You can watch Lance's touchdown pass below.
The touchdown was Sherfield's second of his career, with the first coming in 2018. Lance became the first rookie quarterback in franchise history to throw a touchdown pass in a season opener.
After trading up to that spot a month earlier, the 49ers made Lance the No. 3 overall draft pick in April.
Earlier in the same drive, Garoppolo had this nice 23-yard pass to All-Pro tight end George Kittle.
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