2025 · Week 3
Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers
Sep 21, 2025 · Levi's Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
San Francisco 49ers escaped with a 16–15 win over Arizona Cardinals. ScoutIndex had favored 49ers (60%) going in. 49ers improve to 3-0; Cardinals fall to 2-1. Mac Jones was the story of the game with 284 passing yards and 1 TD.
Team stats
| ARI | SF | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | First downs | 18 |
| 265 | Total yards | 357 |
| 159 | Passing yards | 284 |
| 106 | Rushing yards | 73 |
| 22/35 | Comp / Att | 27/41 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
- Q1(8:19) 38-C.Ryland 57 yard field goal is No Good, Wide Right, Center-46-A.Brewer, Holder-12-B.Gillikin.
- Q2(8:48) 38-C.Ryland 34 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-46-A.Brewer, Holder-12-B.Gillikin.
- Q2(4:26) 18-E.Pineiro 38 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-46-J.Weeks, Holder-7-T.Morstead.
- Q2(:20) 18-E.Pineiro 51 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-46-J.Weeks, Holder-7-T.Morstead.
- Q3(6:40) 38-C.Ryland 28 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-46-A.Brewer, Holder-12-B.Gillikin.
- Q4(10:54) 10-M.Jones pass short left to 44-K.Juszczyk for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN [5-B.Browning].
- Q418-E.Pineiro extra point is GOOD, Center-46-J.Weeks, Holder-7-T.Morstead.
- Q4(8:42) 1-K.Murray pass short right to 85-T.McBride for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q438-C.Ryland extra point is GOOD, Center-46-A.Brewer, Holder-12-B.Gillikin.
- Q4(:04) 18-E.Pineiro 35 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-46-J.Weeks, Holder-7-T.Morstead.
Box score
ARI
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyler Murray | 22/35 | 159 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyler Murray | 6 | 37 | 0 |
| Trey Benson | 10 | 42 | 0 |
| James Conner | 9 | 22 | 0 |
| Greg Dortch | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Emari Demercado | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Harrison Jr. | 3 | 6 | 44 | 0 |
| Trey McBride | 5 | 8 | 43 | 1 |
| Trey Benson | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Zay Jones | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| James Conner | 3 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Tip Reiman | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Elijah Higgins | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Greg Dortch | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Michael Wilson | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Emari Demercado | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
SF
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Jones | 27/41 | 284 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Jones | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 17 | 52 | 0 |
| Brian Robinson | 2 | 22 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Pearsall | 8 | 11 | 117 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 10 | 15 | 88 | 0 |
| Kendrick Bourne | 4 | 6 | 38 | 0 |
| Jake Tonges | 2 | 3 | 21 | 0 |
| Skyy Moore | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Marquez Valdes-Scantling | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Kyle Juszczyk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |