{"id":293889,"date":"2023-11-12T21:54:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T21:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=293889"},"modified":"2023-11-12T21:54:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T21:54:07","slug":"niners-rb-christian-mccaffreys-record-tying-scoring-streak-snapped-at-17-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/nfl\/niners-rb-christian-mccaffreys-record-tying-scoring-streak-snapped-at-17-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Niners RB Christian McCaffrey’s record-tying scoring streak snapped at 17 games"},"content":{"rendered":"
Christian McCaffrey’s run to all-time scoring success has been stopped at the goal line of unmatched history.<\/p>\n
The San Francisco 49ers running back’s touchdown streak was snapped at 17 games in a 34-3 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, leaving him tied with Hall of Famer Lenny Moore for the all-time NFL record.<\/p>\n
McCaffrey’s 17-game TD streak — which includes three playoff games — stands as a San Francisco franchise record and will forever be accompanied by Moore’s run of greatness, which was set from 1963-64.<\/p>\n
The conclusion of McCaffrey’s streak certainly didn’t come for lack of trying, as he was fed the ball over and over with the game long since decided.<\/p>\n
Leading by the final score, McCaffrey had a 19-yard run off right end on fourth-and-5 to the Jaguars’ 10-yard line. McCaffrey then ran for a yard, hauled in a 6-yard catch from Sam Darnold, with starter Brock Purdy having ended his day, ran for a 2-yard loss and came up short on a fourth-down target when he was lined up wide.<\/p>\n
“I suck. Everyone else on the team scored, except for me,” McCaffrey quipped sarcastically after the Niners snapped a three-game winning streak. “Nah, means a lot to me for them to keep me in at the end of the game there and try to get me that record, but hey, I’ll take a huge win.”<\/p>\n
His day ended with 95 yards on 16 carries and 47 yards on six receptions.<\/p>\n
Nearly 60 years after Moore left his historical mark, McCaffrey made his.<\/p>\n
Though McCaffrey fell short of claiming the record all for himself, it was a run of scoring prowess worth celebration and appreciation for CMC, whose streak began with a 3-yard touchdown reception from Purdy in Week 13 of last season.<\/p>\n
The last time CMC went scoreless came in Week 12 of last year against the visiting New Orleans Saints.<\/p>\n
This time around, McCaffrey was held out of the end zone on the road against the Jaguars, a team he had played against just once previously. With the Carolina Panthers in Week 5 of the 2019 campaign, McCaffrey had a massive game with 237 scrimmage yards and three total scores.<\/p>\n
CMC’s run to history has come to an end, but he finished it in the NFL record books alongside a Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n