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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions - December 17th, 1978
San Francisco 49ers 14 at Detroit Lions 33
Sunday, December 17, 1978
San Francisco 49ers 14, Detroit Lions 33| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers (2-14-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Detroit Lions (7-9-0) | 3 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
Scoring
| SFO | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Benny Ricardo 19 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| SFO | Jack Steptoe 35 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | DET | Benny Ricardo 40 yard field goal | 7 | 6 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey 4 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 13 | |
| DET | Dexter Bussey 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 20 | |
| 3rd | DET | Jimmy Allen 64 yard fumble return (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 4th | SFO | Freddie Solomon 11 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 27 |
| DET | Benny Ricardo 31 yard field goal | 14 | 30 | |
| DET | Benny Ricardo 22 yard field goal | 14 | 33 |
Team Stats
| SFO | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 49-231-1 | 32-69-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-21-182-1-3 | 15-30-180-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-44 | 3-28 |
| Net pass yards | 138 | 152 |
| Total yards | 369 | 221 |
| Fumbles-lost | 10-4 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 7 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 12-106 | 7-57 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Freddie Solomon | SFO | 5 | 9 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Paul Hofer | SFO | 15 | 96 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Greg Boykin | SFO | 12 | 57 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | SFO | 3 | 3 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||
| Bob Ferrell | SFO | 8 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Jack Steptoe | SFO | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Paul Seal | SFO | 2 | 35 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Kenny Harrison | SFO | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Dave Williams | SFO | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Scott Bull | SFO | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Earl Carr | SFO | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Threadgill | SFO | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Gary Danielson | DET | 15 | 30 | 180 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 19 | 51 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| David Hill | DET | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Luther Blue | DET | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 8 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 2 | 17 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Paul Hofer | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ricky Odom | SFO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Shumann | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jack Steptoe | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Williams | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 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 | |||
| Jimmy Allen | DET | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Luther Blue | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Luther Bradley | DET | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Hunter | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie McGee | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ed O'Neil | DET | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||