| San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 6, 1985 Location: Atlanta, GA Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 44740 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 62 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Roger Craig 46 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Mick Luckhurst 45 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 37 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Wendell Tyler 14 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | David Archer 29 run (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Jerry Rice 25 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | John Frank 5 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 31 | 10 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bob Holly 20 run (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 31 | 17 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dwight Clark 32 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 38 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 77 | LOT | Bubba Paris |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 26 | RB | Wendell Tyler |
| 33 | FB | Roger Craig |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Jeff Stover |
| 78 | NT | Manu Tuiasosopo |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 90 | LOLB | Todd Shell |
| 50 | LILB | Riki Ellison |
| 99 | RILB | Mike Walter |
| 58 | ROLB | Keena Turner |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lott |
| 27 | SS | Carlton Williamson |
| 22 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Wright |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Stacey Bailey |
| 81 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 61 | LOG | John Scully |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 79 | ROG | Bill Fralic |
| 62 | ROT | Brett Miller |
| 88 | TE | Arthur Cox |
| 10 | QB | Steve Bartkowski |
| 42 | RB | Gerald Riggs |
| 87 | HBK | Cliff Benson |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Rick Bryan |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Pitts |
| 69 | RDT | Dan Benish |
| 76 | RDE | Mike Gann |
| 96 | LLB | Johnny Taylor |
| 50 | MLB | Buddy Curry |
| 59 | RLB | John Rade |
| 23 | LCB | Bobby Butler |
| 25 | WS | Scott Case |
| 27 | SS | Tom Pridemore |
| 20 | RCB | Wendell Cason |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Wendell Tyler | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Roger Craig | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Ring | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Gerald Riggs | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| David Archer | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Bob Holly | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Joe Washington | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Montana | 57 | 37 | 64.9 | 0 | 429 | 7.5 | 46t | 5 | 1 | 9 | 116.8 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 0 | 116 | 6.4 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 79.9 |
| Bob Holly | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 0 | 132 | 8.3 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 93.8 |
| David Archer | 11 | 9 | 81.8 | 0 | 87 | 7.9 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 99.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Roger Craig | 12 | 167 | 13.9 | 46t | 1 |
| Dwight Clark | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 32t | 1 |
| Wendell Tyler | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 14t | 1 |
| Russ Francis | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry Rice | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Frank | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Derrick Harmon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Johnson | 8 | 89 | 11.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Gerald Riggs | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Arthur Cox | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Stacey Bailey | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Anthony Allen | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cliff Austin | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ken Whisenhunt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cliff Benson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Max Runager | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rick Donnelly | 6 | 234 | 39.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dana McLemore | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Anthony Allen | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Carl Monroe | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Lott | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Danny Wagoner | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Dwaine Board | 2.0 |
| Jeff Stover | 2.0 |
| Gary Johnson | 1.0 |
| Manu Tuiasosopo | 1.0 |
| Keena Turner | 1.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Tom Benson | 0.5 |
| Mike Gann | 0.5 |
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