| San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 14, 1979 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 70352 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 52 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| New York Giants | 2 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 32 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | Ray Wersching 21 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Safety, Dan Melville knocked ball out by (Team) | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Phil Simms 17 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Earnest Gray 13 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Doug Kotar 1 run (Randy Dean run failed) | 3 | 22 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Earnest Gray 11 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 3 | 29 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Mike Shumann 13 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Freddie Solomon 11 pass from Steve DeBerg (pass failed) | 16 | 29 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Joe Danelo 37 FG | 16 | 32 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Wilbur Jackson | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| SF | O.J. Simpson | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| SF | Paul Hofer | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| SF | Phil Francis | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| SF | James Owens | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| SF | Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| SF | Dan Melville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NYG | Doug Kotar | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| NYG | Billy Taylor | 16 | 24 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| NYG | Phil Simms | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| NYG | Emery Moorehead | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SF | Steve DeBerg | 48 | 27 | 56.3 | 2 | 242 | 5.0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 66.5 |
| NYG | Phil Simms | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 0 | 300 | 9.4 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 106.2 |
| NYG | Randy Dean | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Paul Hofer | 9 | 104 | 11.6 | 0 | |
| SF | Freddie Solomon | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 1 | |
| SF | Wilbur Jackson | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| SF | Lenvil Elliott | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| SF | Phil Francis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| SF | Mike Shumann | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| SF | Ken MacAfee | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| NYG | Earnest Gray | 8 | 169 | 21.1 | 2 | |
| NYG | Doug Kotar | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Gary Shirk | 1 | 61 | 61.0 | 61 | 0 |
| NYG | Dwight Scales | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| NYG | Emery Moorehead | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| NYG | Loaird McCreary | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| NYG | Joe Danelo | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| NYG | Billy Taylor | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Ray Oldham | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| NYG | Ray Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| SF | Dan Melville | 4 | 125 | 31.3 | 0 | |
| NYG | Dave Jennings | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Freddie Solomon | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| SF | Tony Dungy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Bobby Hammond | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Paul Hofer | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| SF | James Owens | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| SF | Bobby Ferrell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| NYG | Bobby Hammond | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | |
| NYG | Billy Taylor | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| SF | Gordy Ceresino | 1.0 |
| SF | Dwaine Board | 1.0 |
| SF | Cedrick Hardman | 0.5 |
| SF | Jimmy Webb | 0.5 |
| NYG | Brad Van Pelt | 1.0 |
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