| Atlanta Falcons at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1972 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 61214 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 39 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 19 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ken Willard 1 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ken Willard 1 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ken Burrow |
| 81 | WR | Wes Chesson |
| 61 | LOT | Bill Sandeman |
| 64 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 56 | ROG | Dennis Havig |
| 79 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 17 | QB | Bob Berry |
| 43 | RB | Dave Hampton |
| 25 | RB | Art Malone |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 79 | LDT | Chuck Walker |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 58 | LLB | Don Hansen |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 34 | LS | Ray Brown |
| 29 | RS | Clarence Ellis |
| 27 | RCB | Tom Hayes |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Preston Riley |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 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 |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox |
| 50 | MLB | Ed Beard |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Art Malone | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 0 | |
| Dave Hampton | 11 | 59 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Bob Berry | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Larry Schreiber | 13 | 59 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 9 | 2 |
| Vic Washington | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Thomas | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | |
| Steve Spurrier | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 1 | 145 | 5.8 | 0 | 49.6 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 79 | 4.4 | 0 | 62.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dave Hampton | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Wes Chesson | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ken Willard | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Ted Kwalick | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Schreiber | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dave Wilcox | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim McCann | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Dave Hampton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
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