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49ers score TDs on 1st 5 drives to beat the Dolphins 35-13

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Dubow, J. (2026, September 21). 49ers score TDs on 1st 5 drives to beat the Dolphins 35-13. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/football/49ers-score-tds-on-1st-5-drives-to-beat-the-dolphins-35-13/article_941a7b73-40e8-5392-bc7d-49bdaa425ddb.html

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The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Miami Dolphins 35-13 in an NFL game where they scored touchdowns on their first five drives, with quarterback Brock Purdy completing 20 of 22 passes for 287 yards and two touchdowns while running for another. Christian McCaffrey reached 100 career touchdowns in just his 114th game, becoming the fourth-fastest player to do so in NFL history. The Dolphins struggled with turnovers and missed opportunities, despite spending the week practicing nearby without travel fatigue.

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Story summary

The San Francisco 49ers decisively defeated the Miami Dolphins by a score of 35-13 on September 24, 2023, in Santa Clara, California. Despite initial concerns that the game might be a trap for the 49ers after their Week 1 win over the Rams in Australia, San Francisco showcased their dominance with touchdowns on their first five drives. Quarterback Brock Purdy was nearly perfect, completing 20 of 22 passes for 287 yards and a 149.1 passer rating. Running back Christian McCaffrey scored his 99th and 100th career touchdowns in this game, making him the fourth-fastest player to reach 100 career TDs in NFL history. The Dolphins, who entered as 13.5-point underdogs, struggled to keep up with San Francisco’s dynamic offense led by Purdy and McCaffrey, while their own quarterback Malik Willis threw for 197 yards but had four sacks and did not lead a touchdown drive until the final two minutes of the game.

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Who wrote this

Josh Dubow

29 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

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🔮 The teams are now set to meet for the first time in the 2026 season when San Francisco (4-0) visits Seattle (3-1) on Sunday.

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Topics

49ers Dolphins Miami SANTA CLARA Super Bowl

Subjects

49ers ORG · 4× Dolphins ORG · 4× Miami GPE · 3× McCaffrey PERSON · 2× Purdy PERSON · 2× Brock Purdy PERSON · 1× Calif. GPE · 1× Christian McCaffrey PERSON · 1× SANTA CLARA GPE · 1× the San Francisco 49ers ORG · 1×

Narrative

Christian McCaffrey became the fourth-fastest player in the Super Bowl era with 100 career touchdowns, Brock Purdy played a near-perfect game and the San Francisco 49ers overwhelmed the Miami Dolphins 35-13 on Sunday.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-21

🔮 Malik Willis went 14 for 23 for 197 yards for Miami but took four sacks and was unable to lead a touchdown drive until his 77-yard pass to Ryan Miller with 2:30 remaining in the game.

2026-09-21 · Toronto Star

49ers score TDs on 1st 5 drives to beat the Dolphins 35-13 · assertive framing

Claims (16 extracted, 0 hedged)

49ers → become → Sunday

The 49ers (2-0) showed no signs of fatigue after beating the Los Angeles Rams 27-7 in the opener in Australia and began the season with back-to-back wins of at least 20 points for the first time in franchise history. asserted

49ers → show → history

They scored touchdowns on their first five drives and dominated the Dolphins (0-2), who spent the week since losing the opener in Las Vegas by practicing in nearby Napa. asserted

who → score → Napa

Avoiding the travel was little help to an overmatched Miami team that came into the season with a record of more than $180 million in dead money on the salary cap. asserted

that → avoid → cap

Purdy went 20 for 22 for 287 yards, two touchdown passes and one TD run, completing 18 straight passes at one point. asserted

Purdy → go → point

He connected on a 12-yard touchdown pass to George Kittle and a 6-yarder to Kyle Juszczyk on the first two drives of the third quarter to break the game open. asserted

He → connect → game

McCaffrey scored on a pair of 1-yard runs to give him 100 touchdowns in 114 games, with only LaDainian Tomlinson (89 games), Emmitt Smith (93) and Shaun Alexander (96) getting their faster in the Super Bowl era. asserted

Tomlinson → score → era

Malik Willis went 14 for 23 for 197 yards for Miami but took four sacks and was unable to lead a touchdown drive until his 77-yard pass to Ryan Miller with 2:30 remaining in the game. asserted

Willis → go → game

Both defenses struggled to get off the field in the first half with the main difference being the Niners finished off their drives with touchdowns. asserted

Niners → struggle → touchdowns

Riley Patterson missed a 51-yard field goal on Miami’s opening drive and the Dolphins settled for two field goals in the red zone on their other two possessions in the first half. asserted

Dolphins → miss → half

San Francisco got in the end zone with McCaffrey scoring on a 1-yard run and Purdy on a 2-yard run on the two drives for the 49ers, who led 14-6 at the half. asserted

who → get → half

RB Jaylen Wright (stinger) left in the first half. asserted

Wright → leave → half

... WR Caleb Douglas (ankle) left in the second half. asserted

Douglas → leave → half

WR Demarcus Robinson (right ankle) left the game in the second quarter and didn’t return. asserted

Robinson → leave → quarter

... WR Mike Evans left in the second half with a hip injury. asserted

Evans → leave → injury

DT James Thompson Jr. (ankle) also left the game. asserted

Jr. → leave → game