| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 4, 1973 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 49310 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 42 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Larry Walton 19 pass from Bill Munson (Jim O'Brien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Larry Walton 49 pass from Bill Munson (Jim O'Brien kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gene Washington 5 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Altie Taylor 19 run (Jim O'Brien kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 24 FG | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 35 FG | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim O'Brien 39 FG | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ted Kwalick 31 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 20 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim O'Brien 10 FG | 20 | 27 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim O'Brien 37 FG | 20 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 76 | LOT | Len Rohde |
| 67 | LOG | John Watson |
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 56 | RDT | Bob Hoskins |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox |
| 58 | MLB | Jim Sniadecki |
| 59 | RLB | Willie Harper |
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Johnson |
| 32 | LS | Mel Phillips |
| 49 | RS | Ralph McGill |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 60 | LOG | Guy Dennis |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 24 | RB | Mel Farr |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 73 | RDT | Bob Bell |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 26 | RS | Dick Jauron |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jimmy Thomas | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Ted Kwalick | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Isenbarger | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 17 | 71 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 20 | 70 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Herman Weaver | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 47 | 23 | 48.9 | 6 | 254 | 5.4 | 2 | 40.0 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 2 | 234 | 8.7 | 2 | 75.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ted Kwalick | 8 | 133 | 16.6 | 1 | |
| Gene Washington | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 1 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Thomas | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Walton | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 2 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | |
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Sniadecki | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Weaver | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Levi Johnson | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tom Wittum | 6 | 283 | 47.2 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ralph McGill | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | ||
| Dick Jauron | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Vic Washington | 7 | 158 | 22.6 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Altie Taylor | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Gordon Jolley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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