| San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1978 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 50068 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| New Orleans Saints | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | Ray Wersching 45 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Steve Mike-Mayer 50 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Chuck Muncie 6 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Wes Chandler 58 pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Paul Seal 41 pass from Scott Bull (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Ray Wersching 42 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Wes Chandler 12 pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 13 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Bobby Ferrell | 20 | 90 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| SF | Paul Hofer | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| SF | Scott Bull | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| NO | Chuck Muncie | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 26 | 1 |
| NO | Mike Strachan | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 21 | 0 |
| NO | Tony Galbreath | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| NO | Kim Jones | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| NO | Archie Manning | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SF | Scott Bull | 27 | 9 | 33.3 | 1 | 147 | 5.4 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 49.5 |
| NO | Archie Manning | 34 | 22 | 64.7 | 1 | 199 | 5.9 | 58t | 2 | 1 | 9 | 87.7 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Bobby Ferrell | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| SF | Kenny Harrison | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 47 | 0 |
| SF | Paul Seal | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 41t | 1 |
| NO | Wes Chandler | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 58t | 2 |
| NO | Tinker Owens | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 21 | 0 |
| NO | Chuck Muncie | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 3 | 0 |
| NO | Rich Mauti | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| NO | Tony Galbreath | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| NO | Mike Strachan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Ricky Odom | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| NO | Ray Brown | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| SF | Mike Connell | 6 | 210 | 35.0 | 48 | 0 |
| NO | Tom Blanchard | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Vern Roberson | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| SF | Jack Steptoe | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| NO | Wes Chandler | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Greg Boykin | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| SF | Dave Williams | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| SF | Paul Hofer | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| NO | Wes Chandler | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 24 | 0 |
| NO | Floyd Rice | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| SF | Cedrick Hardman | 1.0 |
| NO | Derland Moore | 2.0 |
| NO | Don Reese | 1.0 |
| NO | Joe Federspiel | 1.0 |
| NO | Mike Fultz | 1.0 |
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