Miles Sanders rushed for two touchdowns, Haason Reddick delivered a huge performance and the Philadelphia Eagles are headed to the Super Bowl after posting a 31–7 victory over the visiting San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday, Jan. 29. Jalen Hurts passed for 121 yards and rushed for a touchdown as the…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. —Christian McCaffrey scored on a go-ahead 2-yard run in the fourth quarter and San Francisco’s defense did the rest, sending the 49ers to their second straight NFC title game with a 19–12 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Jan. 22. The 49ers (15–4) used back-to-back long scoring drives in the second…

SEATTLE—Rookie Brock Purdy a pair of touchdown passes to George Kittle, and the San Francisco 49ers won their first NFC West title since 2019, beating the Seattle Seahawks 21–13 on Thursday night, Dec. 15. Despite using their third starting quarterback this season, the 49ers (10–4) continued to show they might be the class of the…

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Brock Purdy threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score in his first career start and San Francisco’s vaunted defense spoiled Tom Brady’s Bay Area homecoming with a 35–7 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, Dec. 11. Purdy outplaying the NFL’s most accomplished quarterback ever was partially overshadowed by another…

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Christian McCaffrey ran for the go-ahead touchdown with 7:54 to play, and the San Francisco 49ers beat the Los Angeles Chargers 22–16 Sunday night, Nov. 13, in their first game back from a bye week. The Niners (5–4) returned from the midseason break as healthy as they’ve been all season on offense and…

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—Christian McCaffrey became the 11th player in NFL history with a rushing touchdown, a passing touchdown and a receiving touchdown in one game, and the San Francisco 49ers extended their regular-season mastery over the Rams to four full years with a 31-14 victory over Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 30. McCaffrey threw a 34-yard…

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Deebo Samuel turned a short catch into an electric 57-yard touchdown, Talanoa Hufanga returned an interception for a score and the San Francisco 49ers beat the Los Angeles Rams 24–9 on Oct. 3. Jeff Wilson Jr. also scored on a 32-yard run that gave the Niners (2–2) their seventh straight regular-season win over…

RICHMOND, Va.—The San Francisco 49ers have been hit by a ransomware attack, with cyber criminals claiming they stole some of the football team’s financial data. The ransomware gang BlackByte recently posted some of the purportedly stolen team documents on a dark web site in a file marked “2020 Invoices.” The gang did not make any…

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—Law enforcement is investigating the apparent assault of a San Francisco 49ers fan outside of Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium after the Jan. 30 playoff game of the National Football Conference (NFC). Oakland resident Daniel Luna, 40, was found outside of SoFi Stadium with assault wounds to his face and torso, law enforcement officials reported on Feb….

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—Law enforcement is investigating the apparent assault of a San Francisco 49ers fan outside of Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium after the Jan. 30 playoff game of the National Football Conference (NFC). Oakland resident Daniel Luna, 40, was found outside of SoFi Stadium with assault wounds to his face and torso, law enforcement officials reported on Feb….