Seahawks dominate 49ers in playoff blowout, advance to NFC Championship game

The Seattle Seahawks punched their summons to the NFC Championship crippled with a 41-6 stomping of their part rival San Francisco 49ers successful Saturday's divisional circular playoff game.

Seahawks backmost Sam Darnold took the tract amid uncertainty that helium would beryllium capable to play owed to an oblique injury. Darnold threw for 124 yards and 1 touchdown amid the interest for his archetypal vocation playoff win, portion Seattle's moving crippled took attraction of astir of the offense. 

Running backmost Kenneth Walker III had 116 rushing yards with 3 touchdowns. 

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Christian McCaffrey of the San Francisco 49ers runs the shot aft a drawback during the 2nd 4th against the Seattle Seahawks successful the NFC Divisional Playoff crippled astatine Lumen Field connected January 17, 2026 successful Seattle, Washington.   (Harry How/Getty Images)

San Francisco backmost Brock Purdy had 140 passing yards with nary touchdowns and 1 interception, arsenic helium was ne'er capable to get the 49ers discourtesy into the extremity zone, lone managing 2 tract extremity drives. 

Seattle volition present await the victor of Sunday's different NFC divisional circular crippled betwixt the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams to spot who their hostile volition be. 

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Seattle hasn't been backmost to the NFC Championship since 2014, erstwhile they sought to support their Super Bowl title, beating Aaron Rodgers successful the Green Bay Packers astatine location successful that game, but past falling abbreviated to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots successful the Super Bowl.

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Kenneth Walker III #9 of the Seattle Seahawks scores a touchdown during the 4th fourth against the San Francisco 49ers successful the NFC Divisional Playoff crippled astatine Lumen Field connected January 17, 2026 successful Seattle, Washington.   (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Darnold volition beryllium looking to enactment an exclamation constituent connected a melodramatic resurgence aft a dilatory commencement to his pro vocation with the New York Jets. Darnold has besides recovered immoderate big-game redemption aft faltering for the Minnesota Vikings precocious successful the play past year. 

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