2014 Week 16 · Sat, Dec 20, 2014 · Levi's Stadium
San Diego ChargersWinner
38
at
San Francisco 49ers
35
SF -2 upsetO 40.5 ✓
San Diego Chargers 38–35 — decided on the final possessions.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · SF
15/24, 114 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
-8.6 expected points added · -4.0% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Kaepernick | 15/24 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -8.6 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gore | 26 | 158 | 6.1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Colin Kaepernick | 7 | 151 | 21.6 | 1 | 8.0 |
| Quinton Patton | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | -2.9 |
| Alfonso Smith | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Bruce Ellington | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 1 | 2.7 |
| Bruce Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | -5.1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anquan Boldin | 7 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 38% | 3.2 |
| Bruce Miller | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 8% | 2.2 |
| Quinton Patton | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 25% | -4.0 |
| Alfonso Smith | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8% | -0.4 |
| Bruce Ellington | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 17% | -0.5 |
| Michael Crabtree | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4% | -0.0 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wilhoite | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Bethea | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Quinton Dial | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dontae Johnson | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perrish Cox | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Nick Moody | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Culliver | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tony Jerod-Eddie | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Cromartie | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond Bishop | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- SF -2
- Closing total
- 40.5
- SD moneyline
- +116
- SF moneyline
- -128
49ers closed -2 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 40.5; the game landed 73 — over by 32.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Levi's Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 61°F, wind 5 mph
- Referee
- Jeff Triplette
- Rest
- SD 6 days · SF 6 days
- Coaches
- Mike McCoy vs Jim Harbaugh