Brock Purdy threw a touchdown pass, Christian McCaffrey ran for two scores and the San Francisco 49ers made two late stops to hold off the Washington Commanders 23-17 on Monday night for their sixth straight win to open the season.
Jayden Daniels threw two touchdown passes in the second half to cut a 20-point deficit to 23-17, but Malik Mustapha broke up a fourth-down pass to Treylon Burks near the goal line with 1:54 to play to preserve the lead.
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