The San Francisco 49ers host the Seattle Seahawks in a matchup of NFC West foes on Thursday Night Football. The overall series between the teams is tied at 13 games a piece, with the 49ers winning each of the last 3 contests. This week's game also marks the 49ers 8th Thursday Night game in franchise history. San Francisco has posted a 5-2 record, including 2-0 at home, in these prime time matchups.
Last week, the 49ers (4-2) fell to the New York Giants 26-3. With 75 reception yards on the day, WR Randy Moss (15,032) became just the fourth player in NFL history to surpass 15,000 career reception yards. He trails WR Jerry Rice (22,895), WR Terrell Owens (15,934) and WR Isaac Bruce (15,208) for the most receiving yards in NFL history.
Under head coach Jim Harbaugh, the 49ers have posted a 4-0 record in games following a loss. The 49ers are one of five teams (Atlanta - 6-0; Baltimore - 5-0; Green Bay - 4-0; Pittsburgh - 6-0) to post a perfect record following a loss since 2011. The 49ers are 9-2 at home, 12-4 against the NFC and 5-1 against the NFC West during the Harbaugh era.
The Seahawks (4-2) are coming off of a 24-23 win over the New England Patriots.
The game kicks off at 5:20 PM PT and, as usual, you can visit 49erswebzone.com for the latest news and updates during and after the game.
The game will be televised on NFL Network. The radio broadcast of the game will be on KGO 810 AM and The Bone 107.7 FM.
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It looked like the throw from San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard to tight end George Kittle was going to be intercepted by the Seattle Seahawks defense. In fact, Seahawks safety Quandre Diggs looked genuinely shocked that the football didn't land in his waiting hands and then turned to see that Kittle had somehow hauled in the pass.
GEORGE KITTLE ARE YOU KIDDING pic.twitter.com/tzullTQSTJ— PFF (@PFF) January 3,
The San Francisco 49ers gave the Seattle Seahawks all they could handle on Sunday, but the Seahawks rode a fourth-quarter rally to a 26-23 win in the regular-season finale for both teams at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
The 49ers held a 16-6 advantage over the Seahawks early in the fourth quarter, but the Seahawks put together their first two
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke with reporters after the team's 26-23 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Here is everything he had to say.
Transcript provided by the San Francisco 49ers Communications staff.
Opening comments:
"Injuries from the game: [DL] Dion Jordan had a knee and did not return. Don't think it'll be too serious. Go ahead"
How would you how would you describe your emotions just in terms of maybe frustration or loss relief that the season's over, or are you full steam ahead into 2021 already?
"No, I'm very happy to seasons over. We we've been, you know, once we eliminated from the playoffs, we were ready to move on a little bit and get to next year.
