Super Bowl 2024: 49ers take 3-0 lead over Chiefs with field goal – live

49ers 3-0 Chiefs, 6:22, 2nd quarter

Purdy gets nothing on first down but on 2nd and 10, Purdy finds Samuel for a 12-yard gain. That’s a first down. McCaffrey gets six yards on his first carry and gets a first down on his next carry. 49ers already at the Chiefs’ 44.

49ers 3-0 Chiefs, 7:49, 2nd quarter

It’s a three-and-out for the Chiefs after a 10-yard penalty on Mahomes for intentional grounding puts them in a hole! Townsend’s punt will put the 49ers at their own 33. Not bad starting position for them.

It doesn’t happen because there are a lot of players on both sides and substitutions are rather frequent and the action goes by very fast!

We do try to keep track of injuries and we have a bad one here, as San Francisco defensive lineman Dre Greenlaw suffered a non-contact injury on the side while getting ready to go in. He’s carted off with a lower-left leg injury.

McCaffrey gets stuffed for no gain on 2nd & 9. On the next play, Purdy gets sacked for four yards so the 49ers are going to punt. Richie James muffs the catch at the Kansas City 20 but recovers, so that’s where they will start.

Purdy scambles on the first play and picks up nine yards but it’s a horse collar tackle on Nick Bolton so that’s a 15-yard penalty on Kansas City. 49ers at their own 32 with a fresh set of downs. On the next play, Samuel picks up a single yard.

A Super Bowl record has fallen. San Francisco rookie kicker Jake Moody’s 55-yard field goal to open tonight’s scoring is the longest in the game’s nearly six-decade history. The other longest efforts:

54 Steve Christie, Buffalo v Dallas, XXVIII
53 Greg Zuerlein, LA Rams v New England, LIII
52 Harrison Butker, Kansas City v Tampa Bay, LV
52 Ryan Succop, Tampa Bay v Kansas City, LV

That will require a bit more scoring than we’ve had so far in this first half but if any two teams are capable of that, it’s these two.

Fumble! 49ers 3-0 Chiefs, 11:59, 2nd quarter
Rice picks up four yards, the ball comes out but it’s recovered my Kansas City. That allows Mahomes to throw deep to Mecole Hardman for a 53-yard gain! They are at the San Francisco 9!

They are at San Francisco’s doorstep … and Pacheco fumbles! Oh my stars! Javon Hargrave will the recovery that prevents an almost certain touchdown! The 49ers will start at their own eight-yard line!

49ers 3-0 Chiefs, 14:15, 2nd quarter

Jake “Not Jack, Hunter” Moody’s kick is a touchback. The Chiefs will start at their 25. Mahomes’s pass to Pacheco is good for a seven-yard gain. 2nd and 3, it’s Pacheco again. He picks up two yards. It’s 3rd and 1 at their own 34.