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Detroit Lions 27 at San Francisco 49ers 31

Sunday, December 19, 1971

Detroit Lions 27, San Francisco 49ers 31

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Detroit Lions (7-6-1)31014027
San Francisco 49ers (9-5-0)7107731

Scoring

DETSFO
1stDETErrol Mann 31 yard field goal30
SFODick Witcher 12 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)37
2ndDETErrol Mann 39 yard field goal67
SFOBruce Gossett 39 yard field goal610
SFOKen Willard 10 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)617
DETAltie Taylor 14 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)1317
3rdDETSteve Owens 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)2017
SFOGene A. Washington 30 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)2024
DETCharlie Sanders 6 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)2724
4thSFOJohn Brodie 10 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)2731

Team Stats

DETSFO
First downs1820
Rush-yards-TDs33-134-237-171-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT9-18-176-1-114-20-186-3-1
Sacked-yards0-00-0
Net pass yards176186
Total yards310357
Fumbles-lost0-00-0
Turnovers11
Penalties-yards5-358-72

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Greg Landry DET 9 18 176 1 1 0 5 25 0 0
Earl McCullouch DET 1 -7 0 0 2 81 0 0
Steve Owens DET 16 59 1 0
Ron Jessie DET 1 51 0 0
Altie Taylor DET 10 51 1 0 2 -2 0 0
Larry Walton DET 2 27 0 0
Charlie Sanders DET 2 19 1 0
Mel Farr DET 1 6 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Ken Willard SFO 15 81 0 0 3 24 1 0
John Brodie SFO 14 20 186 3 1 0 1 10 1 0
Gene A. Washington SFO 3 76 1 0
Larry Schreiber SFO 7 42 0 0 1 10 0 0
Vic Washington SFO 14 38 0 0 1 7 0 0
Dick Witcher SFO 3 37 1 0
Ted Kwalick SFO 3 32 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
Lem Barney DET 1 23 0 0
Bobby Williams DET 0 0 0 0 4 112 28.0 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
Ed Beard SFO 0 0 0 0 1 21 21.0 0 0
Doug Cunningham SFO 0 0 0 0 1 21 21.0 0 0
Frank Nunley SFO 1 7 0 0
Bruce Taylor SFO 0 0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 0
Vic Washington SFO 0 0 0 0 3 78 26.0 0 0