Brock Purdy threw three touchdown passes and rushed for a fourth in his postseason debut and led the San Francisco 49ers to a 41-23 win over the Seattle Seahawks in Saturday’s wild-card game.
Purdy took his regular-season job with the 49ers (14-4) and showed no signs of nervousness as he won his sixth straight start, replacing the injured Jimmy Garoppolo early in a Week 13 win over Miami.
The Niners advanced to the divisional round and will host either Minnesota, Tampa Bay or Dallas next week.
Purdy connected on a 3-yard pass to Christian McCaffrey in the first quarter, converted a 1-yard pass in the third quarter and sent the ball 7 yards to Elijah Mitchell early in the fourth quarter to make it 31-17.
The Niners opened the game when Deebo Samuel caught a long pass from Purdy and ran 74 yards for a score.
Purdy passed for 332 yards — the second-most for a rookie in the postseason behind Russell Wilson, who had 385 yards for Seattle in a loss to Atlanta 10 years ago — and became the first rookie quarterback with four touchdowns in a game. playoffs.
