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San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey caught his 37th regular-season touchdown pass Sunday, moving into territory no running back had reached during the Super Bowl era.
The 12-yard score helped San Francisco beat the Las Vegas Raiders 38–17 at Levi’s Stadium and improve to 7–1. It also gave 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy his 100th career regular-season touchdown pass, putting both players’ milestones on the same play.
McCaffrey moved past former Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk, a Pro Football Hall of Famer who finished with 36 touchdown catches. The Super Bowl-era mark had been shared by the two backs entering the season.
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Purdy found McCaffrey for the 12-yard touchdown with 5:15 remaining in the second quarter. The extra point pushed San Francisco’s lead to 21–7, giving the 49ers a two-touchdown cushion after the Raiders had pulled within a score.
McCaffrey had already scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter. He finished with 68 yards on 18 carries and two receptions for 19 yards, giving him 87 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown in each phase. Las Vegas fell to 4–5.
The receiving touchdown also ended a nine-game regular-season stretch without one for McCaffrey. He caught two touchdown passes in last season’s wild-card round. Postseason scores are separate from the career regular-season total used for Sunday’s record.
McCaffrey reached 37 touchdown catches in 120 regular-season games. Faulk played 176 games during his career.
The record’s historical scope is the Super Bowl era, rather than all of NFL history. Former Baltimore Colts halfback and flanker Lenny Moore, who played from 1956 through 1967, remains the all-time leader in the category with 48 receiving touchdowns.
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