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

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TheSeattle Seahawkspunched their ticket to the NFC Championship game with a 41-6 stomping of their division rival San Francisco 49ers in Saturday’s divisional round playoff game.

Seahawks quarterbackSam Darnoldtook the field amid doubt that he would be able to play due to an oblique injury.Darnold threw for 124 yards and one touchdown, while Seattle’s running game took care of most of the offense.

Running back Kenneth Walker III had 116 rushing yards with three touchdowns.

Christian McCaffrey of the San Francisco 49ers runs the ball against the Seahawks in the NFC divisional playoff game at Lumen Field on Jan.17, 2026, in Seattle.(Harry How/Getty Images)

San Francisco quarterbackBrock Purdyhad 140 passing yards with no touchdowns and one interception, as he was never able to get the 49ers offense into the end zone, only managing two field goal drives.

Seattle will now await the winner of Sunday’s other NFC divisional round game between theChicago Bearsand Los Angeles Rams to see who their opponent will be.

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Seattle hasn’t been back to the NFC Championship since 2014, when they sought to defend their Super Bowl title, beatingAaron Rodgersand the Green Bay Packers at home.But they fell short to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.

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Kenneth Walker III of the Seahawks scores a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers at Lumen Field on Jan.17, 2026, in Seattle.(Sean M.Haffey/Getty Images)

Darnold will be looking to put an exclamation point on a dramatic resurgence after a slow start to his pro career with the New York Jets.Darnold has also found some big-game redemption after faltering for theMinnesota Vikingslate in the season last year.

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