| San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1979 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 41593 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 32 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 23 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 13 run (Steve Little kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ken MacAfee 3 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Ottis Anderson 6 run (Steve Little kick failed) | 10 | 13 |
| 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 |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 36 | HB | Paul Hofer |
| 40 | FB | Wilbur Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Archie Reese |
| 75 | LDT | Ted Vincent |
| 74 | RDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 52 | LLB | Jeff McIntyre |
| 57 | MLB | Dan Bunz |
| 59 | RLB | Willie Harper |
| 28 | LCB | Charles Cornelius |
| 30 | SS | Tim Gray |
| 22 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 29 | RCB | Gerard Williams |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 65 | LOT | Brad Oates |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 68 | ROG | Terry Stieve |
| 71 | ROT | Joe Bostic |
| 84 | TE | Dave Stief |
| 12 | QB | Steve Pisarkiewicz |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | RB | Wayne Morris |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 76 | NT | Charlie Davis |
| 73 | RDE | Mike Dawson |
| 58 | LOLB | John Barefield |
| 50 | LILB | Kurt Allerman |
| 55 | RILB | Eric Williams |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 37 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | FS | Ken Stone |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Paul Hofer | 16 | 52 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ferrell | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Joe Montana | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Melville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 27 | 129 | 4.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Theotis Brown | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 1 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 1 | 135 | 7.9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84.2 |
| Joe Montana | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 0 | 36 | 3.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 0 | 91 | 5.7 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 72.7 |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dwight Clark | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Hofer | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Ken MacAfee | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Bruer | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ferrell | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Shumann | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Phil Francis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Tilley | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| Theotis Brown | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Allen | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dan Melville | 6 | 186 | 31.0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 6 | 221 | 36.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dwight Hicks | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | ||
| Roy Green | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| James Owens | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | ||
| Phil Francis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Chris Garlich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Willie Harper | 1.0 |
| Jeff McIntyre | 1.0 |
| Archie Reese | 0.5 |
| Ted Vincent | 0.5 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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