Dec 16, 2012 07:58 PM EST
49ers vs. Patriots Score: Play-by-Play with Live Blog of Sunday Night Football Matchup

FINAL SCORE 49ers 41-31 Patriots

Onside kick recovered by 49ers. :36 seconds remaining ... 49ers take a knee! GAME OVER.

FG GOOD! :38 seconds left in the game... On-side kick coming.

1st & 10 .... Facing 4th & 4 now... FIRST DOWN! ... Will kick field goal. 

3rd & 3 incomplete to Lloyd... 4th & 3 .. Easy completion... Gain of 6

1st & 10 gain of seven ... 2nd & 3... Pass broken up

TOUCHBACK 1st & 10 from OWN 20 LLOYD Tip toes gets it in! First down

1:56 remaining in the game 

FG GOOD! 49ers get three more 

1st & 10 Pats gain of a yard... 2nd & 9 Gore runs it for two... 3rd & 7 James runs it to the edge. Down at the 10  

3rd & 5 BOWMAN BREAKS IT UP! 4th & 2 ... they go for it. NOTHING!!! Turover on downs and the Pats were 49ers 18

1st & 10 Brady incomplete pass.. 2nd & 10... gain of five

Holding on the Patriots--- 2:56 remaining --- Pats at OWN 3

2nd & 8 gain of five .......... 4th & 3 now for the 49ers... PUNT! Welker takes it to OWN 17 

4:40 remaining in the game-- 49ers at OWN 28 Gore runs it right. Gain of two

3rd & 15 SACK!!! Brady dropped!

1st & 10 at 49ers 50.... incomplete pass.. 2nd & 10 shotgun McDonald's helmet falls off and he still gets sack!!! 

Touchdown 49ers! PAT GOOD! 6:25 Pats will start from OWN 25

1st & 10 from OWN 38. Crabtree with the score! That was too fast! Took 18 seconds for the 49ers to answer back. 

6:43 remaining in the game--- 49ers bring it back! THERE'S OPENING!!! James runs it into Pats' territory

We're tied!!! Woodhead with the score!!! PAT GOOD!

Hurry up... 1st & 10 from OWN 18 LLOYD with the GRAB!!! Into 49ers territory. inside the 30

FLAG on the play. ---- Pats will take over from OWN 7. Bullet to Lloyd first down... 

3rd & 22 for the 49ers --- Gain of 8... Gore taken down before he can break away.... PUNT

49ers to receive --- Walker to the 27......... 1st & 10 

WE HAVE A GAME!

PASS INTERFERENCE! Down to the 49ers 5....... TOUCHDOWN!!! PAT GOOD!

Brady goes for the play action -- incomplete pass!

13:00 in the 4th quarter Patriots possess 3rd & 2 incomplete .... 4th & 2 they go for it. GOOD!

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1st & 10 gain of seven... 2nd & 3 FIRST DOWN... 

1st & 10 Hernandez gain of five... Pats getting yards little by little... Gain of 8 

2nd & 5 FIRST DOWN!

1st & 10 gain of five on Woodhead run

TOUCHDOWN 49ers 10:21 left t play in the third quarter 

1st & 10 CRABTREE IN FOR THE SCORE!!! Kaepernick threw into double coverage and Crabtree made the grab!

1st & 10 INTERCEPTION! A. Smith keeps the ball from hitting the ground. Picks it up and runs it. 

It looks like a bad call. Goldseon wen in with the shoulder. His Head whiplashed and then hit Hernandez.

1st & 10 from OWN 20 Brady over the middle to Hernandez. Flag on the play. A lot of flags on the play. More than likely a flag on the 49ers on a personal foul because Hernandez went down hard. 

TOUCHDOWN 49ERS!!! PAT Good!

Chop block on Pats. Still 49ers ball.... at the 2. Kaepernick Fumbles... Gore picks it up and runs it in!!!

2nd & 10 shotgun Pass to Hernandez .... 1st & 10.... 49ers force the fumble! and then run it back.! Flag on the play though

1st & 10.. incomplete to Welker... 

1st & 10 from OWN 20 for Pats... Lloyd wth the grab. Get down to OWN 49

1st & 5 Moss in motion.... Play action deep pass! Intercepted at the end zone. McCourty back-to-back games with an INT

1st & 10 Offsides coming, Gore gets a good gain though.... 

2nd & 5 Kapernick to Crabtree gains six... First down

1st & 10 Pats 49.... gain of five...

Gore gets first down after 20+ yard gain

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Akers FG GOOD

2nd & GOAL :08 Gore goes up the middle... TIMEOUT... FG coming

1st & GOAL Runs back to original line of scrimmage

1st & GOAL--- Ross gets a hand on it... looks like pass interference. It's on Moss

:25 remaining in the half--- Gore runs for a first down!

Kaepernick runs for the first down! ... after two plays.... 3rd & 6 Timeout 49ers

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3rd & 8

2nd & 10 Pitch to the left. James gains about a yard. 

1st & 10 Niners just get it off. Deep pass over the middle.... Davis overthrown

1st & 10 Gore ... gain of 13! ....1st & 10 Vernon Davis runs backwards... loses about three yards

2nd & 10 Gore gains seve.... 3rd & 3 shotgun Kaepernick runs out of trouble again, first down. Crabtree with shake and bake... 

Kaepernick on the field... 1st & 10 49ers ball Kaepernick avoids the sack. Off balance throw, broken up.

49ers might have touched the ball and Patriots jumped on it. 

4th & 6 PUNT!---- Ball looks to have been muffed. 

3rd & 6 incomplete pass... 

6:53 remaining in the half--- 

TOUCHDOWN Walker! Completely went untouched and caught ball in the end zone... PAT GOOD!

2nd & 2 49ers already in Patriots territory... 1st & 10 so cold you can see the players breathing.... TOUCHDOWN!!!

4th & GOAL FG GOOD! 

2nd & GOAL Brady throws pass incomplete... 3rd & GOAL Brady sacked!

1st & 10 Woodhead gains first... and then a gain of three.... 1st & GOAL 

3rd & 7 gain of three... 4th & 4 Brady goes fo it and gains about 8!

2nd & 7 Brown breaks up the play and goes down. 

2nd & 7 Hernandez makes catch. . . 1st & 10 gain of three 

1st & 10 Pats using hurry up... Empty back field Woodhead with diving grab

2nd & 10 Woodhead gains 10 for the first down

1st & 10 incomplete pass to Hernandez 

1st & 10 Patriots-- gain of one ... 2nd & 9 first down Lloyd dives for extra yardage

Kaepernick sneaks it in fumbles again.... Don't get first down... 

4th & inches--- FIrst Quarter Ends----

3rd & 1.. close to the first down. Depends on where they place it. Looks like a few inches short

2nd & 10 Gore gains nine 

1st & 10 from Patriots 35... Vernon Davis can't make the catch AND HE WAS WIDE OPEN! Couldn't make the over the shoulder catch

1st & 10 with 1:00 remaining in the first---  

3rd & 11 Brady pumpps.. FUMBLE!!! Vereen fumbles the screen. 49ers on it! 49ers take over. 

2nd & 8 Woodhead dropped no gain

49ers fake punt and get first down... Then they miss a FG wide left 

3rd & 10 Crabtree tries to make a catch... there's a flag.... 

2nd & 6 49ers fumble again... lost of five. 

1st & 10 gain of four to the left

6:13 remaining in the quater--- 

4th & 3 PUNT Ginn brings it up ... 49ers will start from around OWN 40

3rd & 3 shotgun A. Smith makes Brady throw pass away. 

2nd & 4 gain of a yard on running play to the right

1st & 10 from OWN 10 gain of six

Patriots will start from OWN 20 after a Holding call. Welker returned it for 18 yards and was up to the 48.

3rd & 2 Francis penetrates O'line. Kaepernick fumbles 4th down... 49ers punt

2nd & 6 shotgun Fake to Hunter, Gore takes it for four more

Gore takes it for a gain of about 4

1st & 10 Kaepernick in RGIII-like formation with three players in back field

Patriots only held the ball for over a minute in that possession

PUNT-- 49ers will take over at around OWN 11 yard line.

3rd & 8 Brady avoids a sack. A. Smith looked to have gotten there first. Held Brady by the jersey, Brady got pass off. Incomplete

Brady is sacked and the Pats are backed up after a 2nd and short

10:55 to play in the first quarter--- 

Kaepernick hit Randy Moss for a 24-yard touchdown. 

OBAMA is talking about the Sandy Hook incident. We will get you the action right away. 

3rd & 1 dropped for a loss! Patriots 

Ridley was down by contact. 3rd & 1 coming

Play under review. Fans cheer as they see the replay. 

2nd & 3 Fumble! Patriots fumble and 49ers recover!!! 

Patriots will start from own 15-- 1st & 10 Brady passes. Gain 7

Kickoff is a couple of minutes left. Let us know who you will be rooting for in the discussion section at the bottom of the page. 

The 49ers need this one as the Seahawks won their matchup against the Bills. A loss will cut their lead to just .5 games. 

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An exciting day of football will wrap up with first place teams on the field as the San Francisco 49ers take on the New England Patriots for Week 15s Sunday Night Football.

The Patriots being to the field the best offense in the NFL. They are beating down opponents and are on an EIGHT GAME WINNING STREAK.

As for the 49ers, they have slacked in previous weeks allowing the Seahawks to not only become a force in the NFC Wild Card, but a force out of the NFC West with chances of winning the division.

At one point, the 49ers had the best defense on the NFL. Though they lost to the St. Louis Rams, the 49ers are still dangerous.

The Patriots' offensive line will have to worry about contending against the Smith Bros on defense, Alvin and Justin.

However, don't look for Tom Brady to be scared in the pocket. Last week he had plenty of protection giving him time to step up and make passes down the field. J.J. Watt became irrelevant in that matchup and was barely able to disrupt plays.

Brady and his offense were able to light up the No. 1 seed Houston Texans.

All of a sudden the Patriots are a Super Bowl favorite and their 3-3 start has been erased.

Join us for the live blog of this potential Super Bowl preview. Refresh the page for the latest updates from our play-by-play with scoring updates and colorful commentary.

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