| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1968 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 53555 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 58 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Clifton McNeil 65 pass from John Brodie (Dennis Patera kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Lem Barney 94 missed field goal return (Jerry DePoyster kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dick Witcher 12 own fumble recovery (Dennis Patera kick) | 14 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Dick Witcher |
| 76 | LOT | Len Rohde |
| 66 | LOG | Elmer Collett |
| 77 | C | Bruce Bosley |
| 68 | ROG | Howard Mudd |
| 79 | ROT | Cas Banaszek |
| 44 | TE | John David Crow |
| 12 | QB | John Brodie |
| 22 | HB | Gary Lewis |
| 85 | FL | Clifton McNeil |
| 40 | FB | Ken Willard |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Stan Hindman |
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 60 | RDT | Roland Lakes |
| 74 | RDE | Clark Miller |
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox |
| 50 | MLB | Ed Beard |
| 55 | RLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 32 | LCB | Mel Phillips |
| 27 | LS | Al Randolph |
| 30 | RS | Johnny Fuller |
| 39 | RCB | Kermit Alexander |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | SE | Earl McCullouch |
| 73 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 79 | ROT | Charlie Bradshaw |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 38 | HB | Bill Triplett |
| 3 | FL | Billy Gambrell |
| 24 | FB | Mel Farr |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Baker |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 84 | RDE | Joe Robb |
| 58 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ken Willard | 20 | 88 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Gary Lewis | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Tucker | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Kopay | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Mel Farr | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 37 | 22 | 59.5 | 0 | 239 | 6.5 | 65t | 1 | 3 | 23 | 87.6 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 35 | 15 | 42.9 | 1 | 169 | 4.8 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 46.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Clifton McNeil | 9 | 143 | 15.9 | 65t | 1 |
| Gary Lewis | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 31 | 0 |
| John David Crow | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Witcher | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Ken Willard | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Kopay | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Gambrell | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Johnny Fuller | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Steve Spurrier | 9 | 354 | 39.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jerry DePoyster | 8 | 345 | 43.1 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Johnny Fuller | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Kermit Alexander | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 6 | 1 | 42 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Doug Cunningham | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ed Mooney | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
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