SAN FRANCISCO (8-8) At SEATTLE (5-11)
Sunday, 4:15 p.m. ET, FOX
OPENING LINE – Seahawks by 1
RECORD VS. SPREAD – 49ers 9-4-3; Seahawks 6-10
SERIES RECORD – Seahawks lead 12-10
LAST MEETING – Seahawks beat 49ers 20-17, Dec. 6, 2009
49ERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (27), RUSH (25), PASS (22)
49ERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (15), RUSH (6), PASS (21)
SEAHAWKS OFFENSE – OVERALL (21), RUSH (26), PASS (15)
SEAHAWKS DEFENSE – OVERALL (24), RUSH (15), PASS (30)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – San Francisco begins 2010 as favorite in NFC West. … 49ers 2-6 on road in 2009 and 4-9 since Mike Singletary took over as coach. … Three new starters on offensive line, including draft picks Anthony Davis and Mike Iupati. … RB Frank Gore coming off four straight 1,000 yards seasons, longest streak in franchise history. … Since 2006, Gore averaging nearly 150 yards rushing per game against Seattle. … TE Vernon Davis tied NFL record among tight ends with 13 TD catches in 2009. … RB Brian Westbrook expected to play after spending eight seasons with Philadelphia. Was limited to eight games last year after suffering two concussions and an ankle injury. … DT Justin Smith has started 139 consecutive games. … LB Patrick Willis led NFL with 173 tackles in 2009, including 121 solos. … 49ers offensive line coach Mike Solari held same position with Seattle in 2008-09. … Rookie RT Anthony Davis is just 20 years old, turns 21 next month. … First NFL game for new Seattle coach Pete Carroll since end of 1999 season while with New England. … Of the current 53-man roster only 26 were with Seattle a year ago. … LB Lofa Tatupu will start after missing final 10 games of 2009 with a torn pectoral. Tatupu was Seattle’s leading tackler in 2008. … WR Mike Williams to start for Seattle after being out of the NFL the past two seasons. … RB Justin Forsett to get the start, but Carroll says trio of Forsett, Leon Washington and Julius Jones will see action. … LT Chester Pitts, coming off microfracture knee surgery, likely to start with rookie Russell Okung (ankle) out. … QB Matt Hasselbeck threw for 3,029 yards and completed 60 percent of passes in 2009, but threw 17 TDs with 17 interceptions. … Seattle was 26th in the NFL in turnover margin in 2009.
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