{"id":84252,"date":"2026-01-12T01:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/84252\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:36:07","slug":"49ers-down-defending-champion-eagles-in-nfc-wild-card-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/84252\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers down defending champion Eagles in NFC wild card game"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA — – Brock Purdy<\/a> threw a go-ahead 6-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey<\/a> late in the fourth quarter, San Francisco used a trick play on a TD toss from wide receiver Jauan Jennings<\/a>, and the 49ers<\/a> eliminated the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> with a 23-19<\/a> wild card victory Sunday.<\/p>\n

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

“Our team fights,” McCaffrey told Fox after the game. “We take each day at a time and go as hard as we can every single time.<\/p>\n

“I love this group so much. I don’t have enough good things to say about it. Proud to be a part of this team.”<\/p>\n

Purdy threw for 262 yards and got the road win here 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

Purdy had two passes intercepted in this one by All-Pro cornerback Quinyon Mitchell<\/a>, but the Eagles scored just three points off the turnovers.<\/p>\n

The 49ers could head to Seattle without star tight end George Kittle<\/a>, who was carted off the field with a right Achilles tendon injury late in the first half.<\/p>\n

The Eagles — who won a Super Bowl on a trick play — 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

The Eagles would only get Jake Elliott<\/a>‘s 33-yard field goal in the quarter for a brief 19-17 lead.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia was again doomed by a lethargic offensive effort that cost it a shot at a repeat championship. Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts<\/a> 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

Hurts was incomplete on a last-gasp fourth-and-11 attempt with 43 seconds left that ended their final drive.<\/p>\n

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.<\/p>\n

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