| New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 1, 1996 Location: San Francisco, CA Venue: 3Com Park Attendance: 63970 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 66 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Tommy Vardell 1 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Jerry Rice 2 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Jeff Wilkins 29 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Derek Loville 4 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Doug Brien 35 FG | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Jeff Wilkins 29 FG | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Haywood Jeffires 3 pass from Jim Everett (Klaus Wilmsmeyer run) | 11 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Michael Haynes |
| 83 | WR | Torrance Small |
| 77 | LOT | Willie Roaf |
| 72 | LOG | Jim Dombrowski |
| 67 | C | Andy McCollum |
| 61 | ROG | Ed King |
| 74 | ROT | Clarence Jones |
| 85 | TE | Paul Green |
| 82 | TE | Irv Smith |
| 17 | QB | Jim Everett |
| 24 | RB | Mario Bates |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Darren Mickell |
| 93 | LDT | Wayne Martin |
| 99 | RDT | Willie Broughton |
| 97 | RDE | Renaldo Turnbull |
| 59 | SLB | Rufus Porter |
| 54 | MLB | Winfred Tubbs |
| 55 | WLB | Mark Fields |
| 29 | LCB | Mark McMillian |
| 30 | SS | Anthony Newman |
| 47 | FS | Greg Jackson |
| 31 | RCB | Eric Allen |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Rice |
| 83 | WR | J.J. Stokes |
| 74 | LOT | Steve Wallace |
| 65 | LOG | Ray Brown |
| 61 | C | Jesse Sapolu |
| 67 | ROG | Chris Dalman |
| 79 | ROT | Harris Barton |
| 84 | TE | Brent Jones |
| 8 | QB | Steve Young |
| 20 | HB | Derek Loville |
| 44 | FB | Tommy Vardell |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Roy Barker |
| 97 | LDT | Bryant Young |
| 94 | RDT | Dana Stubblefield |
| 56 | RDE | Chris Doleman |
| 54 | LOLB | Lee Woodall |
| 51 | LILB | Ken Norton |
| 55 | RILB | Kevin Mitchell |
| 22 | LCB | Tyronne Drakeford |
| 46 | SS | Tim McDonald |
| 26 | FS | Merton Hanks |
| 23 | RCB | Marquez Pope |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mario Bates | 14 | 30 | 2.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Torrance Small | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Derek Brown | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Everett | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Derek Loville | 16 | 61 | 3.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Steve Young | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Tommy Vardell | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 17 | 1 |
| Anthony Lynn | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Terry Kirby | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jerry Rice | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Elvis Grbac | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Jim Everett | 41 | 16 | 39.0 | 1 | 175 | 4.3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.4 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve Young | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 0 | 199 | 6.9 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 82.4 |
| Elvis Grbac | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Torrance Small | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Haywood Jeffires | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Michael Haynes | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Henry Lusk | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Paul Green | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Irv Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Derek Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jerry Rice | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 38 | 0 |
| J.J. Stokes | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Vardell | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Derek Loville | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nate Singleton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Brent Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tim McDonald | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 8 | 309 | 38.6 | 60 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tommy Thompson | 7 | 319 | 45.6 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tyrone Hughes | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Nate Singleton | 2 | 0 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dexter Carter | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Doug Brien | 3 | 193 | 64.3 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||
| Jeff Wilkins | 6 | 387 | 64.5 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tyrone Hughes | 4 | 115 | 28.8 | 56 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dexter Carter | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 42 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Renaldo Turnbull | 2.0 |
| Wayne Martin | 1.0 |
| San Francisco 49ers |
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