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49ers look to feast on Seahawks and win fourth straight in series on Thanksgiving night

M.Kim3 months ago
STATS AND STUFF: San Francisco is 2-2-1 in Thanksgiving games but hasn’t won one since 1972 at Dallas. ... The Niners are 4-3 in Thursday games under coach Kyle Shanahan. ... The 49ers have won nine straight regular-season games against NFC West opponents, one shy of Seattle’s record for the longest streak in the division since realignment in 2002. ... San Francisco has nine sacks the past two games. ... The 49ers lead the NFL with 14 INTs and are tied for second with 19 takeaways. ... Niners TE George Kittle has 20 catches for 354 yards and two TDs the past three games. ... LB Fred Warner is the first 49ers player with at least three INTs and three forced fumbles in a season since Nate Clements in 2010. ... San Francisco RB Christian McCaffrey leads the NFL with 14 TDs this season for the most ever for a 49ers player through the team’s first 10 games of the season. ... The 49ers had 11 passes defensed last week for their most in a game since they had 11 against Arizona in 2016. ... San Francisco hasn’t allowed a player to rush for at least 100 yards in 37 straight games. ... Niners WR Brandon Aiyuk had five catches for a career-high 156 yards last week for his third 100-yard game of the season. ... Seattle won its most recent Thanksgiving game, beating the 49ers in 2014. Seattle is 2-2 all time on Thanksgiving. ... Since 2010, the Seahawks have gone 10-3 in Thursday night games and will have another next week at Dallas. ... Seattle had 12 penalties for 130 yards last week against the Rams. The penalty yardage was the most in the league this season and the number of penalties was tied for second. ... The Seahawks lead the league with 76 penalties. ... QB Geno Smith has thrown at least two touchdown passes in his past three home games. Eight of Smith’s 12 TD passes this season have come at home. ... WR DK Metcalf has four touchdown catches in four Thursday games. Metcalf’s career-high of 12 receptions came against the Niners in 2020. ... Edge rusher Boye Mafe had his streak of seven straight games with a sack snapped last week. It was the longest streak in franchise history. ... LB Bobby Wagner became the third player in league history with 12 consecutive seasons with 100 or more tackles, hitting the century mark last week. ... Rookie CB Devon Witherspoon is tied for third in the league with 13 passes defensed. He also had his third sack last week.

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