San Francisco's 38-17 blowout of Las Vegas on Sunday at Levi's Stadium came with an ugly sideshow: video circulating from both before and after the game shows fans brawling, including footage of a Raiders fan being tended to in the parking lot after getting knocked out cold.
Before kickoff, a video showed a group of fans trying to separate two women fighting on the ground, with a crowd of both Niners and Raiders fans gathered around, according to totalprosports.com. The outlet also reported separately that parking-lot footage captured after the final whistle showed a Raiders fan being tended to after being knocked out, with a 49ers fan reportedly responsible for the blow. San Francisco's win pushed the team to 7-1 on the season, while the Raiders fell to 4-5 after opening the year 3-0, per the same outlet's reporting.
The New York Post reported that clips of the postgame fighting went viral online, though the specifics of who was involved and their conditions afterward have not been confirmed through verified reporting. No identities of the people involved in the brawl have been revealed, and no injury updates have surfaced in the hours since the game.
A Rivalry With a History of Trouble
Sunday's scuffles are far from the first time 49ers and Raiders fans have clashed around a game. At the final Battle of the Bay matchup in 2018, 32 fans were arrested at Levi's Stadium, according to SFGate. Santa Clara police at the time said that total was the most arrests for any event at the stadium in at least a year and a half, with the vast majority tied to public intoxication and three people booked on assault charges.
The rivalry has spilled beyond the stadium gates before, too. In a separate incident, two people were stabbed during a brawl between 49ers and Raiders fans at a Santa Clara In-N-Out Burger, according to KTVU. That fight broke out early on a Saturday following a 49ers preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers. KTVU reported that several people were detained afterward, though police were still searching for a suspect, and the two wounded victims were hospitalized with conditions that were not disclosed.
What Remains Unclear
As with past flare-ups between the two fan bases, the full picture of Sunday's incidents outside Levi's Stadium is still coming into focus. No arrests, charges, or official statements from law enforcement have been confirmed in connection with the pregame or postgame fights, and the condition of the Raiders fan shown being tended to in the parking lot has not been reported.
