The 49ers are living through a bizarre season where they find ways lose close games week after week going on five in a row.

They became the first team in NFL history Sunday to drop five straight by 3 points or fewer when they came up short in Washington, 26-24, while inserting their new starting quarterback C.J. Beathard into the fold.

Kyle Shanahan is now 0-6 as a head coach after San Francisco was just a play away – perhaps another offensive pass interference call away – from kicking the game-winning field goal near the end of regulation.

Let’s take a look at the 49ers’ MVP, play of the game, best coaching call and goat of the week from the latest stunning loss…

Game MVP: Pierre Garçon

Garçon’s offensive pass interference call was the second such call on a final drive this season that might have cost San Francisco a shot at a game-winning field goal late in regulation. The other came Week 3 when rookie Trent Taylor had a third-down conversion against the Rams negated in a two-point loss. Otherwise, Garçon on Sunday was better than his stat line indicated.

Garçon finished with five catches for 55 yards. But three were worthy of highlights. The first came in the second quarter on the touchdown drive just before the first half when he trucked rookie defensive back Montae Nicholson with such force the defender’s helmet went flying (Nicholson left the game to get evaluated for a concussion but later returned).

The second was a one-handed catch late in the game that gave San Francisco a first down. Finally, Garçon managed to haul in a pass along the sideline from Beathard that was tipped into the air by the defender. The play was initially ruled incomplete, but was reversed after review prove Garçon got his knee down in bounds before rolling toward the sideline. It was the second time Garçon made a catch after a deflection late in the fourth quarter after a similar play last week against Indianapolis.

And while Garçon was flagged for offensive pass interference, the play should have been ruled a no-call or defensive interference, which would have given the 49ers a first down in field goal range with a chance for kicker Robbie Gould to win the game.