Brock Purdy accounts for 5 TDs as 49ers hang on in shootout with Bears

Brock Purdy passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more while Christian McCaffrey had 181 scrimmage yards and a score as the host San Francisco 49ers edged the Chicago Bears 42-38 on Sunday night in Santa Clara, California.

San Francisco (12-4) went ahead on a 38-yard touchdown pass from Purdy to Jauan Jennings with 2:15 to go before holding on against ​cardiac Chicago.

The Bears (11-5) were unable to add to their NFL-record six victories ‍when trailing ⁠in the final two minutes of regulation. Chicago drove to ‍the San Francisco 2-yard line on its final possession, including a fourth-and-5 conversion from the 26, before Caleb Williams threw incomplete on the final play.