The 49ers used two second-half interceptions, two Jake Moody field goals and a Deebo Samuel touchdown to ruin the Rams’ home opener.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Deebo Samuel snared the ball, banged his way up the left sideline, and bounded over the goal line for a 49ers touchdown that exemplified their not-so-easy, 30-23 win Sunday.
This wasn’t the cakewalk like last Sunday’s opener, when the 49ers rolled the host Pittsburgh Steelers 30-7. As for touchdowns, Samuel’s first of the season came in trademark fashion. In what was classified as a touchdown run, Samuel caught Brock Purdy’s backward pass, left three Rams defenders on the ground at the 10-yard line, cut inside linebacker Ernest Jones’ attempted arm tackle at the 5, found a lane behind Colton McKivitz’s block and pulled linebacker Michael Hoecht with him across the goal line with 11:28 remaining.
Purdy opened the fourth quarter completing 16- and 31-yard strikes to Samuel and Jauan Jennings. A third-and-1 conversion by Purdy preceded Samuel’s first touchdown of the season. Stafford proved mortal again on his next series, when Fred Warner blitzed and recorded the 49ers’ first sack of the game to force a three-and-out.
For the second time in as many games, the 49ers scored on their opening possession, with Christian McCaffrey scoring on a 14-yard. That 75-yard march was mostly stressless, until Brandon Aiyuk appeared to injure his shoulder on a third-down conversion to the 22-yard line. McCaffrey finished with 116 yards on 20 carries.
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