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49ERS 27 RAMS 7. PURDY 3 TD. MELBOURNE.

RESULT — 49ers rout Rams in NFL’s first Australia regular-season game. Netflix TNF / MCG. Purdy 3 TD. FILE_UPDATE_READY.

Desk file · 18 SEP 2026 · 07:55 GMT

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Melbourne Cricket Ground panorama, 1 October 2011 — archival stadium still by Richard Munckton; not Thursday/Friday NFL game action

Photo: Richard Munckton / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) — MCG panorama 1 Oct 2011; archival stadium — NOT game action

MELBOURNE — The San Francisco 49ers open the season with a 27–7 win over the Los Angeles Rams at Melbourne Cricket Ground, the NFL’s first regular-season game in Australia. Brock Purdy throws three touchdown passes. Kickoff Extra PREP is lifted. Scoreboard is locked to Reuters / Field Level Media, NBC News/AP and Guardian wraps dated 10–11 September 2026. PATH /sport/nfl-49ers-rams-netflix-tnf. DESK_ID nfl-49ers-rams-netflix-tnf.

Locked final. Final: 49ers 27, Rams 7. Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Stream / package: Netflix TNF / NFL Melbourne Game. US kick window: Thu 10 Sep 2026, 8:35 p.m. ET / 5:35 p.m. PT. Local tip: Fri 11 Sep 2026 ~10:35 a.m. AEST. Crowd (AP/NBC): 100,021 — seventh-largest regular-season crowd in NFL history (attributed). Purdy: 3 TD passes; 25/34, 205 yards (Reuters/FLM). TD receivers: Mike Evans, Demarcus Robinson, Deebo Samuel (AP/NBC / Guardian). Rams lone score: Kyren Williams 5-yard rush (opens second quarter) — first NFL TD in Australia (wraps). Stafford: 15/25, 155 yards (Reuters/FLM).

49ers 27, Rams 7. Purdy three TDs. First Australia regular-season NFL game — Melbourne.
— NTH MERIDIAN Sport Extra — TNF RESULT, 11 September 2026

How the game ran (attributed only). San Francisco trails 7–3 before rattling off 24 unanswered points (Reuters/FLM). Williams’s plunge opens the second quarter for Los Angeles. Purdy shakes a first-half interception and hits former Ram Demarcus Robinson for a 39-yard score to make it 10–7. Out of half, Samuel’s 45-yard kickoff return sets up Evans for a short TD (AP/NBC).

Momentum flips harder when Rams coach Sean McVay bypasses a short field goal and goes for it on fourth-and-goal inside the 49ers’ 1; San Francisco stuffs Matthew Stafford’s sneak with 3:41 left in the third, still up 17–7 (Reuters/FLM). Purdy then drives 99 yards in 11 plays and scrambles right to hit Samuel for a 15-yard TD and 24–7. Dre Greenlaw strips Tyler Higbee; Eddy Pineiro drills a 56-yard field goal for 27–7 (Reuters/FLM).

Christian McCaffrey posts 88 total yards; San Francisco rushes for 174 (Reuters/FLM). Rams go 2-of-9 on third down and 1-of-3 on fourth. It is only the second time in Stafford’s last 85 starts he is held under 10 points (Reuters/FLM). Marquee Rams edge Myles Garrett spends multiple second-half series on the sideline with no QB hits, sacks or tackles in the wrap. Extra invents no deeper snap charts beyond those lines.

Broadcast path (unchanged from PREP). Netflix Tudum / club how-to-watch still govern the house: Noah Eagle play-by-play, Luke Kuechly analyst, sidelines MJ Acosta-Ruiz and Tom Pelissero, studio host Elle Duncan. Pregame window 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT. Local L.A. path also KNBC per therams.com. Jonas Brothers halftime was billed — Extra does not invent a review. VIDEO: prefer a later rights-clear Netflix/NFL package; none locked this pass.

Confirmed vs claim. Final 27–7 — LOCKED Reuters/FLM, AP/NBC, Guardian. Purdy 3 TD — LOCKED. First Australia regular-season NFL game — LOCKED. Crowd 100,021 — ATTRIB AP/NBC. Deeper advanced metrics — HOLD unless official NFL.com box expands.

Still discipline. Hero: Richard Munckton / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) — MCG panorama 1 Oct 2011. Caption MUST say archival stadium still — not game action. Secondary SoFi aerial (Benoît Prieur CC0) remains labeled NOT Melbourne. Official club crests OK for identification. VIDEO=no. No AI imagery.

CLAIM vs CONFIRMED. CONFIRMED RESULT: 49ers 27, Rams 7; Purdy 3 TD (Evans, Robinson, Samuel); 25/34, 205 yards; Stafford 15/25, 155; Williams 5-yd TD only Rams score; MCG; Netflix TNF; first Australia regular-season NFL game; crowd 100,021 ATTRIB AP/NBC (Reuters/FLM). HOLD invent deeper box beyond attributed wraps. PREP score HOLD lifted on same DESK_ID. FALSE framing — do not use: “Nth Meridian invents a Melbourne box score.” VIDEO=no. Nailed down, 11 September 2026, 07:55 GMT. PATH /sport/nfl-49ers-rams-netflix-tnf. DESK_ID nfl-49ers-rams-netflix-tnf. Beat SPORT / TNF RESULT EXTRA. PHOTO: Richard Munckton / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). NTH MERIDIAN does not invent scores.

DESK_ID nfl-49ers-rams-netflix-tnf. Canonical /sport/nfl-49ers-rams-netflix-tnf. Filed 11 September 2026, 07:55 GMT. FILE_UPDATE RESULT — PREP score HOLD lifted. Verification: Reuters/FLM www.reuters.com/sports/nfl/49ers-blitz-star-studded-rams-27-7--flm-2026-09-11/ ; NBC/AP; Guardian Melbourne wrap; Netflix Tudum how-to-watch — verification only, do not republish. Photo: Richard Munckton / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) — MCG panorama 1 Oct 2011, not game action. VIDEO=no. AdSense untouched. NTH MERIDIAN does not invent scores.

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