The San Francisco 49ers were eliminated from the NFL playoffs in the wild card round after defeating the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles 23-19.
Injuries hit the 49ers already without key players like Fred Warner, Nick Bosa and Ricky Pearsall, and their season ended with talismanic tight end George Kittle suffering a torn Achilles tendon in the first half.
But San Francisco’s playoff run isn’t over yet. They will now face the NFC No. 1 seed Seattle Seahawks in the divisional round next week.
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San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings throws a trick play touchdown to Christian McCaffrey against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Despite Kittle and the 49ers being down by six points in the fourth quarter, they took the lead on the very next play. It was a nice trick play TD when receiver Jauan Jennings threw a 29-yard scoring strike to Christian McCaffrey.
The Eagles, whose offense was severely disrupted in the second half and limited to just 23 yards to that point, took the lead back to 19-17 with a field goal behind a second Brock Purdy interception with eight minutes left.
But Purdy responded to lead another scoring drive. This time he found McCaffrey himself in the end zone for what would prove to be the game-winning score with less than three minutes remaining.
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Christian McCaffrey picked up his second touchdown of the night to seal the San Francisco 49ers’ win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Eagles converted from their own 45-yard line to a fourth-and-5 with the game in play, ultimately getting down to the San Francisco 21-yard line before Jalen Hurts threw three straight incompletions to end the contest. Recently acquired 49ers linebacker Eric Kendricks broke up Hurts’ key fourth down pass intended for Dallas Goedert.
Stats Leader:
49ers
- passing: Brock Purdy, 18/31, 262 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT.
- rush: Christian McCaffrey, 15 carries, 48 yards.
- transmission: DeMarcus Robinson, 6 catches, 111 yards, 1 TD.
eagles
- passing: Jalen Hurts, 20/35, 168 yards, 1 TD.
- rush: Saquon Barkley, 26 carries, 106 yards.
- transmission: Devonta Smith, 9 catches, 70 yards.
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Two-touchdown hero Christian McCaffery is ‘proud’ of his San Francisco 49ers team after their playoff win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
San Francisco jumped off the block on offense and scored on its opening series, as Demarcus Robinson followed up a monster 61-yard reception to cap the drive with a 5-yard TD on the second play from scrimmage.
Philadelphia responded immediately after Goedert scored the first of his two first-half touchdowns. The touchdown came on a run down the goal line and then a 9-yard catch in the end zone to give the Eagles the lead in the second quarter.
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Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert recorded his first career rushing touchdown and receiving TD in the first half against the San Francisco 49ers.
After an explosive start, the 49ers suddenly halted their offense due to Kittle’s injury and went three-and-out twice before adding an Eddy Piniero field goal to cut the Eagles’ lead to three at 13-10.
Some poor clock-keeping denied San Francisco a chance to tie in the final minute of the first half, which ended with Purdy going out of bounds as the clock ran out.
Despite the lead, Eagles wide receiver AJ Brown had to be separated from head coach Nick Sirianni by chief safety Dom DiSandro late in the first half during a sideline stoppage.
Brown tore his helmet in frustration and screamed in Sirianni’s direction after the Eagles punted to end a drive that resulted in several drops on consecutive plays.
Purdy was picked off to end the 49ers’ opening series of the second half. Quinyon Mitchell was brought down by interceptions by both quarterbacks, but the Eagles’ increasingly anemic offense was unable to capitalize on the errors.
A Jake Elliott field goal late in the third quarter stretched Philly’s advantage to six points once again, 16-10, before the 49ers rallied in outstanding fashion in the final quarter to pull off a stunning road win over the defending champions and keep their Super Bowl dreams alive.
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