▁don ned ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁throw back ▁uniform s ▁during ▁a ▁week ▁ 3 ▁match ▁against ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁R ams ▁and ▁the ▁following ▁week ▁at ▁home ▁versus ▁the ▁Sain ts . ▁Both ▁games ▁ended ▁in ▁victory ▁( co inc ident ally , ▁these ▁were ▁also ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁games ▁De ion ▁Sand ers ▁played ▁with ▁the ▁ 4 9 ers ▁after ▁signing ▁as ▁a ▁free - agent ▁after ▁week ▁ 2 ). ▁The ▁team ▁then ▁suffered ▁an ▁embar rass ing ▁ 4 0 – 8 ▁loss ▁to ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁E ag les ▁at ▁home ▁we aring ▁their ▁regular ▁red ▁uniform s ▁with ▁gold ▁p ants . ▁( Foot ball ▁statistics ▁site ▁Football ▁Out s iders ▁calcul ates ▁this ▁ 4 9 ers ▁loss ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁second - most ▁l ops ided ▁football ▁game ▁they ' d ▁track ed ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 4 – 2 0 0 8 .) ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁subsequent ▁three ▁games ▁until ▁their ▁BY E ▁week , ▁the ▁team ▁again ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁play ▁games ▁we aring ▁the ▁throw back ▁uniform s ▁with ▁white ▁p ants ▁and ▁block shadow ▁numer als , ▁and ▁all ▁three ▁games ▁resulted ▁in ▁wins . ▁During ▁the ▁following ▁weeks ▁the ▁ 4 9 ers ▁emb ark ed ▁on ▁a ▁ 1 0 - game ▁winning ▁stre ak . ▁The ▁team , ▁prompt ed ▁both ▁by ▁the ▁super st ition ▁of ▁coach ▁George ▁Se if ert , ▁and ▁the ▁preference ▁of ▁players , ▁pet ition ed ▁the ▁NFL ▁to