| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 20, 1985 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 67715 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Pete Mandley 63 punt return (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Montana 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Guy McIntyre EZ opponents fumble recovery (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | James Jones 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 24 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 41 FG | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 45 FG | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Roger Craig 11 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 21 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Rice |
| 77 | LOT | Bubba Paris |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 86 | TE | John Frank |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 33 | FB | Roger Craig |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Jeff Stover |
| 78 | NT | Manu Tuiasosopo |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 53 | LOLB | Milt McColl |
| 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 |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Mark Nichols |
| 36 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 51 | LOG | David Jones |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 67 | ROG | Don Greco |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 87 | TE | David Lewis |
| 81 | TE | Reese McCall |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Eric Williams |
| 78 | NT | Doug English |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 50 | LILB | August Curley |
| 95 | RILB | Kurt Allerman |
| 55 | ROLB | Mike Cofer |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 21 | SS | Demetrious Johnson |
| 33 | FS | Bill Graham |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Wendell Tyler | 16 | 107 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Roger Craig | 16 | 80 | 5.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Joe Montana | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 30 | 116 | 3.9 | 12 | 1 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Alvin Moore | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Wilbert Montgomery | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Black | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Montana | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | 1 | 97 | 3.7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.7 |
| Matt Cavanaugh | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 42.4 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 61 | 5.1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 64.9 |
| Eric Hipple | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 80 | 10.0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 85.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Roger Craig | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Dwight Clark | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Russ Francis | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Wendell Tyler | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Carl Monroe | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Rice | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mark Nichols | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 40 | 0 |
| David Lewis | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Pete Mandley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Alvin Moore | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| James Jones | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Demetrious Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Max Runager | 6 | 228 | 38.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 63t | 1 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Carl Monroe | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 29 | 0 | |
| Dana McLemore | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Pete Mandley | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Alvin Moore | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Jeff Fuller | 1.0 |
| Scott Garnett | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
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