Sunday, December 19, 1971
Detroit Lions 27, San Francisco 49ers 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (7-6-1) | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| San Francisco 49ers (9-5-0) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| DET | SFO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Errol Mann 31 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| SFO | Dick Witcher 12 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | DET | Errol Mann 39 yard field goal | 6 | 7 |
| SFO | Bruce Gossett 39 yard field goal | 6 | 10 | |
| SFO | Ken Willard 10 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 6 | 17 | |
| DET | Altie Taylor 14 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 13 | 17 | |
| 3rd | DET | Steve Owens 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 20 | 17 |
| SFO | Gene A. Washington 30 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 20 | 24 | |
| DET | Charlie Sanders 6 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 27 | 24 | |
| 4th | SFO | John Brodie 10 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick) | 27 | 31 |
| DET | SFO | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-134-2 | 37-171-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-18-176-1-1 | 14-20-186-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 176 | 186 |
| Total yards | 310 | 357 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-35 | 8-72 |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | |||||||||