| Atlanta Falcons at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 28, 1980 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 56518 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 70 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tim Mazzetti 40 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 47 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tim Mazzetti 23 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Alfred Jackson 10 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 13 | 3 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Lynn Cain 2 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 20 | 3 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Freddie Solomon 93 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Earl Cooper 27 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 20 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wallace Francis |
| 84 | WR | Alfred Jenkins |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 70 | LOG | Dave Scott |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 68 | ROG | R.C. Thielemann |
| 66 | ROT | Warren Bryant |
| 80 | TE | Junior Miller |
| 10 | QB | Steve Bartkowski |
| 21 | HB | Lynn Cain |
| 31 | FB | William Andrews |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jeff Yeates |
| 63 | NT | Mike Zele |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 56 | LOLB | Al Richardson |
| 56 | LILB | Fulton Kuykendall |
| 50 | RILB | Buddy Curry |
| 58 | ROLB | Joel Williams |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 28 | SS | Frank Reed |
| 27 | FS | Tom Pridemore |
| 37 | RCB | Kenny Johnson |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | James Owens |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 67 | LOT | Ron Singleton |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 86 | TE | Charle Young |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 36 | RB | Paul Hofer |
| 49 | FB | Earl Cooper |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Jimmy Webb |
| 78 | LDT | Archie Reese |
| 75 | RDT | Ted Vincent |
| 69 | RDE | Jim Stuckey |
| 59 | LLB | Willie Harper |
| 57 | MLB | Dan Bunz |
| 52 | RLB | Bobby Leopold |
| 28 | LCB | Charles Cornelius |
| 33 | SS | Ricky Churchman |
| 22 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 44 | RCB | Charles Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| William Andrews | 20 | 98 | 4.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Lynn Cain | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 11 | 1 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Paul Hofer | 14 | 57 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 0 | 90 | 5.3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 97.7 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 51 | 32 | 62.7 | 2 | 345 | 6.8 | 93t | 2 | 3 | 27 | 79.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Alfred Jenkins | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| William Andrews | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Junior Miller | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Alfred Jackson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Wallace Francis | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Paul Hofer | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Dwight Clark | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 93t | 1 |
| Earl Cooper | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 27t | 1 |
| Eason Ramson | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| James Owens | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Charle Young | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Al Richardson | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 6 | 220 | 36.7 | 55 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Miller | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Reggie Smith | 2 | 0 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dwight Hicks | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Reggie Smith | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Ray Strong | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Lenvil Elliott | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Phil Francis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Mike Zele | 1.0 |
| Frank Reed | 1.0 |
| Don Smith | 1.0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Dwight Hicks | 0.5 |
| Jim Stuckey | 0.5 |
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