| San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 29, 1972 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 58850 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 63 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | Vic Washington 98 kickoff return (Bruce Gossett kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Art Malone 2 run (Bill Bell kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | Ted Kwalick 10 pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Ken Willard 1 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Jim Mitchell 40 pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Gene Washington 43 pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Preston Riley 28 pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick) | 35 | 14 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Skip Vanderbundt 37 interception return (Bruce Gossett kick) | 42 | 14 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Vic Washington 2 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 49 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Vic Washington | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Thomas | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Larry Schreiber | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Steve Spurrier | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Ted Kwalick | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Reed | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dave Hampton | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Bob Berry | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 1 | 159 | 8.8 | 3 | 92.4 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 2 | 147 | 6.1 | 1 | 45.0 | |||
| Pat Sullivan | 11 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 12 | 1.1 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ted Kwalick | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 1 | |
| Vic Washington | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43t | 1 |
| Preston Riley | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Art Malone | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 1 | |
| Dave Hampton | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Wes Chesson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Skip Vanderbundt | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Frank Nunley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bruce Taylor | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Clarence Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim McCann | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 10 | 461 | 46.1 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ralph McGill | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ray Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Vic Washington | 2 | 121 | 60.5 | 1 | ||
| Ralph McGill | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Dave Hampton | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Plummer | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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