| NFC Wild Card Playoff |
| San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 29, 1985 Location: East Rutherford, NJ Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 75842 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 36 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Eric Schubert 47 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Mark Bavaro 18 pass from Phil Simms (Eric Schubert kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 21 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Don Hasselbeck 3 pass from Phil Simms (Eric Schubert kick) | 3 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Rice |
| 77 | LOT | Bubba Paris |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 62 | ROG | Guy McIntyre |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 24 | RB | Derrick Harmon |
| 33 | FB | Roger Craig |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | John Harty |
| 95 | NT | Michael Carter |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 90 | LOLB | Todd Shell |
| 50 | LILB | Riki Ellison |
| 99 | RILB | Mike Walter |
| 58 | ROLB | Keena Turner |
| 22 | LCB | Dwight Hicks |
| 27 | SS | Carlton Williamson |
| 42 | FS | Ronnie Lott |
| 20 | RCB | Tory Nixon |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Bobby Johnson |
| 86 | WR | Lionel Manuel |
| 60 | LOT | Brad Benson |
| 67 | LOG | Billy Ard |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 61 | ROG | Chris Godfrey |
| 63 | ROT | Karl Nelson |
| 89 | TE | Mark Bavaro |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 26 | RB | Rob Carpenter |
| 20 | RB | Joe Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 64 | NT | Jim Burt |
| 70 | RDE | Leonard Marshall |
| 57 | LOLB | Byron Hunt |
| 55 | LILB | Gary Reasons |
| 53 | RILB | Harry Carson |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 34 | LCB | Elvis Patterson |
| 48 | SS | Kenny Hill |
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard |
| 23 | RCB | Perry Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Wendell Tyler | 10 | 61 | 6.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Roger Craig | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Carl Monroe | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Derrick Harmon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morris | 28 | 141 | 5.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| George Adams | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Phil Simms | 5 | -5 | -1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Montana | 47 | 26 | 55.3 | 1 | 296 | 6.3 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 65.6 |
| Jerry Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 1 | 181 | 5.8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dwight Clark | 8 | 120 | 15.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Jerry Rice | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Russ Francis | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 |
| John Frank | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Ring | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Roger Craig | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Derrick Harmon | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Mark Bavaro | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 18t | 1 |
| Lionel Manuel | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| George Adams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Morris | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Don Hasselbeck | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Carlton Williamson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Terry Kinard | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Max Runager | 6 | 228 | 38.0 | 46 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dana McLemore | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Phil McConkey | 4 | 0 | 29 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Carl Monroe | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Lee Rouson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| New York Giants | ||
| Jim Burt | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| Leonard Marshall | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| Lawrence Taylor | 1.0 | 4.0 |
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