San Francisco 49ers at Buffalo Bills Game Notes Sunday, October 16, 2016

Ducks Fly Together  On the Bills first drive of the game, DL registered the first FF of his career, stripping the ball from Bills QB Tyrod Taylor. DL DeForest Buckner recovered the fumble for his first career FR.  Later in the game, Armstead picked up his 2nd sack of the season.  In addition to his FR, Buckner recorded the first two sacks of his career. With 2.0 sacks and 1 FR on the day, Buckner is the first member of the 49ers with at least 2.0 sacks and 1 FR in a single game since LB accomplished the feat in 2011 [vs. StL 12/4/11 (2.0 sacks and 1 FR)].

Kap’s Efficient First Half  QB Colin Kaepernick completed 8 of 11 atts. for 135 yds., 1 TD and a QB rating of 144.1. His 144.1 QB rating is the 4th highest in any half of his career.

Kaepernick's Highest QB Rating By Half Date Opponent Half Comps. Atts. Yds. TDs INTs Rating 9/7/14 at Dal. 1st 11 13 157 2 0 156.6 12/15/13 at TB 1st 11 13 148 2 0 153.7 12/23/13 vs. Atl 2nd 7 10 128 1 0 145.8 10/16/16 at Buf. 1st 8 11 135 1 0 144.1 11/19/12 vs. Chi. 1st 12 15 184 1 0 140.0

Smith Strikes Deep  Kaepernick connected with WR Torrey Smith on a 53-yd. TD pass. It marked the 2nd TD recept. of the season for Smith and the 1st TD pass of the season for Kaepernick.

Defensive Firsts  CB Tramaine Brock registered the first FF of his career in the 3rd Qtr.  In the 4th Qtr., NT Mike Purcell forced the 1st FF of his career, knocking the ball away from Bills RB Jonathan Williams. LB Nick Bellore recovered the loose ball, the first FR of his career.

Phil Up The Record Books  With 10 points on the day (3 FG, 1 XP), K Phil Dawson moved past RB Ken Willard for 11th on the franchise’s all-time scoring list.

All-Time Leading Scorers, Franchise History Rank Name Pts. 9. RB Frank Gore 458 10. RB Roger Craig 396 11. K Phil Dawson 374 12. RB Ken Willard 366 13. WR Gene Washington 354