Lumen South? Wild stats show Seahawks own 49ers’ home stadium

San Francisco 49ers fans like to call SoFi Stadium, the home of the Los Angeles Rams, Levi’s South.

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They call it that because when the 49ers play on the road against their division rival, the crowed is filled with San Francisco’s scarlet and gold rather than the Rams’ royal blue and gold.

Well, perhaps it’s time to start calling Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California – San Francisco’s home field – Lumen South.

The Seattle Seahawks picked up two of their biggest wins of the season on the 49ers’ home turf. The first came in the final week of the regular season when Seattle and San Francisco squared off for the NFC West title. The Seahawks won that battle 13-3 in a contest that was nowhere near as close as the final score indicated, clinching the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs and ending their battered rival’s hopes for a division title.

The Seahawks pulled a power move following that win. After celebrating with cigars in the visiting locker room, they left one behind with the thought they’d make a quick return to Levi’s Stadium a month later for the Super Bowl.

Seattle did exactly that and produced another beat down in Santa Clara, this one a 29-13 win over the New England Patriots to secure the franchise’s second Lombardi Trophy.

Once again, the Seahawks celebrated with cigars, but this time in the 49ers’ home locker room.

Those two achievements could be reason alone for the Seahawks to consider Levi’s Stadium a home away from home, but there are further numbers that illustrate Seattle’s ownership of the field, which were pointed out by NFL Network researcher Jack Andrade.

In just two games, the Seahawks’ defense had more sacks (nine) and takeaways (four) than the 49ers had across all eight of their home games (seven sacks, three takeaways).

Those stats are pretty wild by themselves, but they become even crazier when considering who each team played. The Seahawks’ two games at the stadium came against a 12-win 49ers team (13 including the playoffs) that knocked the defending Super Bowl champions out of the postseason, and a Patriots team that was 17-3 entering the Super Bowl. The 49ers’ eight home games included the lowly Arizona Cardinals and Tennessee Titans, who hold the third and fourth picks, respectively, in the upcoming draft.

In some fairness to San Francisco, it faced a number of key injuries on its defense, including star linebacker Fred Warner and pass rusher Nick Bosa.

However, the next number the Seahawks outpaced the 49ers in is pretty incredible.

Despite the fact the San Francisco has star running back Christian McCaffrey, who finished fourth in MVP voting, Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III’s three runs of at least 20 yards at Levi’s Stadium this season are more than the entire 49ers team had in its eight home games.

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