| San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 14, 1979 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 70352 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 52 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| New York Giants | 2 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 32 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | Ray Wersching 21 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Safety, Dan Melville knocked ball out of end zone | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Phil Simms 17 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Earnest Gray 13 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Doug Kotar 1 run (Randy Dean run failed) | 3 | 22 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Earnest Gray 11 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 3 | 29 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Mike Shumann 13 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Freddie Solomon 11 pass from Steve DeBerg (pass failed) | 16 | 29 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Joe Danelo 37 FG | 16 | 32 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Mike Shumann |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 67 | LOT | Ron Singleton |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Ken MacAfee |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 32 | HB | O.J. Simpson |
| 40 | FB | Wilbur Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Archie Reese |
| 75 | LDT | Ted Vincent |
| 74 | RDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 54 | LLB | Bob Martin |
| 57 | MLB | Dan Bunz |
| 59 | RLB | Willie Harper |
| 28 | LCB | Charles Cornelius |
| 30 | SS | Tim Gray |
| 46 | FS | Melvin Morgan |
| 29 | RCB | Gerard Williams |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Earnest Gray |
| 88 | WR | Dwight Scales |
| 60 | LOT | Brad Benson |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Van Horn |
| 58 | C | Keith Eck |
| 68 | ROG | J.T. Turner |
| 74 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 87 | TE | Gary Shirk |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 44 | RB | Doug Kotar |
| 38 | RB | Billy Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 80 | NG | Phil Tabor |
| 70 | RDE | Gary Jeter |
| 10 | LOLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 54 | LILB | Dan Lloyd |
| 53 | RILB | Harry Carson |
| 55 | ROLB | Brian Kelley |
| 24 | LCB | Terry Jackson |
| 28 | SS | Beasley Reece |
| 25 | FS | Ray Oldham |
| 22 | RCB | Ray Rhodes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Wilbur Jackson | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Paul Hofer | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Phil Francis | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| James Owens | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dan Melville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Doug Kotar | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| Billy Taylor | 16 | 24 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Phil Simms | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 48 | 27 | 56.3 | 2 | 242 | 5.0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 66.5 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 0 | 300 | 9.4 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 106.2 |
| Randy Dean | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Paul Hofer | 9 | 104 | 11.6 | 0 | |
| Freddie Solomon | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 1 | |
| Wilbur Jackson | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Lenvil Elliott | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Phil Francis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Shumann | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| Ken MacAfee | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Earnest Gray | 8 | 169 | 21.1 | 2 | |
| Doug Kotar | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Shirk | 1 | 61 | 61.0 | 61 | 0 |
| Dwight Scales | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Loaird McCreary | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Danelo | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ray Oldham | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dan Melville | 4 | 125 | 31.3 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Dungy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Hammond | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Paul Hofer | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| James Owens | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ferrell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Hammond | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | ||
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Gordy Ceresino | 1.0 |
| Dwaine Board | 1.0 |
| Cedrick Hardman | 0.5 |
| Jimmy Webb | 0.5 |
| New York Giants | |
| Brad Van Pelt | 1.0 |
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