| San Francisco 49ers at New York Jets |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 28, 1971 Location: New York, NY Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 63936 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 47 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Vic Washington 2 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 25 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | John Brodie 1 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Rich Caster 57 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Vic Washington 22 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Rich Caster 20 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Eddie Bell 22 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 24 | 21 |
| 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 |
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 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 York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons |
| 15 | QB | Bob Davis |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 57 | LDT | John Little |
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 51 | MLB | Ralph Baker |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 43 | LCB | John Dockery |
| 27 | LS | Phil Wise |
| 33 | RS | W.K. Hicks |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| 48 | NB | Gus Hollomon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ken Willard | 15 | 129 | 8.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Vic Washington | 27 | 125 | 4.6 | 20 | 1 |
| Larry Schreiber | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Spurrier | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 13 | 62 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| George Nock | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Harkey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 0 | 88 | 7.3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95.1 |
| Steve Spurrier | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 27 | 11 | 40.7 | 2 | 258 | 9.6 | 57t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 |
| Bob Davis | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Vic Washington | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ted Kwalick | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Willard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Rich Caster | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 57t | 2 |
| Eddie Bell | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Don Maynard | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Johnny Fuller | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Bruce Taylor | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim McCann | 5 | 153 | 30.6 | 46 | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 4 | 141 | 35.3 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Bruce Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Vic Washington | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Doug Cunningham | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Vern Studdard | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 32 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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