Saints at 49ers: Series, TV, line, trends, uniforms, QBs
The New Orleans Saints and San Francisco 49ers will meet at 3:25 p.m. on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It will be the 77th time in NFL history these two teams will play each other. The series is lopsided in the 49er's favor. The game will also be broadcast locally on FOX-8 with a broadcast team of Kevin Kugler and Mark Sanchez.
The money line for New Orleans is +345 and -455 for San Francisco. The over/under total is 43.
The weather forecast is good in Santa Clara. The 49ers will wear their standard uniforms. They will also wear gold pants and their traditional helmet with white “SF” letters inside of a red oval. Saints will be wearing their normal white jerseys with black numbers, gold. pants with a black stripe down the side and traditional gold helmets with the black fleur-de-lis. Shawn Hochuli is the lead official. He has been in that role since 2018.
Saints are ranked 10th in the NFL in overall offense and 15th on defense. They are looking to win consecutive games for the first time this year. If they don't win today, they will be in danger of matching the 2005 Katrina Saints. The team has not won a road game since Week 1. This will the 21st time the Saints will play as a nine-point underdog against the 49ers. They won as double-digit underdogs in back-to-back seasons in 2000 and 2001.
The Saints are ranked 10th in the NFL in overall offense and 15th on defense. They are looking to win consecutive games for the first time this year. The team has not won a road game since Week 1. If the team doesn't win today, they will be in danger of matching the 2005 Katrina Saints. This will also be the 21st time the Saints will play as a nine-point underdog. They won as underdogs in 2000 and 2001.
49ers are first in the NFL in overall defense and third in points allowed. They are in a stretch of five out of seven home games in Santa Clara. The 49ers won 10 consecutive regular-season games when they turned the ball over less than their opponent. Since Christian McCaffrey was traded to San Francisco from Carolina in Week 7, the 49er are averaging 132 rushing yards per game. The team is 11-12-3 against the spread and are 20-4-2 straight up.
The 49ers are first in the NFL in overall defense and third in points allowed. They are also first against the run and 11th against pass. This is the first of three straight home games for the 49er. The 49erns are favored by nine points or more in 27 of the last 27 games. They won outright in 21 of 22 games with one tie as a nine-point or greater favorite from 1998 to 2012.
The 49ers lead the overall series 48-27-2 in the regular season and won the only playoff game between the two in 2012. The series dates back to a 27-13 victory for the Niners at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 1967.
The last meeting between the Saints and the 49ers was on Nov. 15, 2020 in New Orleans.
The 49ers lead the series 23-12-2, including 1-0 in the postseason.
The 49ers lead the all-time in New Orleans, 26-15.
The teams have alternated wins and losses in the regular season since 2010. The last time either team won back-to-back was when the Saints won six in a row from October 2002 through September 2010, and the 49ers won eight straight from September 1974 to November 1977 and seven consecutive games from Sept 1996 through Sept 1999. New Orleans has won three consecutive regular-season games on the road against San Francisco and four of the past five dating back to Dec. 10, 2000.
The Saints and 49ers have alternated wins and losses since 2010. The last time either team won back-to-back was from October 2002 to September 2010, when the Saints won six straight. San Francisco won eight straight from September 1974 to November 1977 and seven consecutive games from Sept 1996 to Sept 1999. New Orleans has won three consecutive regular-season games on the road against San Fran.
The most recent game between the Saints and the 49ers was played on Dec. 8, 2019 in the Superdome. The game featured 94 combined points. In the strike year of 1987, the game in New Orleans was televised. It was the most memorable game of the non-Sean Payton era. The most heartbreaking game for the team came in 2012 in Candelstick Park in San Francisco. They came from a 17-0 down to win 36-32. This was their first-ever winning season and first playoff berth. Their last win came later that season. Heading into the season, they won their final six games.
The most recent game between the Saints and the 49ers was played on Dec. 8, 2019 in the Superdome. The game featured 94 combined points. In the strike year of 1987, the game in New Orleans was televised. It was the most memorable game of the non-Sean Payton era. In 2012, in Candelstick Park in San Francisco, New York came back from a 17-0 deficit to win 36-32. They won the next three games in a row. After that, San Fransisco won their final six games to clinch the NFC West title.
Saints lost to 49ers 13-8 on Sept. 25, 2011. The 49er's record is 1-2.
