| Atlanta Falcons at San Francisco 49ers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 9, 1977 Location: San Francisco, CA Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 38009 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 62 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Alfred Jenkins 39 pass from Scott Hunter (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wallace Francis |
| 84 | WR | Alfred Jenkins |
| 61 | LOT | Brent Adams |
| 70 | LOG | Dave Scott |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 68 | ROG | R.C. Thielemann |
| 66 | ROT | Warren Bryant |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 16 | QB | Scott Hunter |
| 24 | RB | Haskel Stanback |
| 46 | FB | Monroe Eley |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 72 | LDT | Jim Bailey |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 54 | LLB | Fulton Kuykendall |
| 55 | MLB | Ralph Ortega |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 34 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 32 | FS | Ray Easterling |
| 38 | RCB | Rick Byas |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Kenny Harrison |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 77 | LOT | Jean Barrett |
| 65 | LOG | Steve Lawson |
| 51 | C | Randy Cross |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 84 | TE | Tom Mitchell |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 40 | RB | Wilbur Jackson |
| 24 | RB | Delvin Williams |
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 74 | LDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 72 | RDT | Cleveland Elam |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 59 | LLB | Willie Harper |
| 52 | MLB | Skip Vanderbundt |
| 50 | RLB | Dave Washington |
| 42 | LCB | Tony Leonard |
| 32 | SS | Mel Phillips |
| 59 | FS | Ralph McGill |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Haskel Stanback | 22 | 56 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Monroe Eley | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Esposito | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Scott Hunter | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| Wallace Francis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Bobby Ferrell | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Delvin Williams | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Paul Hofer | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Scott Bull | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Jackson | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kenny Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Scott Hunter | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 0 | 137 | 9.8 | 1 | 120.2 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Scott Bull | 14 | 3 | 21.4 | 1 | 43 | 3.1 | 0 | 10.1 | |||
| Jim Plunkett | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 71.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Wallace Francis | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Alfred Jenkins | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 1 | |
| Haskel Stanback | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Monroe Eley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Paul Seal | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 8 | 306 | 38.3 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tom Wittum | 9 | 314 | 34.9 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | ||
| Billy Ryckman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Tony Leonard | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Karl Farmer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Paul Hofer | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ferrell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Greg Brezina | 1.5 |
| Jeff Merrow | 1.0 |
| Claude Humphrey | 1.0 |
| Wilson Faumuina | 0.5 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Cleveland Elam | 1.0 |
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