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San Francisco 49Ers Chicago Bears san francisco 49ers WHAT 2 WATCH 4 SAN FRANCISCO CHICAGO ( 1-10 ) 49ERS BEARS ( 2-9 ) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2016 | 10:00 AM | SOLDIER FIELD | CHICAGO, IL | FOX LOOKING AHEAD KAP GOES FOR 3 STRAIGHT With a Win at Chicago... • After throwing 2 TDs vs. NE (11/20) and 3 TDs • The 49ers would improve to 34-30-1 all-time against the Bears, at Mia. (11/27), with 2-or-more TD passes this including a 12-17-1 record on the road. week at Chi., QB Colin Kaepernick would throw multiple TDs in three-consecutive • San Francisco would win four of the last five overall matchups games for the first time in his NFL ca- against Chicago. reer. • The Niners would win at Chicago in consecutive regular seasons • Over the past two weeks, for the first time in the meetings between the two clubs. Kaepernick has finished with passer ratings of • would improve to 2-0 as a head coach against the Chip Kelly 97.4 (vs. NE) and 94.1 (at Mia.). This Bears. week at Chi., he looks to reach a BROOKS LOOKS FOR 5.0 passer rating of 90-or-more in three consecutive games in a sin- • Coming into the season, LB Ahmad Brooks was 1 of 8 players to gle regular season for the first time since record 5.0-or-more sacks in each of the past 7 seasons (2009-15). doing so on 12/15/13 at TB (108.8), 12/23/13 • With 4.0 sacks in 2016, Brooks needs just 1.0 sack this week at vs. Atl. (108.6) and 12/29/13 at Arz. Chi. to extend that streak to 8 consecutive seasons with 5.0-or- (111.2). more sacks. • Kaepernick’s 373 rushing yds. in PLAYERS WITH 5.0-OR-MORE 7 games played (6 starts) this sea- SACKS IN EACH SEASON, 2009-15 son are the 2nd-most in the NFL among QBs [Tyrod Taylor, Buf. – 2016 SACK TOTALS 439 yds. (11 games)]. • In Kaepernick’s 6 starts this season, he is averaging 62.2 10.0 8.5 rushing yds. per game, which leads the team over that times- Cliff Avril Cameron Wake pan. • In those 6 starts, Kaepernick has registered 23 rushing first downs, tied for the 11th-most 5.5 4.0 in the NFL and tied for the 4th-most in the NFC over that timespan (Ezekiel Elliott, Dal. – 40; Julius Peppers Ahmad Brooks David Johnson, Arz. – 25; Jonathan Stewart, Car. – 25; Jordan How- ard, Chi. – 23). • Last week at Mia. (11/27), Kaepernick became the 5th player since the NFL merger in 1970 to register 3 passing TDs and 100 4.0 3.0 yds. rushing in a single game. PLAYERS TO REGISTER 3+ PASSING TDS. & Clay Matthews DeMarcus Ware 100+ RUSHING YDS. IN A SINGLE GAME SINCE 1970 Player Date Opp. TDs Rush Yds. Colin Kaepernick, SF 11/27/16 at Mia. 3 113 Cam Newton, Car. 12/20/15 at NYG 5 100 Marcus Mariota, Ten. 12/6/15 vs. Jax. 3 112 2.5 1.5 Michael Vick, Phi. 12/19/10 at NYG 3 130 Randall Cunningham, Phi. 11/4/90 vs. NE 4 124 Tamba Hali Mario Williams Bob Lange - Vice President of Communications • Dan Beckler - Director of Football Communications Roger Hacker - Director of Corporate Communications • Mike Chasanoff - Senior Manager of Football Communications Emily Lucas - Coordinator of Corporate Communications • Peter Volmut - Football Communications Assistant.
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