Twice in a span of about 3½ minutes Sunday, the Raiders drove inside San Francisco's 30-yard line with a chance to make a game of it. Both times, Fred Warner was there when the ball came out.
The 49ers linebacker knocked one ball loose and fell on another in the third quarter of a 38-17 win at Levi's Stadium, part of a second half in which San Francisco took the ball away five times. The Associated Press said it was San Francisco's first five-takeaway second half in two decades, with the previous one coming against the same opponent at Candlestick Park.
"That was honestly the emphasis going into the week," Warner said. "To come out the second half and have five of those was unbelievable. It was guys being in the right spot doing their job."
The first chance came after Treydan Stukes intercepted Brock Purdy and returned it 26 yards to the San Francisco 31. Two plays later, with 7:41 left in the third quarter, Kirk Cousins hit Brock Bowers short to the 26, and Warner punched the ball free. Dre Greenlaw recovered, and the ruling held up on replay.
The second came at 4:19. Cousins threw deep down the middle to Michael Mayer, who reached the 1 before cornerback Upton Stout knocked the ball out. Warner fell on it in the end zone for a touchback.
Instead of cutting a 28-17 deficit to four, Las Vegas got nothing, and Purdy hit Jordan Watkins for a 37-yard touchdown on the next possession to make it 35-17 with 36 seconds left in the quarter.
