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Washington Commanders at San Francisco 49ers

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 6 · Levi's Stadium · Monday Night

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

Washington Commanders—Away
San Francisco 49ers—Home

Matchup preview

Washington Commanders 1–3 · Road 0–2 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 29 · 8 days of rest
San Francisco 49ers 4–0 · Home 3–0 · Streak W4 · Power Index No. 1 · 8 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · WAS 4 games, SF 4 games
MetricWASSF
Points per game22.016th30.52nd
Points allowed per game30.530th16.03rd
Total yards per game314.819th389.07th
Passing yards per game196.524th251.813th
Rushing yards per game124.08th137.36th
Turnovers per game0.53rd0.53rd
Sacks allowed per game1.32nd0.01st
Penalty yards per game56.013th43.34th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Washington Commanders: recent results

  1. L 13–30 vs IND Week 4
  2. W 33–31 vs SEA Week 3
  3. L 20–37 @ DAL Week 2
  4. L 22–24 @ PHI Week 1

San Francisco 49ers: recent results

  1. W 24–14 vs DEN Week 4
  2. W 36–30 vs ARI Week 3
  3. W 35–13 vs MIA Week 2
  4. W 27–7 @ LAR Week 1

Washington Commanders: season leaders

Passing
Marcus Mariota 340 yds
Rushing
Jacory Croskey-Merritt 157 yds
Receiving
Stefon Diggs 170 yds
Sacks
Odafe Oweh 2.0

San Francisco 49ers: season leaders

Passing
Brock Purdy 1,007 yds
Rushing
Christian McCaffrey 218 yds
Receiving
George Kittle 244 yds
Sacks
Keion White 2.0

Washington Commanders: injury report

  • Out Charles Omenihu RDE
  • Out Marcus Mariota QB
  • Out Nick Cross SS
  • Out Percy Butler FS
  • Out Stefon Diggs WR
  • Out Tyler Owens SS
  • Questionable Terry McLaurin WR

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

San Francisco 49ers: injury report

  • Out Brandon Aiyuk WR
  • Out Isaac Guerendo
  • Out James Thompson Jr. RDT
  • Out Kyle Juszczyk FB
  • Out Marques Sigle SS
  • Out Nick Bosa RDE
  • Questionable Upton Stout NB

16 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

WAS 5 · SF 8 in 13 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2023 · Week 17 SF 27, WAS 10
  2. 2022 · Week 16 WAS 20, SF 37
  3. 2020 · Week 14 WAS 23, SF 15
  4. 2019 · Week 7 SF 9, WAS 0
  5. 2017 · Week 6 SF 24, WAS 26

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

WAS 17.1% · SF 82.8%

Matchup quality 69.8 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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