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SAN FRANCISCO ST. LOUIS 49ERS RAMS 2-5 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2015 | 10:00 AM PT 3-3 EDWARD JONES DOME | ST. LOUIS, MO | FOX

LOOKING AHEAD GOLDEN NUGGETS With a Win at St. Louis... • Among rookie or first/sec- MOST SACKS AMONG • The 49ers would improve ond-year players, LB Aaron ROOKIE THROUGH 2nd-YEAR to 66-63-3 all-time against MOST WINS VS. OPPONENT Lynch ranks 2nd in the NFL PLAYERS (2014-15) IN FRANCHISE HISTORY with 11.0 sacks since 2014 the Rams, including a 34- Player Sacks Team Wins (StL DT Aaron Donald - 13.5). 31-1 record on the road. San 1. Aaron Donald, StL 13.5 1. Rams 65 • In his first career NFL start Francisco’s 65 wins against 2. Aaron Lynch, SF 11.0 2. Saints 48 as a member of the Balti- the Rams are the most ver- 3. Jonathan Newsome, Ind. 7.5 3. Falcons 46 more Ravens, WR sus any opponent in fran- Torrey 4. Khalil Mack, Oak. 7.0 4. Lions 37 registered 5 recepts. chise history. Smith 5t. Jeremiah Attaochu, SD 6.0 5. Bears 32 for a game-high 152-yds. • The Niners would improve C.J. Mosley, Bal. 6.0 and 3 TDs at StL (9/25/11). to 11-9 all-time at the Edward Jones Dome, including wins in three His first 3 recepts. all went straight. for TDs (74, 41 and 18 yds.) as he became the first rookie in NFL • San Francisco would move to 14-9-1 in the month of November history to record 3 TD recepts. in a 1st qtr. since 2009. The team’s .587 winning pct. in November ranks 5th • WR Anquan Boldin is looking for his fifth-consecutive game vs. in the NFC during that timespan (NO - .750; Dal. - .680; GB - .646; StL with 90-or-more rec. yds. He has a TD recept. in 4 of his past 5 Atl. - .615). games at StL and 6 career 100-yd. games against the Rams. • With 132 passing yds. against the Rams, QB HIGHEST NFC WINNING PCT. would eclipse the 10,000 passing yds. mark, becoming the 7th QB IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER (2009-15) in franchise history to accomplish the feat ( - 35,124; Team Games Win Loss Tie Win % - 31,548; - 29,907; - 16,408; Y.A. 1. New Orleans 24 18 6 0 .750 Tittle - 16,016; - 14,280). 2. Dallas 25 17 8 0 .680 3. Green Bay 24 15 8 1 .646 WHAT THEY’RE SAYING 4. Atlanta 26 16 10 0 .615 St. Louis Rams Jeff Fisher on the 49ers offense... 5. San Francisco 23 13 9 1 .587 “Anquan is Anquan. He’s hard to cover. He’s a hard matchup. Torrey (Smith) is a great acquisition there who can go and he’s proven he can make the big play down the field. That’s with the tight ends and • QB Colin Kaepernick would move to 3-1 as a starter at StL. In his the run game.” last two starts at StL, he has registered 510 yds. and 5 TDs with an avg. QB rating of 119.8. St. Louis Rams Head Coach TAKE IT AWAY Jeff Fisher on RB Carlos Hyde... “I’m really impressed with Carlos. He’s going to be a problem • CBs Kenneth Acker and for us for years to come. He’s hammering it up in there. He’s Tramaine Brock each reg- MOST INTs IN THE NFC THIS SEASON got vision and quickness and acceleration through the hole. istered 1 INT last week vs. Player INTs He’s a tough runner. He’s a big, heavy back who’s hard to get Sea. Both have 3 INTs on the 1. Josh Norman, Car. 4 down once he gets to the second level.” season, ranking t-4th in the 2t. Kenneth Acker, SF 3 NFL and t-2nd in the NFC. Tramaine Brock, SF 3 St. Louis Rams LB James Laurinaitis on FB Bruce Miller... • Acker has registered 1 INT Rashad Johnson, Arz. 3 “I have a ton of respect for Bruce, and the reason is that he’s so versa- in back-to-back games. Walter Thurmond, Phi. 3 tile for them. He’s a phenomenal blocker. When they ask him to lead With 1 INT at StL, he would up like a true fullback, he’s really physical and he tries to get after become the first member of the 49ers to record three consecutive you a little bit. He finishes every block. He’s one of those players, so games with an INT since 2011 [S - vs. StL (12/4/11), to speak, that you can’t say he’s just a fullback. That’s not the case at Arz. (12/11/11) and vs. Pit. (12/19/11)]. with him because he’s super athletic and so, you constantly have to • Since 2009, the 49ers defense has registered 118 INTs, ranking be aware of what he’s doing and what his stance is and really have 5th in the NFL (GB - 140; NE - 125; Buf. - 121; Arz. - 120). great vision because if you don’t, he’ll burn you.” Bob Lange - Vice President of Communications • Dan Beckler - Senior Manager of Football Communications Roger Hacker - Senior Manager of Corporate Communications • Mike Chasanoff - Manager of Football Communications Emily Lucas - Coordinator of Corporate Communications • Peter Volmut - Football Communications Assistant