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Christian McCaffrey rushes, catches and passes for a TD successful Los Angeles (1:04)
Christian McCaffrey becomes the archetypal subordinate since 2005 to propulsion a TD pass, unreserved for a TD and drawback a TD successful the aforesaid game. (1:04)
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Nick WagonerESPN Staff Writer
- Covered Rams for 9 years for stlouisrams.com
- Previously covered University of Missouri football
- Member of Pro Football Writers of America
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- It didn't instrumentality caller San Francisco 49ers moving backmost Christian McCaffrey agelong to carve retired a portion of past connected his caller team.
On a time erstwhile the Niners bushed the NFC West rival Los Angeles Rams without do-it-all receiver Deebo Samuel, McCaffrey offered the eventual successful versatile performances. McCaffrey threw for, ran for and caught a touchdown successful San Francisco's 31-14 victory, arsenic the Niners moved to 4-4.
With his 1-yard rushing touchdown successful the 4th quarter, McCaffrey became the archetypal subordinate since LaDainian Tomlinson successful 2005 to propulsion for, tally for and drawback a touchdown successful the aforesaid game. McCaffrey is the 4th subordinate since the 1970 merger to implicit the trifecta.
It was the eighth consecutive regular-season triumph for the Niners against the Rams but McCaffrey's archetypal sensation of the rivalry. He acceptable close in, having a manus successful 183 yards from scrimmage, including 94 yards rushing and 55 yards receiving connected 27 touches.
McCaffrey got his large time started with his 2nd vocation touchdown pass. On second-and-8 from the Rams' 34 with 12:10 near successful the 2nd quarter, Niners backmost Jimmy Garoppolo threw to McCaffrey successful the close flat. McCaffrey caught it down the enactment of scrimmage and rolled to his close earlier looking heavy down the close broadside for wideout Brandon Aiyuk.
McCaffrey lofted a walk with capable aerial nether it for Aiyuk to crook aggregate times and haul it successful for a touchdown.
McCaffrey added to his item reel precocious successful the 3rd 4th erstwhile helium climbed the ladder successful the close country of the extremity portion to haul successful a 9-yard touchdown walk from Garoppolo to springiness the Niners a 17-14 lead.
The receiving touchdown was the archetypal 1 McCaffrey scored arsenic a Niner and enactment him successful immoderate uncommon institution successful franchise history. McCaffrey and Emmanuel Sanders (Week 14 of 2019) are the lone Niners to person a passing touchdown and a receiving touchdown successful the aforesaid crippled successful the past 70 years.
McCaffrey's immense show came successful his 2nd crippled arsenic a Niner and his archetypal pursuing a afloat week of practice. San Francisco dealt second-, third- and fourth-round picks successful 2023 and a fifth-round enactment successful 2024 to the Carolina Panthers for McCaffrey successful an Oct. 20 trade.
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