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Dec 22, 2024 at 6:44 PM


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The San Francisco 49ers dropped to 6-9 on the season after a 29-17 Week 15 loss to the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

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


QB Brock Purdy

  • QB Brock Purdy completed 26 of his 40 passing atts. for 313 yds. and 2 TDs with a passer rating of 95.1. Purdy's passing TDs gave him 17 this season and 61 in his career.
  • Purdy's 2 TD passes on the day marks his 5th multi-TD passing game of the season and the 20th of his career. Today's game also marked his 3rd game this season with 300 or more passing yds. and 2-or-more passing TDs [353 passing yds. and 2 TDs at TB (11/10/24); 325 passing yds. and 2 TDs vs. Chi. (12/8/24)].
  • With 313 passing yds. on the day, Purdy registered his 9th career game with 300-or-more passing yds., which is the 5th-most in franchise history.

MOST GAMES WITH 300-OR-MORE PASSING YDS., FRANCHISE HISTORY

Rank Player Games
1. QB Joe Montana 35
2. QB Steve Young 28
3. QB Jeff Garcia 14
4. QB Jimmy Garoppolo 11
5. QB Brock Purdy 9

TE George Kittle

  • TE George Kittle registered 8 recepts. for 106 yds. on the day. With 106 rec. yds., Kittle now has 7,241 rec. yds. in his career, surpassing former New England Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski for the 2nd-most rec. yds. by a TE in their first 8 seasons in NFL history.

MOST REC. YDS. BY A TE THROUGH THEIR FIRST 8 SEASONS, NFL HISTORY

Rank Player Rec. Yds.
1. TE Travis Kelce, KC 7,881
2. TE George Kittle, SF 7,241
3. TE Rob Gronkowski, NE 7,179
4. TE Antonio Gates, SD 7,005
5. TE Jason Witten, Dal. 6,967

  • With 106 rec. yds. on the day, Kittle registered his 3rd game this season with 100 or more rec. yds. and now has 20 career games with 100-or-more rec. yds.
  • Kittle's 20 career games with 100-or-more rec. yds. make him 1 of 4 TEs in NFL history to register 20 such games in the first 8 seasons of their career.

MOST GAMES WITH 100 OR MORE REC. YDS. BY A TE IN THEIR FIRST 8 NFL SEASONS, NFL HISTORY

Rank Player Games
1. TE Rob Gronkowski, NE 26
2. TE Travis Kelce, KC 25
3. TE Kellen Winslow Sr., SD 24
4. TE George Kittle, SF 20
5t. TE Antonio Gates, SD 18
TE Jackie Smith, StL 18

  • Kittle also has the 3rd-most games with 100-or-more rec. yds. in franchise history.

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

Rank Player Games
1. WR Jerry Rice 66
2. WR Terrell Owens 25
3. TE George Kittle 20
4. WR Gene Washington 17
5. WR Dwight Clark 16

WR Deebo Samuel

  • WR Deebo Samuel Sr. registered 7 recepts. for 96 yds. and 1 TD through the air to go along with 5 carries for 25 yds. on the ground. His TD recept. marked his 2nd of the season and the 21st of his career.
  • Samuel Sr.'s 125 yds. from scrimmage mark his 21st career game with 100 or more yds. from scrimmage.

TE Eric Saubert

  • TE Eric Saubert registered a 2-yd. TD recept. on the day, marking his first TD recept. as a member of the 49ers, the 3rd of his career and his first since logging a 22-yd. TD recept. as a member of the Denver Broncos [vs. Hou. (9/18/22)].

LB Fred Warner

  • LB Fred Warner registered 11 tackles on the day. With 11 tackles, Warner now has 117 tackles on the season and joins Baltimore Ravens LB Roquan Smith as the only players since at least 2000 to register 115 or more tackles in each of their first 7 NFL seasons.

CB Renardo Green

  • CB Renardo Green registered a career-high 10 tackles and 1 PD on the day, while DB Deommodore Lenoir tallied 4 tackles and 1 PD.
  • Green and Lenoir have both registered 9 PDs this season, which are tied for the most on the team.

DL Alex Barrett

  • In his first game appearance since the 2020 season vs. Sea. (1/3/21), DL Alex Barrett registered one tackle on special teams, marking the first of his career.
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