How’s that for a first game of the season?

The 49ers and Seahawks played a down-to-the-wire contest that was anything but a classic.

But it’s not a game that will be forgotten anytime soon.

The 49ers beat the Seahawks 17-13 in their season debuts, with the team’s biggest players coming up in a huge way in the most critical moments.

Here are the studs and duds from the game.

STUDS

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Christian McCaffrey – RB

» Was he 100 percent healthy? He’ll say so. But whatever percentage he was, the 49ers needed all of it on Sunday, particularly after Kittle’s injury.

McCaffrey had a handful of nice runs — and more than a few where he turned losses into small gains against an aggressive Seattle defense. But his success really came in the pass game.

Seattle’s defensive goal was to

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