SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Rookie Brock Purdy threw two touchdown passes after replacing an injured Jimmy Garoppolo and the San Francisco 49ers applied an additional dominant defensive effectiveness to conquer the Miami Dolphins 33-17 Sunday for their fifth straight get.
The 49ers (8-4) permitted a 75-yard landing move to Trent Sherfield on the opening perform from scrimmage but little else till the fourth quarter from a significant-run attack for Miami (8-4) which had scored at minimum 30 factors in 4 straight games.
Jimmie Ward and Deommodore Lenoir intercepted Tua Tagovailoa in the third quarter to guide to two area plans.
The 49ers had their 4-video game, second-50 % shutout streak snapped when Tagovailoa threw a 45-yard TD move to Tyreek Hill in the opening minute of the fourth quarter but held on from there. They capped the overall performance with a strip-sack from Nick Bosa that Dre Greenlaw returned for a 23-yard score.
The Dolphins had their 5-match winning streak snapped in coach Mike McDaniel’s initially video game versus the 49ers right after expending the earlier 5 a long time as an assistant in San Francisco.
Purdy, dubbed “Mr. Irrelevant” as the previous pick of this year’s NFL draft, proved to be quite vital to the 49ers when Garoppolo hurt his foot on a sack on the last play of the opening travel.
Garoppolo was taken to the locker area on a cart and did not return, leaving the match in the palms of Purdy, who experienced thrown his only 9 passes in mop-up obligation of a Week 7 reduction to Kansas City.
Purdy capped his first travel of the sport by throwing a 3-garden TD pass to Kyle Juszczyk to give San Francisco a 10-7 direct.
He then led a nicely-executed two-moment travel at the end of the 50 percent, completing six passes for 75 yards with a 3-property TD to Christian McCaffrey with 4 seconds left in the half to make it 17-10.
Purdy finished 25 for 37 for 210 yards, two TDs and one particular interception.
Problem
San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan won two challenges in the fourth quarter to overturn done passes by Miami. The 2nd came on a fourth-and-2 participate in with the Niners major by 6 with about six minutes still left.
The Niners held the ball for nearly 4 minutes and produced it a two-score activity when Robbie Gould kicked a 48-lawn industry objective for his fourth of the day.
Quickly Get started
The Dolphins squandered little time displaying off their pace when Tagovailoa connected on the very long touchdown to Sherfield on the initial participate in from scrimmage.
It marked the first time a group scored on the initially enjoy right after the opening kick due to the fact the Niners did it in Week 2 of the 2020 season in opposition to the Jets with an 80-lawn operate by Raheem Mostert.
The landing finished a scoreless streak of additional than 94 minutes for the 49ers, who hadn’t permitted a place since the second quarter in opposition to Arizona two months in the past.
Miami hadn’t scored a TD on the 1st perform from scrimmage subsequent the opening kick considering the fact that the remaining sport of the 2004 season when Sage Rosenfels threw a 76-yard go to Chris Chambers versus Baltimore.
Injuries
Dolphins: WR Jaylen Waddle remaining in the initially 50 % with a leg personal injury but returned to the game.
49ers: There was no rapid phrase on the extent of Garoppolo’s damage. San Francisco by now lost starter Trey Lance to a year-ending ankle harm in Week 2. The only other QB beneath contract is Jacob Eason, who is on the practice squad. … DT Hassan Ridgeway (pectoral) still left in the fourth quarter and didn’t return.
UP Up coming
Dolphins: Stop by Chargers on Sunday evening.
49ers: Host Tampa Bay on Sunday.
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