Whenever the 49ers and Raiders square off on the field, the two rival fan bases are probably also squaring it off in the stands.
Aware of a history of fan altercations at Raiders-49ers games, Santa Clara police dramatically increased their gameday security and used undercover officers dressed as football fans throughout the stadium.
During last Thursday Night’s game, the team’s had yet another series of fan fights that resulted in a shocking 32 arrests including three that were for assault.
Per Santa Clara Police, there were 32 arrests at last night’s 49ers-Raiders game. #49ers games had been averaging just under 10. Most arrests were for public intoxication. There were three arrests for assaults. …
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) November 2, 2018
Raiders fans putting up more of a fight tonight than their team pic.twitter.com/s0Ll9hA7Ec
— Busted Coverage (@bustedcoverage) November 2, 2018
The brawl that garnered the most attention on social media was of a man wearing a red T-shirt stands above another man wearing a 49ers jersey, throwing punch after punch. After a few seconds, the man who threw the punches was pulled away by others and walked away, leaving the other man with a bloodied face.
Jimmy G was on the wrong end of these punches from 49ers fan pic.twitter.com/9NXrVQQ2eJ
— Busted Coverage (@bustedcoverage) November 2, 2018
Santa Clara police and stadium security located the suspected attacker, identified as 31-year-old Steve Gonzalez Guardado, and arrested him for assault.
#NEW: Total of 32 arrests during last night’s #battleofthebay between #49ers and #Raiders, per @SantaClaraPD. Steve Gonzalez Guardado (below) was arrested for fan vs. fan fight. Most of the other arrests were for public intoxication. #SantaClara #SiliconValley #Football pic.twitter.com/rxpkihDl5M
— Chris Nguyen (@ChrisNguyenABC7) November 2, 2018
