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Atlanta Falcons 15 at San Francisco 49ers 20

Sunday, October 21, 1979

Atlanta Falcons 15, San Francisco 49ers 20

1234Final
Atlanta Falcons (3-5-0)090615
San Francisco 49ers (1-7-0)707620

Scoring

ATLSFO
1stSFOFreddie Solomon 56 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick)07
2ndATLTim Mazzetti 23 yard field goal37
ATLAlfred Jenkins 7 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (kick failed)97
3rdSFOPaul Hofer 2 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick)914
4thATLRolland Lawrence 41 yard blocked punt return (kick failed)1514
SFOPaul Hofer 3 yard rush (kick failed)1520

Team Stats

ATLSFO
First downs1322
Rush-yards-TDs26-95-038-160-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT14-28-146-1-125-38-237-0-1
Sacked-yards3-270-0
Net pass yards119237
Total yards214397
Fumbles-lost2-12-1
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards1-52-15

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
William Andrews ATL 12 36 0 7 6 41 0 16
Wallace Francis ATL 5 71 0 25
Steve Bartkowski ATL 13 27 126 1 1 25 3 1 0 0
Lynn Cain ATL 11 58 0 12
Bob Glazebrook ATL 1 20 0 20
John James ATL 1 1 20 0 0 20
Jim R. Mitchell ATL 1 7 0 7
Alfred Jenkins ATL 1 7 1 7
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Steve DeBerg SFO 24 37 245 0 1 29 3 9 0 8
Paul Hofer SFO 10 33 2 8 7 84 0 24
Freddie Solomon SFO 2 68 1 56 4 40 0 15
Mike Shumann SFO 4 39 0 14
Wilbur Jackson SFO 13 29 0 6 3 7 0 5
Bob Bruer SFO 4 33 0 11
Lenvil Elliott SFO 1 29 0 29
O.J. Simpson SFO 10 21 0 14
Ken MacAfee SFO 1 13 0 13
Joe Montana SFO 1 1 -8 0 0 -8
Phil Francis SFO 1 -8 0 -8

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
Bob Glazebrook ATL 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Rolland Lawrence ATL 1 31 0 0
Dennis Pearson ATL 0 0 0 0 2 42 21.0 0 0
Tom Pridemore ATL 0 0 0 0 1 8 8.0 0 0
Haskel Stanback ATL 0 0 0 0 1 15 15.0 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
Tony Dungy SFO 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.0 0 0
Lenvil Elliott SFO 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 0
James Owens SFO 0 0 0 0 3 60 20.0 0 0
Freddie Solomon SFO 0 0 0 0 4 13 3.3 0 0
Gerard Williams SFO 1 22 0 0