{"id":129737,"date":"2026-01-12T01:49:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/129737\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:49:37","slug":"san-francisco-49ers-beat-eagles-23-19-advance-to-face-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/129737\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco 49ers beat Eagles 23-19, advance to face Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 Brock Purdy threw a go-ahead 6-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey late in the fourth quarter, San Francisco used a trick play on a TD toss from wide receiver Jauan Jennings, and the 49ers eliminated the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles with a 23-19 wild-card victory Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers 23, Philadelphia Eagles 19: <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlesports.sports.gracenote.com\/football\/nfl\/boxscore\/102286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 49ers head to top-seeded Seattle next weekend for an NFC divisional playoff game. The NFC West rivals split the season series.<\/p>\n<p>Purdy threw for 262 yards and got the road win in Philadelphia he failed to get three seasons ago when he was injured in a dismal outing in Philadelphia in a loss in the NFC title game.<\/p>\n<p>Purdy had two passes intercepted in this one by All-Pro cornerback Quinyon Mitchell, but the Eagles scored just three points off the turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers could head to Seattle without star tight end George Kittle, who was carted off the field with a right Achilles tendon injury late in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles \u2014 who won a Super Bowl on a trick play \u2014 were foiled by one when Jennings was pitched the ball and rolled right and hit McCaffery on a 29-yard touchdown. The score on the first play of the fourth quarter gave the 49ers a 17-16 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings had 66 yards receiving and 48 rushing in addition to his TD pass.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles would only get Jake Elliott\u2019s 33-yard field goal in the quarter for a brief 19-17 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia was again doomed by a lethargic offensive effort under embattled offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo that cost it a shot at a repeat championship. Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts threw for only 168 yards and a touchdown and the Eagles failed to build off a 13-10 halftime lead by totaling only 36 total yards in the third quarter on 16 plays.<\/p>\n<p>Hurts was incomplete on a last-gasp fourth-and-11 attempt with 43 seconds left that ended their final drive.<\/p>\n<p>The game never reached its offensive slugfest potential after the teams traded touchdowns on their opening drives.<\/p>\n<p>Purdy, rendered ineffective by a torn ligament in his right elbow on the opening drive against the Eagles in a disastrous NFC title game loss three seasons ago, completed all three passes for 74 yards and capped the drive with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Demarcus Robinson. Robinson had 111 yards receiving.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles tied it on a 1-yard sweep by Dallas Goedert, their red zone go-to ace with 11 TD receptions who became the first tight end to rush for a score in NFL postseason history.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles turned again to Goedert on fourth down when Hurts hit him for a 9-yard TD that made it 13-7.<\/p>\n<p>Eddy Pineiro kicked a 36-yarder for the 49ers that cut it to 13-10 at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Heat of the moment<\/p>\n<p>Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown had to be separated from coach Nick Sirianni by chief security officer Dom DiSandro during a sideline blowup late in the first half. Brown ripped off his helmet in frustration and yelled more in Sirianni\u2019s direction after the Eagles punted to end a drive.<\/p>\n<p>Another postseason pick for Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>A day after he was named to the 2025 NFL All-Pro Team, Mitchell had his first two interceptions of the season. Mitchell has four career postseason picks, but none in two full regular seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>49ers: Will try to win another postseason game on the road. The 49ers won 17-13 in Seattle in the season opener only for the Seahawks to return the favor with a 13-3 win in the season finale.<\/p>\n<p>Eagles: Could make yet another change at offensive coordinator as they try not to waste more prime years from Hurts, Barkley and the receivers.<\/p>\n<p>More from the NFL playoffs<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/seahawks-to-host-nfc-west-rival-49ers-in-divisional-round\/1835363\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seahawks to host NFC West rival 49ers in divisional round<\/a><br \/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/49ers-star-george-kittle-carted-off-with-achilles-injury-in-playoff-game\/1835381\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco 49ers star Kittle carted off with Achilles injury<\/a><br \/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/nfc-wild-card-bears-rally-18-down-stun-packers-31-27\/1835315\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFC Wild Card: Bears rally from 18 down, stun Packers 31-27<\/a><br \/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/rams-rally-past-panthers-34-31-ex-seahawks-parkinson-go-ahead-td\/1835281\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rams rally past Panthers 34-31 on ex-Seahawk\u2019s go-ahead TD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SeattleSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SeattleSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 Brock Purdy threw a go-ahead 6-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey late in the fourth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1073,25910,25908,101,103,102,104,106,105,127,25909,821,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-129737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-home","9":"tag-mynorthwest-com","10":"tag-mynorthwest-com-seattle-news","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","13":"tag-san-francisco-news","14":"tag-sf","15":"tag-sf-headlines","16":"tag-sf-news","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-talk-and-community","19":"tag-traffic","20":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}