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Washington breaks TD mark
BY JOHN CROWLEY Pro football had arrived in the Pacific Northwest, but an excited crowd of 59,108 was disappointed by San Francisco's 37-21 win, highlighted by Washington's two-touchdown performance, which made him the 49ers' all-time touchdown receptions leader at 50. Washington, who starred at Stanford before playing nine seasons with the 49ers, caught a Plunkett pass for a second-quarter score that made it 17-0. Steve Mike-Mayer's field goal and Ralph McGill's 50-yard punt return for a TD had given the visitors an early 10-0 cushion. The first touchdown tied Washington with Billy Wilson and Alyn Beals on the all-time list. He would claim the mark as his own in the second quarter when Plunkett (16-for-29, 239 yards, three TDs), found him from 15 yards out to make it 24-7. Seattle coach Jack Patera had prepared his defense to stop the tandem of Delvin Williams and Wilbur Jackson, who had combined for 210 yards rushing in the team's season-opening win against Green Bay. Instead, the 49ers' passing attack proved to be his undoing. The 49ers led 31-7 at halftime, but the Seahawks clawed their way back into the game behind scrambling southpaw Jim Zorn. Zorn found future Hall of Famer Steve Largent for a 6-yard touchdown. Largent had seven catches for 128 yards and the score. Zorn was 20-for-43, but was picked off twice. "A lot of good things happened out there today," 49ers coach Monte Clark said after his team improved to 2-1 in a season it would finish 8-6. "Plunkett was one of them. He did a helluva job throwing the ball."
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