The 49ers dominated every aspect of this football game. They racked up 409 yards in total offense while the Bills could just muster 191 yards and most of that was in garbage time at the end of the half and the end of the game. Alex Van Pelt reverted back to his few starts in 1997 as he threw four interceptions and struggled badly in the winds by the bay in an absolutely atrocious outing. The only thing worse than the Bills passing game was the running game that gained a paltry 29 yards for the whole game. Nine of those yards came on the Bills first two runs. The final score could have actually been much worse.

The Niners had a 14-0 halftime lead but would have had more but kicker Jose Cortez missed a field goal on the Niners first drive and had one blocked on their last drive of the first half that gave the Bills one of their only scoring chances. New kicker Shayne Graham missed badly from 49 yards out on the last play of the half. In between the field goal missed the Niners scored twice in the second quarter. Comeback player of the year shoo-in Garrison Hearst had a one yard run on way to his 124 yards rushing on the game. Tai Streets beat Travares Tillman for a 23 yard score on third down giving the Niners the two touchdown lead.

Things got worse in the second half as the Bills turned it over on downs. The defense then came up with a stand and got the ball back on downs. At times the defense did make big plays to keep the final score from getting into the 40s or 50s. They stopped San Francisco on both 4th down attempts. Since the Bills couldn't move the ball offensively except during garbage time the defense was on the field for 39:45. They wore down and the Niners ran right up the middle very well in the fourth quarter as they finished with a whopping 230 yards on the ground.

Jeff Garcia had a lot of success passing against the Bills and was very sharp with his throws. The Bills blitzed more in this game then they have recently and hit Garcia on many occasions knocking him groggy at least once. It didn't matter he continued to throw with pin point precision. He would complete passes to receivers that were pretty well covered on most occasions. Garcia hit Terrell Owens with a touchdown pass late in the third quarter to put the game away at 21-0. Two fourth quarter touchdown runs by Fred Beasley and Paul Smith put the finishing touches on this rout.

Normally we would analyze why they lost but it was total destruction by the 49ers. There is nothing to analyze. The team ran for the bus in the second half and had stupid penalties while every bounce still appeared to go San Francisco's way. It wouldn't have mattered if 50 bounces went the Bills way though they still would have lost as they were totally outclassed and destroyed by a very talented team. As a result of the rout there aren't many gameballs to give out but plenty of goats to go around, here are our gameballs and goats: