| San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1978 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 71536 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 70 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Al Dixon 29 pass from Joe Pisarcik (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Larry Csonka 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 52 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 30 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Willie Spencer 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 28 FG | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Steve DeBerg 2 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Elmo Boyd |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 67 | LOT | Ron Singleton |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 51 | C | Randy Cross |
| 62 | ROG | Walt Downing |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Ken MacAfee |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| 33 | FB | Greg Boykin |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Cleveland Elam |
| 74 | LDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 75 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 50 | LLB | Joe Harris |
| 57 | MLB | Dan Bunz |
| 54 | RLB | Ed Bradley |
| 42 | LCB | Tony Leonard |
| 24 | SS | Chuck Crist |
| 49 | FS | Vern Roberson |
| 22 | RCB | Eddie Lewis |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Johnny Perkins |
| 85 | WR | Jimmy Robinson |
| 71 | LOT | Gordon Gravelle |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Van Horn |
| 56 | C | Jim Clack |
| 68 | ROG | J.T. Turner |
| 62 | ROT | Ron Mikolajczyk |
| 84 | TE | Al Dixon |
| 9 | QB | Joe Pisarcik |
| 39 | RB | Larry Csonka |
| 33 | RB | Bobby Hammond |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 64 | LDT | John Mendenhall |
| 70 | RDT | Gary Jeter |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 51 | LLB | Frank Marion |
| 53 | MLB | Harry Carson |
| 55 | RLB | Brian Kelley |
| 24 | LCB | Terry Jackson |
| 28 | SS | Beasley Reece |
| 31 | WS | Ernie Jones |
| 22 | RCB | Ray Rhodes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 20 | 88 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Ferrell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2t | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bobby Hammond | 11 | 93 | 8.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Dan Doornink | 11 | 79 | 7.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 6 | 1 |
| Doug Kotar | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Spencer | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 33 | 11 | 33.3 | 4 | 112 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 4.4 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Joe Pisarcik | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 2 | 154 | 5.9 | 29t | 1 | 3 | 28 | 46.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ken MacAfee | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Bobby Ferrell | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Hofer | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Elmo Boyd | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bobby Hammond | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Al Dixon | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Doug Kotar | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Gary Shirk | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Johnny Perkins | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jimmy Robinson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dan Doornink | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Chuck Crist | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ray Rhodes | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Ernie Jones | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Terry Jackson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Mike Connell | 8 | 312 | 39.0 | 57 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Leonard | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Hammond | 5 | 0 | 60 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Terry Jackson | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dave Williams | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Paul Hofer | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bobby Hammond | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Cedrick Hardman | 2.0 |
| Bruce Elia | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| John Mendenhall | 2.0 |
| Gary Jeter | 1.0 |
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