| Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 19, 1971 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 45580 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 48 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 31 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dick Witcher 12 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 39 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 39 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ken Willard 10 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Altie Taylor 14 run (Errol Mann kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Steve Owens 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 20 | 17 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gene Washington 30 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 20 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Charlie Sanders 6 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 27 | 24 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | John Brodie 10 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 27 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Earl McCullouch |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 68 | ROG | Frank Gallagher |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 36 | RB | Steve Owens |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 73 | LDT | Bob Bell |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 47 | RS | Wayne Rasmussen |
| 21 | RCB | Al Clark |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 88 | WR | Dick Witcher |
| 76 | LOT | Len Rohde |
| 65 | LOG | Randy Beisler |
| 75 | C | Forrest Blue |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 79 | ROT | Cas Banaszek |
| 82 | TE | Ted Kwalick |
| 12 | QB | John Brodie |
| 22 | RB | Vic Washington |
| 40 | RB | Ken Willard |
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 74 | RDT | Earl Edwards |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox |
| 57 | MLB | Frank Nunley |
| 52 | RLB | Skip Vanderbundt |
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Johnson |
| 32 | LS | Mel Phillips |
| 25 | RS | Rosey Taylor |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Steve Owens | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Altie Taylor | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 1 | |
| Greg Landry | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ken Willard | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Schreiber | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 14 | 38 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| John Brodie | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 1 | 176 | 9.8 | 1 | 79.9 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 20 | 14 | 70.0 | 1 | 186 | 9.3 | 3 | 117.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Earl McCullouch | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 1 | |
| Altie Taylor | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Gene Washington | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 1 | |
| Dick Witcher | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 1 | |
| Ted Kwalick | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Larry Schreiber | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Vic Washington | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frank Nunley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim McCann | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Bruce Taylor | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Ray Williams | 4 | 112 | 28.0 | 0 | ||
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Vic Washington | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Beard | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Doug Cunningham | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |
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