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Week 7 begins on Thursday night (CBS/NFLN, 8:25 PM ET) with an NFC West matchup between the SEATTLE SEAHWAKS (2-4) and the SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (2-4) at Levi’s Stadium.

Seattle and San Francisco have split the previous 10 games, with each team claiming five wins apiece.

San Francisco enters Week 7 following a 25-20 victory over Baltimore.

San Francisco passed for 340 yards and two for a 128.2 passer rating in the victory. The 49ers veteran duo of and served as reliable targets for Kaepernick on Sunday. Boldin had five receptions for 102 yards and Smith had three catches for 96 yards and a .

“Anything positive we can get, we have to keep it going right now and take it one game at a time,” says Smith, who has recorded at least 90 receiving yards in three of his past four games on Thursday. “We can’t spend too much time being happy about this. We have a tough defense coming in on Thursday. We have to get our minds right for that game.”

Boldin enters Thursday’s game with four 100-yard receiving games against Seattle. He also has 86 receptions and 1,079 receiving yards against Seattle during his career, both the fourth-most totals for a Seahawks opponent all-time. With six receptions on Thursday night, Boldin would surpass TORRY HOLT (91) for the third-most career receptions against Seattle.

The career receiving leaders against Seattle:

PLAYER TEAM RECEPTIONS PLAYER TEAM REC. YARDS ARI 116 Tim Brown OAK, TB 1,686 Tim Brown OAK, TB 114 Larry Fitzgerald ARI 1,504 Torry Holt STL, JAX 91 Torry Holt STL, JAX 1,247 Anquan Boldin ARI, BAL, 86 Anquan Boldin ARI, BAL, SF 1,079 SF

PLAYER TEAM REC./GAME* PLAYER TEAM YARDS/GAME* Anquan Boldin ARI, BAL, 5.7 Torry Holt STL, JAX 77.9 SF Torry Holt STL, JAX 5.7 Tony Martin MIA, SD 74.4 Larry Fitzgerald ARI 5.5 Derrick Alexander CLE, BAL, KC, MIN 74.1 NO, SD, SF 5.1 Wes Chandler NO, SD, SF 72.3 Tony Martin MIA, SD 4.8 Anquan Boldin ARI, BAL, SF 71.9 *minimum 8 games played

Seattle enters Week 7 following a 27-23 loss to Carolina.

“Unfortunately, we are challenged by this loss,” says Seahawks head coach . “The important thing is now not what just happened but how we handle it. These guys will hang and work together to bring a really good effort on Thursday.”

Seattle quarterback passed for 241 yards against Carolina, including a 40-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver in the third quarter. Seahawks added eight catches for 140 yards, the third-best total of his career (179 yards, NO at TB; 146 yards, NO vs. ATL).

“Fortunately we have a short week this week,” says Wilson. “We get to play on Thursday night against a very tough football team. We’ll go on the road. All we know to do is to pull the reigns together and go to battle together.”

Wilson heads into this week’s matchup having won his past three starts in Thursday games, passing for six touchdowns with no for a 117.2 passer rating. Including the postseason, Wilson has also led the Seahawks to victories in five of its past six games against San Francisco.

Wilson’s career numbers against San Francisco (including postseason):

RECORD PASSING YARDS TD PASSES PASSER RATING RUSHING YARDS 5-2 1,253 9 87.9 136

WEEK 7 – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (2-4) AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (2-4)

SERIES SEAHAWKS 49ERS THURS. RECORD 5-5 9-4-1 SERIES LEADER 17-15 STREAKS 4 of past 5 COACHES VS. OPP. Pete Carroll: 7-5 Jim Tomsula: 0-0 LAST WEEK L 27-23 vs. Panthers W 25-20 vs. Ravens LAST GAME 12/14/14: 49ers 7 at Seahawks 17. Seattle RB rushes for 91 yards & TD. Seahawks QB Russell Wilson passes for 168 yards & TD. LAST GAME AT SITE 11/27/14: Seahawks 19, 49ers 3. Seattle QB Wilson throws for 236 yards & TD & RB Lynch adds 104 rushing yards. Seahawks CB Richard Sherman has 2 INTs. REFEREE Walt Anderson BROADCAST CBS/NFLN (5:25 PM PT): Jim Nantz, Phill Simms, Tracy Wolfson (field reporter). Westwood One: , Mark Malone SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 83 (Sea.), 93 (SF). XM: 88 (WW1), 225 (Sea.), 226 (SF). STATS PASSING Wilson: 124-180-1433-7-3-98.7 Kaepernick: 111-178-1329-6-5-84.7 RUSHING Lynch: 55-251-5.6-0 Hyde: 104-430-4.1-3 RECEIVING Graham (TE): 29-344-11.9-2 Boldin: 28-333-11.9-2 OFFENSE 352.3 321.2 TAKE/GIVE +2 -2 DEFENSE 319.5 409.0 SACKS Irvin: 3.5 Lynch: 3 INTs Thomas: 2 Acker, Brock: 2 PUNTING Ryan: 47.6 Pinion (R): 43.5 KICKING Hauschka: 54 (12/12 PAT; 14/14 FG) Dawson: 38 (8/8 PAT; 10/11 FG) NOTES SEAHAWKS: QB RUSSELL WILSON has won 5 of past 6 starts vs. SF (incl. playoffs). Has won past 3 on Thurs. w/ 117.2 rating in those games…Since 2011 (incl. playoffs), RB MARSHAWN LYNCH leads NFL with 6,323 yards & 57 rush TDs. In past 8 vs. SF (incl. playoffs), has 795 rush yards (99.4 per game) & 9 TDs (7 rush, 2 rec.)…Since 2011, JIMMY GRAHAM leads NFL TEs in catches (384) & yards (4,740) & is 2nd in TDs (48). Had season-high 8 catches & 140 yards last week. WR is 2nd on club in catches (26) & rec. yards (291)…CB RICHARD SHERMAN had 2 INTs in last game at SF. Has 4 INTs, 90-yard blocked FG return TD & FF in past 7 meetings (incl. playoffs). Leads NFL with 26 INTs since 2011 (incl. playoffs). LBs K.J. WRIGHT (45) & LB (41) lead team in tackles. Wright aims for 3rd meeting in row with sack. LB aims for 3rd consecutive game vs. SF w/ sack…49ERS: QB COLIN KAEPERNICK passed for 340 yards, 2 TDs & 128.2 rating last week, his 2nd consecutive 100+ rating game…RB has 14 runs of 10+ yards. RB is 1 of 2 active players with 5,000+ rush yards (5,472) & 450+ receptions (467)…WR ANQUAN BOLDIN aims for 3rd in row with 100+ rec. yards. WR TORREY SMITH had 3 catches for 96 yards & TD (76 yards) last week. Since entering NFL in 2006, TE has 62 TDs (incl. playoffs), 3rd most by TE…LB NA VORRO BOWMAN leads team with 59 tackles. LB AARON LYNCH had sack in last home game vs. Sea. Has 7 sacks in past 8 at home. LB has 29 tackles & INT in past 2.