| San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1972 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 69840 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 67 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 37 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Vic Washington 4 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 14 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Safety, Jim McCann punt blocked out of end zone by Joe Owens | 10 | 2 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 36 FG | 13 | 2 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gene Washington 6 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 20 | 2 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ted Kwalick 5 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 27 | 2 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 27 FG | 30 | 2 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Mike Simpson 32 interception return (Bruce Gossett kick) | 37 | 2 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 88 | WR | Dick Witcher |
| 75 | 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 |
| 35 | RB | Larry Schreiber |
| 22 | RB | Vic Washington |
| 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 |
| 23 | RS | Johnny Fuller |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 26 | WR | Margene Adkins |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 65 | LOG | Remi Prudhomme |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 36 | TE | Bob Brown |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 35 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| 24 | RB | Joe Williams |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Doug Mooers |
| 89 | RDE | Dave Long |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 55 | MLB | Tom Stincic |
| 56 | RLB | Willie Hall |
| 11 | LCB | Bivian Lee |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 18 | RS | Hugo Hollas |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Vic Washington | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| Larry Schreiber | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Thomas | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Doug Cunningham | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Willard | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ted Kwalick | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Archie Manning | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Virgil Robinson | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 26 | 19 | 73.1 | 1 | 179 | 6.9 | 2 | 101.3 | |||
| Steve Spurrier | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 29 | 14.5 | 29 | 0 | 95.8 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 35 | 13 | 37.1 | 4 | 128 | 3.7 | 0 | 8.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Larry Schreiber | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 1 | |
| Ted Kwalick | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 1 | |
| Vic Washington | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Preston Riley | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Witcher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Joe Williams | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jimmy Johnson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Simpson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Tommy Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Delles Howell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim McCann | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 1 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 7 | 309 | 44.1 | 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 | ||||||
| Vic Washington | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Art Green | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Strong | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Newland | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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