The San Francisco 49ers pulled off a sensational 23-19 upset of the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles to knock them out of the NFL playoffs in the Wild Card round.The already banged up 49ers without key players like Fred Warner, Nick Bosa and Ricky Pearsall to injury – among numerous others – also lost talismanic tight end George Kittle in the first half to a torn Achilles that ends his season.
But San Francisco’s playoff run is far from over, as they now head to NFC No 1 seeds Seattle Seahawks in next week’s Divisional Round.
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San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings throws for a trick-play touchdown to Christian McCaffrey against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Despite the loss of Kittle and the 49ers being down by six entering the fourth quarter, they’d take the lead on the very next play, a magnificent trick-play TD in which receiver Jauan Jennings tossed a 29-yard scoring strike to Christian McCaffrey.The Eagles, whose offense badly stalled in the second half – limited to just 23 yards up until that point, reclaimed the lead – going up 19-17 – with a field goal off the back of a second Brock Purdy interception with eight minutes to go.
But Purdy answered back to lead another scoring drive – this time finding McCaffrey in the end zone himself for what would prove the game-winning score with just under three minutes remaining.
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Christian McCaffrey picks up his second touchdown of the night to seal the win for the San Francisco 49ers over the Philadelphia Eagles .
The Eagles converted on a 4th and 5 from their own 45-yard line with the game on the line, ultimately driving 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 breaking up the key fourth down pass from Hurts…
2026-01-11 23:43:00
