September 13, 2020 -- #NEvSF
Levi's Stadium -- Santa Clara, California
FOX -- 4:15 PM E.T.
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NE - 3 / 14 / 7 / 7 // 31
SF - 3 / 3 / 0 / 0 // 6
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When San Francisco 49ers fans saw that their team had traded for quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, they figured that by year 2020, they would have one of the best quarterbacks in the league and that team in New England would be getting ready for life after Tom Brady, perhaps regretting trading away Garoppolo.
Instead, San Francisco got to watch as 43-year old Brady threw four touchdown passes and saw their quarterback -- Garoppolo -- leave the game with an injury as San Francisco fell to 0-2 following the 31-6 loss to New England.
New England pounced on San Francisco, taking a 17-6 lead into halftime and then its defense did the rest, shutting out Garoppolo before doing the same to C.J. Beathard. Rookie defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos had his first career sack...and then his second and then his third. Fellow rookie Isaiah Simmons joined in on the fun with a sack as well and forced a fumble in the fourth quarter was recovered by Gross-Matos.
Rookie Henry Ruggs III also had a field day with six catches for 106 yards and two touchdowns. Undrafted rookie D'Eriq King continued the youth movement with 76 yards on the ground and 46 yards receiving in place of James White, who left the game with an apparent wrist injury.
Scoring Summary
Quarter 1
5:39 (SF) R. Gould, 46 Yd FG
1:35 (NE) R. Blankenship, 39 Yd FG
Quarter 2
10:29 (NE) H. Ruggs III 14 Yd pass from T. Brady
0:48 (SF) R. Gould, 51 Yd FG
0:19 (NE) J. Edelman 31 Yd pass from T. Brady
Quarter 3
8:29 (NE) J. Edelman 2 Yd pass from T. Brady
Quarter 4
14:16 (NE) H. Ruggs III 32 Yd pass from T. Brady
Player Stats
New England Patriots (2-0)
Tom Brady, QB: 25 of 41, 312 yards, 4 touchdowns, 2 interceptions.
Sony Michel, HB: 14 carries, 82 yards.
D'Eriq King, HB: 12 carries, 76 yards, 6 receptions, 46 yards.
Henry Ruggs III, WR: 6 receptions, 106 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Julian Edelman, WR: 5 receptions, 67 yards, 2 touchdowns.
N'Keal Harry, WR: 4 receptions, 76 yards.
Isaiah Simmons, LB: 13 tackles, tackle for loss, sack, forced fumble.
Pat Chung, S: 10 tackles.
Yetur Gross-Matos, DE: 5 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.
Stephon Gilmore, CB: 4 tackles, interception.
San Francisco 49ers (0-2)
Jimmy Garoppolo, QB: 9 of 16, 83 yards, interception.
C.J. Beathard, QB: 11 of 14, 97 yards, interception.
Jerick McKinnon, HB: 23 carries, 85 yards, fumble.
Cameron Meredith, WR: 2 receptions, 45 yards.
Dante Pettis, WR: 2 receptions, 35 yards.
Anfernee Jennings, LB: 13 tackles.
Jaquiski Tartt, S: 10 tackles, interception.
Jason Verrett, CB: 9 tackles, interception.