The 49ers (10-2) host the Atlanta Falcons (4-9) at 3Com Park. June Jones is the head coach. Jeff George is the starter. Erric Pegram is the back. Terance Mathis and Ricky Sanders are the receivers.
The 49ers come off the 35-14 road win at New Orleans. Steve Young is the starter.[1][2]
The Falcons are 4-9. The Sunday matchup at 3Com is the kind of home game where the schedule offers the 49ers a soft landing. Win and the 49ers head to 11-2 with the conference one-seed posture secured.
The Sunday's biggest unknown is the rotation Seifert calls in the second half. The Sunday at 3Com is the kind of December home game where the front-office gets to evaluate depth across the closing snaps.
Week 14 has the home matchup against the Falcons plus a slate where the playoff race is settling. The Cowboys sit at 10-2; the Packers 9-3; the Lions 8-4. The AFC has the Dolphins at 11-1 and the Bills 7-5. Conference reading list the storyline is the Cowboys and 49ers, the conference's two top teams. The 49ers' Sunday at 3Com is the only NFC West home matchup on the slate.
Through twelve games the 49ers sit at 10-2 with a plus 134 point differential. Young is on pace for 4,000 passing yards. Watters is on pace for 850 rushing. The Falcons are 4-9 with George averaging 220 passing per game. Vegas opens the 49ers as 14-point home favorites. Tracking today: Bryant Young's chase of 12 sacks.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 9-3 | W1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-3 | W4 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 2-10 | L2 |
| Houston Oilers | 1-11 | L8 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 8-4 | W1 |
| Buffalo Bills | 6-6 | L1 |
| New England Patriots | 6-6 | W3 |
| New York Jets | 6-6 | L1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 5-7 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 9-3 | W1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7-5 | L1 |
| Denver Broncos | 6-6 | W3 |
| Los Angeles Raiders | 6-6 | L1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 5-7 | W2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 10-2 | W7 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 6-6 | W1 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 4-8 | L3 |
| New Orleans Saints | 4-8 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 8-4 | W4 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7-5 | L3 |
| Detroit Lions | 6-6 | W1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 6-6 | L2 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3-9 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 10-2 | W2 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 7-5 | L3 |
| New York Giants | 5-7 | W2 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 5-7 | -- |
| Washington Redskins | 2-10 | L4 |
Steve Young threw for 294 yards and three touchdowns, Jerry Rice caught 7 for 92 with a touchdown and the 49ers blew out the Atlanta Falcons 50-14 at 3Com Park. Ricky Watters ran for 53 with a touchdown. Jeff George threw for 193 with a touchdown. The 49ers led 35-7 at halftime. Yes.[1][2]
Steve Young threw three touchdowns at 3Com Park and the 49ers blew out the Falcons 50-14. The fifty-point afternoon is the franchise's highest single-game scoring output of the calendar. Jerry Rice caught a touchdown. Brent Jones caught a touchdown. Ricky Watters ran in a touchdown.
The defensive front produced three sacks of Jeff George. Bryant Young registered two. The Falcons' offense, with George throwing for 193, produced 14 points across the full sixty minutes. Terance Mathis caught 7 for 128.
The 49ers walk away 11-2 with the road trip to San Diego on Sunday next. The wire copy is going to spend the column on the 50-point afternoon. The film room is going to spend the week on the Chargers' film.
49ers 50, Falcons 14. Margin: plus 36. Record: 11-2.
A 50-14 home blowout of the Falcons. The 49ers improve to 11-2 with the franchise's highest single-game scoring of the year.
How it unfolded
Young opened with a Rice 14-yard touchdown. The Falcons answered with a Mathis touchdown. Young added a second touchdown to make it 14-7. A Watters receiving touchdown made it 21-7. A Wade Richey field goal pushed it to 24-7. Young added a Brent Jones touchdown to make it 31-7. A Floyd rushing touchdown made it 35-7 at the half. The third quarter saw two more 49ers touchdowns to make it 50-14. The closing two quarters were scoreless.
The turning point
The first-quarter Watters touchdown reception. With the 49ers up 14-7 and the offense facing third-and-eight at the Falcons' 24, Young found Watters on a wheel route. The 21-7 cushion put the home team in script-the-clock posture from the first quarter forward.
By the numbers
Young 22-of-33 for 294 with three touchdowns and one pick. Watters 53 rushing on 16 carries plus 73 receiving on 6 catches with a touchdown. Rice 7 catches for 92 with a score. Brent Jones 4 catches for 81. Floyd 61 on 8 carries plus the rushing touchdown. Defensively the front produced three sacks (Bryant Young 2, Stubblefield 1).
Personnel watch
The 50-point afternoon is the headline. Bryant Young's 10 sacks across 13 games puts him in third place on the franchise's all-time single-season sack list. Watters' dual-production line was the kind of utility-back afternoon Seifert has been calling.
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | |||||
| Steve Young #8 | 22/33 | 294 | 3 | 1 | |
| Elvis Grbac | 3/5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| ATL | |||||
| Jeff George | 15/29 | 193 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bobby Hebert | 4/11 | 34 | 0 | 1 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| William Floyd | 8 | 61 | 0 | 26 |
| Ricky Watters | 16 | 53 | 0 | 17 |
| Adam Walker | 5 | 22 | 1 | 10 |
| Steve Young #8 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 8 |
| Derek Loville | 4 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| Elvis Grbac | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | ||||
| Erric Pegram | 8 | 32 | 0 | 10 |
| Craig Heyward | 4 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Jerry Rice #80 | 7 | 92 | 1 | 34 |
| Brent Jones #84 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 37 |
| Ricky Watters | 6 | 73 | 1 | 38 |
| John Taylor #82 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 16 |
| Nate Singleton | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 |
| Derek Loville | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| William Floyd | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Ted Popson | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| ATL | ||||
| Terance Mathis | 7 | 128 | 0 | 81 |
| Ricky Sanders | 5 | 53 | 0 | 15 |
| Andre Rison | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 |
| Erric Pegram | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| Bert Emanuel | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Craig Heyward | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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