| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1978 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 56674 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 19 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | Jack Steptoe 35 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 40 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Dexter Bussey 4 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Dexter Bussey 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Jimmy Allen 64 opponents fumble recovery (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Freddie Solomon 11 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 31 FG | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 22 FG | 14 | 33 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Paul Hofer | 15 | 96 | 6.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Bobby Ferrell | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Scott Bull | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Earl Carr | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 19 | 51 | 2.7 | 13 | 2 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| David Hill | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Luther Blue | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 85 | 9.4 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 48.1 |
| Scott Bull | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 39.6 | |
| Steve DeBerg | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 97 | 32.3 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Bruce Threadgill | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 1 | 180 | 6.0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 54.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Paul Seal | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Jack Steptoe | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Kenny Harrison | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bobby Ferrell | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Luther Blue | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 13 | 0 |
| David Hill | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ricky Odom | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ed O'Neil | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Luther Bradley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Mike Connell | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 47 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 7 | 310 | 44.3 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Mike Shumann | 3 | 1 | 36 | 12.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Jack Steptoe | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Luther Blue | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dave Williams | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 27 | 0 | |
| Paul Hofer | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| James Hunter | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Willie McGee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Joe Harris | 1.0 |
| Archie Reese | 1.0 |
| Dan Bunz | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 2.0 |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.0 |
| Charlie Weaver | 1.0 |
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