| San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 7, 1980 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 58621 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tony Galbreath 1 run (Russell Erxleben kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Earl Cooper 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Earl Cooper 6 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Paul Hofer 27 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick blocked) | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Chuck Muncie 7 run (run failed) | 20 | 13 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 37 FG | 23 | 13 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wes Chandler 49 pass from Archie Manning (Russell Erxleben kick) | 23 | 20 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Russell Erxleben 37 FG | 23 | 23 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 38 FG | 26 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | James Owens |
| 67 | LOT | Ron Singleton |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 80 | TE | Eason Ramson |
| 86 | TE | Charle Young |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 36 | RB | Paul Hofer |
| 49 | FB | Earl Cooper |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Jimmy Webb |
| 78 | LDT | Archie Reese |
| 75 | RDT | Ted Vincent |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 59 | LLB | Willie Harper |
| 55 | MLB | Scott Hilton |
| 52 | RLB | Bobby Leopold |
| 46 | LCB | Melvin Morgan |
| 33 | SS | Ricky Churchman |
| 22 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 26 | RCB | Ray Rhodes |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 71 | LOT | J.T. Taylor |
| 79 | LOG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 65 | ROG | Robert Woods |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 87 | TE | Larry Hardy |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 42 | HB | Chuck Muncie |
| 34 | FB | Tony Galbreath |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 72 | LDT | Mike Fultz |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 60 | RDE | Don Reese |
| 50 | LLB | Ken Bordelon |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 56 | RLB | Reggie Mathis |
| 24 | LCB | Clarence Chapman |
| 27 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 22 | RCB | Ricky Ray |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Earl Cooper | 17 | 77 | 4.5 | 9 | 2 |
| Paul Hofer | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 29 | 21 | 72.4 | 1 | 223 | 7.7 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 91.6 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 40 | 25 | 62.5 | 0 | 314 | 7.9 | 49t | 1 | 1 | 10 | 95.2 |
| Russell Erxleben | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Earl Cooper | 10 | 71 | 7.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Paul Hofer | 7 | 114 | 16.3 | 28 | 1 |
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| James Owens | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Charle Young | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 9 | 96 | 10.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Larry Hardy | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 49t | 1 |
| Ike Harris | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 29 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Miller | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 52 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Russell Erxleben | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Lenvil Elliott | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| James Owens | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 5 | 141 | 28.2 | 43 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Rogers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Dwaine Board | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Elois Grooms | 2.0 |
| Don Reese | 1.0 |
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