| San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1979 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 37211 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 53 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 22 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | Ken MacAfee 11 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Haskel Stanback 1 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Paul Hofer 6 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Haskel Stanback 6 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Paul Hofer 35 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Jim Mitchell 7 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Robert Pennywell 39 interception return (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 21 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Paul Hofer | 14 | 77 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| SF | Wilbur Jackson | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| SF | O.J. Simpson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| SF | Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| SF | Steve DeBerg | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| SF | Phil Francis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| SF | Bob Bruer | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| ATL | William Andrews | 19 | 63 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 2 | |
| ATL | Bubba Bean | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| ATL | James Mayberry | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SF | Steve DeBerg | 54 | 29 | 53.7 | 1 | 345 | 6.4 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 78.1 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 28 | 18 | 64.3 | 2 | 187 | 6.7 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 65.6 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Paul Hofer | 9 | 130 | 14.4 | 1 | |
| SF | Dwight Clark | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| SF | Mike Shumann | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| SF | Wilbur Jackson | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| SF | Ken MacAfee | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| SF | Freddie Solomon | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SF | Phil Francis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| SF | Bob Bruer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| SF | Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| ATL | William Andrews | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| ATL | Jim Mitchell | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 1 | |
| ATL | Alfred Jenkins | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Wallace Francis | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| ATL | Russ Mikeska | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| ATL | James Mayberry | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Charles Cornelius | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| SF | Dwight Hicks | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| ATL | Robert Pennywell | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| SF | Dan Melville | 4 | 131 | 32.8 | 45 | 0 |
| ATL | John James | 6 | 239 | 39.8 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Tony Dungy | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| ATL | Billy Ryckman | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | James Owens | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 21 | 0 |
| ATL | Ray Strong | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 33 | 0 |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| ATL | James Mayberry | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| SF | Ted Vincent | 2.0 |
| SF | Dan Bunz | 1.0 |
| SF | Al Cowlings | 1.0 |
| SF | Archie Reese | 1.0 |
| ATL | Joel Williams | 1.0 |
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