September 28th, 2008 
CJ 
Posted in The Niners play the Saints today, a matchup of the NFL’s first ranked passing offense (in yards per game) against the league’s seventh-best pass defense (again, in yards per game). Here are the numbers: Saints – 315 passing yards per game (1st) Niners – 161 passing yards allowed per game (7th) Another passing statistic for [...]
Archive for September, 2008
HOF QB Young to Have His #8 Retired on October 5th
The Niners will retire Steve Young’s #8 during their home game on October 5th vs the New England Patriots. “Steve Young is an important part of the 49ers history and tradition,” 49ers owner John York said of the Hall-of-Fame quarterback who was the NFL’s MVP in 1992 and 1994. “He combined talent, character and a [...]
Tags: Breaking Down and 49′ers at New Orleans
Who would have thought that after three weeks the San Francisco 49′ers would have a better record than the New Orleans Saints? That is the case as the two teams do battle Sunday at the SuperDome in New Orleans. The Niners come in at 2-1, winners of two in a row after losing in the [...]
Niners News and Notes for Wednesday
Frank Gore moved into seventh place on the Niners’ all-time rushing yards list on Sunday, but he’ll be in fifth at season’s end if he has his way. Gore, whose 130 yards against the Lions put him at 3,692 career rushing yards, is now ahead of Kevan Barlow (3,614) and behind Hugh McElhenny (4,288). His [...]
CB Spencer to Miss the Rest of 08 w/ Torn Ligament
The Niners got bad injury news today, as they learned that corner Shawntae Spencer will miss the rest of 08 with a torn ligament in his left knee. The fifth-year pro will be placed on IR after he undergoes surgery on Wednesday to fix the ligament. Spencer hurt the knee late in the game vs [...]
Breaking Down the Lions at Niners
The 49′ers last week were able to win a wild overtime game with the Seahawks on the road, and this week will try and make it two in a row as they host the Lions at Monster Park. It will be an interesting game for two members of the 49′ers – QB J.T. O’Sullivan and [...]
Niners Passing Game Takes a Step
The 49ers showed a more complete passing game this past Sunday, perhaps a vision of what their offense will look like the rest of the year. Or maybe they just caught the Seahawks during a bad stretch. At any rate, here are some numbers from the Niners’ passing game Sunday: 20 completions for 321 yards [...]
Niners Win OT Wild One in Seattle 33-30
A win! That was the end result of the second game of the season for the Niners as they defeated the division-rival Seahawks 33-30 on a 40-yard kick from Joe Nedney in overtime. In a game marked by two defensive touchdowns, one for each team, and a combined 716 total offensive yards from two suspect [...]
