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Weird NFL rule change turns 49ers from 77 years ago into record holders

The San Francisco 49ers broke an NFL record on Tuesday without having to put any pads on.

NFL owners approved a new competition committee proposal that would incorporate stats from the All-America Football Conference, or AAFC, into the NFL record books. The league lasted from 1946 to 1949 and included three future NFL teams that joined the league in 1950: the Niners, Baltimore Colts and Cleveland Browns.

Because of this new change, San Francisco has snatched two records away from the present-day Baltimore team. The Ravens set a single-season rushing record as a team in 2019 with 3,296 yards.