| San Diego Chargers at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1972 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 59438 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 65 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gene Washington 13 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dennis Partee 30 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 43 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gene Washington 23 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gene Washington 45 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Jimmy Thomas 4 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 20 FG | 3 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 84 | WR | Dave Williams |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 88 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| 38 | RB | Lee White |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 77 | LDT | Ron East |
| 64 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 87 | RDE | Lionel Aldridge |
| 60 | LLB | Bob Babich |
| 51 | MLB | Pete Lazetich |
| 66 | RLB | Rick Redman |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 44 | LS | Chris Fletcher |
| 30 | RS | Bryant Salter |
| 40 | RCB | Joe Beauchamp |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 88 | WR | Dick Witcher |
| 75 | 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 |
| 35 | RB | Larry Schreiber |
| 24 | RB | Jimmy Thomas |
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 74 | RDT | Earl Edwards |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Garrett | 19 | 80 | 4.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Jesse Taylor | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Lee White | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| John Hadl | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Wayne Clark | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Chuck Dicus | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jimmy Thomas | 13 | 64 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Doug Cunningham | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Larry Schreiber | 11 | 13 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| Ted Kwalick | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Willard | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Isenbarger | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 2 | 109 | 4.4 | 0 | 23.6 | |||
| Wayne Clark | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | 47.9 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 1 | 156 | 8.2 | 3 | 102.2 | |||
| Steve Spurrier | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | 12.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dave Williams | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 0 | |
| Mike Garrett | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chuck Dicus | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Garrison | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lee White | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Gene Washington | 8 | 140 | 17.5 | 3 | |
| Larry Schreiber | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Thomas | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Witcher | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Joe Beauchamp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ed Beard | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Wilcox | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim McCann | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jesse Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Bruce Taylor | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Ray Jones | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Taylor | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Larry Schreiber | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ralph McGill | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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