| Atlanta Falcons at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1987 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 54275 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 54 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Jerry Rice 5 pass from Steve Young (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Jerry Rice 20 pass from Steve Young (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Sylvester Stamps 97 kickoff return (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Joe Cribbs 92 kickoff return (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Steve Young 29 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Jerry Rice 1 pass from Steve Young (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 35 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Gerald Riggs | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 |
| ATL | John Settle | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| ATL | Kenny Flowers | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| ATL | Chris Miller | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | Steve Young | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 29t | 1 |
| SF | Roger Craig | 19 | 69 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| SF | Joe Cribbs | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 |
| SF | Tom Rathman | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| SF | Harry Sydney | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| SF | Jerry Rice | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| ATL | Chris Miller | 36 | 13 | 36.1 | 4 | 186 | 5.2 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 14.1 |
| SF | Steve Young | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 0 | 216 | 7.2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 90.4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Aubrey Matthews | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 29 | 0 |
| ATL | John Settle | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 12 | 0 |
| ATL | Gerald Riggs | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 48 | 0 |
| ATL | Floyd Dixon | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| ATL | Arthur Cox | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| SF | Jerry Rice | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 20t | 2 |
| SF | John Taylor | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 27 | 0 |
| SF | John Frank | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 |
| SF | Roger Craig | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
| SF | Brent Jones | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| SF | Tom Rathman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Carlton Williamson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| SF | Tory Nixon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| SF | Don Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | Ronnie Lott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| ATL | Rick Donnelly | 7 | 267 | 38.1 | 51 | 0 |
| SF | Max Runager | 6 | 241 | 40.2 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Billy Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| SF | Dana McLemore | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Sylvester Stamps | 5 | 177 | 35.4 | 97 | 1 |
| ATL | John Settle | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| SF | Joe Cribbs | 1 | 92 | 92.0 | 92 | 1 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| ATL | Rick Bryan | 0.5 |
| ATL | Dennis Harrison | 0.5 |
| SF | Dwaine Board | 1.0 |
| SF | Milt McColl | 1.0 |
| SF | Jeff Stover | 1.0 |
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