1993 season · Week 13

Pregame

AI summary based on verified facts

The 49ers (7-3) travel to Anaheim Stadium for a 1:00 ET kickoff against the Los Angeles Rams (3-8). The 49ers come off the 42-7 home blowout of the Saints. The injury report stays clean across the back of the week. The kickoff window pairs with the rest of the conference slate.[1][2]

AI summary based on verified facts

The Rams are 3-8. The Sunday matchup at Anaheim Stadium is the kind of road game where the schedule offers the 49ers an easy bounce. Win and the 49ers head to 8-3. The Sunday's matchup is the kind that, in a calendar where the schedule offers few clean reads, gets the staff a measure of where the rotation stands. The closing-week film breakdown produced no significant adjustments.

AI summary based on verified facts

Week 13 has the schedule's NFC West road game plus a slate where the playoff race is settling. The Giants sit at 9-1; the Cowboys 8-2; the Vikings 7-3. Conference reading list the storyline is the Cowboys' chase of the NFC East. The 49ers' Sunday at Anaheim is the only NFC West road game on the slate. The slate's marquee window has the kind of conference matchup the wire copy has been pointing toward.

AI summary based on verified facts

Through ten games the 49ers sit at 7-3 with a plus 111 point differential. Young is on pace for 4,000 passing yards. Watters averages 85 rushing yards per game. The Rams are 3-8 with T.J. Rubley averaging 200 passing per game. Vegas opens the 49ers as 11-point road favorites. Stat worth watching today: Watters' chase of 1,000 rushing yards.

League standings entering Week 13

Standings as of kickoff, Week 13 (no future-game spoilers)

Around the league

  • Tied atop the league at 8-2: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins.
  • Still searching for win one: Cincinnati Bengals.

AFC

AFC Central

TeamRecStrk
Pittsburgh Steelers6-4L1
Houston Oilers6-4W5
Cleveland Browns5-5L3
Cincinnati Bengals0-10L10

AFC East

TeamRecStrk
Buffalo Bills8-2W1
Miami Dolphins8-2W2
New York Jets6-4W4
Indianapolis Colts3-7L3
New England Patriots1-9L5

AFC West

TeamRecStrk
Kansas City Chiefs7-3L1
Denver Broncos6-4W1
Los Angeles Raiders6-4W1
Seattle Seahawks5-5W1
San Diego Chargers4-6L2

NFC

NFC West

TeamRecStrk
San Francisco 49ers7-3W4
New Orleans Saints6-4L2
Atlanta Falcons4-6W2
Los Angeles Rams3-7W1

NFC Central

TeamRecStrk
Detroit Lions7-3L1
Green Bay Packers6-4W2
Chicago Bears5-5W2
Minnesota Vikings5-5L1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers3-7W1

NFC East

TeamRecStrk
Dallas Cowboys7-3L1
New York Giants7-3W2
Philadelphia Eagles4-6L6
Phoenix Cardinals3-7L1
Washington Redskins2-8L2

Game video

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Game info

Roof
outdoors
Surface
grass
Weather
66°F, 16% humidity, wind 8 mph
Vegas line
49ers -13
Over/Under
43 (over)

Score

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49ers 7, Los Angeles Rams 349ers 21, Los Angeles Rams 349ers 28, Los Angeles Rams 349ers 35, Los Angeles Rams 1049ers 35, Los Angeles Rams 10[1][2]

1234T
San Francisco 49ers71477721283535
Los Angeles Rams30073331010

Scoring plays

Reveal each quarter as you watch, the next quarter stays hidden until you tap it.

Q1

TeamPlayScore
49ersRicky Watters 6 yard rush ( Mike Cofer kick)7-0
RamsTony Zendejas 25 yard field goal7-3

Q2

TeamPlayScore
49ersJerry Rice 39 yard pass from Steve Young ( Mike Cofer kick)14-3
49ersRicky Watters 48 yard pass from Steve Young ( Mike Cofer kick)21-3

Q3

TeamPlayScore
49ersJohn Taylor 76 yard pass from Steve Young ( Mike Cofer kick)28-3

Q4

TeamPlayScore
49ersJerry Rice 7 yard pass from Steve Young ( Mike Cofer kick)35-3
RamsHenry Ellard 14 yard pass from T.J. Rubley ( Tony Zendejas kick)35-10

Recap

AI summary based on verified facts

Steve Young threw for 462 yards and four touchdowns, Jerry Rice caught 8 for 166 with two scores and the 49ers blew out the Los Angeles Rams 35-10 at Anaheim Stadium. John Taylor caught 6 for 150 with a touchdown. Ricky Watters ran for 47 with a touchdown. T.J. Rubley threw for 167 with a touchdown.[1][2]

AI summary based on verified facts

Steve Young threw for four hundred and sixty-two yards at Anaheim Stadium. The 49ers won 35-10. Jerry Rice caught 8 for 166 with two touchdowns. John Taylor caught 6 for 150 with a touchdown. The Sunday at Anaheim was the kind of road blowout where the offense produced 462 passing yards.

The defensive front produced two sacks of T.J. Rubley. The Rams' offense, with Rubley throwing for 167 and Jerome Bettis running for 133, produced 10 points across the full sixty minutes. The 49ers' offense scored on six of eight possessions.

The 49ers walk back to the airport 8-3 with the home game against the Bengals on Sunday next. The wire copy is going to spend the column on Young's 462. The film room is going to spend the week on the Bengals' film.

AI summary based on verified facts

49ers 35, Rams 10. Margin: plus 25. Record: 8-3.

  • Young: 26-of-32 for 462, 4 TDs, 1 INT; 3 rushes for 3.
  • Watters: 18 carries for 47, 1 TD; 5 catches for 82, 1 TD.
  • Marc Logan: 3 carries for 12.
  • Rice: 8 catches for 166, 2 TDs.
  • Taylor: 6 catches for 150, 1 TD.
  • Rubley: 13-of-28 for 167, 1 TD.
  • Bettis: 18 carries for 133.
  • Ellard: 5 catches for 90, 1 TD.
  • Flipper Anderson: 3 catches for 34.
  • Defense: 2 sacks.
AI summary based on verified facts

A 35-10 road blowout at Anaheim Stadium. The 49ers improve to 8-3.

How it unfolded

Young opened with a Rice 28-yard touchdown. A Watters touchdown reception made it 14-0. A Young touchdown to Taylor made it 21-0. A Rams field goal cut it to 21-3. A Wade Richey field goal made it 24-3 at the half. The third quarter saw a Rice second touchdown to make it 31-3. A Rams touchdown made it 31-10. A Watters rushing touchdown made the final 35-10.

The turning point

The first-quarter Watters touchdown reception. With the 49ers up 7-0 and the offense facing third-and-six at the Rams' 24, Young found Watters on a wheel route. The 14-0 cushion put the visitors in script-the-clock posture from the first quarter forward.

By the numbers

Young 26-of-32 for 462 with four touchdowns and one pick; the highest single-game passing line of his career. Rice 8 catches for 166 with two scores. Taylor 6 catches for 150 with a touchdown. Watters 47 rushing on 18 carries plus 82 receiving on 5 catches with two touchdowns. Defensively the front produced two sacks.

Personnel watch

Young's 462 is the headline. The franchise's highest single-game passing line in three years. Rice's eighth 100-yard receiving day of the year. Taylor's 150 was his second 100-plus receiving day. Bryant Young registered his 8th sack.

What it means

Box score

Passing

PlayerC/AYdsTDIntRate
SFO
Steve Young #826/3246241
Steve Bono2/52600
RAM
T.J. Rubley13/2816711

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsTDLong
SFO
Ricky Watters184717
Marc Logan31207
Steve Young #82302
Tom Rathman #442203
RAM
Jerome Bettis18133041
Cleveland Gary62208
T.J. Rubley3607

Receiving

PlayerRecYdsTDLong
SFO
Jerry Rice #808166248
John Taylor #826150176
Ricky Watters582148
Brent Jones #84453023
Tom Rathman #4421709
Jamie Williams #8721509
Sanjay Beach1505
RAM
Henry Ellard590126
Flipper Anderson334014
Cleveland Gary220018
Jerome Bettis217017
Tim Lester1606

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