SANTA CLARA, Calif. – San Francisco forced 2 fumbles from Alvin Kamara to go the archetypal squad successful astir 21 years to clasp New Orleans scoreless, and the 49ers bushed the Saints 13-0 Sunday for their 4th consecutive win.
The Niners (7-4) acceptable the code connected defence from the opening drive, erstwhile Fred Warner forced a fumble by Kamara that helium recovered, and they didn't fto up from there.
They stopped the Saints (4-8) adjacent the extremity enactment doubly successful the 2nd fractional — including different fumble by Kamara to station their archetypal shutout since beating Washington 9-0 connected Oct. 20, 2019.
New Orleans had the longest progressive scoring streak and 4th longest successful NFL past astatine 332 games since being blanked by San Francisco successful the 2001 finale.
Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 222 yards and a touchdown, and San Francisco won connected a time erstwhile the discourtesy wasn't clicking and the moving crippled was bottled up.
The Niners came into the crippled having not allowed a constituent successful the 2nd fractional successful 3 consecutive games but wanted to present a ascendant 60-minute show connected defense.
They pulled disconnected that feat and haven't allowed a constituent successful much than 94 minutes of crippled action. They are besides the 5th squad since 1991 to spell 4 consecutive games without allowing a second-half point.
Andy Dalton threw for 204 yards and the Saints were held to conscionable 63 connected the ground.
Wil Lutz missed a 48-yard tract extremity effort successful the 3rd 4th aft Ryan Ramczyk committed a mendacious commencement erstwhile the Saints attempted to spell for it connected fourth-and-5.
Kamara past fumbled again adjacent the extremity enactment on a chaotic play successful the 4th quarter. Talanoa Hufanga knocked it escaped and Juwan Johnson astir caught it successful the extremity portion for a Saints touchdown.
But the shot squirted escaped aft Johnson was deed by Hassan Ridgeway, and Dre Greenlaw recovered astatine the 1 to support the Saints disconnected the scoreboard.
San Francisco past stopped the Saints aft a first-and-goal from the 4 erstwhile Nick Bosa sacked Dalton connected 4th down.
The Niners came retired passing for a 2nd consecutive week, with Garoppolo throwing a career-high 28 passes successful the archetypal fractional — the astir by a 49ers QB successful a archetypal fractional successful 13 years.
But it didn't pb to overmuch scoring with San Francisco settling for a tract extremity connected the opening thrust and past scoring connected a 5-yard TD walk from Garoppolo to Jauan Jennings with 13 seconds near successful the half.
FLAG DAY
During 1 third-quarter thrust for the 49ers, officials called penalties connected 4 consecutive plays. An interception by Garoppolo was negated by an amerciable interaction punishment connected Chris Harris Jr. to commencement the barrage of flags.
San Francisco halfway Jake Brendel was past called for holding connected the adjacent play, followed by a roughing the passer connected Malcolm Roach and an amerciable displacement connected Kyle Juszczyk.
INJURIES
Saints: CB P.J. Williams (knee) got wounded successful the archetypal half.
49ers: RB Elijah Mitchell near the crippled successful 3rd 4th with a genu wounded and didn't return. ... OL Spence Burford (ankle) besides near successful the 2nd fractional and didn't return.
UP NEXT
Saunts: Visit Tampa Bay connected Dec. 5.
49ers: Host Miami connected Sunday.
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