Christian McCaffrey ran for 89 yards and a landing and the San Francisco 49ers overcame a horrible first-half stretch from quarterback Brock Purdy to beat the Carolina Panthers 20-9 on Monday evening in Santa Clara, Calif.
The 49ers (8-4) did the job on protection to register back-to-back wins for the primary time since September.
The Panthers (6-6) dropped into second place within the NFC South, a half-game behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, after managing simply 230 yards of whole offense.
McCaffrey had 24 carries and caught seven passes for 53 yards towards his former group. Purdy accomplished 23 of 32 passes for 193 yards and a landing, and he was intercepted 3 times.
Panthers quarterback Bryce Younger, who threw for a franchise-record 448 yards per week earlier at Atlanta, completed 18-for-29 for 169 yards. He had one TD cross and threw two interceptions.
Carolina defensive again Jaycee Horn picked off two passes, however he did not play within the second half after sustaining a head harm.
McCaffrey ran 12 yards for a landing on San Francisco’s first possession of the second half. The Panthers scored their first one landing with 49 seconds left within the third quarter on Younger’s 29-yard cross to Tetairoa McMillan.
After a personal-foul penalty was known as towards the 49ers on the extra-point kick, the Panthers opted to strive for a two-point conversion, however Younger’s throw was incomplete and the rating remained 17-9.
San Francisco responded with a 6 1/2-minute drive that resulted in Matt Homosexual’s 29-yard area purpose. When Carolina’s Ryan Fitzgerald missed a field-goal try from 57 yards out with 2:41 left, the result was just about sealed.
The 49ers someway led 10-3 at halftime, although a giant cause for that was Carolina’s 72 yards of whole offense.
Purdy was intercepted 3 times within the first 21 minutes, twice by Horn and as soon as by Mike Jackson. All of the Panthers acquired out of these takeaways was a 25-yard area purpose from Fitzgerald following the third Purdy turnover. On that possession, Carolina started on the San Francisco 33-yard line following Horn’s 22-yard return.
Following Horn’s first interception, the Panthers have been arrange on the San Francisco 16 earlier than reaching the 1-yard line. Then Ji’Ayir Brown picked off Younger’s first-and-goal cross.
San Francisco, main 7-0, was driving previous to the second interception, with Jackson corralling Purdy’s underthrown cross ultimately zone.
Following Carolina’s area purpose, the 49ers went 25 yards and acquired a 47-yard area purpose from Homosexual with one minute left within the half. Homosexual, a veteran of seven NFL seasons, was in his first sport for the 49ers since enjoying 10 video games this yr for the Commanders. Washington launched him final week.
Earlier than Purdy’s pick-off issues, the 49ers quarterback opened the scoring with a 12-yard cross to Jauan Jennings, ending a 15-play, 72-yard drive on the sport’s first possession.
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