Gore keeps playing after eye is poked

Nothing symbolized the 49ers' postgame injury report better than Frank Gore's eye.

The eye was swollen and bruised, like a fighter after the 15th round. The running back said a defender poked him in the right eye while he was under a pile-up in the first half.

He remained in the game and declined to say whether his vision was affected during the Titans' 34-27 victory at Candlestick Park.

"I was all right. But I wanted to win,'' Gore said. "I told my boys that I'm going to stay out there and fight with them, and that's what I did."

Gore finished with 15 rushes for 83 yards and a touchdown. He also had seven catches for 75 yards.

Like a long list of others, Gore will be reevaluated today.



(mercurynews.com)