| San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1978 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 50068 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| New Orleans Saints | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | Ray Wersching 45 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Steve Mike-Mayer 50 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Chuck Muncie 6 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Wes Chandler 58 pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Paul Seal 41 pass from Scott Bull (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Ray Wersching 42 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Wes Chandler 12 pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 13 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Bobby Ferrell | 20 | 90 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Hofer | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Scott Bull | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 26 | 1 |
| Mike Strachan | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Kim Jones | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Scott Bull | 27 | 9 | 33.3 | 1 | 147 | 5.4 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 49.5 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 34 | 22 | 64.7 | 1 | 199 | 5.9 | 58t | 2 | 1 | 9 | 87.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Bobby Ferrell | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Kenny Harrison | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Paul Seal | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 41t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Wes Chandler | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 58t | 2 |
| Tinker Owens | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Rich Mauti | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ricky Odom | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Ray Brown | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Mike Connell | 6 | 210 | 35.0 | 48 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Vern Roberson | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Steptoe | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Greg Boykin | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Paul Hofer | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Floyd Rice | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Cedrick Hardman | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Derland Moore | 2.0 |
| Don Reese | 1.0 |
| Joe Federspiel | 1.0 |
| Mike Fultz | 1.0 |
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