Christian McCaffrey scored three of his four touchdowns on the 49ers first three possessions and Brock Purdy completed his first 13 passes as the 49ers dismantled the division rival Cardinals 35-16. McCaffrey finished with 106 yards rushing and 71 receiving, while Purdy ended his day 20-of-21 for 283 yards to go along with two total touchdowns - one passing and one rushing. Brandon Aiyuk added 6 catches for 148 yards.
Christian McCaffrey punched it in on the 49ers opening drive to record at least one TD in 13 straight games, which broke Jerry Rice’s 49ers record.
McCaffrey then hurdled Cardinals cornerback Kei’Trel Clark for his second touchdown of the afternoon.
Brock Purdy hurled a 42-yard deep ball into double coverage for a completion to Brandon Aiyuk to set up the first half hat-trick for McCaffrey.
After the Cardinals scored touchdowns on consecutive drives to pull within 21-16 Purdy hit Aiyuk with another deep ball for 34 yards to set up McCaffrey’s fourth touchdown of the afternoon.
The 49ers improved to 4-0 for the first time since 2019, when they last went to the Super Bowl, have won 14 consecutive regular season games and 16 of the last 17 including the playoffs. The 49ers will welcome the Dallas Cowboys to Levi’s Stadium next Sunday night in a rematch of their Divisional Round playoff win in January and one of the more highly anticipated showdown games of the early NFL season.
