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Sunday November 15, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/15/1970:



The 49ers ran their streak to four victories, best since 1965, and maintained their position in first in the NFC West on the TD passing of John Brodie. He connected three times and Ken Willard contributed a fourth TD on a short run. Roy Hopkins scored both Oiler TDs and Roy Gerela kicked two FGs of identical 26-yard distances.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
San Francisco 49ersOFFENSE111.9  (18)222.1  (1)334.0  (3)13
DEFENSE126.0  (17)157.8  (13)283.8  (17)27
Houston OilersOFFENSE117.2  (15)183.9  (6)301.1  (7)21
DEFENSE102.1  (7)172.4  (19)274.5  (13)12

Line: n/a

Team1234F
San Francisco 49ers (7-1-1)7091430
Houston Oilers (2-6-1)733720

( 7- 0) SF  Jimmy Thomas 54 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)
( 7- 7) HOU Roy Hopkins 4 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)
( 7-10) HOU Roy Gerela 26 yard field goal
( 9-10) SF  Safety, Al Randolph blocked punt in end zone
(16-10) SF  Dick Witcher 9 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)
(16-13) HOU Roy Gerela 26 yard field goal
(23-13) SF  Ken Willard 3 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)
(30-13) SF  Gene Washington 15 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)
(30-20) HOU Roy Hopkins 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)
                     SF              HOU
First Downs:         17              16
Rushes-yards:        35-171          28-103
Yards/rush:          4.9             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-26-205-1     18-35-174-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             1-9
Net pass yards:      205             165
Net yards/pass:      7.9             4.6
Total net yards:     376             268
Total plays:         61 (57% run)    64 (43% run)  
Yards/play:          6.2             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           1               0
Penalties-yards:     8-127           6-35

Attendance: 43,040
Passing:
SF: John Brodie, 15 of 26 for 205 yards and 3 TDs (1 int)
HOU: Charley Johnson, 18 of 35 for 174 yards

Rushing:
SF: Doug Cunningham, 18 for 92 yards; Ken Willard, 12 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Jimmy Thomas, 3 for 20 yards; Ted Kwalick, 1 for 15 yards; Bill Tucker, 1 for 5 yards
HOU: Roy Hopkins, 16 for 78 yards and 2 TDs; Mike Richardson, 10 for 35 yards; Joe Dawkins, 1 for 6 yards; Jerry LeVias, 1 for -16 yards

Receiving:
SF: Doug Cunningham, 5 for 39 yards; Gene Washington, 4 for 62 yards and 1 TD; Dick Witcher, 3 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Jimmy Thomas, 2 for 73 yards and 1 TD; Ted Kwalick, 1 for 5 yards
HOU: Mike Richardson, 6 for 74 yards; Alvin Reed, 5 for 42 yards; Charlie Joiner, 3 for 24 yards; Roy Hopkins, 3 for 12 yards; Jerry LeVias, 1 for 22 yards

Kick returns:
SF: Jimmy Thomas, 2 for 60 yards; Bill Tucker, 1 for 26 yards; Preston Riley, 1 for 0 yards
HOU: Jerry LeVias, 3 for 82 yards; Benny Johnson, 1 for 22 yards

Punt returns:
SF: Bruce Taylor, 6 for 133 yards
HOU: Jerry LeVias, 2 for 10 yards; Mike Richardson, 1 for 2 yards

Interceptions:
HOU: Leroy Mitchell, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
SF: Steve Spurrier, 4 for 171 yards
HOU: Spike Jones, 7 for 293 yards

Field Goals:
SF: Bruce Gossett, 0/2
HOU: Roy Gerela, 2/2




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