| San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 11, 1979 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 65551 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garo Yepremian 42 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Chuck Muncie 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Chuck Muncie 12 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 32 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Chuck Muncie 1 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 47 FG | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ken MacAfee 4 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tony Galbreath 4 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Paul Hofer 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 20 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Mike Shumann |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 77 | LOT | Jean Barrett |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Ken MacAfee |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 36 | HB | Paul Hofer |
| 40 | FB | Wilbur Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Archie Reese |
| 75 | LDT | Ted Vincent |
| 74 | RDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 66 | LLB | Bob Nelson |
| 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 Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 71 | LOT | J.T. Taylor |
| 79 | LOG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 65 | ROT | Robert Woods |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 42 | HB | Chuck Muncie |
| 34 | FB | Tony Galbreath |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 63 | LDT | Barry Bennett |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 60 | RDE | Don Reese |
| 50 | LLB | Ken Bordelon |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 24 | LCB | Clarence Chapman |
| 27 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 20 | RCB | Eric Felton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Paul Hofer | 17 | 147 | 8.6 | 1 | |
| Wilbur Jackson | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| James Owens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 18 | 117 | 6.5 | 24 | 3 |
| Tony Galbreath | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 1 | |
| Archie Manning | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Ike Harris | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 39 | 22 | 56.4 | 1 | 208 | 5.3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 69.2 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 0 | 153 | 7.0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dwight Clark | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Jackson | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Hofer | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Ken MacAfee | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| Mike Shumann | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| James Owens | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Phil Francis | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Henry Childs | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Ike Harris | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Ken Bordelon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dan Melville | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Rick Partridge | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Paul Hofer | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| James Owens | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Dwight Hicks | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Phil Francis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ferrell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Wilson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Don Reese | 1.0 |
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