Brock Purdy threw a 76-yard pass to Brandon Aiyuk for one of his three touchdown passes, and the San Francisco 49ers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-14 on Sunday.
Purdy also threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey. and one from 3 yards to George Kittle to help the 49ers (7-3) to a second straight victory after a three-game losing streak.
Baker Mayfield threw a touchdown pass for Tampa Bay (4-6), but the Bucs had no defensive answers against Purdy and the 49ers and lost for the fifth time in six games.
Brock Purdy and a perfect match
Purdy finished 21 of 25 for 333 yards and became the first Niners quarterback to record a perfect passer rating. in a game with at least 20 attempts.
For the second consecutive week, the 49ers They opened the game with a big pass play by Purdy on the first drive of the second half.
He hit a 66-yard pass to Kittle on the second play of the third quarter last week to help spark a 34-3 win at Jacksonville and then surpassed that this week.
Los Niners forced a Bucs punt on the first drive of the third quarter and were backed into their own yard after a perfectly placed punt by Jake Camarda.
Chris McCaffrey remains the best running back in the NFL
A short run by McCaffrey and a 21-yard pass to Kittle took the ball to the 24 and Purdy struck from there.. He launched a deep shot down the sideline to Aiyuk, who beat Jamel Dean to the catch and ran from there for the score that made the score 20-6.
Purdy then led another scoring drive on the next possession capped by the pass to Kittle for a 21-point lead. The Niners held on from there, thanks in part to rookie Ji’Ayir Brown breaking up a fourth-down pass in the end zone and intercepting another throw into the end zone on consecutive drives in the fourth quarter.
2023-11-20 01:02:00
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