| Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 23, 1996 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: 3Com Park Attendance: 61921 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | Ted Popson 1 pass from Steve Young (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Barry Sanders 54 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Derek Loville 1 pass from Steve Young (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Elvis Grbac 6 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Herman Moore 5 pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Jeff Wilkins 49 FG | 14 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Herman Moore |
| 87 | WR | Johnnie Morton |
| 80 | WR | Brett Perriman |
| 72 | LOT | Ray Roberts |
| 77 | LOG | Mike Compton |
| 53 | C | Kevin Glover |
| 64 | ROG | Jeff Hartings |
| 76 | ROT | Scott Conover |
| 89 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 19 | QB | Scott Mitchell |
| 20 | RB | Barry Sanders |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Robert Porcher |
| 95 | NT | Mike Wells |
| 94 | UT | Luther Elliss |
| 93 | RDE | Kerwin Waldroup |
| 55 | SLB | Antonio London |
| 99 | MLB | Pepper Johnson |
| 59 | WLB | Reggie Brown |
| 47 | LCB | Ryan McNeil |
| 28 | SS | Ron Rice |
| 39 | FS | Van Malone |
| 31 | RCB | Corey Raymond |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Terrell Owens |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Rice |
| 74 | LOT | Steve Wallace |
| 65 | LOG | Ray Brown |
| 61 | C | Jesse Sapolu |
| 67 | ROG | Chris Dalman |
| 79 | ROT | Harris Barton |
| 84 | TE | Brent Jones |
| 8 | QB | Steve Young |
| 20 | HB | Derek Loville |
| 44 | FB | Tommy Vardell |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Roy Barker |
| 97 | LDT | Bryant Young |
| 94 | RDT | Dana Stubblefield |
| 56 | RDE | Chris Doleman |
| 54 | LOLB | Lee Woodall |
| 51 | LILB | Ken Norton |
| 50 | RILB | Gary Plummer |
| 22 | LCB | Tyronne Drakeford |
| 46 | SS | Tim McDonald |
| 26 | FS | Merton Hanks |
| 23 | RCB | Marquez Pope |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 28 | 175 | 6.3 | 54t | 1 |
| Scott Mitchell | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Derek Loville | 14 | 66 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Young | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Dexter Carter | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Anthony Lynn | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Vardell | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Elvis Grbac | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 6t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Scott Mitchell | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 0 | 110 | 4.1 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 77.7 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve Young | 14 | 11 | 78.6 | 0 | 96 | 6.9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 134.8 |
| Elvis Grbac | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 56 | 6.2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Moore | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 23 | 1 |
| Brett Perriman | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnnie Morton | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Barry Sanders | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Rivers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jerry Rice | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Derek Loville | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 23 | 1 |
| Brent Jones | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Caldwell | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Iheanyi Uwaezuoke | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tommy Vardell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Terrell Owens | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ted Popson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mark Royals | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 44 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tommy Thompson | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dexter Carter | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 3 | 203 | 67.7 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||
| Jeff Wilkins | 5 | 324 | 64.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Derek Loville | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Dexter Carter | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Luther Elliss | 1.5 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Chris Doleman | 1.5 |
| Roy Barker | 1.0 |
| Bryant Young | 0.5 |
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