Sunday, October 29, 1972
San Francisco 49ers 49, Atlanta Falcons 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers (3-3-1) | 14 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
| Atlanta Falcons (4-3-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| SFO | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SFO | Vic Washington 98 yard kickoff return (Bruce Gossett kick) | 7 | 0 |
| ATL | Art Malone 2 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| SFO | Ted Kwalick 10 yard pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 2nd | SFO | Ken Willard 1 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick) | 21 | 7 |
| ATL | Jim R. Mitchell 40 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 21 | 14 | |
| 3rd | SFO | Gene A. Washington 43 yard pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick) | 28 | 14 |
| SFO | Preston Riley 28 yard pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick) | 35 | 14 | |
| 4th | SFO | Skip Vanderbundt 37 yard interception return (Bruce Gossett kick) | 42 | 14 |
| SFO | Vic Washington 2 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick) | 49 | 14 |
| SFO | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 46-189-2 | 20-55-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-18-159-3-1 | 12-35-159-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 6-62 |
| Net pass yards | 159 | 97 |
| Total yards | 348 | 152 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 4-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-70 | 3-29 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Spurrier | SFO | 8 | 18 | 159 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ted Kwalick | SFO | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Vic Washington | SFO | 15 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jimmy Thomas | SFO | 7 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gene A. Washington | SFO | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Willard | SFO | 10 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Schreiber | SFO | 10 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Preston Riley | SFO | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Reed | SFO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Art Malone | ATL | 7 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Berry | ATL | 11 | 24 | 147 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 3 | 61 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Hampton | ATL | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wes Chesson | ATL | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pat Sullivan | ATL | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Jimmy Johnson | SFO | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph McGill | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Nunley | SFO | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruce Taylor | SFO | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Skip Vanderbundt | SFO | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vic Washington | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 121 | 60.5 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Willie Belton | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ray Brown | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Clarence Ellis | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Hampton | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Art Malone | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Plummer | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||