Recap
AI summary, sourced from 1 period article (ESPN AP)
Geno Smith capped an 80-yard drive with a 13-yard scramble with 12 seconds remaining and the Seattle Seahawks beat the 49ers 20-17 at Levi's Stadium. Smith went 25-of-32 for 221 yards plus the rushing touchdown. Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught 10 for 110. The 49ers had taken a 17-13 lead on a 30-yard touchdown from Purdy to Jauan Jennings with 9:33 to play. Nick Bosa left the game in the second half with a hip and oblique injury and did not return. The 49ers fell to 5-5; the Seahawks broke a three-game losing streak in the series.[1][2][3]
Columnist recap
AI summary, sourced from 1 period article (ESPN AP)
Geno Smith scored on a 13-yard scramble with 12 seconds left and the Seahawks beat the 49ers 20-17 at Levi's Stadium, snapping the 49ers' three-year winning streak against Seattle.
The 49ers led 17-13 with under ten minutes to play, Brock Purdy having just hit Jauan Jennings on a 30-yard touchdown. The defense, with Nick Bosa already in the locker room with a hip and oblique injury, could not get off the field on the Seahawks' 80-yard touchdown drive that ended the game.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught ten for one hundred ten yards. Geno Smith threw for 221, ran for the score, took zero sacks against a defense that had been the strength of the 49ers' season. The 49ers walk back to the locker room 5-5 with the NFC West cushion fully erased and a Sunday in Lambeau next week. The season has officially come down to four winnable Sundays before December.
By the numbers
AI summary, sourced from 1 period article (ESPN AP)
Seahawks 20, 49ers 17. Margin: -3. Eleven-game record: 5-5, +28 differential.
- Geno Smith: 25-of-32 for 221, 1 TD, 1 INT; 13-yard scramble TD with 0:12 left.
- Smith-Njigba: 10 catches for 110.
- Purdy: 21-of-28 for 159, 1 TD pass, 1 TD run, 1 INT.
- Jennings: 30-yard TD catch with 9:33 left.
- Bosa: hip/oblique injury Q3, did not return.
- 49ers 5-5 (3rd NFC West); Seahawks 6-5.
Film room
AI summary, sourced from 1 period article (ESPN AP)
A 20-17 loss at Levi's Stadium. The 49ers fall to 5-5.
How it unfolded
The Seahawks scored first on a Geno Smith touchdown drive. The 49ers answered with a Moody field goal. Smith's touchdown to JSN late in the second quarter pushed Seattle to 13-3 at the half. The 49ers' second-half adjustment produced a Mason rushing touchdown to make it 13-10. Purdy ran in a touchdown to give the 49ers a 17-13 lead with under ten minutes to play. Seattle responded with an 80-yard touchdown drive that ended on Smith's scramble.
The turning point
The 80-yard drive. With Bosa in the locker room and the 49ers needing one stop to ice the game, the defense surrendered the longest scoring drive Seattle had produced in months.
By the numbers
Purdy 21-of-28 for 159 with a TD throw and a TD run plus an INT. Smith 221 passing and the scramble TD, no sacks taken. Mason 18 carries for 56 and a TD. McCaffrey 6 carries for 12 yards in his second game back; the snap count remains limited.
Personnel watch
Bosa exited with hip and oblique injuries that the staff said would keep him out next week. Smith-Njigba had his second 100-yard game of the season. The 49ers' secondary, without Bosa to threaten the pocket, could not get off the field when it mattered.
What it means
5-5 with the NFC West tie gone and a road trip to Lambeau Field next week. The 49ers' margin for error is now zero. Five games left and a wild-card chase that has to start with a road win against the Packers.