MINING THEIR BUSINESS
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The SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS enter Week 8 as the lone undefeated team (6-0) in the NFC. San Francisco’s defense has allowed 223.5 total net yards per game – more than 100 fewer yards per game than any other team in the NFC (Dallas, 324.9) – and has limited their opponents to fewer than 200 total net yards of offense in each of the past three games.
With fewer than 200 total net yards allowed on Sunday against Carolina (4:05 PM ET, FOX), San Francisco would become the sixth team to allow fewer than 200 total net yards of offense in at least four consecutive games since 1970. Three of the previous five teams to do so went on to win the Super Bowl.
The teams with the most consecutive games limiting opponents to 200 or fewer total net yards of offense since 1970:
| TEAM | SEASON(S) | GAMES | |
| Pittsburgh# | 1974-75 | 5 | |
| Dallas# | 1977 | 4 | |
| Dallas | 1973-74 | 4 | |
| Miami# | 1972 | 4 | |
| New England | 2005 | 4 | |
| San Francisco | 2019 | 3* | |
| *Active streak | |||
| #Won Super Bowl | |||
To continue its streak of games allowing fewer than 200 total net yards of offense on Sunday, San Francisco will need to limit Carolina running back CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY, who has scored both a rushing and a receiving touchdown in each of his past two games. With both a rushing and receiving touchdown on Sunday, McCaffrey would tie PETE JOHNSON (three consecutive games in 1981 with Cincinnati) for the longest streak of games with at least one rushing and one receiving touchdown in NFL history.
