| San Francisco 49ers at Houston Oilers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 15, 1970 Location: Houston, TX Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 43040 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Jimmy Thomas 54 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Hopkins 4 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Gerela 26 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Safety, Spike Jones punt blocked out of end zone by Al Randolph | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dick Witcher 9 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Gerela 26 FG | 16 | 13 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ken Willard 3 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 23 | 13 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gene Washington 15 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 30 | 13 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Hopkins 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 30 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 88 | WR | Dick Witcher |
| 76 | LOT | Len Rohde |
| 66 | LOG | Elmer Collett |
| 75 | C | Forrest Blue |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 79 | ROT | Cas Banaszek |
| 89 | TE | Bob Windsor |
| 12 | QB | John Brodie |
| 42 | RB | Doug Cunningham |
| 40 | RB | Ken Willard |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 60 | RDT | Roland Lakes |
| 72 | RDE | Bill Belk |
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox |
| 57 | MLB | Frank Nunley |
| 52 | RLB | Skip Vanderbundt |
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Johnson |
| 32 | LS | Mel Phillips |
| 25 | RS | Rosey Taylor |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 23 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 62 | LOG | Ken Gray |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 36 | RB | Roy Hopkins |
| 24 | RB | Mike Richardson |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 74 | LDT | Willie Parker |
| 71 | RDT | Tom Domres |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 56 | LLB | Olen Underwood |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 58 | RLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 44 | RS | Johnny Peacock |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Doug Cunningham | 18 | 92 | 5.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Willard | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 7 | 1 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Ted Kwalick | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Tucker | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Roy Hopkins | 16 | 78 | 4.9 | 12 | 2 |
| Mike Richardson | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | -16 | -16.0 | -16 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | 1 | 205 | 7.9 | 54t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105.4 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 35 | 18 | 51.4 | 0 | 174 | 5.0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 65.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Doug Cunningham | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Dick Witcher | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 54t | 1 |
| Ted Kwalick | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Richardson | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Alvin Reed | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Leroy Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Steve Spurrier | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Spike Jones | 8 | 293 | 36.6 | 57 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Bruce Taylor | 6 | 0 | 133 | 22.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jimmy Thomas | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bill Tucker | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Preston Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Benny Johnson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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