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Atlanta Falcons 7 at San Francisco 49ers 35

Sunday, December 20, 1987

Atlanta Falcons 7, San Francisco 49ers 35

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Atlanta Falcons (3-11-0)00707
San Francisco 49ers (12-2-0)07141435

Scoring

ATLSFO
2ndSFOJerry Rice 5 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick)07
3rdSFOJerry Rice 20 yard pass from Steve Young (Ray Wersching kick)014
ATLSylvester Stamps 97 yard kickoff return (Mick Luckhurst kick)714
SFOJoe Cribbs 92 yard kickoff return (Ray Wersching kick)721
4thSFOSteve Young 29 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick)728
SFOJerry Rice 1 yard pass from Steve Young (Ray Wersching kick)735

Team Stats

ATLSFO
First downs1326
Rush-yards-TDs17-51-048-255-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT13-36-186-0-413-30-216-2-0
Sacked-yards3-211-10
Net pass yards165206
Total yards216461
Fumbles-lost0-01-1
Turnovers41
Penalties-yards7-637-55

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Chris Miller ATL 13 36 186 0 4 48 1 3 0 3
Gerald Riggs ATL 10 24 0 10 2 56 0 48
Aubrey Matthews ATL 4 59 0 29
John Settle ATL 5 20 0 12 3 34 0 12
Floyd Dixon ATL 2 24 0 13
Arthur Cox ATL 2 13 0 9
Kenny Flowers ATL 1 4 0 4
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Steve Young SFO 13 30 216 2 0 27 6 83 1 29
Roger Craig SFO 19 69 0 10 2 29 0 22
Jerry Rice SFO 1 5 1 5 4 58 2 20
Joe Cribbs SFO 14 61 0 9
John Taylor SFO 3 51 0 27
John Frank SFO 2 41 0 24
Tom Rathman SFO 7 26 0 7 1 15 0 15
Brent Jones SFO 1 22 0 22
Harry Sydney SFO 1 11 0 11

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
Rick Bryan ATL 0.5 0 0 0 0
Dennis Harrison ATL 0.5 0 0 0 0
Billy Johnson ATL 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0
John Settle ATL 0 0 0 0 1 22 22.0 0 0
Sylvester Stamps ATL 0 0 0 0 5 177 35.4 1 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
Dwaine Board SFO 1.0 0 0 0 0
Joe Cribbs SFO 0 0 0 0 1 92 92.0 1 0
Don Griffin SFO 1 0 0 0
Ronnie Lott SFO 1 0 0 0
Milt McColl SFO 1.0 0 0 0 0
Dana McLemore SFO 0 0 0 0 4 30 7.5 0 0
Tory Nixon SFO 1 5 0 0
Jeff Stover SFO 1.0 0 0 0 0
Carlton Williamson SFO 1 17 0 0