The Washington Post - 21.10.2019

D12 EZ SU THE WASHINGTON POST.MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 , 2019

1 2 3 4 FINAL

49ers 0 0 3 6 9

Redskins 00000

49ers’ drives

Time

received

How ball

obtained

Drive

began

Number

of plays

Net

yards

Last

snap

Drive

result

1 6:46 Missed FG SF 29 6 13 SF 42 Punt

2 1:58 Punt SF 46 13 27 WAS 27 Missed FG

3 4:02 Downs SF 29 5 13 SF 42 Punt

4 1:23 Punt SF 34 5 14 SF 46 End of half

5 15:00 Kickoff SF 25 6 39 WAS 36 Interception

6 10:05 Punt SF 23 8 67 WAS 10 Field goal

7 1:20 Fumble SF 41 12 55 WAS 4 Field goal

8 6:42 Punt SF 33 11 56 WAS 11 Field goal

THIRD QUARTER

San Francisco: FG Gould 28, 5:28.

FOURTH QUARTER

San Francisco: FG Gould 22, 9:03.

San Francisco: FG Gould 29, :23.

Attendance: 61,459.

49ers Redskins

First downs ........................................... 17 10

Rushing ................................................... 7 5

Passing .................................................... 8 4

Penalty .................................................... 2 1

Third-down efficiency ....................... 7-16 3-9

Fourth-down efficiency ...................... 1-2 0-1

Total net yards .................................... 283 154

Total plays ............................................ 62 41

Average gain ........................................ 4.6 3.8

Net yards rushing ............................... 137 104

Rushes .................................................. 39 26

Average per rush ................................. 3.5 4.0

Net yards passing ............................... 146 50

Sacked-Yards lost ............................... 2-5 3-27

Gross-Yards passing ........................... 151 77

Completed-Attempted ................... 12-21 9-12

Had intercepted ...................................... 1 0

Yards-Pass play ................................... 6.3 3.3

Kickoffs-End zone-TB ...................... 4-3-1 1-1-1

Punts-Average ............................... 2-47.0 4-49.5

Punts blocked. ........................................ 0 0

FGs-PATs blocked ............................... 0-0 0-0

Total return yardage ............................. 30 96

Punt returns ..................................... 2-30 1-0

Kickoff returns .................................... 0-0 3-63

Interceptions ...................................... 0-0 1-33

Penalties-Yards ................................ 2-20 7-47

Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 1-0 1-1

Time of possession .......................... 33:24 26:36

RUSHING

San Francisco: Coleman 20-62, Breida 8-35, Garoppolo

4-20, Wilson 5-20, Kittle 2-0.

Washington: Peterson 20-81, Smallwood 5-23, Sims 1-0.

PASSING

San Francisco: Garoppolo 12-21-1-151.

Washington: Keenum 9-12-0-77.

RECEIVING

San Francisco: Bourne 3-69, Kittle 3-38, Coleman 2-(mi-

nus 1), James 1-40, Dwelley 1-2, Toilolo 1-2, Breida 1-1.

Washington: Sims 3-5, Quinn 2-30, Sprinkle 2-13,

Smallwood 1-18, McLaurin 1-11.

PUNT RETURNS

San Francisco: James 2-30.

Washington: Quinn 1-0.

KICKOFF RETURNS

San Francisco: None.

Washington: Sims 3-63.

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS

San Francisco: Bosa 5-2-1, Alexander 4-1-0, Ward 4-0-0,

Buckner 3-3-0, Tartt 3-1-0, Williams 3-0-0, Armstead

2-1-1, Moseley 2-0-0, Thomas 2-0-0, Blair 1-2-0, Ford

1-1-1, Warner 1-1-0, Day 1-0-0, Taylor 1-0-0, Greenlaw

0-1-0.

Washington: Ioannidis 8-1-0, Payne 7-0-0, Bostic 5-2-0,

Allen 5-2-0, Apke 5-1-0, Holcomb 3-0-0, Kerrigan 2-2-.5,

Collins 2-2-0, Hamilton 2-1-0, Moreland 2-1-0, Anderson

2-1-0, Moreau 2-0-0, Sweat 1-3-.5, Spence 1-0-1, Dunbar

1-0-0, Nicholson 0-1-0.

INTERCEPTIONS

San Francisco: None.

Washington: Apke 1-33.

MISSED FIELD GOALS

San Francisco: Gould 45.

Washington: Hopkins 39.

NFL WEEK 7

SEPT. 8

L

@ PHI

32-27

SEPT. 15

L

DAL

31-21

SEPT. 23

L

CHI

31-15

SEPT. 29

L

@NYG

24-3

OCT. 6

L

NE

33-7

OCT. 13

W

@MIA

17-16

OCT. 20

L

SF

9-0

OCT.

24

@MIN

8:20, Fox

NOV.

3

@BUF

1, Fox

NOV.

10

BYE

NOV.

17

NYJ

1, CBS

NOV.

24

DET

1, Fox

DEC.

1

@CAR

1, CBS

DEC.

8

@GB

1, Fox

DEC.

15

PHI

1, Fox

DEC.

22

NYG

1, Fox

DEC.

29

@DAL

1, Fox

Redskins’ schedule

Redskins’ drives

Time

received

How ball

obtained

Drive

began

Number

of plays

Net

yards

Last

snap

Drive

result

1 15:00 Kickoff WAS 19 12 60 SF 21 Missed FG

2 3:42 Punt WAS 10 3 5 WAS 15 Punt

3 10:56 Missed FG WAS 35 10 36 SF 28 Downs

4 1:50 Punt WAS 12 3 -3 WAS 9 Punt

5 12:30 Interception WAS 47 3 -4 WAS 43 Punt

6 5:28 Kickoff WAS 22 6 47 SF 29 Fumble

7 9:03 Kickoff WAS 25 3 4 WAS 29 Punt

8 0:23 Kickoff WAS 20 2 -11 WAS 20 End of game

TOTAL

NET YARDS

SF WAS

283 154

62 plays 41 plays

4.6 avg. 3.8 avg.

NET PASSING

YARDS

SF WAS

146 50

21 att. 12 att.

6.3 avg. 3.3 avg.

NET RUSHING

YARDS

SF WAS

137 104

39 att. 26 att.

3.5 avg. 4.0 avg.

TIME OF

POSSESSION

SF WAS

33:24 26:36

JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST

Defensive end Nick Bosa brought down Case Keenum just as the ugly weather brought down the teams’ offenses Sunday.

SCORING

BY MARK MASKE

Kyle Shanahan didn’t join his
San Francisco 49ers players in
celebrating Sunday’s soggy victo-
ry over the Washington Redskins
by sliding across the rain-soaked
turf at FedEx Field, belly-flop
style. The coach of the NFC’s only
unbeaten team said, both before
and after, that the outcome of the
game had nothing to do with his
history with the Redskins.
But Shanahan clearly savored
the 9-0 win, which improved the
49ers’ record to 6-0. According to
49ers tight end George Kittle,
Shanahan awarded a game ball to
his father, Mike, whose head
coaching tenure with the Red-
skins ended on less-than-friendly
terms.
“Pretty special,” Kittle said.
Mike Shanahan was not on
hand for the game, according to a
49ers spokesman. But Kittle said
49ers players were mindful of the
Shanahans’ past dealings with
the Redskins and were motivated
by that.
“We were aware,” Kittle said.
“Definitely it was a game that we
wanted to win both for him and
Mike Shanahan.”
The game was as inelegant as it
gets and undoubtedly not what
Kyle Shanahan had in mind when
he envisioned a triumphant re-
turn to FedEx Field as the head
coach of an undefeated team. But
he wasn’t complaining.
“I’ve been in a number of build-
ings, and not all of it always ends
good,” Shanahan said after the
game. “But it had nothing to do
with the game. Everyone’s a little
more sensitive when things in-
volve your family. So that’s why
I’m always a little more sensitive
to this with my dad here. And
that’s why it was nice to get the
win. But it had nothing to do with
the game, has nothing to do with
the score. But you always want to
take care of things the right way
when you’re bothered by how
some things have been for a fam-

ily member.”

Shanahan, the offensive coor-

dinator for the Redskins during

his father’s head coaching tenure

from 2010 to 2013, had upped the

stakes during the week by saying

that working for his dad had been

his favorite part of his time in

Washington and “everything else”

had been his least favorite part.

Shanahan said he had moved on

and this game wasn’t personal to

him. But did anyone believe that?

Shanahan said Sunday he cer-

tainly enjoyed watching 49ers

players celebrate the win with

what amounted to rain angels on

the wet turf following a game-

ending sack by rookie defensive

end Nick Bosa.

“It was definitely fun watching

our whole team slide across the

field there,” Shanahan said. “I

enjoyed watching that.”

Asked whether he had consid-

ered joining the players, Shana-

han said: “I did think about it,

yeah. But I don’t think I would

have done it right.”

The 49ers forged the victory on

three second-half field goals by

kicker Robbie Gould as they and

the Redskins sloshed around on a

field drenched by persistent rain.

“It was fun,” cornerback Rich-

ard Sherman said. “It was Mud

Bowl 2019 champions, you know

what I mean?”

The 49ers have put themselves

in contention in the jumbled

NFC, in Year 3 of a rebuilding

project overseen by Shanahan

and General Manager John

Lynch, because they are a bal-

anced and versatile team able to

win in a variety of ways. They

entered this week’s play ranked

second in the NFL in total defense

and third in total offense.

They were tested Sunday by the

conditions as much as by the

Redskins. Passing was an adven-

ture. Any change of direction was

challenging. The water was pool-

ing on the playing surface in

spots, and the players were

splashing around when they ran

and, especially, when they landed

on the turf. The sloppy conditions

severely limited both teams’ of-

fenses and probably helped the

Redskins close the competitive

gap.

“That weather was as bad

weather as we’ve played in since

we’ve been here,” Shanahan said,

“combined with that field, just

how the field always is.”

Quarterback Jimmy Garoppo-

lo threw for only 151 yards on

12-for-21 passing for the 49ers.

“I’ve played in rain my whole

life,” Garoppolo said. “So it wasn’t

anything crazy.”

That was just enough as Gould

connected from 28, 22 and

29 yards. The San Francisco de-

fense limited the Redskins to

154 total yards and made two big

plays against tailback Adrian Pe-

terson, stopping him on a fourth-

down carry in the first half and

forcing him into a second-half

fumble.

“It’s never going to be pretty,”

49ers defensive tackle DeForest

Buckner said. “It’s the NFL. It

doesn’t matter who you go

against. Everybody’s good. You’ve

just got to find a way to win.

That’s the objective. I felt like it

didn’t matter. Three field goals

and they didn’t score? I mean, I’ll

take it.”

It has, indeed, been a find-a-

way-to-win type of season for the

49ers. That’s precisely what they

did Sunday in Landover.

“We were down seven starters

today,” Sherman said. “When

you’re down seven starters, you

would think, hey, you’re not going

to play your best football. And in a

game like this, we played pretty

good under the circumstances.”

Those circumstances made the

day trying and then rewarding for

the 49ers.

“I think guys had a lot of fun,

slipping and sliding out there,”

Sherman said. “Winning is al-

ways fun.”

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Shanahan savors win, with the game ball going to his dad

TONI L. SANDYS/THE WASHINGTON POST

Defensive back Dontae Johnson and the 49ers hardly flopped during the game in rainy Landover, remaining undefeated with a 6-0 mark.