| 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 FalconsATL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | O.J. Simpson 13 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Rick Byas 2 blocked punt recovery (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Scott Bull 15 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 35 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tim Mazzetti 21 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Billy Ryckman 59 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tim Mazzetti 29 FG | 20 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wallace Francis |
| 82 | WR | Billy Ryckman |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 70 | LOG | Dave Scott |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 68 | ROG | R.C. Thielemann |
| 66 | ROT | Warren Bryant |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 10 | QB | Steve Bartkowski |
| 24 | HB | Haskel Stanback |
| 44 | FB | Bubba Bean |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jeff Yeates |
| 72 | LDT | Jim Bailey |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 54 | LLB | Fulton Kuykendall |
| 59 | MLB | Robert Pennywell |
| 59 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 28 | SS | Frank Reed |
| 27 | FS | Tom Pridemore |
| 38 | RCB | Rick Byas |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Elmo Boyd |
| 68 | LOT | John Ayers |
| 65 | LOG | Ernie Hughes |
| 51 | C | Randy Cross |
| 62 | ROG | Walt Downing |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Ken MacAfee |
| 85 | TE | Paul Seal |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| 33 | FB | Greg Boykin |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Archie Reese |
| 74 | LDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 75 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 50 | LLB | Joe Harris |
| 57 | MLB | Dan Bunz |
| 54 | RLB | Ed Bradley |
| 42 | LCB | Tony Leonard |
| 24 | SS | Chuck Crist |
| 49 | FS | Vern Roberson |
| 22 | RCB | Eddie Lewis |
| 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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