| San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 9, 1973 Location: New Orleans, LA Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 62490 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 51 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jubilee Dunbar 37 pass from Archie Manning (Bill McClard kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 34 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill McClard 19 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill McClard 20 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill McClard 29 FG | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ted Kwalick 14 pass from Joe Reed (Bruce Gossett kick) | 10 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 76 | LOT | Len Rohde |
| 65 | LOG | Randy Beisler |
| 75 | C | Forrest Blue |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 67 | ROT | John Watson |
| 82 | TE | Ted Kwalick |
| 11 | QB | Steve Spurrier |
| 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 |
| 43 | RS | Windlan Hall |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Jubilee Dunbar |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 61 | LOT | Del Williams |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 85 | TE | John Beasley |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 34 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| 23 | RB | Joe Profit |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 75 | RDT | Elex Price |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 53 | MLB | Rick Kingrea |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 24 | LS | Johnny Fuller |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3/13 | / | 6 | 50 | 4 | 2 | |
| NO | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10/22 | / | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Vic Washington | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Thomas | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Reed | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Spurrier | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 116 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 22 | 57 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Joe Profit | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Scott | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Jubilee Dunbar | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 120 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 1 | 99 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 43.6 | |
| Joe Reed | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 68 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95.1 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 17 | 50.0 | 1 | 167 | 4.9 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 61.8 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 0 | 118 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 63.0 | |
| Archie Manning | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 51 | 10.2 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 134.2 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 0 | 169 | 7.0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 83.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ted Kwalick | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Thomas | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Doug Cunningham | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Willard | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 167 | 9.8 | 1 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Newland | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 0 | |
| John Beasley | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Jubilee Dunbar | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 1 | |
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 169 | 15.4 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bivian Lee | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tom Wittum | 7 | 351 | 50.1 | 57 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 351 | 50.1 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 6 | 235 | 39.2 | 58 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 235 | 39.2 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ralph McGill | 3 | 0 | 42 | 14.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Doug Winslow | 3 | 1 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jimmy Thomas | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dave Atkins | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Dave Olerich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fink | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Team Totals | 4.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |