| San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1978 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 55468 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 73 F Humidty: 30% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 19 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Steve Bartkowski 1 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Wallace Francis 37 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bubba Bean 1 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Paul Hofer 3 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Elmo Boyd |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 68 | LOT | John Ayers |
| 65 | LOG | Ernie Hughes |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 62 | ROG | Walt Downing |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Ken MacAfee |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| 38 | FB | Bobby Ferrell |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Archie Reese |
| 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 |
| 26 | FS | Bob Jury |
| 22 | RCB | Eddie Lewis |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wallace Francis |
| 82 | WR | Billy Ryckman |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 70 | LOG | Dave Scott |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 68 | ROG | R.C. Thielemann |
| 66 | ROT | Warren Bryant |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 10 | QB | Steve Bartkowski |
| 24 | HB | Haskel Stanback |
| 44 | FB | Bubba Bean |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jeff Yeates |
| 72 | LDT | Jim Bailey |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 54 | LLB | Fulton Kuykendall |
| 59 | MLB | Robert Pennywell |
| 59 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 28 | SS | Frank Reed |
| 27 | FS | Tom Pridemore |
| 38 | RCB | Rick Byas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Bobby Ferrell | 18 | 63 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Hofer | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 13 | 1 |
| O.J. Simpson | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ricky Patton | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Haskel Stanback | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bubba Bean | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 3 | 1 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 1 |
| Ray Strong | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Esposito | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| George Franklin | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| June Jones | 3 | -16 | -5.3 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 1 | 75 | 3.8 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 21.9 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 1 | 164 | 6.3 | 37t | 1 | 2 | 17 | 70.0 |
| June Jones | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 46 | 15.3 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 109.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Kenny Harrison | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Paul Seal | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Elmo Boyd | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Wallace Francis | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 37t | 1 |
| Billy Ryckman | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bubba Bean | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Alfred Jackson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| George Franklin | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Eddie Lewis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Frank Reed | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Mike Connell | 10 | 389 | 38.9 | 57 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 8 | 296 | 37.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Tony Leonard | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Billy Ryckman | 4 | 2 | 21 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Rick Byas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Paul Hofer | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| George Franklin | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Dennis Pearson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Dan Bunz | 1.0 |
| Archie Reese | 1.0 |
| Cedrick Hardman | 0.5 |
| Bob Jury | 0.5 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Wilson Faumuina | 1.0 |
| Fulton Kuykendall | 1.0 |
| Robert Pennywell | 1.0 |
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