| New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 21, 1973 Location: San Francisco, CA Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 52881 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 40 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Danny Abramowicz 23 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 54 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Vic Washington 1 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Vic Washington 1 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ken Willard 3 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Safety, Bobby Scott tackled in end zone by Cedrick Hardman | 0 | 33 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ted Kwalick 36 pass from Joe Reed (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 40 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Jubilee Dunbar |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 77 | LOT | Carl Johnson |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 83 | TE | Len Garrett |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler |
| 34 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 75 | RDT | Elex Price |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 56 | LLB | Willie Hall |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 24 | LS | Johnny Fuller |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 76 | LOT | Len Rohde |
| 67 | LOG | John Watson |
| 75 | C | Forrest Blue |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 79 | ROT | Cas Banaszek |
| 82 | TE | Ted Kwalick |
| 11 | QB | Steve Spurrier |
| 22 | RB | Vic Washington |
| 40 | RB | Ken Willard |
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 56 | RDT | Bob Hoskins |
| 72 | RDE | Bill Belk |
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox |
| 58 | MLB | Jim Sniadecki |
| 59 | RLB | Willie Harper |
| 43 | LCB | Windlan Hall |
| 32 | LS | Mel Phillips |
| 38 | RS | Mike Simpson |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1/15 | / | 4 | 29 | 2 | 2 | |
| SF | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4/ | / | 8 | 88 | 1 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Howard Stevens | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Newland | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Odell Lawson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 97 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ken Willard | 14 | 66 | 4.7 | 9 | 1 |
| Tom Wittum | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Vic Washington | 18 | 38 | 2.1 | 2 | |
| Doug Cunningham | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Randy Jackson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Reed | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 203 | 4.7 | 3 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 1 | 17 | 1.1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 14.6 |
| Bobby Scott | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 1 | 17 | 0.9 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 16.4 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 2 | 23 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | |
| John Brodie | 9 | 8 | 88.9 | 0 | 131 | 14.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 155.8 | |
| Joe Reed | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 67 | 7.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107.2 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 2 | 221 | 7.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Newland | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Odell Lawson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 1 | |
| Ken Willard | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Vic Washington | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Ted Kwalick | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 1 | |
| John Isenbarger | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Doug Cunningham | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 221 | 13.0 | 2 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Ernie Jackson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Windlan Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 11 | 456 | 41.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 456 | 41.5 | 48 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tom Wittum | 8 | 347 | 43.4 | 61 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 259 | 32.4 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 2 | 0 | 41 | 20.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ralph McGill | 5 | 0 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Bruce Taylor | 3 | 1 | 51 | 17.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 44 | 0 | |
| Odell Lawson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ralph McGill | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Team Totals | 0.0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Team Totals | 4.0 |