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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) – Nick Mullens has received several hundred congratulatory text messages, a phone call from Brett Favre and his Twitter account.
Delivering the most productive game by a quarter in his NFL debut since the merger has earned him many accolades.
Mullens had 262 yards and three touchdowns and the San Francisco 49ers dominated the Battle of the Bay, beating the Oakland Raiders 34-3 on Thursday night.
Southern Mississippi, the former unregistered free-agent from Favre, conceded 16 defeats to 22 to replace injured C. Beathard and earned a score of 151.9, the record for the quarterback with at least 15 attempts since his merger with the NFL in 1970.
"I think I'm here for a reason. It's an opportunity for me to prove that I can play, "Mullens said. "Today was just attacking your work and worrying about what matters. What mattered most tonight was the team and the way we played. "
The Niners (2-7) could not have played better by breaking a series of six defeats and winning for the second time in two years without quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.
Mullens pitched Pierre's assists to Pierre Garcon and Kendrick Bourne in the first two drives and chained George Kittle's 71-yard shuffle to establish TD's third pass to Kittle. Raheem Mostert added a 52-yard pass and the defense has generated eight sacks for the first time since 2009.
But the story of the match was that of Mullens, who got rid of the ball quickly and took advantage of several breaks in the cover for the big games, including the 24-yard pass for a Boy opened in the opening.
"It's cool that he did not change in the spotlight under these circumstances," said cornerback Richard Sherman. "We are not really surprised. We have seen it done in practice. He plays with a lot of confidence. "
With Garoppolo missing for the season and Beathard having lost nine of his career debut, the inevitable question will be whether Mullens will take control of the next game on Nov. 12 against the New York Giants.
"We will definitely think about it," said coach Kyle Shanahan. "I really do not think about it now. Our whole team played very well. They certainly did. "
The Raiders (1-7) clearly did not lose, losing for the fourth time in a row, being 85 points ahead of the skid.
"I know it does not look pretty right now," said coach Jon Gruden. "I've heard a lot of negativity in the last six or seven months, and rightly so. But we will build a football championship team here. "
In what was perhaps the worst prime-time NFL game in prime time, only the Raiders downplayed expectations. They offered little resistance to the defense against an unregistered quarterback who made his NFL debut, did nothing offensive after being an offensive goal in the first round and achieved the most apathetic performance of his second coaching.
Carr finished 16 with 22 for 171 yards and was sacked seven times before being replaced by AJ McCarron in the fourth quarter. McCarron was sacked once behind an exploded offensive line.
"It's frustrating to be on the record, to look at some of the things we're doing wrong, and still not being able to score points," Cook said. "It's quite frustrating because we know that the talent we have in this room is much better than this one and much better than what we describe on the field."
UNDER PRESSURE
Carr was fired four times in the first half for the first time in his career while the Raiders were struggling to protect themselves against a 49ers defense that did not generate much pressure all the way through. year. Dekoda Watson collected 1 1/2 sacks in his first game of the season after being activated earlier in the day by IR.
CEREMONY OF RING
Former Niners catcher Terrell Owens received his Hall of Fame ring at a half-time ceremony. Owens was elected to the Hall of Fame earlier this year, but skipped the induction ceremony in Canton, Ohio, to hold his own party at his Chattanooga, Tennessee, college. Owens said he was unhappy with the voters who had made it wait three years before receiving this honor, saying that he thought their debates had resulted in problems off the field, instead of focus only on what he had done as a player.
"It's great," Owens said before the game. "It's an opportunity to give something to the fans. Since I left in 2003 and have continued to do great things, it is here that my first eight years of career began. "
INJURY
Attackers left, Kolton Miller, were injured on the knee. … Mostert's fractured his forearm in the third quarter and will miss the rest of the season.
FOLLOWING
Raiders: Welcome the Los Angeles Chargers on November 11th.
49ers: Welcome the New York Giants on November 12th.
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