Compiled by Paul Montella
AP Sports Writer
NFL matchups for Week 9 (times EST):
Sunday, Non. 4
SAN FRANCISCO (2-5) At ATLANTA (1-6)
1 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE – Falcons by 3.
RECORD VS. SPREAD – 49ers 2-4-1; Falcons 4-3.
SERIES RECORD – 49ers lead 44-27-1.
LAST MEETING – Falcons 21, 49ers 19, Sept. 12, 2004 at San Francisco.
LAST WEEK – 49ers lost to Saints 31-10; Falcons (BYE) lost to Saints 22-16 in Week 7.
49ERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (32), RUSH (27), PASS (32)
49ERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (22), RUSH (21), PASS (21)
FALCONS OFFENSE – OVERALL (25), RUSH (25), PASS (20)
FALCONS DEFENSE – OVERALL (23), RUSH (23), PASS (20)
eads NFL with 10.4 tackles per game and team in tackles (73). … P Andy Lee leads NFL with 43.4-yard net average and has placed 16 punts inside 20-yard line. … Atlanta is tied for third in NFC with plus-5 in turnovers. … In last meeting vs. 49ers, RB Warrick Dunn rushed for two TDs. … RB Jerious Norwood is fourth in NFC with 26.3-yard kickoff return average (20 for 526 yards). He also averages 5.8 yards per carry (47 for 272 yards). … TE Alge Crumpler had six catches for 82 yards and a TD in last meeting. … WR Roddy White has 33 catches for 530 yards (16.1 average), including two 100-yard games. … Falcons released NT Grady Jackson during bye week. … CB DeAngelo Hall, who openly questioned direction of Falcons after Jackson’s release, has 367 interception return yards (12 INTs, 30.6 average) since 2005, most in NFL.
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