Brock Purdy threw for 267 yards and a touchdown and the San Francisco 49ers overcame a 17-point halftime deficit to beat the Detroit Lions 34-31 on Sunday and reach the Super Bowl.
The 49ers (14-5) scored 17 points in eight minutes of the third quarter to tie the NFC championship game.
They pulled away in the fourth quarter and got a rematch against Kansas City after losing to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl four years ago.
Thanks to some big plays by Purdy and big mistakes by the Lions (14-6), including two missed fourth downs from within field goal range, San Francisco completed its fourth comeback from a deficit of 17 points or more in a game for the conference title.
Detroit failed to reach the first Super Bowl in franchise history“We played as bad as we could in the first half, but we were still down by 17.
There’s a lot of points to make up,” Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said. “The D shut them out in the second half and this guy next to me (Purdy) made it happen.”
