49ers at Los Angeles Rams

Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 292 yards and one touchdown and Carlos Hyde ran for 158 yards and a touchdown as the 49ers crushed the Los Angeles Rams 34-13 at the Coliseum in the season finale. The 49ers' five-game winning streak. Sean Mannion threw for 169 yards with two interceptions. The 49ers finished 6-10 in their first Shanahan-era season.[1][2][3]

Carlos Hyde ran for 158 yards Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum. Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 292 and a touchdown. The 49ers beat the Los Angeles Rams 34-13 in the kind of regular-season finale where the rebuilding 49ers' five-game winning streak closed out the 49ers's first Shanahan-era season.

Garoppolo 5-0 as the 49ers' starter. Goodwin caught a touchdown. Hyde ran in a touchdown. The 49ers' offense produced 34 points against a Rams roster mostly playing reserves. The kind of Sunday-afternoon finale where the team's competitive identity, after the 0-9 start and the Garoppolo arrival, ended in a way that has the team looking at 2018 with comprehensive optimism.

Sean Mannion threw for 169 yards with two interceptions. Malcolm Brown ran for 49. The kind of regular-season finale where the favored team's reserves did not have the firepower to keep up. 6-10 final. Garoppolo 5-0. The offseason will be about extending the new starter's contract and building around the offensive identity that emerged in the season's final five weeks.

49ers 34, Rams 13. Margin: +21. Final 2017 record: 6-10, -52 differential.

• Garoppolo: 20-of-33 for 292, 1 TD (5th 49ers start; 5-0 as starter).
• Carlos Hyde: 28 carries for 158, 1 TD (career-high in 2017).
• Marquise Goodwin: 1 TD reception.
• Sean Mannion (Rams reserve QB): 16-of-30 for 169, 0 TDs, 2 INTs.
• Malcolm Brown: 18 carries for 49.
• 49ers D: 2 INTs.
• 5-game winning streak to close 2017.
• 49ers 6-10 (Garoppolo 5-0); Rams 11-5.

A 34-13 win over the Los Angeles Rams at the Coliseum in the regular-season finale. The 49ers finish 6-10 with a five-game winning streak.

How it unfolded

The 49ers scored on the opening drive with a Hyde rushing TD. The Rams kicked a field goal. Garoppolo threw a touchdown to Goodwin. The 49ers added a Robbie Gould field goal and another touchdown drive. The 49ers led 27-10 at halftime. The third quarter was another touchdown drive. The fourth was scoreless. Mannion threw two interceptions in garbage time. The 49ers finished 34-13.

The turning point

Hyde's opening-drive touchdown. With the Rams' reserves expecting a defensive grind and the 49ers' offense looking to extend the win streak, Hyde's opening score signaled the kind of complete-team performance the rebuild had been building toward.

By the numbers

Garoppolo 20-of-33 for 292 with one TD. Hyde 28 carries for 158 with a TD (his career high in 2017). Goodwin 5 catches for 84 with a TD. Kittle 5 catches for 49. Mannion 16-of-30 for 169 with two INTs. Malcolm Brown 18 carries for 49.

Personnel watch

Garoppolo finishes the year 5-0 as the 49ers' starter. Hyde's career-best 158-yard game. Goodwin's fifth straight game with a touchdown. The kind of season finale where the rebuilding 49ers' new offensive identity, after the 0-9 start, closed the year with the comprehensive five-game winning streak.

What it means

6-10. Garoppolo 5-0 as starter. The Sunday-afternoon road blowout is the kind of regular-season finale that has the Niners heading into the offseason with the QB1 question definitively answered, the offensive identity in full operation, and the kind of momentum that, in 2018, will be tested by Garoppolo's full-season starting role. The five-game winning streak will be the year's lasting reference point.