Foes in the old NFC West from 1970-2001, the Saints and the 49ers have an extensive regular season history. While San Francisco leads the series 47-25-2, New Orleans has captured seven of the last nine regular season meetings. The first meeting between the two clubs was a 27-13 Saints loss on October 22, 1967 in San Francisco's Kezar Stadium during New Orleans' inaugural season. The last meeting was a 27-24 49ers win in overtime at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Nov. 9, 2014.
In the 74 regular season games of the series there has been:
• Two seven-game San Francisco winning streaks from 1974-77 and from 1996-99.
• A six-game regular season winning streak for New Orleans from 2002-10.
• An 11-23-2 record for the Saints in regular season games played in San Francisco, with New Orleans having captured the last two.
• 34 games decided by double-digits.
• 12 games decided by 21-or-more points.
• 37 games decided by a touchdown or less.
