{"id":44908,"date":"2025-10-26T18:18:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T22:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/?p=44908"},"modified":"2025-10-26T18:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T22:18:39","slug":"49ers-texans-recap-49ers-get-outplayed-by-texans-in-26-15-loss-fall-to-5-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/26\/49ers-texans-recap-49ers-get-outplayed-by-texans-in-26-15-loss-fall-to-5-3\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers-Texans Recap: 49ers get outplayed by Texans in 26-15 loss, fall to 5-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 49ers went into Houston and got outplayed by the Texans in a 26-15 loss to them in a game where the team just didn&#8217;t look good at all, a game where Mac Jones went 19\/32 for 193 passing yards, 2 passing touchdowns, 1 interception, that ended the game, and 23 rushing yards on 2 carries.<\/p>\n<p>Christian McCaffrey couldn&#8217;t get it going on the ground as he ended up with just 25 rushing yards on 8 carries, along with 43 receiving yards on 3 catches.<\/p>\n<p>Jauan Jennings led the way for the 49ers receiving wise with 45 receiving yards on 4 catches, including a nice 25-yarder that set up a Jake Tonges receiving touchdown early in the 2nd half.<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Bourne had 44 receiving yards on 3 catches, followed by George Kittle with 43 receiving yards on 4 catches and a receiving touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>On defense, Tatum Bethune led the way with 14 tackles, followed by Malik Mustapha with 12 tackles, Dee Winters had 11 tackles, and Upton Stout had 9 tackles.<\/p>\n<p>Renardo Green, Curtis Robinson each had 7 tackles, while Ji&#8217;Ayir Brown &amp; Robert Beal Jr. each had 5 tackles, followed by Deommodore Lenoir, Sam Okuayinonu, &amp; Mykel Williams each with 3 tackles.<\/p>\n<p>TFL wise the 49ers had 3, 1 each for Mustapha, Robinson, &amp; Brown.<\/p>\n<p>PBU wise, the 49ers had 2, 1 each for Lenoir, &amp; Kalia Davis.<\/p>\n<p>Lenoir had the 49ers first interception of the season, and the team had no sacks, as the pass rush was non-existent.<\/p>\n<p>Special teams wise Eddy Piniero went 2\/2 on extra points, with no field goal attempts, Thomas Morstead had 5 punts for 238-yards, with 3 of them falling inside the 20-yard line, while Brian Robinson Jr. had 99 kick return yards on 3 kick returns, and Skyy Moore had 52 kick return yards on 2 kick returns.<\/p>\n<p>Overall the 49ers got manhandled, the defense looked bad early on, the offense was non-existent, as was the pass rush, next up for the 49ers is a trip to New Jersey to face the New York Giants next Sunday at 10am pacific\/1pm eastern on CBS, and with that said, as always, thank you for reading, you can follow me on X\/Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.x.com\/49erscap\"><strong>@49erscap<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&amp; 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