"Somewhere in Candlestick Park, Roger Craig is smiling.

Craig, who has befriended Frank Gore, said he was coming to the today's game in the hopes that Gore would supplant him as the 49ers' second-leading career rusher. Gore did just that.

"I respect him a whole lot. It's a blessing having my name mentioned next to his," Gore said of Craig. "This last year, we got to be close. When I got hurt, he called me everyday. He was telling me I was going to be all right, to keep working.""