Purdy, defense lead 49ers to 33-17 win over Dolphins

AP — Rookie Brock Purdy threw two landing passes after changing an injured Jimmy Garoppolo and the San Francisco 49ers used one other dominant defensive efficiency to beat the Miami Dolphins 33-17 Sunday for his or her fifth straight win.

The 49ers (8-4) allowed a 75-yard landing move to Trent Sherfield on the opening play from scrimmage however little else till the fourth quarter towards a high-powered assault for Miami (8-4) which had scored at the very least 30 factors in 4 straight video games.

Jimmie Ward and Deommodore Lenoir intercepted Tua Tagovailoa within the third quarter to result in two area objectives.

The 49ers had their four-game, second-half shutout streak snapped when Tagovailoa threw a 45-yard TD move to Tyreek Hill within the opening minute of the fourth quarter however held on from there. They capped the efficiency with a strip-sack from Nick Bosa that Dre Greenlaw returned for a 23-yard rating.

The Dolphins had their five-game profitable streak snapped in coach Mike McDaniel’s first recreation towards the 49ers after spending the previous 5 years as an assistant in San Francisco.

Purdy, dubbed “Mr. Irrelevant” because the final choose of this 12 months’s NFL draft, proved to be fairly necessary to the 49ers when Garoppolo damage his foot on a sack on the ultimate play of the opening drive.

Garoppolo was taken to the locker room on a cart and did not return, leaving the sport within the palms of Purdy, who had thrown his solely 9 passes in mop-up obligation of a Week 7 loss to Kansas Metropolis.

Purdy capped his first drive of the sport by throwing a 3-yard TD move to Kyle Juszczyk to offer San Francisco a 10-7 lead.

He then led a well-executed two-minute drive on the finish of the half, finishing six passes for 75 yards with a 3-yard TD to Christian McCaffrey with 4 seconds left within the half to make it 17-10.

Purdy completed 25 for 37 for 210 yards, two TDs and one interception.

CHALLENGE

San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan received two challenges within the fourth quarter to overturn accomplished passes by Miami. The second got here on a fourth-and-2 play with the Niners main by six with about six minutes left.

The Niners held the ball for practically 4 minutes and made it a two-score recreation when Robbie Gould kicked a 48-yard area objective for his fourth of the day.

FAST START

The Dolphins wasted little time exhibiting off their velocity when Tagovailoa related on the lengthy landing to Sherfield on the primary play from scrimmage.

It marked the primary time a workforce scored on the primary play after the opening kick because the Niners did it in Week 2 of the 2020 season towards the Jets with an 80-yard run by Raheem Mostert.

The landing ended a scoreless streak of greater than 94 minutes for the 49ers, who hadn’t allowed some extent because the second quarter towards Arizona two weeks in the past.

Miami hadn’t scored a TD on the primary play from scrimmage following the opening kick because the closing recreation of the 2004 season when Sage Rosenfels threw a 76-yard move to Chris Chambers towards Baltimore.

INJURIES

Dolphins: WR Jaylen Waddle left within the first half with a leg damage however returned to the sport.

49ers: There was no instant phrase on the extent of Garoppolo’s damage. San Francisco already misplaced starter Trey Lance to a season-ending ankle damage in Week 2. The one different QB beneath contract is Jacob Eason, who’s on the apply squad. … DT Hassan Ridgeway (pectoral) left within the fourth quarter and did not return.

UP NEXT

Dolphins: Go to Chargers on Sunday night time.

49ers: Host Tampa Bay on Sunday.