NFL SCHEDULE

DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS Saturday’s results

AFC: (1) Ravens 34, (4) Texans 10

NFC: (1) 49ers 24, (7) Packers 21

Sunday’s results

NFC: (3) Lions 31, (4) Buccaneers 23

AFC: (3) Chiefs at (2) Bills, late

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday

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rushed for 98 yards on 17 carries.

Love put the Niners in the unusual spot of playing from behind. Green Bay converted a third-and-15 when Ambry Thomas was called for a 41-yard pass interference penalty against Bo Melton. Love and Melton connected on the next play for a wideopen 19-yard touchdown aided by Tashaun Gipson slipping on the wet grass in coverage.

After Mccaffrey put San Francisco back in the lead with a 39-yard TD run, Green Bay struck quickly thanks to a 73-yard kick return by All-pro Keisean Nixon that he fumbled, only to have teammate Eric Wilson recover.

Four plays later, Love threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Kraft and the Packers extended the lead to 21-14 on a 2-point conversion pass to Aaron Jones.

“It was the story of our whole team,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said. “There was times when we were all off.”

The Niners were the first team to make the playoffs in 13 seasons without overcoming a second-half deficit to win a game.

They got a 52-yard field goal from Jake Moody on the first play of the fourth quarter to make it a fourpoint game, and it stayed there when rookie Anders Carlson missed a 41-yarder

for Green Bay.

The Packers moved the ball easily in the first half, getting into the red zone on three straight drives to open the game. But they couldn’t finishing any of them off, setting for two field goals and getting stopped on a fourth-and-1 sneak. They became the first team in 20 years to reach the red zone on their first three drives of a playoff game without getting a TD.

The Niners made them pay for that with Purdy hitting George Kittle on a 32-yard pass on the run for a TD that gave San Francisco the lead.

But San Francisco squandered another chance late in the half when Shanahan wasted time before settling for a 48-yard field goal attempt by Moody that was blocked by Colby Wooden to send the Niners into the half with a 7-6 lead.

Jones finished with 108 yards on 18 carries for the Packers, and Love was 21 of 34 for 194 yards for the Packers, who overcame a 2-5 start to the season to make it this far.

“For us to lose this game certainly stings and I’m sure it’s going to sting for a long time,” coach Matt Lafleur said. “But I was proud of the effort of our guys, our ability to weather some real adversity throughout the course of the season and stick together.”