Week 13 PreGame: 49ers at Bills
The Buffalo Bills will continue to fight for their playoff lives this afternoon as they take on the San Francisco 49ers at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Broadcast Info:
Game: San Francisco 49ers (3-8) @ Buffalo Bills (6-5)
TV: FOX (Ron Pitts, Tony Boselli)
Radio: 97 Rock (Buffalo), 103.3 The EDGE (Buffalo), WHAM 1180 AM (Rochester), WNSS 1260 AM (Syracuse), FAN 590 AM (Toronto). Broadcasts are all done by John Murphy, Mark Kelso and Paul Peck on the Bills radio network.
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Game Notes:
- Last meeting: The Bills totaled 226 rushing yards, including 102 from Willis McGahee, whose two touchdowns helped the Bills leave San Francisco with a 41-7 win in Week 16 of 2004.
- The Bills have won two of the last three meetings with the 49ers to take a 5-4 series lead.
- Last week, Niners QB Shaun Hill posted a career-high 303 passing yards, yet it was all for naught as his team converted just two of 10 third downs against the Cowboys. The Niners have struggled on third downs all season, converting them at just over a 33 percent clip (27th in the league).
- Rookie corner back Leodis McKelvin had two interceptions Sunday, including a 64-yard return for a touchdown, marking the second consecutive week that he’s seen the end zone. McKelvin’s contributions are not limited to defense. The rookie ranks second behind Seattle’s Josh Wilson with 1,140 kick return yards.
- Last week, Trent Edwards looked more like the QB we saw during Buffalo’s first six games — the one who threw five touchdowns and just two interceptions. Since then, he went through a four-game stretch in which he turned the ball over 10 times. Look for Edwards to build on last week’s error-free performance against San Francisco’s 29th-ranked pass defense.
- The 49ers have 52 plays of 20-plus yards, the most in the NFL
- Frank Gore is one of two players to lead his team in rushing yards (860) and receptions (36).
- Edwards leads the AFC with a 108.6 passer rating in the fourth quarter.
- The Bills are 9-1 when Edwards has 80-plus passer rating.
- NFL west coast teams (San Diego, Arizona, Seattle, Oakland, San Francisco) have a combined record of 0-14 in games played in the eastern time zone this season.
- Buffalo is already responsible for three of those eastern time zone losses having beat Oakland, San Diego and Seattle thus far this season.
Injury Report:
Bills- Out of Game: CB Jabari Greer (knee), LB Teddy Lehman (hamstring), DT John McCargo (back), TE Robert Royal (hamstring), and DE Aaron Schobel (foot). Doubtful: S Donte Whitner (shoulder). Questionable: DE Copeland Bryan (foot), LB Keith Ellison (ankle), and TE Derek Schouman (hamstring).
49ers- Out of Game: CB Dashon Goldson (knee), and CB Allen Rossum (ankle). Questionable: WR Allen Rossum (foot), CB Walt Harris (hamstring), and WR Josh Morgan (groin). Probable: LB Patrick Willis (ankle), and WR Jason Hill (groin).
Quote of the Week:
“With five games in the season left, we want to try to make a run. That is how we have to approach the rest of our games and that’s how we are going to play them. We have an attack mentality, we are going to go out and attack with less mistakes.”
-Bills DT Marcus Stroud
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