| San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1981 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 43639 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Charle Young 13 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | George Rogers 6 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | George Rogers 5 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Freddie Solomon 2 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Benny Ricardo 27 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Johnny Davis 3 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 21 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 61 | LOT | Dan Audick |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 86 | TE | Charle Young |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 32 | RB | Ricky Patton |
| 49 | FB | Earl Cooper |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | DE | Fred Dean |
| 79 | LDE | Jim Stuckey |
| 78 | NT | Archie Reese |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 59 | LLB | Willie Harper |
| 64 | MLB | Jack Reynolds |
| 52 | RLB | Bobby Leopold |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lott |
| 27 | SS | Carlton Williamson |
| 32 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Wright |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 48 | WR | Jeff Groth |
| 19 | WR | Guido Merkens |
| 84 | LOT | Dave Lafary |
| 68 | LOG | Fred Sturt |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 87 | TE | Larry Hardy |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | HB | George Rogers |
| 45 | FB | Jack Holmes |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Derland Moore |
| 77 | NT | Jerry Boyarsky |
| 78 | RDE | Elois Grooms |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 93 | LILB | Glen Redd |
| 52 | RILB | Jim Kovach |
| 55 | ROLB | Rob Nairne |
| 44 | LCB | Dave Waymer |
| 20 | SS | Russell Gary |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 25 | RCB | Johnnie Poe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Bill Ring | 11 | 71 | 6.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 4 | 1 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Walt Easley | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Guy Benjamin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| George Rogers | 30 | 107 | 3.6 | 9 | 2 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Toussaint Tyler | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Guy Benjamin | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 1 | 89 | 6.4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.4 |
| Joe Montana | 11 | 9 | 81.8 | 0 | 106 | 9.6 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 146.4 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 1 | 110 | 5.2 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 59.6 |
| Dave Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Freddie Solomon | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 22 | 1 |
| Ricky Patton | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Walt Easley | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Eason Ramson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Dwight Clark | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Charle Young | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Toussaint Tyler | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Aundra Thompson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Hoby Brenner | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rich Martini | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Carlton Williamson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Frank Wattelet | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Miller | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 54 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Russell Erxleben | 4 | 139 | 34.8 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jeff Groth | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Bill Ring | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Amos Lawrence | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wayne Wilson | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Rogers | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Stan Brock | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Fred Dean | 2.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
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