Key stats from the 49ers’ 30-24 Week 8 win vs. the Cowboys

The San Francisco 49ers improved to 4-4 on the season after a 30-24 Week 8 win over the Dallas Cowboys 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 improved to 21-19-1 all-time against the Dallas Cowboys, including a 12-10 record at home.
• Including the postseason, the 49ers have won each of the previous 4 matchups against the Cowboys.
• The 49ers improved to 3-0 in primetime this season and 19-18 when playing on Sunday Night Football since 1970.
• Head coach Kyle Shanahan improved to 2-2 in the regular season against the Cowboys and 10-7 against the NFC East as head coach of the 49ers.

Offense

• The 49ers offense registered 223 rushing yds. on the night, marking the 2nd game this season with 220-or-more rushing yds. [228 rushing yds. at Sea. (10/10/24)].
• The 49ers 2 games this season with 220-or-more rushing yds. are the most by the team in a single season since they registered 3 games in 2019 with 220-or-more rushing yds.

Defense

• The 49ers defense intercepted Cowboys QB Dak Prescott 2 times vs. Dal. (10/27/24), marking their 3rd-consecutive game with 2-or-more INTs [2 INTs at Sea. (10/10/24); 2 INTs vs. KC (10/20/24)].
• It marks the first time that the unit has registered 2-or-more INTs in 3-consecutive games since the 2014 season [2 INTs vs. StL (11/2/14); 2 INTs at NO (11/9/14); 5 INTs at NYG (11/16/14)].
• The 49ers defense has also registered 1-or-more INTs in 5-consecutive games, marking the longest streak by the unit since registering 8-consecutive games with 1-or-more INT in the 2013 season [1 INT vs. Car. (11/10/13); 1 INT at NO (11/17/13); 1 INT at Was. (11/25/13); 1 INT vs. StL (12/1/13); 1 INT vs. Sea. (12/8/13); 1 INT at TB (12/15/13); 2 INTs vs. Atl. (12/23/13); 1 INT at Arz. (12/29/13)].

QB Brock Purdy

• QB Brock Purdy completed 18 of his 26 passing atts. for 260 yds. and 1 TD with a passer rating of 114.3 to go along with 8 carries for 56 yds. and 1 TD on the ground. Purdy's passing TD marked his 10th of the season and the 54th of his career.
• Purdy's rushing TD marked his 3rd of the season and the 5th of his career. With 2 rushing TDs last week vs. KC (10/20/24) and 1 rushing TD on the night, Purdy became the first 49ers QB to register consecutive games with a rushing TD since former QB C.J. Beathard in 2017 [1 rushing TD vs. Arz. (11/5/17); 1 rushing TD vs. NYG (11/12/17)].

RB Isaac Guerendo

• RB Isaac Guerendo registered 14 carries for a team-high 85 yds. and 1 TD on the night, marking the first rushing TD of his career.

TE George Kittle

• TE George Kittle registered 6 recepts. for a team-high 128 yds. and 1 TD on the night, marking his 6th TD recept. of the season and the 43rd of his career.
• Kittle's 128 rec. yds. give him 503 rec. yds. this season, marking his 8th-consecutive season with 500-or-more rec. yds. He joins former TE Rob Gronkowski and Hall Of Fame TE Ozzie Newsome as the only TEs in NFL history to register 500-or-more rec. yds. in each of their first 8 career seasons.
• Today's game marked the 105th game of Kittle's career. In 105 career games, he has registered 500 recepts. for 6,777 yds. and 43 TDs.
• Kittle's 6 recepts. on the night make him the 4th-fastest TE in NFL history to reach 500 career recepts., surpassing former TE Jimmy Graham.

FEWEST AMOUNT OF GAMES TO REACH 500 CAREER RECEPTS., NFL HISTORY

• Kittle's 500 recepts. are the 5th-most recepts. by any player in franchise history.

MOST RECEPTS., FRANCHISE HISTORY

• Kittle's 6,777 rec. yds. are the 3rd-most rec. yds. by any player in franchise history.

MOST REC. YDS., FRANCHISE HISTORY

• With 128 rec. yds. on the night, Kittle registered his first game with 100-or-more rec. yds. this season and now has 18 career games with 100-or-more rec. yds., surpassing WR Gene Washington for the 3rd-most such games in franchise history.

MOST GAMES WITH 100-OR-MORE REC. YDS. AMONG ALL PLAYERS, FRANCHISE HISTORY

DL Nick Bosa

• DL Nick Bosa registered 3 tackles and 1.0 sack of Cowboys QB Dak Prescott.
• His sack gave him 4.5 this season and 58.0 in his career, which is the 3rd-most sacks in franchise history.

MOST CAREER SACKS, FRANCHISE HISTORY

DL Sam Okuayinonu

• DL Sam Okuayinonu tallied 1 tackle and 1.0 sack of Prescott, marking his 3rd sack of the season and giving him 3.5 in his career.

Ji'Ayir Brown

• S Ji'Ayir Brown registered 5 tackles on the night and 1 INT of Prescott. The INT marked his first of the season and the 3rd of his career.

DB Deommodore Lenoir

• DB Deommodore Lenoir registered 6 tackles, 1 INT and 1 FF on the night. His FF marked the first of his career.
• With 1 INT last week vs. KC (10/20/14) and 1 INT on the night, it marked the first time in Lenoir's career that he's registered back-to-back games with an INT.
• It also marked the first time a 49ers player has registered 1-or-more INTs in consecutive games since LB Fred Warner did so in 2023 [1 INT vs. Dal. (10/8/23); 1 INT at Cle. (10/15/23)].

LB Fred Warner

• LB Fred Warner registered a team-high 8 tackles and 1 PD on the night.
• Warner's PD gives him 52 in his career, which are the 2nd-most by a LB in franchise history.

MOST PDs BY A LINEBACKER, FRANCHISE HISTORY

S Malik Mustapha

• S Malik Mustapha registered 5 tackles and 1 PD on the night, marking the 4th PD of his career.

CB Renardo Green

• CB Renardo Green registered 3 tackles and 1 FF on the night, the first FF of his career.

K Anders Carlson

• K Anders Carlson connected on each of his 3 FGAs (50, 44, 41) and all 3 of his PATs.