San Francisco was down 17 points at halftime against a Detroit Lions team that had the 49ers contained.
But the 49ers came back from the 24-7 halftime score, riding quarterback Brock Purdy’s scrambling and passing to become the NFC champions with a 34-31 victory over the Lions, according to ESPN.
After the game, Purdy was focused on more than making it to the Super Bowl to play the Kansas City Chiefs.
“First of all, glory to God,” Purdy said in a postgame video clip posted to X.
Brock Purdy just led the @49ers to the Super Bowl ? pic.twitter.com/mBaErqqO2G
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Purdy spoke about his faith again in a postgame news conference posted on YouTube.
“Honestly, I think it’s just a testament to God and where He’s taken me in life,” Purdy said.
“I’ve never been the biggest, the fastest, the strongest, or any of that. I feel like I’ve always sort of had to fight for what I get and work for what I get. But God’s always given me an opportunity, whether that was in high school, college and then obviously in the NFL,” he said.
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