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Late in the first half, disaster struck for Dallas. He would go on to make his final two kicks of the game, both field goals from 25 and 43 yards out. Cowboys kicker Brett Maher, though, fresh off setting an NFL record by missing four extra point tries against the Buccaneers last week, had his extra point blocked.

On the ensuing possession, Dallas drove 74 yards on 14 plays, with Dalton Schultz finding the end zone on a play-action pass from Prescott. The Niners began their drive on the Dallas 21-yard line, but the Cowboys' defensive line continually got pressure on Brock Purdy and held San Francisco to a field goal. Prescott was looking for Michael Gallup on a comeback route on third-and-long, but Deommodore Lenoir jumped the route and picked it off. San Francisco got the scoring started late in the first quarter after being set up with a short field in the wake of a Dak Prescott interception. San Francisco forced two Dak Prescott interceptions, and their offense turned both of those into field goals, critical in a game they won by only seven points. While Purdy is re-writing the history books with his play as the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft, the reason the 49ers ended the Cowboys season on Sunday is because of their defense. On the other side, the Cowboys run the longest streak of playoff appearances in NFL history without a conference title game appearance to 12. It's a historical result as rookie Brock Purdy will now become the fourth quarterback drafted in the 6th round or later, or undrafted, to reach a Conference Championship in his 1st season as a starter, joining Dieter Brock (1985 ), Kurt Warner (1999), and Tom Brady (2001).

It was an ugly, back-and-forth struggle for all 60 minutes - lacking in the beauty that comprised the Dallas Cowboys-San Francisco 49ers playoff showdowns of the 80's and 90's that had Joe Montana, Steve Young, Roger Craig, and Jerry Rice on one side and Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, and Michael Irvin on the other - and as expected, the 49ers did what they have done in each of their previous divisional round showdowns: done what they needed to do to advance to the NFC Championship Game, this time winning by a 19-12 score.