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August 24 - 4:00PM
Levi's Stadium,
Santa Clara, CAL
San Fran, a team who have yet to lose a game in the Preseason, (despite a lot of changes on this squad), will be inviting the Chargers down to their home tonight, for some hard-hitting action!
While this may not be the dominant 49ers defense of a few years, we expect them to put up a good fight, along with this verstaile offense.
The Chargers' offensive drive started slow, unable to convert a single down.
The 49ers had no such issue. They pushed the ball on the ground, but were unable to get to the redzone. Instead, they decided to go for the 58yd FG! Obviously, it was short, (ambitious call!), so the Bolts got the good field position.
Unfortunately, with San Fran playing shut-down run defense, the Bolts only managed to get to the redzone and come away with three. Still, it was the first points of the game with a minute left in the Qtr.
If the 49ers were shutting down the run game, then the Chargers were opening the door for them! The running back corps torched the Bolts on the ground, leading to a 2yd TD run by Kendall Hunter. The 3rd running back on the depth chart!
For a moment, it looked like it would be another quick 3 and out for the Chargers. Luckily, the veteran ability of TE Antonio Gates came through on 3rd, with a great one-handed grab over the middle.
The very next play, QB Kellen Clemens finds WR Dontrelle Inman wide open in the endzone, 26yds for paydirt.
Veteran presence: This clutch grab led to the Chargers' first TD of the game.
Down by 3, the 49ers ground assault continued. Newly acquired RB Reggie Bush and Kendall Hunter pushed the offense up the field with ease. Even when the ball was put into the hands of backup QB Dominique Davis, despite a sack by OLB Tourek Williams, the offense still moved without much resistance.
Eventually, the Chargers were able to stall them at the goal-line, leading to a gimme FG, tying the game up 10-10.
Rushing Woes: As the stats show, the Chargers have struggled to both run the football and stop the run!
San Fran received the kick-off and the Chargers defensive woes continued. Davis was able to pick apart the team through the air, even tuck it and run for yardage. It wasn't until a sack from DE Corey Liuget brought up 4th down did the madness end!
However, K Phil Dawson made the 45yd FG, putting the Niners up early in the half.
The Chargers' offense found life early though, with a nice screen pass to RB Branden Oliver, which went for 50yds! This put the Bolts in great position to milk the run game, until Clemens found WR Jacoby Jones for the TD. Bolts back on top 17-13!
With only a minute left in the 3rd, the Niners continued their aerial assault. Another sack, and continued pressure by Tourek Williams, seemed to do little to hamper their progress. Now into the 4th Qtr RB Kendall Hunter runs it in from a yard out, putting the Niners back on top.
The see-saw game continues, with neither team able to pull away.
So with five minutes left in the game, the Chargers need to score and hold off this stampeding offense. A sack on first down, then a knock down on second, is not the way to do it. But 3rd & 18, Clemens uncorks a beautiful lofted pass to a streaking Dontrelle Inman, which is caught for a 42yd gain!
With the great gain, the Chargers' offense came to life, and stormed down the field, carving up the Niners defense through the air! On about the 5th play of the drive, Clemens dumps it off short to Gates, who makes a beautiful cut and punches it in for the 11yd TD! Once again, the tide turns and now San Diego pulls in front.
But disaster for the 49ers this time, as Davis takes off and is caught from behind by FS Eric Weddle. The ball comes out and is scooped up by SS Jimmy Wilson on the opponents 39!
With a chance to put this game away, Clemens tries too hard to deliver the ball to his receivers, and the drive ends at the 26 with a 3 and out. But Novak is able to put away the 36yd FG, giving the Bolts a seven point lead.
With just under two minutes remaining in the game, the pressure was on for Davis and this offense. Going no-huddle the entire way, Davis scrambled around looking for receivers, eating two sacks in the process. But even with 30 secs left on 4th down, he still finds a way to convert!
It isn't until a a 23 yd pass to WR Anquan Boldin, (who goes up to pull it down in TRIPLE coverage!), that this 49ers team may actually score! With no time-outs remaining, 8secs on the clock, on the 4yd line, last play of the game! Davis takes the snap, looks, breaks a sack, and with a defender hanging off him, slings it into the endzone, and its caught by WR Torrey Smith! So the 49ers, with their dying breath, tie the game up, and therefore, ladies and gentlemen, we are going to Overtime!
Poise: Even surrounded by traffic, the young man out of East Carolina is able to stand strong and deliver the ball accurately to keep his team in the game!
Overtime in the Preseason, who ever wanted this? Still, the fans who showed up were getting their money's worth!
The Niners win the toss and elect to receive.
San Fran started as before, some nice running from RB Reggie Bush go them down to the Chargers' 42yd line. But soon after, disaster! As Hunter takes the hand-off and finds a huge gap in the middle of the Chargers' defense and sprints 42yds, untouched, for the game-winning TD!
Final Score: SD - 27 SF - 34
Kendall Hunter on the winning TD.
| San Diego Chargers at San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Aug 21, 2014 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | OT | SCORE |
| San Diego Chargers (1-1) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
| San Francisco 49ers (2-0) | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| Team Stats Comparison | ||
| SDG | SFO | |
| Total Offense | 236 | 466 |
| Rushing Yards | 3 | 250 |
| Passing Yards | 233 | 216 |
| First Downs | 10 | 24 |
| Punt Return Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Kick Return Yards | 185 | 162 |
| Total Yards | 421 | 628 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 3 | 10 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0 | 1 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0 | 0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 2/1 | 3/1 |
| Penalties | 0 | 2 |
| Posession Time | 12:35 | 29:34 |
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Another close loss for the Bolts this Preseason, but in fairness, the defense couldn't stop a nose bleed this week, which primarily led to their loss.
On the other hand, the offense looked pretty good out there, well, at least in the passing game! Kellen Clemens had another nice week, passing for 3 TDs and a handful of incompletions. But what let this offense down was the running game, or lack there-of! The Chargers put up an embarrassing number of rushing yards, and got no help from the O-Line either! After last week one would have hoped this issue would have been solved, but alas, we will see what next week brings.
On the other side of the ball, the defense got trampled, both through the air and on the ground, they may as well not have even been there. The Niners looked dominant, putting up 466yds of offense. Their receivers ran unabated all day, and the defensive line might as well have lay down for them.
We spoke to Coach McCoy over the phone after the game, and asked him his thoughts and what went wrong:
"Putrid. That is the only word that springs to mind right now. Understand we have a lot of young and inexperienced players on that second team, but to see your players perform like that makes this job so tough...
I'll be sitting down with the defensive staff and having a long discussion. We need to make sure our young guys are better drilled for these kinds of situations in the future."
Offensive Gameball: QB Kellen Clemens; It's two weeks in a row now, but it's hard to argue that Clemens wasn't the driving force of the team this week. With 3TDs, no picks, and some accurate passing he continues to impress. Even with no running game, (and little help from the O-line), he showed some real talent out their, and deserves his second gameball in the same number of weeks.
Defensive Gameball: OLB Tourek Williams; Before coming into the season, Williams was one of those guys who had yet to impress and was on the cusp of being let go. Now, after a great preseason so far, he earns his first gameball. While he didn't have the best stats of the team, his two sacks and nice tackles in the run game, (not to mention his constant pressure), was probably the only bright spark on the defense.
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