| San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 26, 1971 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 81595 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 84 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Taylor 58 blocked field goal recovery (Bruce Gossett kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ken Willard 1 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 25 pass from Edd Hargett (Skip Butler kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 42 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Vic Washington 34 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Doug Cunningham 7 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 40 pass from Archie Manning (Skip Butler kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dick Witcher 11 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 38 | 14 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 10 pass from Archie Manning (Skip Butler kick blocked) | 38 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 88 | WR | Dick Witcher |
| 76 | LOT | Len Rohde |
| 65 | LOG | Randy Beisler |
| 75 | C | Forrest Blue |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 79 | ROT | Cas Banaszek |
| 82 | TE | Ted Kwalick |
| 12 | QB | John Brodie |
| 22 | RB | Vic Washington |
| 40 | RB | Ken Willard |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 80 | LDT | Stan Hindman |
| 74 | RDT | Earl Edwards |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox |
| 57 | MLB | Frank Nunley |
| 52 | RLB | Skip Vanderbundt |
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Johnson |
| 32 | LS | Mel Phillips |
| 25 | RS | Rosey Taylor |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 40 | RB | Hoyle Granger |
| 30 | RB | Bill Harris |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 89 | RDT | Dave Long |
| 84 | RDE | Larry Estes |
| 60 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 55 | MLB | Jim Flanigan |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 22 | LCB | D'Artagnan Martin |
| 21 | RS | Reynaud Moore |
| 18 | FS | Hugo Hollas |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Vic Washington | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 1 | |
| Ken Willard | 18 | 60 | 3.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Doug Cunningham | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| John Isenbarger | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Schreiber | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Jim McCann | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Ford | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Hoyle Granger | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Harris | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Julian Fagan | 1 | -17 | -17.0 | -17 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 2 | 125 | 5.7 | 1 | 40.9 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Edd Hargett | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 1 | 67 | 4.2 | 1 | 45.6 | |||
| Archie Manning | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 0 | 155 | 11.1 | 2 | 135.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Gene Washington | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Ted Kwalick | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Witcher | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Ken Willard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Windsor | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 3 | |
| Dave Parks | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Ford | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Hoyle Granger | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Rosey Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Doug Wyatt | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim McCann | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Bruce Taylor | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ted Kwalick | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| Vic Washington | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Bob Windsor | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reynaud Moore | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Robinson | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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