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Article: 49ERS USE RUN TO ROUT PANTHERS HEARST'S 141 YARDS LEAD SAN FRANCISCO .(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- September 30, 1997
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Byline: Dave Goldberg Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The team that perfected the finesse of the West Coast offense also knows how to play smash-mouth.
The San Francisco 49ers proved that Monday night, rushing for 219 yards - 141 by Garrison Hearst - to beat the Carolina Panthers 34-21 and avenge two embarrassing losses from last season.
It was Steve Young, without the injured Jerry Rice, running an almost flawless short-pass, ball-control offense, and Merton Hanks picking off two passes by Kerry Collins to set scores as the 49ers won their fourth straight.
``I'm not exactly Woody Hayes - 3 yards and a cloud of dust,'' said 49ers ...