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Lions vs. 49ers score, live updates: Detroit is looking to build some momentum in Monday Night Football season finale

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Lions vs. 49ers score, live updates: Detroit is looking to build some momentum in Monday Night Football season finale

The Detroit Lions franchise is in an unfamiliar position as the 2024 season winds down. Next Sunday, they’ll take on the Vikings for all the NFC (regular-season) marbles in the first-ever in-season matchup of 13-plus-win teams. But before that home sendoff to the season, they’re in San Francisco Monday night to take on a 49ers team that has limped through an injury-plagued season to the finish line.

It seems like every position group in San Francisco has been decimated at one point or another this season by injury, and for Week 17, that’s on the offensive line. Three starters — Aaron Banks, Spencer Burford and Colton McKivitz — are on the injury report heading into this week, with Banks and Burford out of practice and McKivitz a limited participant.

Barring a tie in next week’s Lions-Vikings game, tonight’s outcome will have no bearing on the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The winner of next week’s Lions-Vikings matchup in Detroit will will secure the NFC North and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. Head coach Dan Campbell says the Lions are “bringing everything [they’ve] got to this game,” and won’t be resting any starters.

Live22 updates

  • Purdy’s first mistake gives Lions the ball

    Brock Purdy’s perfect passer rating is no more. A air-mail interception to Kerby Joseph give the Lions the ball back and a chance to take the lead late in the third quarter. San Francisco leads, 28-24.

  • Jake Bates is good from 57 after Nick Bosa sack

    Nick Bosa’s second sack of Jared Goff puts the Lions in fourth-and-16 and forces a 57-yard field-goal attempt by Jake Bates. Bates is good from deep to salvage the drive and cut San Francisco’s lead to 28-24.

  • Ricky Pearsall sets up Deebo Samuel TD

    Deebo Samuel got the score, but Ricky Pearsall made it possible and continues to star in this offense tonight. A 39-yard Pearsall catch-and-run put the 49ers deep in Detroit territory before Samuel scored on a shovel from Brock Purdy from five yards. 49ers lead, 28-21.

    Pearsall’s up to 102 yards on the night and looks like a strong play for a feature role ahead of Samuel in the 49ers offense next season.

  • Still no punts

    The 49ers came up with a fourth-down stop, and Jake Moody missed a field for San Francisco in the first half. But this game has yet to see a punt early in the third quarter.

  • Lions strike first in 2nd half

    We have a tie game. The Lions cap a 66-yard drive with a six-yard touchdown from Jared Goff to Sam LaPorta to open the second half. A successful two-point conversion ties the game at 21. A fun game for a contest of little consequence.

  • Lions starters remain in

    We’re underway in the second half. The Lions have the ball first and are still playing their starters, as Dan Campbell promised.

  • 49ers 21, Lions 13: Key first-half stats

    Detroit’s depleted defense is giving Lions fans anxiety ahead of the playoffs as each team’s offense has come out firing tonight.

    Brock Purdy: 14 of 16 for 200 yards with 2 TDs, no turnovers: 1 rushing TD
    Jared Goff: 11 of 13 for 138 yards with 1 TD and no turnovers

    Isaac Guerendo: 7 carries for 26 yards, 3 catches for 56 yards
    Jahmyr Gibbs: 9 carries for 60 yards

    Ricky Pearsall: 4 catches for 63 yards, 1 TD
    Jameson Williams: 1 catch for 44 yards, 1 TD; 1 TD run

    49ers total offense: 260 yards on 8.4 yards per play; zero turnovers
    Lions total offense: 211 yards on 7 yards per play; zero turnovers

  • Missed Jake Moody FG ends half

    Jake Moody is wide right from 51 yards with 2 seconds remaining, and the 49ers come up without points for the first time in the first half. It’s been a tough go for Moody, who’s 10 for 17 on field goals in recent weeks after a 13-for-14 start to the season. A sprained ankle in Week 5 derailed his season.

    San Francisco takes a 21-13 lead into halftime and is generally having its way with a depleted Lions defense despite coming up short on its final drive.

  • We have a stop

    The Lions went for it on fourth-and-3 at the 49ers 8-yard line. Rookie cornerback Renardo Green came up with the breakup in the end zone on a pass from Jared Goff to Sam LaPorta. It’s the first drive by either team that didn’t end with a touchdown.

    Lions take over on downs with 1:13 remaining in the half.

  • We have an incompletion

    Jared Goff’s incomplete pass with 5:05 left in the first half is the first of the game by either quarterback. These offenses are having a field day.

  • 3 49ers drives, 3 49ers TDs

    San Franciso’s offense is off to its best start of the season. The 49ers now hold a 21-13 lead after their third touchdown in three drives. Ricky Pearsall set this one up with a 40-yard grab from Brock Purdy before Purdy ran it in himself from nine yards.

    Not a great sign for a banged-up Lions defense on the cusp of the playoffs.

  • Jameson Williams is dangerous Part II

    There’s no substitute for speed. Jameson Williams just scored his second touchdown of the night on a third-and-12 hook and lateral from Amon-Ra. St. Brown. 49ers defenders didn’t stand a chance as Williams sprinted down the sideline for the 42-yard score.

    Ben Johnson wizardry strikes again, but begs the question: why not save this for the playoffs? But Johnson surely has plenty of other tricks up his sleeve for the postseason.

    49ers 14, Lions 13 early in the second quarter.

  • Nick Bosa gets sack, may be hurt

    Nick Bosa just sacked Jared Goff on first-and-20, but is in the sideline medical tent after taking a friendly fire helmet-to-helmet hit on the sack.

  • 49ers score again

    That’s two touchdowns on two drives for the 49ers, and fans in Santa Clara are wondering where this offense has been all season. Brock Purdy finds Kyle Juszczyk for a nine-yard catch-and-rumble through the Lions secondary for the score. 49ers 14, Lions 6 early in the second quarter.

  • Ricky Pearsall makes another nice catch

    Ricky Pearsall is a nice player. After securing the contested touchdown grab on San Francisco’s first drive, he just kept a drive alive with this catch, complete with a self-tip and toe drag near the sideline on third down.

    After a gunshot wound derailed the start of his career, Pearsall’s showing promise late in the season and could be an integral part of San Francisco’s offense in 2025.

  • Lions answer

    Jameson Williams is a weapon. The Lions wide receiver took an end-around untouched into the end zone for a 3-yard touchdown run. He makes plays all over the field with his speed. Got a nice block from Sam LaPorta on the score.

    The 49ers blocked the ensuing extra point and lead, 7-6 after a possession for each team.

  • 49ers strike first

    San Francisco came to play. The 49ers ran a trick play, then converted on fourth down inside the 10 to set up first-and-10. They paid it off with a second-down touchdown pass from Brock Purdy to Ricky Pearsall that required replay assistance to confirm. 49ers 7, Lions 0 after the opening drive.

  • We’re underway. The Lions won the coin toss and deferred, and the 49ers received the opening kickoff. San Francisco starts the game on offense at its own 39-yard line.

  • Teddy Bridgewater’s warming up as Detroit’s emergency quarterback:

  • Barring a tie in next week’s Lions-Vikings clash, tonight’s outcome does not matter in the race for the No. 1 seed. Thanks to a previous win over the Vikings, the Lions hold the tiebreaker edge over Minnesota and would secure the NFC North title and No. 1 seed in the NFC if both teams finish with a 14-3 record — an outcome that would result from a Lions loss tonight and win next week.

    The loser of next week’s game will be relegated to the No. 5 seed and a first-round road game in the postseason.

    A loss by the Lions tonight would only come into play in the event of a tie next week. In that instance the Vikings would finish 14-2-1, ahead of the 13-3-1 Lions in the standings.

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