Panthers 9 vs 20 49ers summary, score, stats and highlights | Week 12

Carolina had a chance to cut into the lead late in the 4th quarter but Young got picked off by Brown for a second time and the Niners defense would close out the game to push the Niners 8-4 on the season. 

The Panthers would respond as Young got hot for a series. He hit McMillan for the deep TD pass to put Carolina back in the game. 

The Niners would add to their lead with this 12 yard TD run from McCaffrey who met his former team on Monday night. He had 89 yards and this TD on the ground, and had another 53 yards on 7 catches in his reunion with Carolina. 

Purdy got picked again late in the 1st half, and it was Horn making the play again. That would allow the Panthers to put up a field goal before the half for their first points of the game. 

The Panthers defense continued to make life difficult for Purdy as he was picked off by Mike Jackson and there were some boo birds that could be heard around Levi's Stadium. 

The Panthers were down to the SF 1 but Bryce Young was picked off by Ji'Ayir Brown in the end zone and that would be a summation of the Panthers night on the offensive end. Young had 448 yards passing last week but was held to 169 in San Fran. 

The Panthers were held to three and out on their first drive, but then the defense came up with a big play as Jaycee Horn picked off Purdy and gave Carolina's offense great field position. 

The San Francisco 49ers won back to back games for the first time since Weeks 2 and 3 and they did it with their defense. Brock Purdy threw three first half picks but the defense held the Panthers to just 9 points. 

The Niners got the ball to start the game and went right down the field on a 15 play drive that took over 8 minutes. It was mostly Christian McCaffrey doing the heavy lifting to start the game and Jauan Jennings went got into the end zone on this TD pass from Purdy. 

THE NINERS ARE GOING TO KNEEL OUT THE CLOCK AND THAT'S GOING TO DO IT. 

Purdy up the middle on the QB sneak and that's going to go it!

1st and 10 from the CAR 44. 

Jet sweep to Persall and he gets 2 and a half and will be a few inches short of the marker. 

4th and inches as we hit the Two Minute Warning. 

McCaffrey to the left side and he picks up 2 yards. 

3rd and 3 from the CAR 46. 

McCaffrey up the middle and he picks up 5 yards. 

2nd and 5 from the CAR 48. 

MISSED FIELD GOAL!!!

Fitzgerald's 57 yard field goal is pushed wide right and that's going to do it. 

SF ball from around mid field with under 3:00 to go. 

Young finds Dowdle for a gain of 10 yarrds but that's going to bring up 4th and long. 

4th and 8 from the SF 39. 

Timeout San Francisco with 3:26 to go. 

Young is sacked by Ferrell who came off the edge and dropped him for a loss of 8. 

3rd and 18 from the SF 41. 

Young on the roll out to the left side and he makes the catch, but he went out of bounds and is flagged fo illegal touching. 

2nd and 10 from the SF 41. 

Young to the right side fo Legette who makes the 14 yard catch for a first down. 

1st and 10 from the SF 41. 

Young finds Dowdle out of the backfield and he takes it for 10 yards and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 45. 

CAR ball from their 34 yard line and Young's pass was tossed out of bounds with pressure closing in. 

2nd and 10 from the CAR 34. 

Purdy to the left side for Robinson on the out route and he makes the catch but that pass short of the marker. 

4th and 4 from the SF 32 and SF will punt with under 5:00 to go.

After a delay of game on SF, McCaffrey is stopped for no gain on the run to the right side. 

3rd and 12 from the SF 24. 

SF ball from their 26 and McCaffrey takes it to the right side for a gain of 3. 

2nd and 7 from the SF 29. 

Brown comes up with his second pick of the game, and this one might have put the nail in the Panther coffin. 

INTERCEPTION!!!

Young goes over the middle and his pass to McMillan is picked off by Brown, his second of the night!

SF ball from their 26 with 6:33 to go. 

Young spins out of a blitz and tucks it and takes it for 2 yards. 

2nd and 8 from the SF 33. 

Young to the left side for Coker and he makes the catch for 10. yards to move the chains. 

1st and 10 from the SF 35. 

Short pass to Legett on the right side for a gain of 2.

2nd and 8 from the SF 45. 

Slant from Coker and he makes the catch and takes it for 18 yards and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the SF 47. 

CAR get the ball back from their 35 and Young's pass McMillan deep down the left sideline is almost picked by Stout. 

2nd and 10 from the CAR 35. 

FIELD GOAL!!!

Gay hits the 29 yard field goal to make this a two possession game. 

SF lead 20-9 with 9:20 to go in the 4th. 

Robinson up the middle on the draw and he picks up 10 yards. 

4th and 6 from the CAR 11. 

Purdy swings it to McCaffrey but he is dropped for a loss of 5 yards. 

3rd and 18 from the CAR 23. 

McCaffrey is blown up in the backfield by Martin-Scott and he's taken down for a loss of 3. 

2nd and 13 from the CAR 18. 

Purdy on the QB sneak and he picks up 3 yards and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 15. 

Pass to the right side for Jennings and he makes the catch and picks up 7 yards. 

3rd and 2 from the CAR 18. 

McCaffrey to the left side and he picks up a yard on first down. 

2nd and 9 from the CAR 25. 

Purdy with the play action and finds Kittle on the left side for a gain of 19. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 26. 

McCaffrey breaks a run to the right side and takes it for a gain of 17 yards. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 45. 

The Panthers get back into this game with a TD from Young to McMillan but the missed two point conversion makes the comeback that much harder. 

WE ARE HEADING TO THE FOURTH QUARTER. 

SF get the ball from their 30 and Purdy finds Jennings with a slant pattern on the right side for a gain of 8. 

2nd and 2 from the SF 38. 

SF hit the holder on the PAT, and CAR took the yards, went for two, but Young's pass to Coker in the back of the end zone was incomplete. 

SF lead 17-9 with 49 to go in the 3rd. 

Young looking over the middle and that pass to Horn was too far out in front of him. 

2nd and 10 from the SF 29 

Out route from Legette and he reels it in for a 5 yard gain and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the SF 29. 

Young back to Hubbard in the air and he follows some blockers for a screen pass that goes 6 yards.

2nd and 4 from the SF 34. 

Young finds Hubbard on the right side and he gets the first down on a 10 yard pick up.

1st and 10 from the SF 40. 

Hubbard to the left side and he pick up 4 yards on first down. 

2nd and 6 from the 50. 

Young swings it to Hubbard and he takes it up the right sideline for a gain of 14. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 46. 

CAR get the ball back from their 32, and Young rolls to the left side and throws for McMillan but that pass falls incomplete. 

2nd and 10 from he CAR 32. 

McCaffrey is in the midst of a monster game, and puts the Niners up two TDs with this 12 yard carry to the goal line. 

McCaffrey to the left side and he picks up 7 yards on first down. 

2nd and 3 from the CAR 12. 

Purdy goes to the left side for Jenings and he makes the catch on the out route and puts his head down for a gain of 10 and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 19. 

McCaffrey to the right side and he picks up 3 yards. 

3rd and 6 from the CAR 29. 

Robsinson on the left side for a short gain of a yard. 

2nd and 9 from the CAR 32. 

Robinson up the middle and he picks up 4 yards and a first down.

1st and 10 from the CAR 33. 

Robinson to the left side and he picks up 8 yards o the first down toss.

2nd and 2 from the CAR 37. 

McCaffrey up the middle and he picks up 4 yards and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 45. 

Purdy looks to the right side for Kittle ad he picks up 7 yards on first down 

2nd and 3 from the CAR 49. 

Out route from Kittle and Purdy finds him for a gain of 7. 

1st and 10 from the SF 44. 

Robinson to the left side and he picks up 4 yards. 

3rd and 5 from the SF 37. 

Purdy finds McCaffrey out of the backfield but he is stopped at the line of scrimmage. 

2nd and 10 from the SF 32. 

SF get the ball at the 20 and Purdy finds McCaffrey out the right side and he picks up 12 yards and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the SF 32. 

Young's pass to the left side for McMillan is broken up and the Panthers will punt. 

4th and 6 from the CAR 48. 

Young finds Dowdle out of the backfield and he picks up 12 yards on the right sideline. 

3rd and 6 from the CAR 48. 

Dowdle up the middle and he is wrapped up after a gain of 2. 

2nd and 18 from the CAR 36. 

Young rolls to the left side for a gain of 7, but a holding call is going to bring that play back.

1st and 20 from the CAR 34. 

CAR start the half with the ball from the 27 and Dowdle gets the pitch to the right side and cuts it back to the middle and he picks up 17 yards. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 44. 

WE ARE BACK IN PLAY FROM SAN FRAN!

Horn picked off Purdy for a second time, the QB's third of the night and he goes to half 14/23 for 114 yards, one TD and 3 INTs. 

Purdy got picked again, this time by Mike Jackson who took the ball back to the SF 33 and that set up the Panthers only FG of the game. 

Purdy was picked for the first of three times on the opening play of the NIners second drive and that set up CAR with great field position, but he would end up throwing a pick in the end zone. 

The Pathers got the ball down to the 1 yard line on their opening drive but Young was picked in the end zone to take points off the board. After his 448 yard day last week, he is 6/10 for 28 yards at the half. 

The Niners got off to a great start behind McCaffrey in the pass and the run game and it was Purdy finding Jennings for the TD to put the first points of the board. McCaffrey has 43 yards on 12 rushes and 40 yards receiving on 5 catches. 

WE ARE HEADING TO HALFTIME FROM SAN FRAN!

McCaffrey with a short catch and he takes it up the field for a gain of 19 yards and that's going to do it for the first half. 

Purdy looks to Kittle who was on the sideline and made the catch but couldn't stay in bounds.

3rd and 1 with 3 seconds left. 

SF ball from their 35 and Purdy finds Kittle on the right side and he picks up 9 yards. 

2nd and 1 from the SF 44. Timeout SF with 8 seconds to go. 

Young to the left side and he and McMillan weren't on he same page. 

4th and 4 from the CAR 31 and they will punt with 25 seconds to go.

Young looks to the right side for Legette and that pass skips off the dirt. 

3rd and 4 from the CAR 31. 

CAR get the ball from their 25 and Young finds Sanders for the middle for a gain of 6. 

2nd and 4 from the CAR 31. 

FIELD GOAL!!!

Gay drills the 47 yard field goal to put San Fran up by 7. 

Niners lead 10-3 with 1:00 to go in the 2nd quarter. 

Purdy's pass to the right side for Jennings was closer to Jackson who almost had his second picked.

4th and 10 from the CAR 29. 

Purdy over the middle for Kittle and he dropped the short pass. 

3rd and 10 from the CAR 29. 

Purdy going back to Kittle and that pass was into heavy traffic and he's lucky not to get that pcked. 

2nd and 10 from the CAR 29. 

Purdy goes back down the field and this time he finds Kittle for a gain of 25 yards on the left side. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 29. 

WE ARE AT THE TWO MINUTE WARNING FROM SAN FRAN!

SF get the ball from their 46 and Purdy finds Pearsall in the flat but he is taken down for no gain. 

2nd and 10 from the SF 46. 

Purdy picked for the third time tonight, second by Horn and that only turns into 3 points on the other end for Carolina. 

FIELD GOAL!!!

Fitzgerald connects on a 25 yard field goal to put CAR on the board for the first time. 

SF lead 7-3 with 2:28 to go in the first half. 

Young finds Hubbard with a little slip screen to the right side but he is dropped for a loss of 3. 

4th and Goal from the 7. 

Young to the left flat and he finds Coker for a gain of 5. 

3rd and Goal from the 4. 

Young rolls to the right side and he is pushed out of bounds after a gain of maybe 1. 

2nd and 9 from the SF 9. 

Dowdle up the middle for a gain of 4 yards and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the SF 10. 

Dowdle on the left side and he picks up 8 yards. 

2nd and 2 from the SF 14. 

Young out on the flat for Horn and he follows some blockers for a gain of 11. 

1st and 10 from the SF 22. 

INTERCEPTION!!!

Purdy over the middle and he is picked again by Horn and he takes it to the SF 33 yard line!

1st and 10 CAR from the SF 33. 

McCaffrey to the left side and he picks up a couple yards. 

2nd and 8 from the SF 35. 

SF get the ball from thei 17 and McCaffrey got the handoff to the left side but fumbled, and SF recover it as one of the lineman jumped on the ball. 

1st and 10 from the SF 33. 

Purdy gets picked for the second time, and that's two INTs in te end zone for both teams. San Fran has moved the ball well, but lead just 7-0. 

Young to the right side for McMillan and he had space but just flat out dropped it. 

4th and 2 from the CAR 28 and CAR will punt with 8:00 to go in the half.

Hubbard to the right side and he picks up 2 yards. 

3rd and 2 from the CAR 28.

CAR ball at the 20 and Young finds McMillian to the left side and he picks up 6 yards on first down. 

2nd and 4 from the CAR 26. 

INTERCEPTION!!!

Purdy steps up in the pocket and goes to the end zone for Pearsall and Jackson swooped under and picked it off in the endzone!!!

CAR ball from the 20 with under 10:00 to go in the 2nd quarter. 

Purdy looks to Robinson over the middle and that pass was batted at the line. 

3rd and 6 from the CAR 28. 

Purdy over the middle and he finds Jennings over the middle for a gain of 4 yards. 

2nd and 6 from the CAR 28. 

Purdy drops back and then tucks it up the middle for a gain of 9 yards and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 32. 

McCaffrey up the middle out of the shotgun and he picks up 3 yards. 

2nd and 7 from the CAR 41. 

The offense stays on the field and Purdy up the middle and he picks up 3 yards to move the chains.

1st and 10 from the CAR 44. 

McCaffrey chopped down on the run up the middle after a gain of just 1. 

4th an 1 from the CAR 47. 

McCaffrey to the right side fo a gain of 5 yards. 

3rd and 2 from the CAR 48. 

Purdy backing up and he finds Robinson at the line of scrimmage and he picks up 3 yards. 

2nd and 7 from the SF 47. 

SF get the ball back from the 33 and Purdy finds Kittle with a short pass over the middle for a gain of 11. 

1st and 10 from the SF 44. 

WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER FROM SAN FRAN!

Purdy out of the backfield for McCaffrey on the right side and he slips a tackle and picks up 9 yards and a first down.

1st and 10 from the SF 33. 

SF get the ball from the 20 and McCaffrey to the left side and he picks up 4 yards. 

2nd and 6 from the SF 24. 

But on the one yard line, Young rolls to the right side and he took a chance to the back of the end zone and he gets picked by Brown. 

Purdy got picked by Horn on the first play of the second drive of the night for SF, and CAR had great field position after the turnover. 

INTERCEPTION!!!

Young rolled to the right side and looked forr Evans in the back of the endzone and that was picked by Brown!

SF back at the 20 with 90 seconds to go in the 1st quarter. 

Young scrambles to the right side and he picks up 7 yards and he's got a first down. 

1st and Goal from the 1. 

Dowdle to the right side and he picks up 3 yards. 

3rd and 2 from the SF 8. 

Young rolls to the right side and tucks it for a gain of 5 yards. 

2nd and 5 from the SF 11. 

INTERCEPTION!!!

San Fran get the ball from their 8 and Purdy goes deep down the middle for Jennings on the in route and Horn undercuts the throw and picks it off!

CAR ball from the SF 16!

Young finds Dowdell on the right side out of the backfield and he is taken down for a loss of 3. 

3rd and 13 from the CAR 32. 

Young got crushed as he let it go but found Tremble for a gain of 12 and that's coming back after a holding call. 

2nd and 16 from the CAR 29. 

CAR get the ball from their 35, and Dowdell takes it up the middle and picks up 4 yards. 

2nd and 6 from the CAR 39. 

15 plays and over 8 minutes of a drive for the Niners and the home side is on the board with this Jennings TD catch and run. 

McCaffrey up the middle and he is met in the backfield and taken down for no gain. 

2nd and 10 from the CAR 12. 

Robinson to the left side and he picks up 4 yards and another first down. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 12. 

Pass swung out to the left side and McCaffrey takes it up the left sideline for a gain of 8. 

2nd and 2 from the CAR 16. 

Toss to the right side for McCaffrey and he finds a hole and he gets 8 yards and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 24. 

Purdy to the left side for Farrell and he reels it in for a short gain of 3. 

2nd and 7 from the 32. 

McCaffrey moves the chains with a 6 yard run up the middle. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 35. 

Robinson jets up the middle for a gain of 7 yards. 

3rd and 3 from the CAR 41. 

Purdy looking for Robinson out of the backfield and that pass falls incomplete. on the left side. 

2nd and 10 from the CAR 48. 

Purdy to the left side and he finds Pearsall for a six yard gain and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the CAR 48. 

Purdy finds McCaffrey on the right side and he picks up 4 yards. 

3rd and 3 from the SF 46. 

McCaffrey with another carry and he picks up 3 yards on the left side. 

2nd and 7 from the SF 42. 

Purdy goes back to McCaffrey out of the backfield and he had a lot of work to do but stretched for the marker as he was falling out of bounds and moves the chains. 

1st and 10 from the SF 28. 

Short pass out of the backfield for McCaffrey and he is dropped for a loss of 3. 

2nd and 10 from the SF 28. 

The Niners get the ball to start the game, and get the ball from their 28 and McCaffrey gets the opening handoff to the left side and picks up 3 yards. 

2nd and 7 from the SF 31. 

WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM SAN FRAN!!!

Star watch: Panthers

The Carolina Panthers were on the verge of completely offloading their QB Bryce Young after drafting on to a team that was not ready to compete, and that couldn’t get the coaching situation right on the sideline. Now it seems that Young is the long term QB in Carolina. It’s been a strange year for the QB, who must have been feeling the lasting pressure coming into his season. It’s been hot and cold with Young this year, who only has two games over 200 yards, and one of those came last week in a career high 448 yard game, and the other in Week 2 when he had 328 yards and 3 TDs. He knows he doesn’t need to do that every game but has shown he is capable of doing that should this game turn into a shootout. 

Star watch: Niners

Brock Purdy came back last week, and showed that he is ready to take the reigns again in the Bay. He was hurt in Week 2 against the Saints, and even though he would try and return just a couple games later, he was sidelined until last week. The Niners have held their heads above water despite being decimated by injury. San Fran paid big money to their QB, and he had nearly 600 yards, 4 TDs and 4 INTs in the first two games, and came back with 200 yards, and 3 TDs last week in Arizona. Purdy is back on primetime and the whole world is going to get a glimpse of how that injury is progressing and how the Niners look with their franchise QB back on the field. 

Niners at Levi’s

The Niners are 7-4 that’s the good news. On top of that, four of their final six games are at home, including tonight’s game against the Panthers. That sounds like more good news, except when you take into account the Niners are just 2-2 at home. They have beaten the Cardinals and the Hawks, two teams with terrible records, and lost to the Jags and the Rams who are both above .500. Tonight it’s going to be up to Purdy and the Niners to turn things around at home heading into the final stretch of the season. 

McCaffrey’s reunion 

We have a reunion between one of the best players in the league, and one of the NFL’s former worst teams ever. The Niners made a mid season trade for Christian McCaffrey who was wasting away in Carolina for years, and immediately made the Niners into a Super Bowl contender. They went to the NFC Championship his first year, and then he helped them get to the Super Bowl in a year he was named Offensive Player of the Year. Last year was a disaster that was filled with injury, but he is back to his best and looking to remind the Panthers of exactly what he can do on the ground and through the air. This year, he has more receiving yards, (732) than rushing yards (707) with six rushing TDs and five TD catches. 

NFC Standings 

Taking a look at the standings in the NFC, we see the Niners and the Panthers currently in the hunt for the playoffs but things are tight around the conference. After Tampa Bay’s 3 game losing skid, the Panthers are all of the sudden tied at the top of the NFC South with the Bucs. They trail TB because of a tie break, but they have a game against TB coming up in a couple weeks. The Niners are currently third in the NFC West, trailing the Rams and Seahawks. LA are leading the division and the Seahawks would be the top Wild Card if the season ended today. With the Packers and Lions sitting at 7 wins, along with the Niners things are getting awfully interesting in the chase for the Wild Card. 

Niners last game 

Fo the first time since Week 4, the Nines got their face of the franchise back under center as Brock Purdy returned from injury and the Niners jumped all over the Arizona Cardinals. Purdy threw 3 TDs passes and 200 yards in his return as San Fran went up 25-10 in the first half. They would stretch the lead to 35-10 with a few minutes to go in the 3rd quarter and would stroll to an easy division win in the desert.

Panthers last game 

The Panthers were locked in a high scoring game with the Atlanta Falcons and Bryce Young had the best game of his young career against a wounded ATL defense. The Panthers started the game with a TD in the first quarter, but three straight TDs from the Falcons had Carolina down 21-3 just before the halftime break. Young would catch fire in the 2nd half, passing for most of his 448 yards while connecting on a couple of his three TDs after the halftime break. His last TD, to Tetairoa McMillan gave the Panthers a three point lead with 1:08 to go but ATL would set up a field goal from 45 yards out that pushed the game to OT. The Falcons got the ball first but they were held to a three and out and then Ryan Fitzgerald drills a 28 yard field goal to seal the game for Carolina. 

We are live from the Bay

Hello everyone and welcome to the Bay where the Niners are back home coming off of a win and looking to break a trend of exchanging wins and losses that stretches back to Week 3. San Fran are falling behind in the division race and need to string a few wins together to stay in the NFC West race and the Wild Card chase. Meanwhile the Panthers are threatening to take the lead in the division after turning things around this season thanks to their fantastic running game and stiff defense that has brought some hope back to Charlotte. Tonight, both of these teams need this game, and this could be a game that we look back on at the end of the season. 

Panthers vs. Niners  

Who would have though that this game would be loaded with playoff implications for both of these teams? Who would have thought that just one game would separate these two teams after 11 weeks? It’s the Carolina Panthers heading to San Francisco in a game with plenty of playoff implications and AS English will be with you all night long providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’ Monday Night Showdown from Levi’s Stadium.