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.
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