Sunday, September 17, 1978
San Francisco 49ers 19, Houston Oilers 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers (0-3-0) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| Houston Oilers (2-1-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| SFO | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Earl Campbell 4 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | HOU | Toni Fritsch 38 yard field goal | 0 | 10 |
| SFO | Ray Wersching 26 yard field goal | 3 | 10 | |
| SFO | Ray Wersching 19 yard field goal | 6 | 10 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Ken Burrough 13 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 17 |
| SFO | Freddie Solomon 58 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (kick failed) | 12 | 17 | |
| 4th | SFO | Paul Seal 8 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 19 | 17 |
| HOU | Toni Fritsch 19 yard field goal | 19 | 20 |
| SFO | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-61-0 | 50-151-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-32-321-2-1 | 15-24-179-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 321 | 179 |
| Total yards | 382 | 330 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-58 | 9-66 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve DeBerg | SFO | 20 | 32 | 321 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Freddie Solomon | SFO | 3 | 110 | 1 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Greg Boykin | SFO | 12 | 44 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Terry LeCount | SFO | 2 | 50 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Dave Williams | SFO | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| O.J. Simpson | SFO | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Paul Seal | SFO | 2 | 23 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Ken MacAfee | SFO | 2 | 22 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Larry Jones | SFO | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 15 | 24 | 179 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 7 | 83 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 25 | 78 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 5 | 56 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 9 | 36 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 12 | 30 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 2 | 26 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 1 | 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 | |||
| Dan Bunz | SFO | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Hofer | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Terry LeCount | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Freddie Solomon | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Williams | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 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 | |||
| Willie Alexander | HOU | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Turner | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||