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The 49ers yielded the fewest rushing yards in the league (1,236), average yards per rush (3.5), and set an NFL record for fewest rushing touchdowns surrendered in a 16-game regular season (3). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The team did not allow a single 100 yard rusher nor a rushing touchdown through the first 14 weeks, and only three of their opponents gained ...
From 1981 to 1998, the 49ers had one of the most successful stretches of dominance in NFL history. Armed with Bill Walsh 's innovative West Coast offense , Hall of Fame level quarterback play in Joe Montana and later Steve Young , and a dominant defense, the 49ers would win five Super Bowls in 1981 , 1984 , 1988 , 1989 , and 1994 , and made the ...
Fewest fumbles, season, 6; New Orleans Saints: 2011. Most fumbles, game, 10; Phil-Pitt Steagles (vs New York Giants) Oct 9, 1943 Detroit Lions (vs Minnesota Vikings) Nov 12, 1967 Kansas City Chiefs (vs Houston Oilers) Oct 12, 1969 San Francisco 49ers (vs Detroit Lions) Dec 17, 1978. Most fumbles, both teams, game, 14
The Saints' eight turnovers breaks the NFL record of 10 set by the 2010 Patriots and 2011 49ers. Saints break record set by 2010 Patriots, 2011 49ers for fewest turnovers Skip to main content
The 2011 NFL season was the 92nd regular season of the National Football League (NFL) and the 46th of the Super Bowl era. It began on Thursday, September 8, 2011, with the Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers defeating the Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field and ended with Super Bowl XLVI, the league's championship game, on February 5, 2012, at Lucas Oil Stadium ...
The 2011 season was the New Orleans Saints' 45th in the National Football League (NFL), their 36th playing home games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and their sixth under head coach Sean Payton. In Week 16, Drew Brees broke the single-season passing record previously held by Dan Marino; Brees ended the season with 5,476 passing yards, an NFL ...
The teams met four times in the 2011 calendar year, and the Packers won all four. They met on January 2 in the 2010 regular-season finale, then three weeks later in the NFC Conference Championship Game en route to winning Super Bowl XLV, and then they had both meetings in the 2011 regular season. The 2013 regular season finale served as a ...
The 49ers would finish that season with a record of 2–14, and thus finished last in the NFC West division for the first time since 1979, ending what had been the NFL's longest active streak for not finishing last in a division. It was also the worst record that season among the 32 NFL teams, securing them the right to the first pick in the ...