SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers went deep in the playbook to open up the scoring against the Arizona Cardinals.
Coach Kyle Shanahan dialed up a hook-and-ladder call on San Francisco's third play from scrimmage Sunday to turn a precarious third-and-12 from deep in 49ers territory into an 82-yard score.
Brock Purdy threw a quick 6-yard pass to Mike Evans, who flipped it back 4 yards to a sprinting Deebo Samuel as he was being tackled well short of the first down. Samuel then sprinted down the sideline, broke a tackle near midfield and scored to make it 7-0.
The scoring on the play is unusual with Evans getting credit for a 2-yard catch and Samuel getting credit for 80 yards receiving and a TD reception without catching a pass. Purdy gets credit for the entire play 82-yard pass play and touchdown.
The 80 yards receiving on a touchdown without being credited with a catch are the most on any play since at least 2000. The previous high was 52 yards for Kenyan Drake on a game-ending touchdown for Miami to beat New England on Dec. 9, 2018. On that play, Ryan Tannehill threw a 14-yard pass to Kenny Stills, who lateraled to DeVante Parker. Parker ran 3 yards before flipping it to Drake, who ran the rest of the way for the score that gave the Dolphins a 34-33 win.
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San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. (19) runs toward the end zone past Arizona Cardinals cornerback Denzel Burke (29) to score during the first half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Kelley L. Cox)
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. (19) catches a lateral from wide receiver Mike Evans (5) before running for a touchdown on the play during the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Kelley L. Cox)
BOSTON (AP) — Residents of coastal communities in the Northeast slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor’easter pummeled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes.
Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods in New Jersey while wind gusts toppled trees on New York's Long Island, damaging homes and bringing down utility poles.
In the New Jersey beach town of Sea Bright, each high tide brought a new round of flooding. “It's not like a one-time occurrence,” said Caroline Virenius, whose garage filled with about a foot of water (30 centimeters). “It's getting wet again and again.”
The slow-moving storm, which killed a New York City housing authority worker when a tree fell Saturday, was expected to linger through Sunday with heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous surf all the way to New England.
Extreme amounts of rain — more than 4 inches (10 centimeters) since Friday in some spots in New Jersey — combined with a surging ocean led to flooding amounts not seen for close to a decade in places used to dealing with high water, residents said.
The nor’easter triggered memories of Superstorm Sandy, which left behind over $60 billion in damage across the eastern U.S. in 2012. While this storm’s impact has been nowhere near that, it could be the first of several along the East Coast this fall because of an El Niño climate pattern that’s disrupting this year’s weather.
Images of waves crashing into sea walls and onto beaches raised concerns about coastal erosion.
Well over 100,000 customers were without power across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic at times on Sunday, according to PowerOutage.us. The most widespread outages were in counties along the coast from New Jersey to Connecticut.
Numerous flights were canceled or delayed up and down the coast. More than 250 flights had been canceled at Boston Logan International Airport by late Sunday morning as wind gusts reached 40 mph (64 kph), according to the Massachusetts Port Authority.
The worst of the remaining rainfall was expected Sunday from northern New Jersey into southern New England.
While the storm was gradually weakening, tidal flooding would stay through high-tide cycles Sunday night, said Bob Oravec, a lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.
In New York City, water a few inches deep filled streets in the Howard Beach neighborhood but didn’t deter residents from venturing out for coffee Sunday morning.
Carole Ann Palmer, who owns Jingles Bait and Tackle in North Beach Haven, New Jersey, said this was the worst flooding she’s seen in 10 years.
“Yesterday, I was like, oh my God, it just keeps getting higher and higher,” said Palmer, who lives above the store.
The front step was swept away in the storm and she saw neighbors kayaking through the streets on Saturday.
Her biggest problem on Sunday was taking her two puppies outside to relieve themselves. She had to put on waders and carry them to dry land.
“I take one at the time, carry them across the street so they can do their business and then come back, dry them off and then do the other one. It’s a workout,” Palmer said.
Bernard Dowd waded through tidal water Sunday to get to his Sea Bright home, a day after he got back from work to find his basement “filled up like a swimming pool.”
But he said the situation around his neighborhood likely would have been much worse if it weren’t for new rules requiring homeowners to raise the height of their homes in the wake of Sandy, which devastated the community.
He also noticed that many around the community had lined their home and businesses with sandbags — something he wishes he would have done.
“I'm always thinking they are hyping the storm,” he said.
Seewer reported from Toledo, Ohio. AP journalists Mikella Schuettler in Phoenix and Julie Walker in New York contributed.
Chris Ransom reacts as he stands on a flooded street during a nor'easter storm on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Sea Bright, N.J. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Bernard Dowd walk on flooded street during a nor'easter storm on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Sea Bright, N.J. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
People watch the ocean as a nor'easter storm hits Rye, New Hampshire, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Resident Chris Ransom stands on a flooded street during a nor'easter storm on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Sea Bright, N.J. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Bernard Dowd checks his flooded basement during a nor'easter storm on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Sea Bright, N.J. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
People clean a flooded pizza restaurant during a nor'easter storm on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Sea Bright, N.J. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Bernard Dowd checks his flooded basement during a nor'easter on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Sea Bright, N.J. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
In this photo made with a smartphone, people watch the waves at Nubble Lighthouse in York, Maine, during a nor'easter, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Jose Rosario pulls an extension cord out of his flooded garage to connect to a generator on Catherine St. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, in Long Branch, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Brenda Malloy enjoys a nor'easter storm, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Gloucester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Ted Friedli kayaks his way through a flooded section of Florence Ave. during a nor'easter in Long Branch, N.J., Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026 (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Denise Taylor of Manchester, N.H., is buffeted by the wind as she films the raging sea during a nor'easter storm in Hampton, N.H., Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
