No more do-overs 49ers end preseason with spirit, without wins
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The 49ers are the only winless team this exhibition season, but what people will remember most about Thursday night&#39;s 31-15 loss to the Chargers is the drive in which three touchdown passes were negated by penalties.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Randy McMichael caught a 15-yard touchdown pass with 10:35 to play, and the 49ers fumbled five times in the fourth quarter of the Miami Dolphins' 24-17 victory yesterday, leaving San Francisco as the league's only one-win team.
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Rattay never got healthy during his first season as the 49ers&#39; first-stringer, starting just nine games. He strained his forearm in training camp, separated his shoulder in the season opener and tore muscles in his foot earlier this month.
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Shaun Alexander has a message for the many folks who say NFL exhibitions mean zilch. Some words for those who will see the defending NFC champion Seattle Seahawks throttling the ragged Oakland Raiders in the final preseason game Thursday night as unrevealing and insignificant.
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The San Francisco 49ers are back to normal, and that's no good.
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To be sure, it was a Halloween night horror show Sunday in the Windy City for the 49ers, who were so bad in their 23-13 loss to the Chicago Bears that it was downright scary.
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The Giants hope their spotless record in the preseason is an indication of things to come. The Redskins hope their winless record is the same.
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The 49ers&#39; defense caused fumbles, sacked the quarterback, knocked down passes and even scored a touchdown. The defense played well enough for any team to win.
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Seattle coach Mike Holmgren insists that his team can survive the playoffs without a strong running game, but he can't be feeling as confident now as he was a week ago.
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The Fighting Irish opened the season Saturday night with a 20-17 loss at Brigham Young, a performance that doesn&#39;t give much hope for a turnaround season.
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Dennis Erickson may not have much time left as San Francisco&#39;s coach. If this was his last game, though, he will go out a winner, thanks to an unlikely pair of stars -- Ken Dorsey and Maurice Hicks.
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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Todd Peterson kicked a 31-yard field goal with 8:38 left in overtime to give the 49ers a 31-28 victory over the Arizona Cardinals yesterday after San Francisco (2-11) had blown a 25-point lead.
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All the talk of a refreshed attitude Brigham Young&#39;s new players infused to the team was about to be wasted late in Saturday&#39;s game against Notre Dame.
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Arnaz Battle scored on a one-yard  run with 22 seconds remaining to lift the San Francisco 49ers  to a 20-17 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Monday.
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Eddie Sutton is still searching for his 800th victory with a team that looks lost, as San Francisco fails a third time to get the coach's milestone win in a 66-48 loss to Santa Clara on Monday.
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There have been times this season when Southern California has been labeled sluggish and unimpressive.
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Bee Staff Writer. NEW ORLEANS - The 49ers are always finding new and creative ways to lose close games on the road. The latest: A muffed handoff between Ken Dorsey and Jamal Robertson