San Francisco’s run game is too much for Packers.

“When it’s working, you stay with it,” Coach Kyle Shanahan said about the running game.

The 49ers’ victory completes a remarkable turnaround for the club, which won just four games last season and had not had a winning record since the 2013 season, the last time San Francisco was in the playoffs.

The 49ers made it to their last Super Bowl the year before that, when they lost to the Baltimore Ravens.

Shanahan and General Manager John Lynch have remade the team entirely since they arrived three seasons ago. Their plan focused on building a solid running game and a stout defensive line. The 49ers used both to pummel the Packers on Sunday.

The 49ers ran the ball so well that quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo attempted just eight passes.

While Mostert gained most of the rushing yardage, receiver Deebo Samuel had two big runs on reverses. Running back Tevin Coleman had six carries for 21 yards before leaving with a shoulder injury.

Mostert thanked his blockers, including tight end George Kittle, for all the support. “They all did a great job,” he said.

San Francisco’s defense was the second best in the N.F.L. this season, and on Sunday, it showed why. The defensive front, led by Nick Bosa, DeForest Buckner and Arik Armstead, harassed Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers all game.

Statistically, Rodgers had a solid game, throwing for 326 yards and two scores on 31-of-39 passing. But the 49ers’ defense forced him to fumble twice (San Francisco recovered one of them) and throw two interceptions. The second interception came with less than two minutes left when San Francisco cornerback Richard Sherman dived for Rodgers’s desperation pass, which was intended for Davante Adams.

After kneeling several times to run out the clock, the 49ers ran onto the field and confetti floated down.

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