George Kittle, Ricky Pearsall have big games; Key stats from 49ers-Lions

The San Francisco 49ers dropped to 6-10 on the season after a 40-34 Week 17 loss to the Detroit Lions at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Below are several statistics and notes from Monday's game, which were provided by the 49ers Communications staff.

49ers Offense

• The 49ers offense scored a TD on their first 3 possessions of the night, marking the first time the team has done so this season and just the 3rd time the unit has accomplished the feat since at least 2000 [vs. Arz. (10/1/23); at Jax. (10/27/13)].
• The registered 29 first downs on the night, marking the most total first downs in a single game this season and the most since registering 30 first downs vs. Arz. (10/1/23).
• In QB Brock Purdy (377 passing yds.), WR Ricky Pearsall (141 rec. yds.), and TE George Kittle (112 rec. yds.), the 49ers had 1 player with 300 or more passing yds. and 2 players with 100 or more rec. yds. in a game for the first time since the 2023 season [QB Brock Purdy (368 passing yds.); WR Brandon Aiyuk (126 rec. yds.); WR Deebo Samuel Sr. (149 rec. yds.) vs. Sea. (12/10/23)].

QB Brock Purdy

• QB Brock Purdy completed 27 of his 35 passing atts. for a career-high 377 yds. and 3 TDs with a passer rating of 116.0 to go along with 3 carries for 12 yds., including a 9-yd. rushing TD.
• Purdy's 3 passing TDs gave him 20 this season and 64 in his career. His rushing TD marked his 5th of the season and the 8th of his career.
• Purdy's 5 rushing TDs this season mark a career-high and are the most by a 49ers QB in a single season since former QB Colin Kaepernick registered 5 rushing TDs in 2012.
• With 3 passing TDs and 1 rushing TD, Purdy registered his 2nd career game with 2 or more passing TDs and 1 or more rushing TD [2 passing TDs and 1 rushing TD vs. TB (12/11/22)].
• Purdy registered 200 passing yds. in the first half of tonight's game, marking the 2nd time in his career that he has thrown for 200 or more yds. in the first half of a game [258 passing yds. in first half vs. Chi. (12/8/24)].
• Purdy's 3 TD passes mark his 6th multi-TD passing game of the season and the 21st such game of his career. It also marked his 9th career game with 3 or more passing TDs and his 3rd this season [3 passing TDs at LAR (9/22/24); 3 passing TDs at Sea. (10/10/24)].
• Purdy's 9 career games with 3 or more passing TDs are the 4th-most in franchise history.

MOST GAMES WITH 3 OR MORE PASSING TDs, FRANCHISE HISTORY

• With 377 passing yds. and 3 passing TDs, Purdy registered his 4th game this season with 300 or more passing yds. and 2 or more passing TDs [353 passing yds. and 2 TDs at TB (11/10/24); 325 passing yds. and 2 TDs vs. Chi. (12/8/24); 313 passing yds. and 2 TDs at Mia. (12/22/24)].
• Purdy's 377 passing yds. mark his 2nd game this season with 350 or more passing yds. and the 4th such game of his career, which is the 3rd-most games with 350 or more passing yds. in franchise history.

MOST GAMES WITH 350 OR MORE PASSING YDS., FRANCHISE HISTORY

• With 377 passing yds., Purdy registered his 10th career game with 300 or more passing yds., which is the 5th-most in franchise history.

MOST GAMES WITH 300 OR MORE PASSING YDS., FRANCHISE HISTORY

• With 3 passing TDs and a passer rating of 116.0, Purdy registered his 15th career game with 2 or more passing TDs and a passer rating of 115.0 or higher, which is the most such games by any player in their first three seasons in NFL history.

MOST GAMES WITH 2 OR MORE PASSING TDs AND A PASSER RATING OF 115.0 OR HIGHER IN A PLAYER'S FIRST THREE SEASONS, NFL HISTORY

QB Josh Dobbs

• QB Josh Dobbs completed 3 of his 4 passing atts. for 35 yds. and added a 7-yd. rushing TD, marking his first rushing TD as a member of the 49ers and the 7th rushing TD of his career.

TE George Kittle

• TE George Kittle caught all 8 of his targets for 112 yds. on the evening.
• With 112 rec. yds., Kittle now has 1,079 rec. yds. this season, marking his 4th career season with 1,000 or more rec. yds., and making him 1 of 5 TEs in NFL history to register 4 career seasons with 1,000 or more rec. yds.

MOST SEASONS WITH 1,000 OR MORE REC. YDS. BY A TE, NFL HISTORY

• Kittle has now registered consecutive seasons with 1,000 or more rec. yds. (1,020 rec. yds. in 2023), marking the second time he has done so in his career (2018-19).
• Kittle's 4 seasons with 1,000 or more rec. yds. make him the 3rd player, and the only TE in franchise history, to register 4 career seasons with 1,000 or more rec. yds.

MOST SEASONS WITH 1,000 OR MORE REC. YDS., FRANCHISE HISTORY

• With 106 yds. last week at Mia. (12/22/24) and 112 yds. on the evening, Kittle registered consecutive games with 100 or more rec. yds. for the 3rd time in his career.
• Kittle registered his 4th game this season with 100 or more rec. yds. and now has 21 career games with 100 or more rec. yds. Kittle's 4 games this season with 100 or more rec. yds. are the most by any TE in the NFL.
• Kittle's 21 career games with 100 or more rec. yds. are the 4th-most by a TE in their first 8 seasons in NFL history.

MOST GAMES WITH 100 OR MORE REC. YDS. BY A TE IN THEIR FIRST 8 NFL SEASONS, NFL HISTORY

• Kittle also has the 3rd-most games with 100 or more rec. yds. in franchise history.

MOST GAMES WITH 100 OR MORE REC. YDS. AMONG ALL PLAYERS, FRANCHISE HISTORY

WR Ricky Pearsall

• WR Ricky Pearsall registered career highs in recepts. (8) and yds. (141) to go along with 1 TD on the night.
• With 141 rec. yds., Pearsall registered the first game of his career with 100 or more rec. yds. and became the first 49ers rookie WR to register 100 or more rec. yds. in a game since WR Brandon Aiyuk [119 rec. yds. vs. Was. (12/13/20)].
• Pearsall's 141 rec. yds. are the 3rd-most rec. yds. by a 49ers rookie in a single game in franchise history.

MOST REC. YDS. BY A 49ERS ROOKIE IN A SINGLE GAME, FRANCHISE HISTORY