The San Francisco 49ers opened their 2026 NFL season with a commanding 27-7 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday even \u2013 or Friday morning local time.<\/p>\n
The NFC West rivals usually put together a competitive showing against each other, but head coach Kyle Shanahan had his team ready from the start. Quarterback Brock Purdy looked in mid-season form, throwing for 205 yards with three touchdowns and an interception.<\/p>\n
The offense appeared out of synch all day for quarterback Matthew Stafford and head coach Sean McVay, being held to just seven points. Stafford struggled, throwing for only 155 yards and an interception.<\/p>\n
Here are the highlights from Thursday night\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 7:30p ET<\/p>\n
Final Score <\/p>\n
\n Live Coverage for this has ended\n <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 11:18p ET<\/p>\n
Stetson Bennett Enters The Game For Matthew Stafford; Rams Starters Pulled <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 11:05p ET<\/p>\n
49ers Extend Lead To 20 Points After Eddy Pineiro’s 56-Yard Field Goal <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 11:00p ET<\/p>\n
Fred Warner Forced Fumble Keeps 49ers In Front With Commanding Lead <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 10:56p ET<\/p>\n
49ers, Rams Play In Front Of Historic Crowd In Melbourne <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 10:48p ET<\/p>\n
49ers Finish 99-Yard Drive With Deebo Samuel Touchdown <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 10:38p ET<\/p>\n
49ers Defense Denies Matthew Stafford At The Goal Line <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 10:25p ET<\/p>\n
Mike Evans Scores His First 49ers Touchdown <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 9:56p ET<\/p>\n
De’Zhaun Stribling Ruled Out With Ankle Injury <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 9:39p ET<\/p>\n
Brock Purdy Connects With DeMarcus Robinson For 38-Yard Touchdown <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 9:35p ET<\/p>\n
De’Zhaun Stribling Leaves Game With Lower Leg Injury <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 9:29p ET<\/p>\n
Renardo Green Picks Off Matthew Stafford <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 9:23p ET<\/p>\n
Quentin Lake Intercepts Brock Purdy <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 9:18p ET<\/p>\n
Matthew Stafford Connects With Puka Nacua For Big Gain <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 9:15p ET<\/p>\n
Kyren Williams Scores Five-Yard Rushing Touchdown <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 8:53p ET<\/p>\n
49ers Strike First With Eddy Pineiro Field Goal <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 8:22p ET<\/p>\n
Myles Garrett Set To Make His Rams Debut <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 7:57p ET<\/p>\n
Sights & Sounds At Melbourne Cricket Ground <\/p>\n
Sep 10, 2026 – 7:31p ET<\/p>\n
Inactives For 49ers-Rams <\/p>\n
Live Coverage for this began on Sep 10, 2026 – 11:31p ET<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers opened their 2026 NFL season with a commanding 27-7 win over the Los Angeles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-461751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461751","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=461751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}