Key stats from the 49ers’ 37-20 Week 16 win vs. the Commanders

The San Francisco 49ers improved to 11-4 on the season after a 37-20 Week 16 win over the Washington Commanders at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

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

With the Win...

• The 49ers have won 8-consecutive games for the first time since 2019 (Weeks 1-9; Week 4 BYE).
• San Francisco improved to 22-12-1 overall against Washington, including a 13-4-1 mark at home and a 2-0 record at Levi's Stadium.
• The Niners improved to 9-3 in their last 12 home games against the Commanders.
• San Francisco improved to 2-2 versus Washington under head coach Kyle Shanahan.

Brock Purdy

• QB Brock Purdy finished the game completing 15 of 22 passing atts. for 234 yds., 2 TDs and a passer rating of 114.6.
• Purdy is 1 of 8 players since 1950 to register 2-or-more TD passes in each of their first 3 career starts [QB Dan Marino (1983), QB Mark Rypien (1988), QB Rich Gannon (1990), QB Kurt Warner (1999), QB Billy Volek (2003-04), QB Jay Cutler (2006) & QB Marcus Mariota (2015)].
• Purdy joined HOF QB Dan Marino as the only QBs since 1950 with at least 2 touchdown passes and a passer rating of 100-or-higher in each of his first 3 career starts.
• With the win, Purdy became the first QB in franchise history to win his first 3 NFL starts.
• With 2 TD passes, Purdy became the first QB since QB Kurt Warner (1999; Weeks 1-4, Week 2 BYE) to win his first three NFL starts and throw 2-or-more TD passes in each game.
• Purdy is the only rookie QB since 1950 to win his first 3 NFL starts and throw 2-or-more TD passes in each game.
• Purdy is the first NFL player since at least 1970 to register 185-or-more passing yds., 2-or-more passing TDs and a passer rating of 114.0-or-higher in each of his first 3 NFL starts.

Christian McCaffrey

• RB Christian McCaffrey registered 15 carries for 46 yds. and 1 TD as well as 2 recepts. for 12 yds. The rushing TD marked his 7th of the season and the 37th of his career.
• McCaffrey now has 76 recepts. on the season, marking the 4th season of his career with 75-or-more recepts. He is the 4th RB in NFL history with 4-or-more seasons of 75-or-more recepts., joining Larry Centers (5 seasons), Marshall Faulk (5) and Alvin Kamara (4).

Ray-Ray McCloud

• WR Ray-Ray McCloud registered a 71-yd. rushing TD, marking the first rushing TD of his career.
• The rushing TD marked the 49ers longest play of the season and the longest rushing TD by a member of the 49ers since 2020 [RB Raheem Mostert – 80-yd. TD run at NYJ (9/13/20)].
• The run also marked the longest rushing TD by a 49ers WR in franchise history and he became first NFL WR since 2016 to register a rushing TD of 71-or-more rushing yds. [Seattle Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett – 75-yd. rush vs. Car. (12/4/16)].

George Kittle

• TE George Kittle registered 6 recepts. for 120 yds. (20.0 average) and 2 TDs. The 2 rec. TDs gave him 8 on the season and 26 in his career. His 8 rec. TDs on the season mark a single-season career-high. It also marked the 2nd time this season and the 6th time in his career that he has registered back-to-back games with 1-or-more rec. TDs.
• With 120 rec. yds., it marked the 14th game of his career with 100-or-more rec. yds., the 5th most in franchise history.
• With 2 TD recepts. today and 2 TD recepts. last week at Sea. (12/15/22), Kittle became the first 49ers TE since at least 1970 to register 2-or-more rec. TDs in back-to-back games and the first member of the 49ers since 2002 [WR Terrell Owens (Weeks 11-12)] to accomplish the feat.
• Kittle now has 5,202 career rec. yds., as he surpassed HOF Kellen Winslow Sr. (5,176 receiving yards) for the 4th-most rec. yds. by a TE in his first 6 seasons in NFL history [Rob Gronkowski (5,555), Jimmy Graham (5,357) & Travis Kelce (5,236)].

Nick Bosa

• DL Nick Bosa registered 7 tackles, 2.0 sacks and 1 FF of Commanders QB Taylor Heinicke. With 2.0 sacks, it gives him a career and NFL-high 17.5 on the season and 41.0 in his career.
• Bosa now has 11 career games with 1.5-or-more sacks, including 5 in 2022. He has at least 1.0 sack in 12 games this season, as he is 1 of 4 players since 1982 with 12-or-more games with at least 1.0 sack in a single season [LB DeMarcus Ware (14 games in 2008), LB Justin Houston (13 games in 2014) & DL Chandler Jones (13 games in 2017)].
• His 17.5 sacks on the season are tied for the 2nd-most in a single season in franchise history and the most by a member of the 49ers since Aldon Smith (19.5) in 2012.

Most Sacks In A Single Season By A Member Of The 49ers, Since 1982

Jordan Willis

• DL Jordan Willis registered 2 tackles and recovered Taylor Heinicke's fumble. The FR marked the 3rd of his career and his first since 2020 as a member of the New York Jets [at Buf. (9/13/20)].

Fred War­ner

• With a team-high 13 tackles, LB Fred War­ner registered 100-or-more tackles in a single season for the 5th-consecutive season (2018-22) to start his career.
• Warner became the 5th NFL player since 2010 to regis­ter 100-or-more tackles in each of his first 5 seasons [LB Roquan Smith - Chi./Bal. (2018-22), LB Telvin Smith - Jax. (2014-18), LB Bob­by Wagner - Sea. (2012-16) & LB Luke Kuechly - Car. (2012-16)].

Jimmie Ward

• DB Jimmie Ward registered 4 tackles, 1 PD and 1 INT of Heinicke. The INT gave him a single-season career-high 3 on the season and 7 in his career.
• The 49ers now have 15 INTs this season, the 3rd-most in the NFL.

Robbie Gould

• K Robbie Gould connected on 23-yd., 26-yd. and 35-yd. FGs and each of his 3 PATs.
• With 3 FGM, Gould (443) passed K Phil Dawson (441) for the 8th-most FGM in NFL history.

Most FGM, NFL History

• With 12 pts., Gould (682) passed K Mike Cofer (673) as the 4th all-time scoring leader in franchise history.

Most Points Scored, Franchise History