George Kittle and Ricky Pearsall Takes Over: 49ers’ Stars Post Monster Numbers in…

The San Francisco 49ers dropped to 6-10 on the season after a 40-34 Week 17 loss to the Detroit Lions at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Below are several statistics and notes from Monday’s game, which were provided by the 49ers Communications staff.

49ers Offense

The 49ers offense scored a TD on their first 3 possessions of the night, marking the first time the team has done so this season and just the 3rd time the unit has accomplished the feat since at least 2000 [vs. Arz. (10/1/23); at Jax. (10/27/13)].

The registered 29 first downs on the night, marking the most total first downs in a single game this season and the most since registering 30 first downs vs. Arz. (10/1/23).

In QB Brock Purdy (377 passing yds.), WR Ricky Pearsall (141 rec. yds.), and TE George Kittle (112 rec. yds.), the 49ers had 1 player with 300 or more passing yds. and 2 players with 100 or more rec. yds. in a game for the first time since the 2023 season [QB Brock Purdy (368 passing yds.); WR Brandon Aiyuk (126 rec. yds.); WR Deebo Samuel Sr. (149 rec. yds.) vs. Sea. (12/10/23)].

QB Brock Purdy

QB Brock Purdy completed 27 of his 35 passing atts. for a career-high 377 yds. and 3 TDs with a passer rating of 116.0 to go along with 3 carries for 12 yds., including a 9-yd. rushing TD.

Purdy’s 3 passing TDs gave him 20 this season and 64 in his career. His rushing TD marked his 5th of the season and the 8th of his career.

Purdy’s 5 rushing TDs this season mark a career-high and are the most by a 49ers QB in a single season since former QB Colin Kaepernick registered 5 rushing TDs in 2012.

With 3 passing TDs and 1 rushing TD, Purdy registered his 2nd career game with 2 or more passing TDs and 1 or more rushing TD [2 passing TDs and 1 rushing TD vs. TB (12/11/22)].

Purdy registered 200 passing yds. in the first half of tonight’s game, marking the 2nd time in his career that he has thrown for 200 or more yds. in the first half of a game [258 passing yds. in first half vs. Chi. (12/8/24)].

Purdy’s 3 TD passes mark his 6th multi-TD passing game of the season and the 21st such game of his career. It also marked his 9th career game with 3 or more passing TDs and his 3rd this season [3 passing TDs at LAR (9/22/24); 3 passing TDs at Sea. (10/10/24)].

Purdy’s 9 career games with 3 or more passing TDs are the 4th-most in franchise history