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After more than a decade of waiting, the San Francisco 49ers finally ended the NFL’s longest drought without having a 1,000-yard rusher.
That was one of the 14 interesting facts that our research department sent out this week about Week 13. If you’re new here, I get an email every week from our CBS Sports research department, and that email always includes some amazingly wild facts about the games that were just played.
With that in mind, here are 14 crazy facts about Week 13:
49ers finally have a 1,000 yard rusher. Going into the 2023 season, the 49ers had the longest active drought without having a 1,000-yard rusher, but that ended on Sunday when Christian McCaffrey hit 1,000 yards on the season (He’s at 1,032 through 12 games). McCaffrey is the first 49ers player to hit 1,000 yards since Frank Gore did it in 2014.Patriots hit rock bottom. With their 6-0 loss to the Chargers, the Patriots are now the first team since 1938 to lose in three straight games where they held their opponent to 10 points or less. NFL teams are 54-3 this year when holding their opponent to 10 points or less and that breaks down like this: The Patriots are 1-3 while the the 31 other teams are 53-0.Chargers win with no offense. The Chargers’ 6-0 win over New England set the franchise record for fewest points in a victory. The previous record was seven points. No one can stop Tyreek Hill. The Dolphins receiver finished with 157 yards and two touchdowns, which makes him the FIRST player in NFL history to go for at least 150 yards and a TD in five different games during the same season. With both touchdowns going for more than 60 yards, Hill now has 21…
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Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2023-12-04 14:58:01
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