SEATTLE (AP) — Third-string tight finish Jake Tonges caught a deflected go for a landing with 1:34 remaining, and the San Francisco 49ers rallied for a 17-13 season-opening win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
Tonges entered the sport having by no means caught an NFL go. He completed with three receptions in aid of injured All-Professional tight finish George Kittle and got here down with a 50-50 ball from a scrambling Brock Purdy for a 4-yard TD. Seahawks cornerback Riq Woolen acquired a hand on the ball, nevertheless it bounced off him and Tonges grabbed it.
Jake Moody transformed the additional level to place the Niners up by 4, a important conversion on condition that he missed two area objectives earlier.
Sam Darnold moved the Seahawks into place to win his debut with the franchise, hitting Jaxon Smith-Njigba for 40 yards to the San Francisco 14. However on second down from the 9, Nick Bosa strip-sacked Darnold to place the sport away.
Purdy went 26 of 35 for 277 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, bettering to 4-0 as a starter at Lumen Subject. Darnold went 16 of 23 for 150 yards, with Smith-Njigba by far his favourite goal. He had 9 catches for 124 yards.
Kittle caught a 7-yard TD go from Purdy within the first quarter however left within the second with a hamstring harm. Zach Charbonnet’s 1-yard rush early within the second quarter tied the sport at 7-all, and the Seahawks took the lead on Jason Myers’ 48-yard area aim with 2 seconds left within the first half.
Myers linked once more from 37 yards to place Seattle forward 13-10 with 3:24 left within the sport.
Christian McCaffrey was productive for the Niners with 9 catches for 73 yards and 22 carries for 69 yards. Ricky Pearsall had 4 receptions for 108 yards to steer San Francisco’s skinny receiving corps.
Accidents
Niners receiver Jajuan Jennings left with a shoulder harm within the second half.
Seahawks security Nick Emmanwori sustained an ankle harm within the first half and got here again for one special-teams play earlier than being held out the remainder of the day.
