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After the 49ers running game fizzled last week, Frank Gore was too frustrated to sleep. He called offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye at 2 in the morning.
Raye was trying to catch some ZZZs.
Gore wanted to talk Xs and Os.
Mercifully, there was no need for any late-night calls this week, not after Gore twice went long distance in a 23-10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.
En route to a 207-yard rushing day, Gore had touchdown runs of 79 yards and 80 yards – the two longest scoring runs of his career.
He joined Barry Sanders as only NFL running back with two touchdown runs of at least 75 yards in the same game. (Sanders went 80 and 82 yards against Tampa Bay in 1997).
Gore had already joined an elite group with his middle-of-the-night phone call to Raye. The offensive coordinator said he has also been awakened by insomniacs Marcus Allen, Earl Campbell, Eric Dickerson and Curtis Martin.
“All the great ones that I’ve have, they have so much pride I their performance,’’ Raye said. “They’ve had restless nights. Basically (Gore’s) call was more of a reassurance that we are going the right direction.”
Against the Seahawks, Gore’s runs thrilled a sellout crowd, including the guy with the best view in the house: Gore watched himself on the Candlestick Park video scoreboard during his first touchdown run. And when he noticed defensive backs Jordan Babineaux and Ken Lucas closing in on him from behind, Gore adjusted the picture.
“I saw it coming,’’ he said of the pursuit. “So I moved to the right and I knew there was no way they could catch me.”
To the 49ers, the pair of touchdown runs took a backseat to the pair of victories. They are 2-0, with both wins coming against NFC West opponents.
Coach Mike Singletary, however, held back on the celebration. The 49ers also started 2-0 in 2007, with wins against NFC West opponents, before tanking to a 5-11 finish.
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