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Christian McCaffrey Breaks NFL Record In 49ers Loss To Minnesota Vikings

The former Stanford star continues to shine for the San Francisco 49ers

Kevin Borba

Christian McCaffrey Breaks NFL Record In 49ers Loss To Minnesota Vikings
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Former Stanford star Christian McCaffrey has officially etched his way into the NFL record book. 

In the San Francisco 49ers' 22-17 Monday Night Football loss to the Minnesota Vikings, McCaffrey powered in a three-yard score in the second quarter. Not only did the touchdown cut the lead to single digits at that time, but it also broke the all-time record for touchdowns in consecutive games. McCaffrey has now scored a touchdown in 16 straight games (including playoffs).

McCaffrey finished the game with 45 yards rushing and the score, while also adding three catches for 51 yards and a receiving touchdown as well. With the loss, the 49ers now fall to 5-2 on the year, and have lost their last two games to teams that they were favored to beat.

As for McCaffrey, he is still widely viewed as a candidate for the NFL MVP award, but will need to continue to string together monster performances in order to stay in the hunt.

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KEVIN BORBA

Managing Editor and Publisher of CardinalCountry.com, formerly a Pac-12 Network Production Assistant and a contributing writer for USA Today's Longhorns Wire. I am a proud graduate of Quinnipiac University's sports journalism master's program. Follow me on Twitter @Kevin__Borba 

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