| Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1971 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 44133 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 61 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 9 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 15 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gene Washington 12 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | George Farmer |
| 45 | WR | Dick Gordon |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway |
| 52 | C | Rich Coady |
| 72 | ROG | Jim Cadile |
| 73 | ROT | Steve Wright |
| 89 | TE | Bob Wallace |
| 16 | QB | Kent Nix |
| 33 | RB | Jim Grabowski |
| 40 | RB | Gale Sayers |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Willie Holman |
| 67 | LDT | George Seals |
| 76 | RDT | Bill Staley |
| 87 | RDE | Ed O'Bradovich |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 31 | RLB | Ross Brupbacher |
| 20 | LCB | Joe Taylor |
| 48 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 18 | RS | Jerry Moore |
| 32 | RCB | Charlie Ford |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 88 | WR | Dick Witcher |
| 76 | LOT | Len Rohde |
| 65 | LOG | Randy Beisler |
| 75 | C | Forrest Blue |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 79 | ROT | Cas Banaszek |
| 82 | TE | Ted Kwalick |
| 12 | QB | John Brodie |
| 22 | RB | Vic Washington |
| 40 | RB | Ken Willard |
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 74 | RDT | Earl Edwards |
| 72 | RDE | Bill Belk |
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox |
| 57 | MLB | Frank Nunley |
| 52 | RLB | Skip Vanderbundt |
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Johnson |
| 32 | LS | Mel Phillips |
| 23 | RS | Johnny Fuller |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Don Shy | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Grabowski | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Gale Sayers | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Cyril Pinder | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ken Willard | 19 | 83 | 4.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Larry Schreiber | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Doug Cunningham | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Kent Nix | 38 | 13 | 34.2 | 3 | 148 | 3.9 | 0 | 13.9 | |||
| Bobby Douglass | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 61.1 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 2 | 213 | 6.1 | 1 | 60.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Dick Gordon | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| George Farmer | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Wallace | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Grabowski | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Earl Thomas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cyril Pinder | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ted Kwalick | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| Vic Washington | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Dick Witcher | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Joe Taylor | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Bruce Taylor | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Simpson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim McCann | 5 | 215 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Bruce Taylor | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |
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