| San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics | 
| Date: September 15, 1974 Location: New Orleans, LA | 
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 59945 | 
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 78 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 7 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NO | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Manfred Moore 3 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 7 | 0 | 
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Joel Parker 4 pass from Archie Manning (Bill McClard kick) | 7 | 7 | 
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill McClard 23 FG | 7 | 10 | 
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 19 FG | 10 | 10 | 
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill McClard 31 FG | 10 | 13 | 
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Sammy Johnson 9 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 17 | 13 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 
| 84 | TE | Tom Mitchell | 
| 19 | QB | Joe Reed | 
| 45 | RB | Manfred Moore | 
| 35 | RB | Larry Schreiber | 
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart | 
| 74 | LDT | Stan Hindman | 
| 56 | RDT | Bob Hoskins | 
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman | 
| 52 | LLB | Skip Vanderbundt | 
| 54 | MLB | Tom Hull | 
| 59 | RLB | Willie Harper | 
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Johnson | 
| 32 | LS | Mel Phillips | 
| 43 | RS | Windlan Hall | 
| 49 | RCB | Ralph McGill | 
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Joel Parker | 
| 17 | WR | Speedy Thomas | 
| 65 | LOT | Dave Thompson | 
| 64 | LOG | Andy Maurer | 
| 51 | C | John Didion | 
| 50 | ROG | Jake Kupp | 
| 71 | ROT | Paul Fersen | 
| 85 | TE | John Beasley | 
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning | 
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler | 
| 34 | RB | Jess Phillips | 
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Billy Newsome | 
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard | 
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore | 
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens | 
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo | 
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel | 
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman | 
| 21 | LCB | Ken Reaves | 
| 24 | LS | Johnny Fuller | 
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers | 
| 40 | RCB | Terry Schmidt | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Larry Schreiber | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Jackson | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Joe Reed | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Delvin Williams | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Sammy Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 | 
| Manfred Moore | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 1 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 20 | 51 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Jack DeGrenier | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Alvin Maxson | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Reed | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 3 | 56 | 3.7 | 0 | 16.9 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 2 | 149 | 5.3 | 1 | 54.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tom Mitchell | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 | 
| Larry Schreiber | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Wilbur Jackson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Manfred Moore | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Joel Parker | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| Alvin Maxson | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| John Beasley | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Seal | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | 
| Bob Newland | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 
| Jack DeGrenier | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Speedy Thomas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Mel Phillips | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 
| Skip Vanderbundt | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 
| Terry Schmidt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Ernie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tom Wittum | 2 | 112 | 56.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Donnie Gibbs | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Mike Holmes | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Mike Holmes | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 0 | ||
| Manfred Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | ||
| Terry Schmidt | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | 
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