The 49ers' Christian McCaffrey made history against the Bengals at Levi's Stadium, scoring a touchdown in his 17th consecutive game to tie Lenny Moore's NFL record for touchdowns in consecutive games.
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The record-tying score came with 3:19 left in the first quarter when McCaffrey scored from 2 yards away. It was McCaffrey's 12th touchdown from scrimmage this season, tying him withLaDainian Tomlinson's regular season record is also within reach. Tomlinson scored touchdowns in 18 consecutive regular season games spread over the 2004-05 seasons but did not score in a playoff game after the 2004 season. McCaffrey's regular season streak is now at 14 consecutive games.
On Thursday, McCaffrey was asked about the streak but appeared to be a bit superstitious about it, declining to expand on his answers so as not to jinx anything. "We just got to keep it going," McCaffrey said."I try not to talk about it. Yeah, just not talk about it. Keep it rolling.""It's real good coaching," Shanahan said, laughing."He's unbelievable at it. I think he's done it since I heard about it growing up in Denver, to college, to whatever team he's on. He knows how to get the end zone."
McCaffrey will have to wait a couple of weeks to try to break Moore's streak as the Niners have their bye next week before playing at the
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