49ers Rout Raiders 38-17: McCaffrey Scores Rushing and Receiving, Defense Forces Four Takeaways
The San Francisco 49ers beat the Las Vegas Raiders 38-17 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on November 8, coming out of their bye week with a seventh win. San Francisco scored 14, 7, 14 and 3 points by quarter against Las Vegas' 0, 10, 7 and 0. It was the 49ers' first home game against the Raiders since 2018, when the franchise was still based in Oakland.
San Francisco's opening drive covered 69 yards in 12 plays and ended with a one-yard touchdown run by Christian McCaffrey, his seventh straight game with a rushing score. Late in the first quarter, Brock Purdy ran in a one-yard touchdown for a 14-0 lead. In the second quarter, Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins answered with a one-yard sneak, and Purdy then found McCaffrey for a 12-yard touchdown catch. Matt Gay's 50-yard field goal before halftime made it 21-10.
The game broke open 17 seconds into the second half, when rookie linebacker Jaden Dugger intercepted Cousins and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown, the first interception and first touchdown of his career, stretching the lead to 28-10. Cousins later hit tight end Brock Bowers for a touchdown to cut it to 28-17, but the third quarter turned chaotic with four combined turnovers, and San Francisco's defense kept bailing out its offense.
Fred Warner punched the ball loose from Bowers, with Dre Greenlaw recovering, and Upton Stout then knocked the ball away from Michael Mayer at the goal line, with Warner falling on it in the end zone for a touchback. Late in the third, Purdy connected with Jordan Watkins on a 37-yard touchdown pass to make it 35-17, and Watkins finished with three catches for 80 yards. In the fourth quarter, Renardo Green intercepted Cousins near the one-yard line for his fourth pick of the season, and Eddy Pineiro's 35-yard field goal set the final score at 38-17.
San Francisco improved to 7-1 atop the NFC West, while Las Vegas fell to 4-5. (Source: game statistics)
Source: Game statistics
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Photo: 图：Santa Clara 的 Levi's Stadium 黄昏外景，本场49人对突袭者的比赛场馆。FASTILY 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0。/ Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara at dusk, venue of the 49ers-Raiders game. Photo by FASTILY, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
