Brock Purdy helps the 49ers bounce back with a 30-24 victory over the Cowboys

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- One ascendant 4th against Dallas proved to beryllium capable for nan San Francisco 49ers to caput into their bye week connected a precocious note.

Brock Purdy bounced backmost from a shaky first half to lead 3 touchdown drives successful nan 3rd 4th and nan Niners narrowly avoided different fourth-quarter illness pinch a precocious protect guidelines that sealed a 30-24 triumph Sunday night.

“We're a assured team," near tackle Trent Williams said. “We cognize that we haven't played up to our modular that galore times successful these first 8 games. I don't deliberation that we were looking astatine this crippled to tie immoderate newfound confidence. I conscionable deliberation that erstwhile we tin tally nan shot efficaciously and not move it over, nan results coming are what we tin expect.”

The Niners (4-4) bounced backmost from a nonaccomplishment past week successful a Super Bowl rematch against Kansas City pinch a beardown capacity against nan Cowboys (3-4) that they dream will group them up for different large push successful nan 2nd half of nan season.

San Francisco went 16-2 pursuing its Week 9 bye week nan past 2 seasons to make it to nan NFC title crippled successful 2022 and nan Super Bowl past season.

Purdy had a TD tally and threw a TD walk during nan 21-0 third-quarter blitz that turned a 10-6 halftime shortage into a 27-10 lead.

But San Francisco had to clasp connected precocious aft Dak Prescott threw 2 TD passes to CeeDee Lamb to trim nan shortage to six. Prescott had a chance to complete nan comeback, but threw 4 consecutive incomplete passes aft getting nan shot backmost pinch 3:05 near successful nan 4th quarter.

“I was frustrated. We made it a crippled erstwhile it didn't request to be," linebacker Fred Warner said. "We put ourselves successful that business truthful we had to get ourselves out. It was astir going retired location and finishing nan crippled and we did that.”

San Francisco took power successful nan 3rd quarter, driving 60 yards aft nan opening footwear of nan half to people connected rookie Isaac Guerendo's 4-yard run.

Deommodore Lenoir's interception that group up San Francisco successful Dallas territory, starring to Purdy's 2-yard touchdown walk to George Kittle, who vanished pinch six catches for 128 yards.

The Niners past drove 75 yards for different TD erstwhile Purdy scored connected a sneak from 2 yards out.

“I saw nan remainder of our squad was clicking and I conscionable had to do my job,” Purdy said. “Third quarter, I came retired and kept it simple, but besides played aggressive.”

Purdy bounced backmost from a three-interception capacity past week against nan Chiefs to spell 18 for 26 for 260 yards against Dallas.

The Cowboys returned from their bye and didn't look a full batch amended for astir of nan crippled than they did successful a 47-9 nonaccomplishment astatine location to Detroit 2 weeks ago.

Prescott threw 2 interceptions for a 3rd consecutive crippled — nan first Cowboys backmost to do that successful 32 years — and struggled to make immoderate accordant discourtesy until nan 4th quarter.

The defense struggled to slow San Francisco down astatine each extracurricular of erstwhile nan Niners committed penalties aliases Purdy was off-target connected a fewer passes. It added up to different nonaccomplishment that will summation nan extracurricular unit connected coach Mike McCarthy, who is successful nan last twelvemonth of his contract.

“As coaches and players we tin study from this,” McCarthy said. “We’re 3-4, that’s nan facts of this deal. I’m disappointed. We evidently felt we were going to travel successful present and do what we needed to do to get nan triumph and we came up short.”

Prescott vanished 25 for 38 for 243 yards. Lamb caught 13 passes for 146 yards.

49ers: RB Jordan Mason went to nan locker room successful nan first half aft re-injuring his enarthrosis that forced him to miss astir of nan secodn half 2 weeks agone against Seattle. ... LB Dee Winters near nan crippled successful nan 2nd half pinch a concussion. ... WR Deebo Samuel (ribs) near successful nan 4th quarter.

Cowboys: At Atlanta connected Sunday.

49ers: At Tampa Bay connected Nov. 10.

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