FFs, 2 PDs and 1 INT on the day. His INT marked the 9th of his career.
- With 2 PDs on the day, Warner now has 48 career PDs, which are the 2nd-most by a LB in franchise history.
MOST PDs BY A LINEBACKER, FRANCHISE HISTORY
Rank | Player | PDs |
1. | LB Patrick Willis | 53 |
2. | LB Fred Warner | 48 |
3. | LB Julian Peterson | 40 |
4t. | LB Ahmad Brooks | 28 |
LB NaVorro Bowman | 28 |
- With 2 FFs on the day, Warner now has 3 FFs season and 14 in his career, which is the 2nd-most in franchise history.
MOST FORCED FUMBLES, FRANCHISE HISTORY
Rank | Player | FFs |
1. | LB Patrick Willis | 16 |
2. | LB Fred Warner | 14 |
3. | LB Ahmad Brooks | 11 |
4t. | DL Nick Bosa | 10 |
DL Justin Smith | 10 | |
DL John Engelberger | 10 |
- Warner's 3 FFs through the first two games of the season are the most by a player in franchise history. He joins LB Foye Oluokun (3 FFs in 2020) and CB Charles Woodson (3 FFs in 2002) as the only players in NFL history to register 3-or-more FFs through the first 2 games of a season.
- With 1 FF last week vs. NYJ (9/9/24) and 2 FFs on the day, it marked the first time in Warner's career that he has registered 1-or-more FFs in consecutive games.
DL Nick Bosa
- DL Nick Bosa registered 5 tackles and 2.0 sacks of Vikings QB Sam Darnold. His sacks of Darnold marked his first two of the season and gave him 55.5 in his career.
- Bosa now has 12 career games with 2.0-or-more sacks. Today marked his first multi-sack game since he had 2.0 sacks last season at Sea. (11/23/23).
- Bosa's 55.5 sacks are the 3rd-most in franchise history.
MOST CAREER SACKS, FRANCHISE HISTORY
Rank | Player | Sacks |
1. | DL Bryant Young | 89.5 |
2. | DL Charles Haley | 66.5 |
3. | DL Nick Bosa | 55.5 |
4. | LB Ahmad Brooks | 51.5 |
5. | DL Dana Stubblefield | 46.5 |
K Jake Moody
- K Jake Moody converted on a 31-yd. FGA and both of his PATs.
- With 6 FGM last week vs. NYJ (9/9/24) and 1 FGM on the day, Moody has tied former K Bruce Gossett for the most FGM in the first two games of a season in franchise history.
MOST FGM IN THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF A SEASON, FRANCHISE HISTORY
Rank | Player | FGs | Season |
1t. | K Jake Moody | 7 | 2024 |
K Bruce Gossett | 7 | 1973 | |
3t. | Six Players | 6 | --- |