Trick play helps 49ers eliminate Super Bowl champion Eagles from NFL playoffs | NFL

Brock Purdy threw a touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey late in the fourth quarter, San Francisco used a trick play on a TD throw from wide receiver Jauan Jennings, and the 49ers knocked off the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles with a 23-19 wild-card victory on Sunday.

The 49ers will travel to top-seeded Seattle next weekend for an NFC divisional playoff game. The NFC West rivals split the season series.

“We focused on one play at a time,” McCaffrey said. “We knew it was going to be a 12-round fight. That’s what we kept saying. We just had to stick with it. No matter what happened in the match, good or bad, we kept trusting each other and ended up winning.”

Purdy threw for 262 yards and earned the road win at Philadelphia that he failed to capture three seasons ago when he was injured in a dismal outing at Philadelphia in a loss in the NFC title game.

Purdy had two passes intercepted in this one by All-Pro cornerback Quinyon Mitchell, but the Eagles only scored three points off turnovers.

The 49ers will travel to Seattle without star tight end George Kittle, who was carted off the field with a torn Achilles tendon late in the first half.

The Eagles – who won the Super Bowl on a trick play – were upset by one when Jennings threw the ball and rolled right and hit McCaffrey for a 29-yard touchdown. The score on the first play of the fourth quarter gave the 49ers a 17-16 lead. The Eagles would only get Jake Elliott’s 33-yard field goal in the quarter for a brief 19-17 lead.

Philadelphia was once again doomed by a lethargic offensive effort that cost them a chance at another championship. Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts threw for just 168 yards and a touchdown and the Eagles failed to build a 13-10 halftime lead while tallying just 36 total yards in the third quarter on 16 plays. Hurts was incomplete on a final attempt on fourth-and-11 with 43 seconds left that ended their final drive and their season.

“Our team is fighting,” McCaffrey said. “I love this group so much. I don’t have enough good things to say about them. I’m proud to be a part of this team.”

Meanwhile, the Eagles put up a bad kind of fight. Eagles receiver AJ Brown had to be separated from coach Nick Sirianni by head safety Dom DiSandro during an outburst on the sideline late in the first half. Brown ripped off his helmet in frustration and yelled in Sirianni’s direction after the Eagles punted to end a drive.