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49ers claim No. 1 seed in National Football Conference with 26-21 win over Seahawks

The 49ers beat the Seattle Seahawks 26-21 on Sunday night to clinch the National Football Conference (NFC) West title.
San Francisco has home-field advantage throughout the conference playoffs after winning its first division title since 2012.
But it took a costly delay-of-game penalty by the Seahawks, a tough tackle by San Francisco rookie line backer Dre Greenlaw and a tense replay review before the 49ers could start to party, as per a report from the Associated Press (AP).
“It’s pretty incredible, especially from the start of the season and the hearsay and everything of our team and what we were going to do, and to come out here and get the one seed, it’s a pretty nice feeling,” AP quoted quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo as saying.
According to a report by AP, the 49ers (13-3) are the top seed in the NFC playoffs for the first time in 22 years and will face the conference’s lowest remaining seed at home on Saturday, Jan. 11. San Francisco was dominant in the first half and made enough big plays in the second to hold off Seattle’s rally from a 13-0 halftime deficit.
The AP report furthers that Garoppolo directed the entire performance, throwing for 285 yards. He hit his first nine passes, finished 18 of 22 and didn’t commit a turnover. AP reported that Lynch scored on a 1-yard TD plunge with 9:55 left to pull the Seahawks to 19-14. Skittles rained down on the field and the Seahawks had all the momentum.
San Francisco marched downfield with more big plays as Garoppolo hit George Kittle and Deebo Samuel. Mostert capped the drive with his second touchdown — a 13-yard run — and a 26-14 lead with 5:51 remaining.

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