Recap
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Steve Young threw for 303 yards and three touchdowns, Garrison Hearst ran for 138 yards and a touchdown and the 49ers blew out the Washington Redskins 45-10 at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium. Jerry Rice caught 4 for 82 in his second regular-season game; Terrell Owens caught 4 for 67 with a touchdown. Chuck Levy added a rushing touchdown. Trent Green threw for 201 yards and a touchdown for Washington; Terry Allen ran for 94 on 18 carries.[1][2]
Columnist recap
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Steve Young threw three more touchdowns and the 49ers won 45-10 at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium. Garrison Hearst ran for 138 on 22 carries. Jerry Rice caught four passes for 82 in his second 1998 game and looked the closest to his 1996 form he has looked since the ACL.
The Sunday was a clean road afternoon. The defensive front sacked Trent Green four times. The secondary held Westbrook to 109 receiving but produced two takeaways in the first half. Mariucci's offense scored on six of nine possessions; the Redskins' defense, with the offseason addition of Dana Stubblefield, allowed the highest single-game point total of his career.
The 49ers walk back to the airport 2-0 with the bye in Week 3 and the home game against Atlanta on Sunday after that. The wire copy is going to spend the column on the 45-point road game. The film room is going to spend the bye week on the secondary's continued issues with deep balls before the takeaways set the tone.
By the numbers
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49ers 45, Redskins 10. Margin: plus 35. Record: 2-0.
- Young: 21-of-32 for 303, 3 TDs, 0 INTs.
- Hearst: 22 carries for 138, 1 TD; 1 catch for 12.
- Levy: 8 carries for 44, 1 TD.
- Rice: 4 catches for 82.
- Owens: 4 catches for 67, 1 TD.
- Edwards: 4 catches for 52, 1 TD.
- Green: 14-of-25 for 201, 1 TD.
- Allen: 18 carries for 94.
- Westbrook: 5 catches for 109.
- Defense: 4 sacks, 2 takeaways.
Film room
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A 45-10 road blowout at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium. The 49ers improve to 2-0 with the cleanest road afternoon of Mariucci's tenure.
How it unfolded
The 49ers opened with a Wade Richey field goal. Young found Owens for the first touchdown to make it 10-0. Hearst's rushing touchdown pushed the lead to 17-0. Levy added a rushing score to make it 24-0 at the half. The third quarter produced a Young touchdown to Marc Edwards and a Richey field goal to push the lead to 34-3. Owens caught his second touchdown to make it 41-3, and a closing Richey field goal made it 45-10 after a Redskins fourth-quarter touchdown.
The turning point
The first-quarter Owens touchdown. With the 49ers up 3-0 and the offense facing third-and-eight at the Redskins' 24, Young found Owens on a slant the secondary did not jam at the line. The 10-0 cushion put the visitors in script-the-clock posture from the second quarter forward.
By the numbers
Young 21-of-32 for 303 with three touchdowns and no interceptions; the cleanest road passing line of his recent calendar. Hearst 138 on 22 carries (6.3 ypc) with a touchdown; the second 100-yard rushing line in two games. Rice 4 catches for 82 in his second game since the ACL. Owens 4 catches for 67 with a score. Defensively the front produced four sacks of Green; the secondary forced two interceptions.
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