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San Francisco 49ers 17 at Atlanta Falcons 20

Sunday, September 19, 1971

San Francisco 49ers 17, Atlanta Falcons 20

1234Final
San Francisco 49ers (0-1-0)0701017
Atlanta Falcons (1-0-0)3710020

Scoring

SFOATL
1stATLBill Bell 23 yard field goal03
2ndSFOJimmy Thomas 25 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)73
ATLKen Burrow 10 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick)710
3rdATLBill Bell 23 yard field goal713
ATLKen Burrow 35 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick)720
4thSFOBruce Gossett 28 yard field goal1020
SFOTed Kwalick 33 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)1720

Team Stats

SFOATL
First downs2216
Rush-yards-TDs30-166-136-101-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT17-34-225-1-416-21-185-2-0
Sacked-yards2-193-20
Net pass yards206165
Total yards372266
Fumbles-lost4-35-1
Turnovers71
Penalties-yards6-6210-55

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
John Brodie SFO 17 34 225 1 4 0 1 3 0 0
Ken Willard SFO 17 79 0 0 2 32 0 0
Ted Kwalick SFO 6 97 1 0
Doug Cunningham SFO 5 27 0 0 3 24 0 0
Jimmy Thomas SFO 1 25 1 0 2 21 0 0
Vic Washington SFO 6 32 0 0 1 5 0 0
Gene A. Washington SFO 2 24 0 0
Dick Witcher SFO 1 22 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bob Berry ATL 16 21 185 2 0 0 3 2 0 0
Art Malone ATL 13 40 0 0 4 46 0 0
Ken Burrow ATL 3 67 2 0
Cannonball Butler ATL 11 31 0 0 1 8 0 0
Wes Chesson ATL 4 29 0 0
Harmon Wages ATL 1 5 0 0 1 19 0 0
Sonny Campbell ATL 8 23 0 0
Jim R. Mitchell ATL 3 16 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Doug Cunningham SFO 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.0 0 0
Johnny Fuller SFO 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.0 0 0
Bruce Taylor SFO 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.0 0 0
Vic Washington SFO 0 0 0 0 2 34 17.0 0 0
Bob Windsor SFO 0 0 0 0 1 19 19.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Willie Belton ATL 0 0 0 0 2 56 28.0 0 0 2 13 6.5 0 0
Tom Hayes ATL 2 27 0 0
Tom McCauley ATL 1 0 0 0
Joe Profit ATL 0 0 0 0 2 55 27.5 0 0
Ken Reaves ATL 1 2 0 0