49ers beat Commanders 23-17 on Monday Night Football to reach 6-0
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The gist
The San Francisco 49ers beat the Washington Commanders 23-17 on Monday Night Football to improve to 6-0.
San Francisco stays unbeaten but lost receivers to injury, with Atlanta next.
Background
The 49ers are the San Francisco NFL team, coached by Kyle Shanahan and quarterbacked by Brock Purdy. They entered Week 6 at 5-0, having scored at least 24 points in every game, and hosted Washington at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. The win keeps them unbeaten, but the offense struggled after Mike Evans went out, with Ricky Pearsall, Christian Kirk, Demarcus Robinson and Deebo Samuel all injured.
How it unfolded
- Sep 20, 202649ers beat the Dolphins 35-13 at Levi's Stadium.
- Sep 27, 202649ers beat the Cardinals 36-30 at Levi's Stadium.
- Oct 4, 202649ers beat the Broncos 24-14 at Levi's Stadium.
- Oct 11, 202649ers beat the Seahawks 32-29 in Seattle on Eddy Pineiro's go-ahead field goal with 1:56 left.
- Oct 19, 202649ers beat the Commanders 23-17 on Monday Night Football to reach 6-0; Washington fell to 1-4-1. George Kittle opened the scoring with an 11-yard touchdown catch, his fifth of the season.
- Oct 19, 2026San Francisco led 23-3 until the final seconds of the third quarter, when Washington scored the first of back-to-back touchdowns. Jayden Daniels' fourth-down red-zone pass with 1:54 left fell incomplete, and he was sacked before a Hail Mary on the final play.
- Oct 25, 2026The 6-0 49ers face the 2-4 Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, with San Francisco a 2.5-point favorite and an over/under of 49.5.
Who’s saying what
- Analysts
- SI Betting's Ryan Gilbert predicted a 49ers 30-20 win and picked San Francisco -7.5 at Caesars.
- Analysts
- Yahoo Sports' Doug Kezirian picked the Falcons +3 at -120 for the Week 7 game.
- Party
- Tight end George Kittle said he knew he would score when he heard Shanahan's play call, adding he keeps a scoring mindset on every pass play.