The 49ers (6-2) host the Carolina Panthers (3-5) at 3Com Park for a 1:00 PT kickoff. Steve Beuerlein is the starter for the injured Kerry Collins. Fred Lane is the back; Muhsin Muhammad and Rocket Ismail are the receivers. The Panthers come off back-to-back losses.
The 49ers come off the 36-22 road loss at Lambeau Field. Steve Young is listed as questionable with a back injury suffered on the Reggie White sack. Ty Detmer is the listed alternate.[1][2]
Ty Detmer is the listed starter for the 49ers at 3Com Park on Sunday. Steve Young is on the injury report with a back injury after the Reggie White hits. The Sunday's matchup is the kind of home game where the offensive script gets re-written around the backup quarterback's strengths. Detmer signed with the 49ers in the offseason as the backup; he has not started since 1996 with the Eagles.
Week 10 has the schedule's first significant home game for the 49ers since Week 7 plus a slate where the playoff race is settling. The Broncos sit at 9-0; the Vikings 8-1; the Falcons 6-3. The AFC East has the Dolphins at 6-3 and the Bills 4-5. Inside the division the storyline is the Broncos' undefeated start and the Cowboys' first 4-5 record under Chan Gailey. The 49ers' Sunday at 3Com is the conference's only matchup of NFC West rivals.
Through eight games the 49ers sit at 6-2 with a plus 85 point differential. Young is questionable with the back. Detmer's last NFL start was the 1996 Eagles wild-card game. Hearst is on pace for 1,500 rushing. Carolina is 3-5 with Beuerlein averaging 240 passing yards per game and Lane 3.7 a carry. Vegas opens the 49ers as 4.5-point home favorites. Stat worth watching today: Detmer's first-quarter completion rate, sitting at 58 percent across his three career starts.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 6-2 | W1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 5-3 | L1 |
| Tennessee Oilers | 4-4 | W1 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 2-6 | L4 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 2-6 | L3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 5-3 | W5 |
| Miami Dolphins | 5-3 | L1 |
| New England Patriots | 5-3 | W1 |
| New York Jets | 5-3 | W3 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 1-7 | L3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 8-0 | W8 |
| Oakland Raiders | 6-2 | W5 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 4-4 | L3 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 4-4 | L1 |
| San Diego Chargers | 3-5 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 6-2 | W1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 6-2 | L1 |
| New Orleans Saints | 4-4 | L1 |
| St. Louis Rams | 2-6 | L3 |
| Carolina Panthers | 1-7 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7-1 | L1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 6-2 | W2 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4-4 | W1 |
| Chicago Bears | 3-5 | W2 |
| Detroit Lions | 2-6 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 5-3 | W1 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 4-4 | -- |
| New York Giants | 3-5 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1-7 | L2 |
| Washington Redskins | 1-7 | W1 |
Ty Detmer threw for 276 yards and three touchdowns and the 49ers held off the Carolina Panthers 25-23 at 3Com Park. Terrell Owens caught 4 for 72 with two scores; J.J. Stokes caught a touchdown. Garrison Hearst ran for 90 on 22 carries. Steve Beuerlein threw for 265 and a touchdown for Carolina. Detmer threw three interceptions on his first 36 dropbacks. The 49ers led 18-13 at halftime.[1][2]
Ty Detmer threw three touchdowns and three interceptions and the 49ers won 25-23 at 3Com Park. Steve Young was on the injury report. The Sunday at home was the kind of one-score win that, in calendar 1998, frames the staff's backup quarterback evaluation for the back half.
Terrell Owens caught two touchdowns. J.J. Stokes caught his third touchdown of the year. The offensive line gave up three sacks of Detmer; the second-year-as-backup quarterback's three picks all came on plays where the line gave up clean pressure. Hearst's 22 carries for 90 was the workhorse afternoon the script demanded.
The 49ers walk away 7-2 with the road trip to Atlanta on Sunday next. The wire copy is going to spend the column on Detmer's three-touchdown afternoon and the three-pick concern. The film room is going to start with the pass protection scheme on the Detmer dropbacks.
49ers 25, Panthers 23. Margin: plus 2. Record: 7-2, plus 87 differential.
A 25-23 home win over the Panthers. The 49ers improve to 7-2 in Ty Detmer's first 1998 start.
How it unfolded
The Panthers opened with a Beuerlein touchdown to Rocket Ismail. Detmer answered with a touchdown drive ending in an Owens score. A Wade Richey field goal made it 10-7. Detmer added a Stokes touchdown to push the lead to 18-7 in the second quarter. The Panthers cut it to 18-13 at the half. The third quarter saw a Detmer second Owens touchdown and a Carolina touchdown rush to make it 25-20. A closing John Kasay field goal made the final 25-23.
The turning point
The second-quarter Stokes touchdown. With the 49ers up 11-7 and the offense facing third-and-eight at the Panthers' 16, Detmer found Stokes on a corner route. The 18-7 cushion put the home team in protect-the-lead posture against a Beuerlein offense that had produced 14 of 17 first-half points.
By the numbers
Detmer 22-of-36 for 276 with three touchdowns and three interceptions; his first NFL start in two years. Owens 4 catches for 72 with two scores. Stokes 5 catches for 61 with a touchdown. Rice 6 catches for 87 in his quietest scoring afternoon of the year. Hearst 90 on 22 carries; the running game produced 112 yards total. Defensively the front produced two sacks of Beuerlein; the secondary forced one interception.
Personnel watch
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | |||||
| Ty Detmer | 22/36 | 276 | 3 | 3 | |
| CAR | |||||
| Steve Beuerlein | 25/41 | 265 | 1 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Garrison Hearst | 22 | 90 | 0 | 10 |
| Ty Detmer | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
| Terry Kirby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAR | ||||
| Fred Lane | 17 | 44 | 0 | 7 |
| William Floyd | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| Steve Beuerlein | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Jerry Rice #80 | 6 | 87 | 0 | 31 |
| Terrell Owens | 4 | 72 | 2 | 36 |
| J.J. Stokes | 5 | 61 | 1 | 29 |
| Irv Smith | 3 | 31 | 0 | 12 |
| Marc Edwards | 2 | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| Greg Clark | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Garrison Hearst | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| CAR | ||||
| Rocket Ismail | 7 | 83 | 1 | 20 |
| Muhsin Muhammad | 4 | 74 | 0 | 33 |
| Mark Carrier | 3 | 41 | 0 | 16 |
| Wesley Walls | 3 | 29 | 0 | 13 |
| Anthony Johnson | 2 | 16 | 0 | 10 |
| Fred Lane | 3 | 15 | 0 | 11 |
| William Floyd | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
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