13 mind-blowing stats from McCaffrey’s four-TD explosion against the Cardinals

With four touchdowns against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Christian McCaffrey made it clear that he is something special in the 49ers victory 35-16 at Levi’s Stadium.

The star running back ran towards him. in the NFL MVP conversation with 177 all-purpose yards (106 rushing, 71 receiving) and an epic obstacle in Week 4, putting together a dominant performance that was historic in more ways than one.

To put McCaffrey’s record-breaking day into perspective, here are 13 statistics (courtesy of the 49ers) that show the different ways he etched his name in football history and why it was one of the best performances of his career in the NFL.

• McCaffrey’s 106 rushing yards mark the 19th game of his career (playoffs included) with 100 or more rushing yards.
• McCaffrey’s four TDs mark a career-high and the most TDs recorded in a single game by a 49ers player since RB Tevin Coleman in 2019 (four TDs vs. Carolina Panthers (10/27/19)).
• McCaffrey joined Coleman as one of two players in franchise history to score three rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown in the same game.
• McCaffrey’s three TDs in the first half of the game mark the first time in his career that he scored three or more TDs in a half.
• This was also McCaffrey’s 12th career game with at least one rushing and one receiving touchdown, tied for second most such games of all time (Marshall Faulk is the number 1 with 15 games).
• With 177 yards from scrimmage and four touchdowns, McCaffrey is the first player in 49ers franchise history to have 100 or more yards from scrimmage and a touchdown in every game in Weeks 1-4. and is the first NFL player to accomplish the feat since former Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray in 2014.
• McCaffrey is also the eighth NFL running back to accomplish the feat since at least 1970 (RB DeMarco Murray, Cowboys – 2014; RB Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs – 2013; RB Ricky Williams, Miami Dolphins – 2002; RB Emmitt Smith, Cowboys – 1995; RB Billy Sims, Detroit Lions – 1981; RB OJ Simpson, Buffalo Bills – 1975; RB Ron Johnson, New York Giants – 1970).
• McCaffrey He also became one of four NFL players in the Super Bowl era to record 70 or more rushing yards, three or more rushing touchdowns, 70 or more receiving yards and one or more receiving touchdowns in the same game.
• McCaffrey’s three rushing touchdowns give him six in the season and 44 in his career. His four touchdowns against the Cardinals marked his 10th consecutive regular-season game with one or more TDs, which is the longest streak of his career and the second-most consecutive regular-season games with one or more TDs by a player. of the 49ers from wide receiver. Jerry Rice (13 games (Week 16, 1986 – Week 16, 1987)).
• Including the postseason, McCaffrey has scored one or more TDs in 13 consecutive games, which is the longest active streak of any NFL player and the longest streak by a member of the 49ers in franchise history.
• McCaffrey’s 13 consecutive games with a TD also tie former NFL running backs Arian Foster and Emmitt Smith for the second-most consecutive games with one or more TDs in the NFL since at least 1990.
• With a 65-yard rushing TD in Week 1 at the Pittsburgh Steelers, a 14-yard rushing TD in Week 2 at the Los Angeles Rams, a 4-yard rushing TD in Week 3 against the New York Giants and a 1-yard and 18-yard touchdown and 2-yard rushing touchdowns against Arizona, McCaffrey became the first 49ers running back to score one or more rushing touchdowns in Weeks 1–4 in franchise history.
• McCaffrey also became the first NFL running back to score one or more rushing touchdowns in Weeks 1-4 since then-Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook did so in 2020.

They don’t call it Run CMC for nothing.

Those who had doubts about The 49ers trade for McCaffrey This past season has certainly been quiet as the All-Pro makes his way around the league.

But while all of these accomplishments are nice, there’s only one thing on the minds of McCaffrey and the rest of San Francisco: a Super Bowl victory.

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