Recap
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Brock Purdy threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns, Deebo Samuel scored on a 76-yard catch-and-run and the 49ers beat the Seattle Seahawks 36-24 on Thursday Night Football at Lumen Field. The 49ers never trailed; they led 16-3 at the half. George Kittle caught five for 58 and two touchdowns. Geno Smith threw for 312 but was intercepted twice. Laviska Shenault Jr. returned a kickoff 97 yards for a Seattle touchdown in the third quarter. San Francisco moved to 3-3 and tied for first in the NFC West.[1][2][3]
Columnist recap
AI summary, sourced from 1 period article (ESPN AP)
Four days after blowing a halftime lead at home, the 49ers walked into Lumen Field and put a Thursday-night beating on the Seahawks. 36-24. Deebo Samuel took a short throw 76 yards to the house. Brock Purdy threw three touchdowns and the offense looked like itself for the first time since September.
Geno Smith threw for 312 against the secondary that had been the strength of the 49ers' season. He also threw two interceptions. Renardo Green's was the kind that ended the comeback before it started; the kickoff return for the Seahawks at 97 yards gave Seattle the only real spark of the second half.
The 49ers are 3-3, tied at the top of the NFC West, and for one prime-time Thursday looked like the team they were supposed to be. The Sundays from here have to keep proving it.
By the numbers
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49ers 36, Seahawks 24. Margin: +12. Six-game record: 3-3, +32 differential.
- Purdy: 18-of-25 for 255, 3 TD.
- Deebo Samuel: 76-yard TD catch-and-run; 3 catches for 102.
- Kittle: 5 catches for 58, 2 TDs.
- Geno Smith: 312 passing, 1 TD, 2 INTs.
- Renardo Green: INT setting up Kittle's second TD.
- Shenault Jr.: 97-yard kickoff return TD.
- 49ers 3-3 (T-1st NFC West); Seahawks 3-3.
Film room
AI summary, sourced from 1 period article (ESPN AP)
A 36-24 win on Thursday Night Football at Lumen Field. The 49ers improve to 3-3 and tie for first in the NFC West.
How it unfolded
The 49ers opened with a Moody field goal. Purdy hit Kittle for the first of two scores to make it 10-0. Deebo Samuel's 76-yard catch-and-run touchdown pushed the lead to 16-3 by the half. Shenault Jr.'s 97-yard kickoff return for Seattle cut the lead to 16-10 in the third. Renardo Green intercepted Geno Smith on the next drive and the 49ers cashed it in on Kittle's second touchdown. Purdy's third TD came in the fourth quarter to push the cushion past two scores.
The turning point
Renardo Green's interception after the Seattle kickoff return. With Seattle suddenly within a possession after the special-teams touchdown, Green read Smith's throw and set up the Kittle score that pushed the lead back to two possessions.
By the numbers
Purdy 18-of-25 for 255 and three TDs, his best efficiency of the season. Samuel three catches for 102 yards with the 76-yard score. Kittle five catches for 58 and the two touchdowns. Smith 312 passing but the two interceptions ended any Seattle comeback path.
Personnel watch
Aiyuk played through the toe injury. Kittle in his second game back was the security blanket the offense had been missing. McCaffrey still on IR. The defense generated three sacks and the two takeaways.
What it means
3-3 with the NFC West tie at the top restored. A win the 49ers needed after the home loss to Arizona, and the kind of prime-time Thursday-night statement the conference still expects from this team.
