Interestingly, of the 16 points the team scored, or rather, the four different occasions that they scored; only once did it come from inside the 20-yard line. It’s obviously harder to score from farther away from the endzone so this statistic is quite puzzling. That’s an astonishing low 25% of their scores coming from the redzone.

Also interesting, was that the team only scored once in the five times that they were in the redzone. Clearly the team was able to get into scoring position enough times to put some real points on the board, but they constantly failed to score. One out of five, is only 20%.

Perhaps even more disturbing was that when the team was given a goal to go situation (ie, a first down less than ten yards from the endzone), the team scored only one out of three times. Again the team was able to get into position, but simply couldn’t convert to put points on the board. That’s only 33%.

Whether it was from a good defensive stand, or the offense moving the ball, the 49ers were in position to score 5 times. Had they converted four of those tries as field goals even, in conjunction with their scores from outside of the redzone, the team would have scored 24 points, an eight point improvement.

While I know that these dismal statistics are only the collection from one game, the first game for that matter - I can’t help but worry. The 49ers play some high powered offenses this season, starting in week two against the Broncos, and they need to be able to score. Rectifying this issue will be essential if the 49ers want to be a legitimate threat this season. The 49ers got away with one in the opening game, but they aren’t likely to get that lucky again.