Tag: 49ers records

49ers out-of-nowhere superstar has chance to set franchise record

Jordan Mason is on track to break a 49ers record.

The San Francisco 49ers have had some outstanding running backs roll through their organization. Undrafted third-year running back Jordan Mason is on the verge of doing something none of those great RBs have done.

Mason closed out the 49ers’ Week 4 over the New England Patriots with a 25-yard run. That put him at 123 yards for the day, marking his third 100-yard game in four contests. He had 147 yards in the season opener vs. the New York Jets, then 100 in Week 2 against the Minnesota Vikings.

By eclipsing the 100-yard mark in Week 4, he tied the 49ers franchise record for most 100-yard games in the first five games of a season. With the fifth game coming up Sunday vs. the Arizona Cardinals, he could become the first 49ers player with four 100-yard rushing games in the team’s first five contests.

Christian McCaffrey did it three times last season. He was the first to do that since Billy Kilmer in 1961. Joe Perry was the first 49er to have 100-plus rushing yards in the first five games, doing so in 1953.

There’s another layer of this for Mason, though.

The 2022 undrafted free agent can match Steelers RB Willie Parker for the most 100-yard rushing games in the first five games of a season by an undrafted player.

While the success through five games is fun, the 49ers have goals well beyond the first third of the season. The bigger deal will be whether Mason can keep up his success with such a massive workload. If they wind up needing him to start for the entire season, it may be worth sacrificing some stats in the name of keeping him healthy.

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Brock Purdy breaks 49ers single-season passing yards record

Brock Purdy broke the 49ers single-season passing yards record.

Brock Purdy didn’t even need the extra game to set the 49ers’ single season record for passing yards.

In Week 17 vs. the Commanders on Sunday, Purdy completed a 5-yard throw to tight end George Kittle in third quarter to give him 230 yards on the day, and put him at 4,280 for the season. That total surpasses the previous franchise high set by Jeff Garcia in 2001. That year Garcia threw for 4,278 yards.

Purdy could obliterate the record with a big game in Week 17, and holding the single-season record in just 16 games helps stamp just how good Purdy has been in his first full season as a starter.

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Jerry Rice wants to see Christian McCaffrey break single-season TD record

One person who wants to see Christian McCaffrey break Jerry Rice’s franchise record for touchdowns in a single season? Jerry Rice. (via @TheWarnerHouse_)

Legendary 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice’s list of records and accomplishments outshines perhaps every other player in NFL history. His sensational career earned him a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and many still call him the greatest player in football history.

Most of his career records will probably never be touched. One of his 49ers franchise records, however, is on the verge of being broken by 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey.

McCaffrey in Week 15 punched in his 20th touchdown of the season, putting him just three behind Rice’s record 23 in the 1987 campaign. Four TDs in San Francisco’s final three games is a very real possibility, and one Rice wants to actually see come to fruition.

Rice on the Warner House podcast with 49ers LB Fred Warner said he’d like to see McCaffrey reach that 24 TD mark.

“Yes. Because I believe records are meant to be broken,” Rice said. “What he brings to the table – I’m talking about from scrimmage, from rushing the ball, from catching the ball, scoring touchdowns – he does it all, man.”

It’s worth noting that Rice’s 23 TDs came across just 12 games, but the records will count all the same. Rice also noted that he has enough records and wouldn’t mind seeing a current 49ers great snag one.

“Records are meant to be broken,” Rice told Warner. “I was very fortunate to have so many great players around me, and I think the same thing is happening with CMC. And he’s a complete ballplayer, very down to Earth, he works hard, so – it’s okay. It’s alright, you know, I got quite a few records now, okay? I don’t mind sharing some of those records.”

McCaffrey this season is averaging 1.3 TDs per game (rushing and receiving). That paces him to have 3.9 (4.0 if we’re rounding up) in the team’s final three contests vs. the Ravens, Commanders and Rams.

What’ll be fascinating is what happens if McCaffrey doesn’t have the record by Week 18, but the 49ers have the No. 1 seed in the NFC sewn up. Would they just rest McCaffrey, or would they give him an opportunity to break Rice’s 23-TD mark? That choice will come down to a slew of factors entering the final week, but we know which way Rice would lean.

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Christian McCaffrey ties an NFL record with big day vs. Cardinals

Christian McCaffrey’s scoring binge on Sunday tied an NFL record, and put him on the verge of breaking a Jerry Rice franchise record.

49ers running back Christian McCaffrey had a huge Week 15 in Arizona. McCaffrey led the club with 115 rushing yards, while also notching a team-high five receptions for a team-high 72 receiving yards. He also tallied three total TDs, including two in the air and one on the ground.

His multifaceted scoring attack helped him climb to the top of the NFL history books. Sunday marked McCaffrey’s 15th career game with at least one rushing and one receiving touchdown. That ties him with former Colts and Rams running back Marshall Faulk for the most such games all time.

Of those 15 games, four have come this year and another two came last season after he joined the 49ers. That means six of his 15 have come in the 25 games he’s played in San Francisco. There’s a very real chance McCaffrey breaks that record this season.

McCaffrey on Sunday also notched his 18th, 19th and 20th touchdowns of the season. He’s only the second player in 49ers franchise history to eclipse the 20 TD mark. Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice set the franchise record with 23 total TDs in the 1987 season (in only 12 games!!!).

There’s a very real chance McCaffrey breaks both Faulk’s NFL record and Rice’s 49ers franchise record this season.

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49ers on track for highest-scoring offense in team history

This 49ers offense is on pace to be the most prolific in franchise history.

The 49ers’ 45-point outburst vs. the Cardinals in Week 15 put them at 30.3 points per game for the season. It’s not easy to average 30 for an entire year, and this year’s club is on track to be the highest-scoring in franchise history.

Through 14 games this season San Francisco has 425 points. That’s the 14th-highest total in club history. If they average 30 in their next two games they’ll be at 485 points – their third-highest mark ever behind the 1948 and 1994 teams.

In 1948 the team scored a whopping 495 points in just 14 games. In 1994 they set the franchise record with 505 point in their 16 contests.

While the 1994 team benefitted from the two extra games the ’48 club didn’t get, this year’s team could also set a franchise record with the benefit of an extra game.

If they do get to 485 heading into the final game, they’d need just 21 points to set the franchise scoring record. Given that they’ll likely need to win out to secure a No. 1 seed in the NFC, it’s certainly on the table that they continue racking up a record-number of points.

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