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40 and Counting: 49ers Set NFL Record With 40 Wins; Stats and Facts from #SFvsPHI

Team Highlights

  • The San Francisco 49ers improved to 7-2 all time in the Wild Card round and have won each of their previous five Wild Card matchups (39-38 win vs. the New York Giants on Jan. 5, 2003; 23-20 win at the Green Bay Packers on Jan. 5, 2014; 23-17 win at the Dallas Cowboys on Jan. 16, 2022; 41-23 win vs. the Seattle Seahawks on Jan. 14, 2023).
  • The 49ers earned their 40th playoff victory, the most in NFL history.
  • San Francisco advanced to the Divisional Round of the postseason for the 26th time in franchise history.
  • The 49ers improved to 22-15-1 all-time against the Philadelphia Eagles, including a 13-6-1 record on the road and a 2-1 mark in the postseason. The win also marked San Francisco's first road postseason victory at Philadelphia.
  • Head coach Kyle Shanahan improved to 9-4 in the postseason as head coach of the 49ers, including a 1-1 record against the Eagles and a 3-0 mark in the Wild Card round.

Offensive Highlights

  • The 49ers offense registered 361 total yards (6.2 yards per play), marking the most total net yards recorded by the team in a road playoff game since totaling 381 yards at Green Bay on Jan. 5, 2014.
  • The unit's 6.2 yards per play marked the highest average by the 49ers in a road playoff game since averaging 7.3 yards per play at the Atlanta Falcons on Jan. 20, 2013.
  • WR Jauan Jennings registered one reception for 45 yards and added a 29-yard touchdown pass to RB Christian McCaffrey.
  • Jennings' touchdown pass marked the second of his postseason career and his first since throwing a 21-yard touchdown pass to McCaffrey at the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11, 2024.
  • With two career postseason touchdown passes, Jennings became the only non-QB in the Super Bowl era to register multiple touchdown passes in a postseason career.
  • On the 49ers' first offensive possession, QB Brock Purdy connected with WR Demarcus Robinson on a 61-yard completion, marking the longest play the unit has recorded in the postseason since a 74-yard touchdown pass from Purdy to former WR Deebo Samuel Sr. vs. Seattle on Jan. 14, 2023.

Defensive Highlights

  • LB Garret Wallow led the team with 11 tackles in his first career postseason game and first start as a member of the 49ers.
  • LB Eric Kendricks added 10 tackles, tying his postseason career high previously set vs. the New Orleans Saints on Jan. 14, 2018.
  • DL Keion White registered three tackles and one sack of Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, marking the first postseason sack of his career.

Player Highlights

  • QB Brock Purdy completed 18 of 31 passing attempts for 262 yards and two touchdowns. His two passing touchdowns gave him eight for his postseason career.
  • With 262 passing yards, Purdy surpassed former QB Colin Kaepernick for the third-most passing yards by a 49ers QB in postseason franchise history.
  • With two passing touchdowns, Purdy also passed Kaepernick for the third-most passing touchdowns in postseason franchise history.
  • RB Christian McCaffrey registered 15 carries for 48 yards on the ground and added six receptions for 66 yards and two touchdowns through the air. McCaffrey's two receiving touchdowns gave him five in his postseason career, all with the 49ers, tying him for the fifth-most in franchise history.
  • The game marked the eighth postseason appearance of McCaffrey's career, including his seventh with San Francisco. With two touchdowns, McCaffrey has now scored at least one touchdown in eight consecutive playoff games, joining Hall of Fame RBs Emmitt Smith and Thurman Thomas and Hall of Fame WR John Stallworth as the only players in NFL history to accomplish the feat.
  • With 48 rushing yards, McCaffrey now has 570 rushing yards in the postseason as a member of the 49ers, surpassing Kaepernick for the fourth-most in franchise postseason history.
  • With 114 yards from scrimmage and two total touchdowns, McCaffrey recorded his fifth consecutive playoff game with at least 100 yards from scrimmage and at least one touchdown. He became the fourth player in NFL history to register at least 100 yards from scrimmage and one touchdown in five consecutive playoff games, joining RB Terrell Davis (seven games), RB Marcus Allen (five games), and RB John Riggins (five games).
  • WR Demarcus Robinson registered six receptions for a postseason career-high 111 yards and one touchdown.
  • Robinson's touchdown reception marked the third of his postseason career and his first since a 41-yard touchdown reception in 2022 as a member of the Baltimore Ravens at the Cincinnati Bengals on Jan. 15, 2023.
  • With 111 receiving yards, Robinson became the first 49ers WR to register 100 or more receiving yards in a postseason game since Deebo Samuel Sr. totaled 133 yards vs. Seattle on Jan. 14, 2023.

Special Teams Highlights

  • K Eddy Piñeiro converted his lone field-goal attempt from 36 yards, marking the first field goal of his postseason career.

View game photos from the San Francisco 49ers Wild Card matchup vs. the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field.

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