Key stats from the 49ers' 26-15 Week 8 loss vs. the Texans

The San Francisco 49ers dropped to 5-3 on the season after a 26-15 Week 8 loss to the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

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

QB Mac Jones

• QB Mac Jones completed 19 of his 32 passing atts. for 193 yds. and 2 TDs on the day. Jones' 2 TD passes give him 8 this season and 62 in his career.
• With 2 TD passes on the day, Jones recorded his 3rd game this season with 2-or-more TD passes [3 TD passes at NO (9/14/25); 2 TD passes at LAR (10/2/25)] and the 20th such game of his career.

RB Christian McCaffrey

• RB Christian McCaffrey registered 8 carries for 25 yds. on the ground to go along with 3 recepts. for 43 yds. through the air.
• With 43 rec. yds. on the day, McCaffrey has reached 5,025 rec. yds. in his 103rd career game, which is the 2nd-fewest games by a RB to reach 5,000-or-more rec. yds. in NFL history.

FEWEST GAMES TO REACH 5,000 REC. YDS. BY A RB, NFL HISTORY

• With 68 yds. from scrimmage on the day, McCaffrey has reached 1,049 total yds. from scrimmage this season, becoming the 5th player in franchise history to register 1,000-or-more yds. from scrimmage in the first 8 games of a season and the first since former RB Frank Gore in 2010.

49ERS PLAYERS TO REACH 1,000 YDS. FROM SCRIMMAGE IN THE FIRST 8 GAMES OF A SEASON, FRANCHISE HISTORY

TE George Kittle

• TE George Kittle caught 4 recepts. for a season-high 43 yds. and 1 TD on the day. His TD recept. marked his 2nd of the season and the 47th of his career.
• TE Jake Tonges added 1 recept. for a 2-yd. TD, marking the 4th TD recept. of his career.
• With both Kittle and Tonges recording a TD recept., it marks the 2nd time this season that the 49ers have had multiple TEs score 1-or-more TDs in the same game [Week 1 at Sea. (9/7/25)].

DB Deommodore Lenoir

• DB Deommodore Lenoir registered 3 tackles and 1 INT of Texans QB C.J. Stroud.
• His INT marked his first of the season and the 7th of his career.

LB Tatum Bethune

• LB Tatum Bethune recorded a career-high 14 tackles on the day.
• His 14 tackles marked the most in a game by a 49ers player since LB Fred Warner recorded 15 tackles vs. LAR (12/12/24).