The 49ers got back in the win column on Sunday, beating the Bears 38-13.

They dominated the first half, scoring on four of their first five possessions and holding the Bears to just four total yards of offense at the break. The defense relented some in the second half, but the Bears never even made it a two-score game.

Brock Purdy was 20-for-25 passing for 325 yards and two touchdowns. He was shaken up after a high hit in the fourth quarter, but returned to the game one play later.

Isaac Guerendo rushed 15 times for 78 yards and two touchdowns before going to the locker room early with a foot injury. Patrick Taylor Jr. spelled him and scored a fourth-quarter touchdown, totaling 25 yards on seven carries.

George Kittle did not score, but he made up almost half of Purdy’s passing yards, catching six balls for 151 yards. Jauan Jennings caught two touchdowns from Purdy and had seven receptions for 90 yards.

Here’s what coach Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers had to say after the win:

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan keeps an eye on a punt return against the Chicago Bears in the second quarter at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 

Kyle Shanahan

On Guerendo’s injury:

We’re not sure. Possible foot sprain. X-rays for sure didn’t show anything, so we’re looking into more tomorrow.

On the win:

We had to step it up today. Wanted to play well and I thought we did play well. Most important thing was getting a win and we got it done.

On Guerendo:

I thought Isaac looked real good today. Ran hard, affected the game in the pass game and hopefully we get some good news on his injury.

On his concern about Purdy after he was down:

They talked to me in my headset and stuff and by the time he got to the sideline, they told me it was good, so it was short-lived.

On Talanoa Hufanga’s return:

I was just pumped to get Huf out there in uniform. … To get him out there, just the emotions of it, I thought, sparked our team.

On Patrick Taylor:

When we’ve given Patrick runs, going back to the preseason and in practice, he’s a good runner. He hits the right spots, he runs hard. So he’s a guy who can definitely help us.

On whether he tried to fire the team up pregame:

Every time you go into a meeting as a coach, you want to figure out something that’s going to affect the players. … It’s very rarely some special words change how guys play, but we did talk about the importance of this where we were at. Regardless of the result, I wanted to make sure that we came out today and just showed grit. We wanted to fight and these last two weeks, just not making it a game was something we weren’t proud of. We were ready to battle today.

On building momentum and Thursday’s game against the Rams:

We feel good right now. We played well. It’s gonna come fast, and the only way we’re gonna really enjoy today is if we take care of business on Thursday, and then we’ll have three days to kind of enjoy it and come back and deal with our last three games. But if you don’t take care of business on Thursday, not much to celebrate about today.

On winning in a must-win game:

We got gritty dudes all over, but when you have your backs against the wall like we have had, that’s when it’s your opportunity to show that your team can still play with some grit, your team can have some resilience. When we’ve been in those situations this year where we needed to, we haven’t. I think we’ve done it a lot in the past, so we know how it looks and we know what it feels like but the opportunities that we’ve had this year, we haven’t gotten that done.

On rumors he could be traded to Chicago:

I don’t know why (rumors) come out, but I don’t want to be any place in the world more than here and my family feels the same, if not stronger.

On Kittle:

When you can get George the ball versus the right look, I think everyone sees how explosive he is. We just gave him some crap for getting tackled inside the 5 twice, but he was unbelievable today.

On Purdy:

He’s been battling. He’s been awesome in practice, he’s been great in meetings and I was real happy for today because he played his ass off and he was decisive in everything he did, and he’s always a competitor.

On the first half:

That first half went pretty well. Having I think over 300 yards in a half and our defense gave up (four). I don’t think anyone in the leag’s done that in a half this year on both sides (of the ball).

On the start:

We got the ball first and we scored and then our defense got it right back to us and it kind of went that way the whole half.

San Francisco 49ers’ Fred Warner (54) leaves the field following their 38-13 win over the Chicago Bears at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 

Fred Warner

On the game:

We just got back to being us, honestly. The product we were putting on the field the last couple weeks just wasn’t us.

On the start:

The offense came out and scored right away and then we went out there on defense and got those stops early on and played a great half of football.

On whether they practiced better this week:

We practiced really well in those weeks. It just didn’t translate on the field. Today you saw it translate with execution, you know, when it mattered most.

On the one-game focus:

We just wanted one win. That was the goal today, to just get one win. And then now, obviously we got that, and it’s the same minset this week, just one win. Thursday night against a divisional opponent and we gotta win in the division. We gotta win all of these, honestly, but it’s just about one game.

On potentially having Greenlaw back Thursday:

I’ve been waiting for that moment the entire season. To potentially have him out there again with me, it means everything.

On the mentality the rest of the season:

We’re just treating it one week at a time, it’s a one-game mentality.

San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Brock Purdy (13) throws against the Chicago Bears in the first quarter at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 

Brock Purdy

On the win:

Where we’re at, every week matters. We all know that. So I think the biggest thing was just getting some energy and momentum. This leag is hard, it’s tough. And if you don’t have momentum or energy, man, or belief within building, it can be really tough.

On his message to the team last night:

Just trying to keep it real and remind guys this isn’t easy. This job isn’t for everybody but who we have in this building, we have what it takes. We’ve shown that the last couple years and we just got to dig deep and find ourselves. I think we did, I think guys responded.

On Kittle:

You get the ball in his hands like that and he can get all the YAC after. He’s just so explosive. For where he’s at in his career to continue to put up those kind of numbers and be that dominant, it’s a pretty sweet thing.

On the hit that took him out of the game

It was just a weird hit. My body was in an awkward position and, you know, for me, never really been in a situation like that. So I was just like sort of in shock. I felt some stuff within my body and I was just letting myself cool down. That’s why I went out for a play and just made sure I was being smart about it and I was fine.

San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Brock Purdy (13) smiles after San Francisco 49ers’ Patrick Taylor Jr. (32) scored a touchdown against the Chicago Bears in the fourth quarter at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)