Excerpted from The San Francisco Chronicle 1.28.2024
TheSan Francisco 49ers are going back to the Super Bowl to face the Kansas City Chiefs.
San Francisco 49ers’ running back Christian McCaffrey, 23, stiff arms Detroit Lions’ safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson, 2, in the second quarter during the NFC Championship Game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024.Scott Strazzante/The Chronicle
This is not a sentence you would have expected to read after the first half of Sunday’s NFC Championship Game, as the Detroit Lions, fueled by a surging ground attack, built a 24-7 halftime lead. No matter, the 49ers mounted a furious comeback to win 34-31 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
San Francisco 49ers’ defensive end Nick Bosa, 97, gets the second of two sacks on Detroit Lions’ quarterback Jared Goff, 16, in the second quarter during the NFC Championship Game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024.Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle
Top Photo: Their wild rally was punctuated by some improbable plays, none more so than a 51-yardBrock Purdy bomb that Brandon Aiyuk reeled in after it caromed off the facemask of his defender in the third quarter. (Video above).
Detroit Lions’ defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, 97, blocks a San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Brock Purdy, 13, pass in the first quarter during the NFC Championship Game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024.
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