SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw three of his four touchdown passes to George Kittle and the San Francisco 49ers won 42-10 on Sunday night Dallas Cowboys, extending their dominance over the Dallas Cowboys.
The Niners (5-0) have knocked the Cowboys out of the playoffs in tight games the past two seasons, adding intrigue to what is considered an early-season matchup between contenders.
The score in the rematch wasn’t even close.
The Niners jumped out to a 14-0 lead before the Cowboys notched their first win of the night but never really caught on en route to tying a franchise record with 15th straight regular-season victory and earning their fifth 5-0 start. Threat.
As a starter in the NFL, Purdy calmly ripped apart the league’s stingiest defense to improve to 10-0, while San Francisco’s defense gave Dak Prescott a tough time all night .
“The defense did their job, so it made my life easy,” Purdy said.
After Dallas fell behind 28-10 in the third quarter, Prescott was sacked three times and intercepted twice. He threw two more interceptions in the fourth quarter, with the lone highlight being a 26-yard touchdown pass to KaVontae Turpin in the second quarter.
“It was a great night for the entire defense, the entire team,” said linebacker Fred Warner, who had a sack, an interception and a forced fumble. “It’s so much fun being here today.”
It was Dallas’ most lopsided defeat since a 49-17 loss to New Orleans in 2013.
Purdy once again made few mistakes. A week after throwing just one incomplete pass in a win over Arizona, he repeatedly found open looks downfield for Brandon Aiyuk, Deebo Samuel and especially Kittle.
Purdy was 17-of-24 for 252 yards and no interceptions all season. He caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from Kittle on the opening drive, completed a 38-yard pass on a reverse flea-flicker early in the second quarter, and then completed a 10-yard pass in the third quarter to end the game.
Kittle became the first Niner since Vernon Davis in 2009 to catch three touchdown passes in a game.
Purdy threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Juszczyk in the fourth quarter.
Quick start
The Niners opened the scoring and marched 75 yards in seven plays, scoring on a 19-yard pass from Purdy to Kittle to take the lead. San Francisco opened the season with four touchdowns and one field goal, scoring a league-leading 31 points.
The 49ers defense was equally tough early on, limiting Dallas to six yards in the first quarter and without a first down for more than 17 minutes.
Score streak
Christian McCaffrey scored on a one-yard run in the second quarter after fumbled near the goal line earlier in the game. It was his 14th consecutive game with a touchdown in the regular season or playoffs. The only players with longer streaks of playing time were Lenny Moore (17 games), OJ Simpson (15 games) and John Riggins (15 games).
Injury/inactivity
Cowboys: LB Leighton Vander Esch (neck) left in the fourth quarter. … CB CJ Goodwin (shoulder) and Turpin (ankle) left in the first half and did not return.
49ers: LG Aaron Banks (biceps) left in the second half.
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Cowboys: Visit the Los Angeles Chargers on Oct. 16.
49ers: Visit Cleveland on Sunday.
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