The San Francisco 49ers improved to 2-2 on the season after a 30-13 Week 4 win over the New England Patriots at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
Below are several statistics and notes from Sunday's game, which were provided by the 49ers Communications staff.
With The Win...
- The San Francisco 49ers have improved to 10-5 against the New England Patriots, including a 5-2 record at home and earn their first victory against New England at Levi's Stadium.
- The 49ers have won three of the previous four matchups against the Patriots.
- Head coach Kyle Shanahan has improved to 2-0 against the Patriots and 5-2 against the AFC East as head coach of the 49ers.
Defense
- The 49ers defense tallied 6.0 sacks of Patriots QB Jacoby Brissett on the day, marking the most they've registered in a game since they tallied 6.0 sacks at Sea. (11/23/23).
QB Brock Purdy
- QB Brock Purdy completed 15 of his 27 passing atts. for 288 yds. and 1 TDs with a passer rating of 89.7. Purdy's passing TD gives him 5 this season and 49 in his career.
- Today's game marks Purdy's 25th career start for the 49ers. Through his 25 career starts, Purdy has completed 477 of his 690 passing atts. (69.1%) for 6,508 yds. and 47 TDs with a passer rating of 112.6. Purdy's 69.1% completion percentage, 47 TDs and 112.6 passer rating rank first among QBs whose first 25 career starts were with the 49ers.
HIGHEST COMPLETION % THROUGH A QB's FIRST 25 CAREER STARTS, FRANCHISE HISTORY
Rank | Player | Comp. % |
1. | QB Brock Purdy | 69.1% |
2. | QB Joe Montana | 63.0% |
3. | QB Jeff Garcia | 62.8% |
4. | QB Colin Kaepernick | 60.2% |
5. | QB Alex Smith | 56.1% |
MOST PASSING TDs THROUGH A QB's FIRST 25 CAREER STARTS, FRANCHISE HISTORY
Rank | Player | Pass TDs |
1. | QB Brock Purdy | 47 |
2. | QB Jeff Garcia | 41 |
3. | QB Colin Kaepernick | 34 |
4. | QB Joe Montana | 31 |
5. | QB Steve Spurrier | 28 |
HIGHEST PASSER RATING THROUGH A QB's FIRST 25 CAREER STARTS, FRANCHISE HISTORY
Rank | Player | Passer Rtg. |
1. | QB Brock Purdy | 112.6 |
2. | QB Colin Kaepernick | 93.4 |
3. | QB Jeff Garcia | 93.2 |
4. | QB Joe Montana | 86.1 |
5. | QB Steve Spurrier | 66.3 |
- Purdy's 112.6 passer rating in his first 25 career games are also the most by an NFL QB in their first 25 career games since at least 1970.
HIGHEST PASSER RATING THROUGH A QB's FIRST 25 CAREER STARTS, SINCE 1970
Rank | Player | Passer Rtg. |
1. | QB Brock Purdy, SF | 112.6 |
2. | QB Patrick Mahomes, KC | 112.5 |
3. | QB Kurt Warner, StL | 106.2 |
4. | QB Dan Marino, Mia. | 105.1 |
5. | QB Deshaun Watson, Hou. | 105.0 |
- With 15 completions on the day, Purdy surpassed Hall Of Fame QB Joe Montana for the 2nd-most completions by a 49ers QB through their first 25 career starts in franchise history.
MOST COMPLETIONS THROUGH A QB's FIRST 25 CAREER STARTS, FRANCHISE HISTORY
Rank | Player | Completions |
1. | QB Jeff Garcia | 544 |
2. | QB Brock Purdy | 477 |
3. | QB Joe Montana | 476 |
4. | QB Steve DeBerg | 433 |
5. | QB Colin Kaepernick | 400 |
- With 288 passing yds. on the day, Purdy surpassed former QB Jeff Garcia for the most passing yds. by a 49ers QB through their first 25 career starts in franchise history.
MOST PASSING YDS. THROUGH A QB's FIRST 25 CAREER STARTS, FRANCHISE HISTORY
Rank | Player | Pass Yds. |
1. | QB Brock Purdy | 6,508 |
2. | QB Jeff Garcia | 6,470 |
3. | QB Colin Kaepernick | 5,254 |
4. | QB Joe Montana | 5,141 |
5. | QB Steve DeBerg | 4,653 |
- Purdy also completed a 53-yd. pass to WR Deebo Samuel Sr., marking the team's longest pass play of the season and his longest completion since throwing a 54-yd. TD to Samuel vs. Sea. (12/10/23).
RB Jordan Mason
- RB Jordan Mason registered 24 carries for 123 yds. and 1 TD on the day, marking his 3rd rushing TD of the season and the 7th of his career.
- Mason's 123 rushing yds. mark his 3rd game this season with 100-or-more rushing yds., which is the most such games of any NFL RB this season.
TE George Kittle
- TE George Kittle registered 4 recepts. for 45 yds. and 1 TD on the day. His TD recept. marked his second of the season and the 39th of his career.
LB Fred Warner
- LB Fred Warner registered 7 tackles, 1 PD and 1 INT, which he returned 45 yds. for a TD.
- Warner's INT marked his second of the season and the 10th of his career. With 10 career INTs, Warner became the second player in franchise history to register 10-or-more INTs and 10.0-or-more sacks in a career, joining former LB Keena Turner (11 INTs & 19.5 sacks).
- Warner's INT returned for a TD marked the second time he's returned an INT for a TD in his career [46-yd. INT returned for TD vs. LAR (12/21/19)].
- The TD return also marked the first time that a 49ers player returned an INT for a TD since CB Charvarius Ward registered a 79-yd. INT returned for a TD at Arz. (12/17/23) and marked the first time a 49ers LB did so for a TD since LB Dre Greenlaw in 2021 [39-yd. INT returned for a TD at Det. (9/12/21)].
- Warner's PD gives him 50 in his career, 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 | 50 |
3. | LB Julian Peterson | 40 |
4. | LB Ken Norton | 39 |
5. | LB Lee Woodall | 30 |
DL Nick Bosa
- DL Nick Bosa registered 5 tackles, 1.0 sack and 1 FF, which he also recovered. His sack of Patriots QB Jacoby Brissett marked his third of the season and give him 56.5 in his career, which is 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 | 56.5 |
4. | LB Ahmad Brooks | 51.5 |
5. | DL Dana Stubblefield | 46.5 |
- Bosa's FF marked his first of the season and give him 11 in his career, which is tied for the 4th-most FFs in franchise history.
MOST FORCED FUMBLES, FRANCHISE HISTORY
Rank | Player | FFs |
1. | LB Patrick Willis | 16 |
2. | LB Fred Warner | 14 |
3. | DL Roy Barker | 13 |
4t. | DL Nick Bosa | 11 |
LB Ahmad Brooks | 11 | |
DL Chris Doleman | 11 | |
DL Bryant Young | 11 |
- His FR marked his first of the season and give him 4 in his career.
DL Kevin Givens
- DL Kevin Givens registered 3 tackles and a career-high 2.5 sacks of Brissett, giving him 3.5 sacks this season and 7.5 in his career.
DL Maliek Collins
- DL Maliek Collins registered 3 tackles, 1.5 sacks and 1 FR on the day.
- Collins' 1.5 sacks of Brissett gives him 2.5 this season and 29.0 in his career.
- With 1.0 sack last week at LAR (9/22/24), Collins has now registered 1.0-or-more sacks in consecutive games for the 4th time in his career and the first since Weeks 15-16 of 2023.
- His FR marked his second FR of the season and the 8th of his career.
DL Evan Anderson
- Making his NFL debut, DL Evan Anderson registered 2 tackles, 1.0 sack and 1 FF on the day, marking the first sack and FF of his career.
DL Leonard Floyd
- DL Leonard Floyd registered 4 tackles and 1 FF on the day, marking his first FF of the season and the 5th of his career.
DL Sam Okuayinonu
- DL Sam Okuayinonu registered 2 tackles and 1 FF on the day, marking the first FF of his career.