| New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1972 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 59167 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 61 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ted Kwalick 81 pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Parks 46 pass from Archie Manning (Toni Linhart kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 41 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | John Isenbarger 21 pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Toni Linhart 11 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Toni Linhart 20 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Parks 30 pass from Archie Manning (Toni Linhart kick) | 20 | 17 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 36 FG | 20 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Johnson |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler |
| 45 | RB | Art Green |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Doug Mooers |
| 89 | RDE | Dave Long |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| 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 |
| 11 | QB | Steve Spurrier |
| 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 |
| 38 | RS | Mike Simpson |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Archie Manning | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Art Green | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Vic Washington | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Steve Spurrier | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Schreiber | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 27 | 17 | 63.0 | 1 | 287 | 10.6 | 2 | 108.1 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 35 | 19 | 54.3 | 3 | 286 | 8.2 | 2 | 64.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dave Parks | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 2 | |
| Bob Newland | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Art Green | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Larry Schreiber | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Ted Kwalick | 2 | 102 | 51.0 | 1 | |
| John Isenbarger | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Thomas | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Ernie Jackson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Tom Roussel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Windlan Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim McCann | 5 | 201 | 40.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Bruce Taylor | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 0 | ||
| Jim Strong | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Remi Prudhomme | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Vic Washington | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | ||
| Ralph McGill | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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