{"id":25613,"date":"2025-10-27T16:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/25613\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T16:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:39:06","slug":"best-performances-by-san-francisco-from-week-8-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/25613\/","title":{"rendered":"Best performances by San Francisco from Week 8 loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday was not a banner day for San Francisco (5-3).<\/p>\n

It’s easier to identify what went wrong<\/a> versus what went right from Sunday’s 26-15 San Francisco loss at the Houston Texans<\/a> (3-4).<\/p>\n

Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud passed for a season-high 318 yards and Houston outgained San Francisco in total yardage 475-223. As rough as parts of Sunday were, the 49ers<\/a> had their chances to make it a more competitive ball game and just fell short.<\/p>\n

Still, the 49ers’ Week 8 loss was not without some notable positive performances. Here’s a look at the 49ers’ best performances from Sunday’s setback.<\/p>\n

George Kittle<\/p>\n

And a very happy National Tight Ends Day to you Mr. George Kittle. Kittle finished with four grabs for 43 yards, including this spectacular one-handed 17-yard touchdown snag in traffic.<\/p>\n

Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Jake Tonges<\/p>\n

It wasn’t just Kittle that found paydirt on National Tight Ends Day. 49ers tight end Jake Tonges pulled San Francisco back within a score late in the third quarter with this 2-yard touchdown grab from Mac Jones.<\/p>\n

Deommodore Lenoir<\/p>\n

San Francisco cornerback Deommodore Lenoir picked off Stroud just before the end of the first half, notching his seventh career interception.<\/p>\n

Tatum Bethune<\/p>\n

49ers linebacker Tatum Bethune tallied a career-high 14 tackles in the contest, which is the most by a San Francisco player since Fred Warner recorded 15 against the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 12, 2024.<\/p>\n

Christian McCaffrey<\/p>\n

It speaks to the greatness of San Francisco running back Christian McCaffrey that Sunday falls well below he and the 49ers’ standard. And that obviously isn’t entirely McCaffrey’s fault either.<\/p>\n

McCaffrey finished with eight carries for 25 yards and caught three passes for 43 yards. In the process, McCaffrey notched a pair of impressive milestones.<\/p>\n

With his 43 receiving yards, McCaffrey has reached 5,025 receiving yards in his 103rd career game, which is the second-fewest games to reach 5,000 or more receiving yards by a running back in NFL history. Only Lenny Moore with the Baltimore Colts achieved 5,000 receiving yards faster (98 games).<\/p>\n

McCaffrey’s 68 scrimmage yards also means McCaffrey has eclipsed 1,000 scrimmage yards in the first eight games of the season. McCaffrey becomes the fifth 49er in franchise history to register 1,000-plus scrimmage yards in the first eight games of a season and the first since Frank Gore in 2010.<\/p>\n

McCaffrey joins a group that includes Gore, Roger Craig (1985, 1988), Garrison Hearst (1998) and Charlie Garner (2000).<\/p>\n

Thomas Morstead<\/p>\n

It’s not what 49ers fans are looking for, but veteran punter Thomas Morstead had a really good day on Sunday. The 17-year NFL vet booted five punts for an average of 47.6 yards and had three punts downed inside the 20, including one at the Houston 6-yard-line.<\/p>\n

In a different circumstance, Morstead’s work could have been a big factor in a San Francisco victory. ESPN’s Nick Wagoner probably summed up best how most San Francisco fans felt about that, though.<\/p>\n

More 49ers news: 7 observations, players who stood out in 49ers abysmal Week 8 loss vs. Texans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday was not a banner day for San Francisco (5-3). It’s easier to identify what went wrong versus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[243,101,103,102,104,106,105,10224,10225,378,19044,11107,12103,368,6322,19584,11111,379,366,374,1349,367,510,377,371,19585,246],"class_list":["post-25613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-accessfree","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-sstssportsnflniners","tag-sstsnniners","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagc-j-stroud","tag-tagchristian-mccaffrey","tag-tagdeommodore-lenoir","tag-tagfred-warner","tag-taggeorge-kittle","tag-tagjake-tonges","tag-tagmac-jones","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsan-francisco-49ers","tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtatum-bethune","tag-tagthomas-morstead","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}