The San Francisco 49ers beat the Chicago Bears 42-38 at Levi’s Stadium on December 28, 2025, in a Week 17 game that neither defense could slow until the last snap. Brock Purdy’s 38-yard touchdown pass to Jauan Jennings with 2:15 left put San Francisco ahead for good at 42-38, erasing a three-point Chicago lead, and the Bears’ reply ended at the 2-yard line, where Caleb Williams’ final throw short-hopped his receiver in the end zone.
The numbers read like a track meet. The two quarterbacks combined for 633 passing yards and five passing touchdowns, and Purdy added two more scores on the ground, a week after he threw for five against Indianapolis. Christian McCaffrey ran for 140 yards, Williams threw for 330 and two touchdowns, and the night was framed by the plays at each end of it: T.J. Edwards’ 34-yard interception return for a Chicago touchdown on the opening snap, and Jennings’ catch nearly four quarters later. The full box score and player stats are below.
Table of Contents
Final score by quarter
Team
1
2
3
4
Final
Chicago Bears (11-5)
14
7
7
10
38
San Francisco 49ers (12-4)
14
14
7
7
42
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Team
Play
Score
1st
14:45
CHI
T.J. Edwards 34 yd interception return (Cairo Santos kick)
San Francisco’s team total lists 296 net passing yards, which takes out the seven yards lost on Purdy’s only sack. His individual line below shows 303 gross passing yards, and both figures are correct.
Passing stats
Chicago Bears
Player
C/Att
Yds
Avg
TD
INT
Sacks
Rating
Caleb Williams
25/42
330
7.9
2
0
0-0
100.3
San Francisco 49ers
Player
C/Att
Yds
Avg
TD
INT
Sacks
Rating
Brock Purdy
24/33
303
9.2
3
1
1-7
118.6
Rushing stats
Chicago Bears
Player
Car
Yds
Avg
TD
Long
D’Andre Swift
9
54
6.0
2
22
Kyle Monangai
8
38
4.8
0
18
Caleb Williams
5
18
3.6
0
6
Team total
22
110
5.0
2
22
San Francisco 49ers
Player
Car
Yds
Avg
TD
Long
Christian McCaffrey
23
140
6.1
1
41
Brock Purdy
6
28
4.7
2
10
Brian Robinson Jr.
4
22
5.5
0
15
Skyy Moore
1
10
10.0
0
10
Team total
34
200
5.9
3
41
Receiving stats
Chicago Bears
Player
Rec
Yds
Avg
TD
Long
Tgt
Luther Burden III
8
138
17.3
1
35
9
Colston Loveland
6
94
15.7
1
36
10
Jahdae Walker
2
30
15.0
0
19
4
D’Andre Swift
2
25
12.5
0
10
3
Cole Kmet
2
16
8.0
0
9
3
Durham Smythe
1
11
11.0
0
11
1
Kyle Monangai
3
9
3.0
0
11
4
DJ Moore
1
7
7.0
0
7
4
Devin Duvernay
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
Team total
25
330
13.2
2
36
39
San Francisco 49ers
Player
Rec
Yds
Avg
TD
Long
Tgt
Ricky Pearsall
5
85
17.0
0
30
8
Jake Tonges
7
60
8.6
1
18
9
Jauan Jennings
2
42
21.0
1
38
4
Christian McCaffrey
4
41
10.3
0
18
6
Demarcus Robinson
2
30
15.0
0
25
2
Kendrick Bourne
1
25
25.0
0
25
1
Kyle Juszczyk
2
14
7.0
1
8
2
Brian Robinson Jr.
1
6
6.0
0
6
1
Team total
24
303
12.6
3
38
33
Defensive stats
Chicago Bears
Player
Tot
Solo
Sacks
TFL
PD
QB Hits
TD
Tremaine Edmunds
9
7
0
0
0
0
0
T.J. Edwards
9
6
0
0
1
0
1
Jaquan Brisker
8
3
0
0
1
0
0
Nahshon Wright
7
6
0
0
0
0
0
Gervon Dexter Sr.
7
3
0
0
0
0
0
Montez Sweat
5
4
0
0
0
0
0
Joe Tryon-Shoyinka
5
4
0
1
0
0
0
C.J. Gardner-Johnson
5
2
0
0
1
0
0
Austin Booker
3
1
1
1
2
1
0
Andrew Billings
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
Grady Jarrett
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Elijah Hicks
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Jaylon Johnson
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
Kevin Byard
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Travis Homer
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jaylon Jones
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
D’Marco Jackson
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Josh Blackwell
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Dominique Robinson
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Daniel Hardy
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Noah Sewell
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Team total
78
41
1
3
6
1
1
San Francisco 49ers
Player
Tot
Solo
Sacks
TFL
PD
QB Hits
TD
Tatum Bethune
11
7
0
1
1
0
0
Dee Winters
7
7
0
1
0
0
0
Upton Stout
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
Deommodore Lenoir
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
Ji’Ayir Brown
4
1
0
0
1
0
0
Luke Gifford
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
Jason Pinnock
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
Kalia Davis
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
Darrell Luter Jr.
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
Malik Mustapha
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
Bryce Huff
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Alfred Collins
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
Chase Lucas
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Sam Okuayinonu
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
C.J. West
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Marques Sigle
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Siran Neal
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Keion White
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Yetur Gross-Matos
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Brayden Willis
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jordan Elliott
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Team total
58
35
0
4
5
3
0
Special teams stats
Kick returns
Chicago Bears
Player
No
Yds
Avg
Long
TD
Josh Blackwell
3
73
24.3
30
0
Devin Duvernay
1
29
29.0
29
0
Team total
4
102
25.5
30
0
San Francisco 49ers
Player
No
Yds
Avg
Long
TD
Skyy Moore
4
92
23.0
29
0
Punt returns
San Francisco 49ers
Player
No
Yds
Avg
Long
TD
Skyy Moore
2
11
5.5
11
0
Chicago had no punt returns.
Kicking
Player
Team
FG
Pct
Long
XP
Pts
Cairo Santos
CHI
1/1
100.0
29
5/5
8
Eddy Pineiro
SF
0/0
0.0
0
6/6
6
Punting
Player
Team
No
Yds
Avg
TB
In 20
Long
Tory Taylor
CHI
3
176
58.7
1
1
64
Thomas Morstead
SF
2
81
40.5
0
2
49
Turnovers and takeaways
The game’s only takeaway was Chicago’s, and it came before the offenses ran a play. T.J. Edwards caught a deflected pass on the opening snap and returned it 34 yards for a touchdown, the Bears’ first defensive score on a game’s first play in at least 45 years, per the Elias Sports Bureau. San Francisco’s lone giveaway was Purdy’s interception. Neither team lost a fumble.
Chicago Bears
Player
INT
Yds
TD
T.J. Edwards
1
34
1
San Francisco recorded no interceptions, and both teams finished with zero fumbles.
Game information
Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California. Attendance 71,836. The game kicked off Sunday night on NBC and Peacock. Referee: Alex Moore.
For one night, the box score pointed toward a long January for both teams. The win was San Francisco’s sixth in a row and kept the NFC’s top seed within reach heading into the regular-season finale against Seattle. Chicago, already the NFC North champion, lost the game and, with it, any route to the No. 1 seed.
Neither team ended up where that scoreboard suggested. Seattle won the finale 13-3 to take the top seed and the first-round bye, San Francisco slid to the sixth seed, and both the 49ers and Bears were knocked out in the divisional round. The Seahawks kept going and won Super Bowl LX on the same Levi’s Stadium field where this one was decided.
Claire R. Conant is the founder and editor of The Press Row. Born and raised in New York, she spent years covering professional sports across multiple leagues before launching this publication in April 2026, largely out of frustration with a sports media industry that had decided moving fast mattered more than being right. Her reporting covers the NFL, NBA, MLB, cricket, and international football, and every figure published under her byline is verified against official data before the piece moves. She started The Press Row because she believed readers who actually understood the game deserved a publication built to the same standard. That standard has not changed since day one, and it applies to every writer on staff.
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