San Francisco's Eddy Pineiro booted a 41-yard field goal in overtime and the 49ers defense came up big in a tense 26-23 NFL victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday.

Pineiro banked in the game-winner off the inside of the left upright with 5:51 left in overtime.

San Francisco's defense thwarted the Rams' ensuing drive with Deommodore Lenoir and Marques Sigle credited for the game-winning fourth-down stop of Rams running back Kyren Williams.

Pineiro's 59-yard field goal with 2:52 left in the fourth quarter had put San Francisco up 23-20, and the 49ers then forced a goalline fumble from Williams with 1:07 remaining.

Rookie lineman Alfred Collins punched the ball away from Williams then fell on it.

"It was a must-have-it play because if I didn’t do that, they would have scored," Col

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