| Atlanta Falcons at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1978 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 34133 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 67 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | O.J. Simpson 13 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Rick Byas 2 blocked punt recovery (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Scott Bull 15 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Ray Wersching 35 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 21 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Billy Ryckman 59 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 29 FG | 20 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Haskel Stanback | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Bubba Bean | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Strong | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 18 | 96 | 5.3 | 34 | 1 |
| Bobby Ferrell | 18 | 90 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Scott Bull | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15t | 1 |
| Steve DeBerg | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 20 | 15 | 75.0 | 0 | 256 | 12.8 | 71 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 133.3 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 0 | 79 | 3.6 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 47.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Alfred Jackson | 4 | 113 | 28.3 | 71 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Wallace Francis | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Ryckman | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Bubba Bean | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Haskel Stanback | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Freddie Solomon | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Elmo Boyd | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 7 | 271 | 38.7 | 47 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Mike Connell | 6 | 220 | 36.7 | 44 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Billy Ryckman | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Byas | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Tony Leonard | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Dennis Pearson | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| George Franklin | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dave Williams | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Robert Pennywell | 1.0 |
| Greg Brezina | 1.0 |
| Jeff Yeates | 1.0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Cedrick Hardman | 2.0 |
| Joe Harris | 1.0 |
| Jimmy Webb | 1.0 |
| Dan Bunz | 1.0 |
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