| Buffalo Bills at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1980 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 37476 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 54 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Jerry Butler 10 pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Earl Cooper 4 run (Ray Wersching kick failed) | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Curtis Brown 4 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Eason Ramson 2 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 25 FG | 16 | 13 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Safety, Jim Miller tackled in end zone by Ken Johnson | 18 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 82 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | Will Grant |
| 69 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 86 | TE | Mark Brammer |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 20 | RB | Joe Cribbs |
| 47 | FB | Curtis Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 65 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 57 | LOLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 55 | LILB | Jim Haslett |
| 59 | RILB | Shane Nelson |
| 58 | ROLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 28 | LCB | Rufus Bess |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 45 | FS | Bill Simpson |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 67 | LOT | Ron Singleton |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 86 | TE | Charle Young |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 35 | RB | Lenvil Elliott |
| 49 | FB | Earl Cooper |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Jim Stuckey |
| 78 | LDT | Archie Reese |
| 65 | RDT | Lawrence Pillers |
| 74 | RDE | Jimmy Webb |
| 58 | LLB | Keena Turner |
| 57 | MLB | Dan Bunz |
| 52 | RLB | Bobby Leopold |
| 29 | LCB | Gerard Williams |
| 26 | SS | Ray Rhodes |
| 22 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 44 | RCB | Charles Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Cribbs | 18 | 128 | 7.1 | 48 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Earl Cooper | 15 | 90 | 6.0 | 47 | 1 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 0 | 102 | 5.1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Montana | 36 | 25 | 69.4 | 0 | 163 | 4.5 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 88.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jerry Butler | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 16 | 1 |
| Mark Brammer | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Cribbs | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Lewis | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Lenvil Elliott | 8 | 66 | 8.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Dwight Clark | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Eason Ramson | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Cater | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 49 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Miller | 4 | 174 | 43.5 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Roland Hooks | 2 | 0 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Roland Hooks | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Curtis Brown | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Lenvil Elliott | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| James Owens | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Lucius Sanford | 1.0 |
| Mario Clark | 1.0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |
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