TAMPA BAY (6-3) At SAN FRANCISCO (3-6)
Sunday, 4:05 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE – 49ers by 4
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Tampa Bay 5-3-1; San Francisco 4-5
SERIES RECORD – 49ers lead 15-4
LAST MEETING – 49ers beat Buccaneers 21-19, Dec. 23, 2007
LAST WEEK – Buccaneers beat Carolina 31-16; 49ers beat St. Louis 23-20
BUCCANEERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (22), RUSH (14), PASS (19)
BUCCANEERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (22), RUSH (31), PASS (8)
49ERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (23), RUSH (21), PASS (16)
49ERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (16), RUSH (10), PASS (20)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Niners 11-1 vs. Tampa Bay at Candlestick Park. Teams will play for only 20th time. San Francisco has won last two meetings – decided by seven combined points – and three of last four. … Franchises met in second round of NFC divisional playoffs in 2002, Bucs winning 31-6, and that was Niners’ last postseason berth. … Niners have won three of four following 0-5 start. … Bucs QB Josh Freeman has rallied Tampa Bay to fourth-quarter comebacks in four of its six victories. In last week’s 31-16 win over Carolina, he was 18 of 24 for 241 yards and no interceptions. … Troy Smith will earn his third straight start at QB for San Francisco, in place of now healthy Alex Smith. Troy Smith is 2-0 after signing in September as No. 3 quarterback. He hasn’t thrown interception in his two outings. He has fumbled once in each game, but 49ers recovered both times. He has thrown for 552 yards, completing 29 of 47 passes. … 49ers RB Frank Gore needs 40 yards from scrimmage to move past Joe Perry (8,624) and into fourth place on the franchise yards from scrimmage list. … Opposing QBs have thrown for only 10 TDs in San Francisco’s last 16 home games – fewest in NFL during that span, which dates to Nov. 16, 2008. … San Francisco signed K Shane Andrus to replace the injured Joe Nedney. … Troy Smith, 2006 Heisman Trophy winner from Ohio State, was on winning Senior Bowl team featuring Bucs coach Raheem Morris as the DBs coach – with Niners’ staff coaching on other side. … 49ers LT Joe Staley sidelined 4 to 6 weeks with broken left leg sustained in win over St. Louis.
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