SAN FRANCISCO (1-2) at LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (1-2)Sunday
Womens Michael Schofield Jersey , 4:25 p.m. ET, CBSOPENING LINE - Chargers by 9?.RECORD VS. SPREAD - San Francisco 0-3, LA Chargers 1-2.SERIES RECORD -
Tied 7-7LAST MEETING - Chargers beat 49ers 38-35, OT, Dec. 20, 2014LAST WEEK -
49ers lost to Chiefs 38-27; Chargers lost to Rams, 35-23AP PRO32 RANKING - 49ers
No. 29, Chargers No. 20NINERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (17), RUSH (2)
Authentic Keenan Allen Jersey , PASS (24).NINERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (22), RUSH (10), PASS (27).CHARGERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (5), RUSH (9), PASS (10).CHARGERS
DEFENSE - OVERALL (24), RUSH (24), PASS (25).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - ...
Niners QB C.J. Beathard will make sixth
career start after Jimmy Garoppolo suffered season-ending knee injury last week.
Beathard went 1-5 as starter in 2017. . RB Matt Breida tied for league lead in
rushing yards (274). He has league-high six carries of 20 yards or more.
Chargers RB Melvin Gordon tied for second with three. . Niners WR Marquise
Goodwin averaging 16.8 yards per catch since 2017, third-highest average in
league. . DE Forest Buckner third in NFC with 3 1-2 sacks. . PK Robbie Gould has
made team-record 31 straight field goals
Womens Virgil Green Jersey , including eight this season. . Chargers QB Philip Rivers has thrown nine touchdowns and averaging 321 yards in three
previous starts vs. 49ers. . Gordon has four TDs in past two games. Gordon and
RB Austin Ekeler only pair of RBs on same team with 250 or more scrimmage yards
this season . WR Keenan Allen has five straight 100-yard games at home. . WR
Mike Williams had first multi-touchdown game last week with two receiving
scores. . S Derwin James second rookie defensive back in non-strike year to have
two sacks and an interception in first three games. . Chargers will be without
DE Joey Bosa (foot) and OT Joe Barksdale (knee). ... Fantasy tip: 49ers TE
George Kittle led team with five receptions for 79 yards last week. He is sixth
in league in tight end receiving yards with 191. A 2-2 record after the first
quarter of the season is not where Philip Rivers thought the Los Angeles
Chargers would be, but it is a vast improvement compared to the past couple
seasons.The Chargers got to .500 with a 29-27 victory over the San Francisco
49ers on Sunday. It is the first time since 2015 they are even after four games
and better than their 0-4 start to last season.If the Chargers are going to
start stringing together wins, the next two weeks present a prime opportunity.
They host Oakland (1-3) next Sunday and then are at Cleveland (1-2-1) on Oct.
14. The Chargers then have an Oct. 21 game at London against Tennessee (3-1)
before their bye week.For a team that won six of its final nine games last
season, the Chargers know that they need to position themselves well before
November to make a run for their first postseason berth since 2013."We've got to
go. We can't keep going win for loss the whole way there. We know what that does
— that usually leaves you on the outside looking in," said Rivers, who was 25 of
39 for 250 yards with three TD passes and an interception. "Now we have a chance
to win two in a row next week with the Raiders coming in."Rivers did end up
reaching a couple milestones in Sunday's game. It marked the 200th game of his
career and he passed John Elway for the eighth-most passing yards in NFL
history. Rivers has 51,504 yards in 15 seasons.Coach Anthony Lynn and Rivers
have talked all year about the versatility of the offense, and they showed it
off on Sunday. Rivers completed passes to eight players while running backs
Melvin Gordon and Austin Ekeler averaged 5.6 yards per carry against a Niners
defense that was 10th against the run and allowing only 97 yards per game."I
think last year when we were rolling, we were balanced. We've been that this
year for the most part
http://www.sandiegochargersteamonline.com/kyzir-white-jersey ," said Rivers who has thrown for three or more touchdowns in five of the past six
games.BEATHARD MAKES STRIDESSan Francisco's C.J. Beathard showed improvement
from his rookie season. The second-year quarterback was 23 of 37 for 298 yards
with two touchdowns and two interceptions. His 82.9 passer rating is his second
highest in six career starts."I felt a lot more comfortable being out there in
control. I definitely felt a lot more comfortable than last year," he
said.Beathard's best throw of the day came on an 82-yard touchdown to George
Kittle, where he found a wide open Kittle at the at the Niners' 40. Kittle, who
was also a teammate of Beathard's at Iowa, caught it in stride and was able to
outrun Chargers' defenders to the end zone.GROUND GORDON: Most of Gordon's big
plays the first three games were as a receiver, but he had his first 100-yard
rushing game of the season on Sunday with 104 yards on 15 carries. He had two
carries of 15 yards or more, including a 34-yarder to the San Francisco 4 during
the fourth quarter that helped set up Sturgis' go-ahead field goal."I think I
had some good blocks, made some guys miss and guys kind of got lazy on the
tackles, and you got to make them pay for it
http://www.sandiegochargersteamonline.com/melvin-gordon-jersey ," Gordon said.It is the sixth 100-yard rushing game of Gordon's career and his
first since last Oct. 29 against New England.GROUNDED: It was a bad day for San
Francisco's running game and its run defense. Matt Breida came in tied for the
league lead in rushing but he was held to 39 yards on nine carries.The defense
was 10th against the run and allowing only 97 yards per game but allowed a
100-yard rusher for the first time in 11 games.KICKING WOES: Sturgis made three
field goals, but he also missed two extra points and a 54-yard field goal
attempt. Lynn wasn't immediately saying that Sturgis' job is in danger, but it
wouldn't be a surprise if the team brought in kickers for tryouts this week.The
Chargers have missed eight PATs since the start of last season, which is the
most in the league.TACKLE TROUBLES? The starting left tackles for both teams
ended up getting injured during the first half and did not return. San
Francisco's Joe Staley suffered a knee injury midway through the second quarter
and Los Angeles' Russell Okung strained a groin on the last offensive play of
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