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Christian McCaffrey equalled Jerry Rice’s San Francisco 49ers document by scoring a landing for the twelfth successive sport within the 49ers’ 30-12 win over the New York Giants.
McCaffrey, 27, scored within the second quarter to equal three-time Tremendous Bowl champion Rice’s document set in 1987.
He’s now simply three off the all-time NFL document, held by former Washington full-back John Riggins and ex-Buffalo Payments operating again OJ Simpson.
He stated the document was “an enormous honour”.
The operating again, who bought into the top zone with a four-yard run, added: “Clearly, scoring touchdowns is a staff factor.
“The offensive line did an excellent job blocking, I simply needed to hit the outlet. However that is an enormous honour to be talked about with someone like that.”
Rice is broadly considered the best large receiver of all time and holds the NFL document for profession touchdowns (208).
The 49ers’ thirteenth successive regular-season victory additionally means quarterback Brock Purdy has received the primary eight regular-season video games of his profession, the third-longest streak in NFL historical past.
The 23-year-old made landing passes to Ronnie Bell within the second quarter and Deebo Samuel within the fourth to complete with a career-high of 310 passing yards.
Final yr’s ‘Mr Irrelevant’, the final decide within the NFL draft, Purdy started his rookie season as third-choice quarterback however accidents to Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo noticed him break into the aspect.
His solely defeat since was in final season’s play-offs, the NFC Championship sport towards the Philadelphia Eagles in January.