Sunday, December 20, 1987
Atlanta Falcons 7, San Francisco 49ers 35| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (3-11-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| San Francisco 49ers (12-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
| ATL | SFO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | SFO | Jerry Rice 5 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3rd | SFO | Jerry Rice 20 yard pass from Steve Young (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 14 |
| ATL | Sylvester Stamps 97 yard kickoff return (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| SFO | Joe Cribbs 92 yard kickoff return (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| 4th | SFO | Steve Young 29 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 28 |
| SFO | Jerry Rice 1 yard pass from Steve Young (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 35 |
| ATL | SFO | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 26 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 17-51-0 | 48-255-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-36-186-0-4 | 13-30-216-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-21 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 165 | 206 |
| Total yards | 216 | 461 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-63 | 7-55 |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | ||||||||||||||