Jalen Hurts had one of Philadelphia’s four rushing touchdowns and the Eagles are off to the Super Bowl, after forcing both of San Francisco’s quarterbacks out of the game with injuries and beating the 49ers 31-7 in the NFC championship game.
The Eagles, who won the Super Bowl five years ago with a different coach and quarterback, will try to do it again behind the duo of Hurts and coach Nick Sirianni.
Philadelphia will play their former coach Andy Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs.
Hurts was 15-of-25 passing for 121 yards and ran for just 39.
Miles Sanders ran for two touchdowns and linebacker Haason Reddick made the hit that forced 49ers rookie quarterback Brock Purdy out of the game with an elbow injury. Reddick also recovered a fumble by Purdy’s replacement, Josh Johnson, who later suffered a concussion.
That forced Purdy back into the game, but his injury was clearly a factor as the 49ers all but gave up on throwing the ball, even while trailing by multiple scores.
