You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints - October 1st, 1972

San Francisco 49ers 37 at New Orleans Saints 2

Sunday, October 1, 1972

San Francisco 49ers 37, New Orleans Saints 2

1234Final
San Francisco 49ers (2-1-0)010101737
New Orleans Saints (0-3-0)00202

Scoring

SFONOR
2ndSFOVic Washington 4 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)70
SFOBruce Gossett 14 yard field goal100
3rdNORSafety, Owens blocked punt through end zone102
SFOBruce Gossett 36 yard field goal132
SFOGene A. Washington 6 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)202
4thSFOTed Kwalick 5 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)272
SFOBruce Gossett 27 yard field goal302
SFOMike Simpson 32 yard interception return (Bruce Gossett kick)372

Team Stats

SFONOR
First downs148
Rush-yards-TDs36-126-116-7-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT20-28-208-2-113-35-128-0-4
Sacked-yards2-165-51
Net pass yards19277
Total yards31884
Fumbles-lost3-25-3
Turnovers37
Penalties-yards7-7510-69

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Vic Washington SFO 18 75 1 0 3 26 0 0
John Brodie SFO 19 26 179 2 1 0
Larry Schreiber SFO 8 29 0 0 6 40 0 0
Ted Kwalick SFO 1 -6 0 0 3 65 1 0
Gene A. Washington SFO 4 40 1 0
Preston Riley SFO 2 34 0 0
Jimmy Thomas SFO 7 28 0 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Spurrier SFO 1 2 29 0 0 0
Dick Witcher SFO 1 3 0 0
Doug Cunningham SFO 1 1 0 0
Ken Willard SFO 1 -1 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Archie Manning NOR 13 35 128 0 4 0 1 11 0 0
Danny Abramowicz NOR 3 45 0 0
Joe Williams NOR 1 -2 0 0 5 44 0 0
Bob Newland NOR 1 21 0 0
Robert Brown NOR 1 11 0 0
Margene Adkins NOR 1 5 0 0
Bob Gresham NOR 10 2 0 0 2 2 0 0
Virgil Robinson NOR 4 -4 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
Tommy Hart SFO 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Johnson SFO 2 8 0 0
Mike Simpson SFO 1 32 1 0
Bruce Taylor SFO 0 0 0 0 4 20 5.0 0 0
Vic Washington SFO 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 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
Margene Adkins NOR 0 0 0 0 4 90 22.5 0 0
Arthur Green NOR 0 0 0 0 2 78 39.0 0 0
Delles Howell NOR 1 6 0 0
Bob Newland NOR 0 0 0 0 1 6 6.0 0 0
Jim Strong NOR 0 0 0 0 2 31 15.5 0 0