NFL game summary for 12/27/1970:

San Francisco rookie cornerback Bruce Taylor, the NFC punt return champion, set up both 49ers' touchdowns with punt returns of 30 and 23 yards and intercepted a Minnesota pass to spark San Francisco to its first victory ever in NFL postseason competition. Playing in clear, sunny, eight-degree temperature, the 49ers also intercepted another Vikings' pass and recovered two Minnesota fumbles.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
San Francisco 49ers	OFFENSE	112.9  (17)	208.8  (1)	321.6  (2)	24
	DEFENSE	128.5  (18)	155.2  (9)	283.7  (13)	42
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	116.7  (14)	155.8  (14)	272.5  (19)	31
	DEFENSE	97.5  (5)	102.7  (1)	200.2  (1)	44

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
San Francisco 49ers (11-3-1)	7	3	0	7	17
Minnesota Vikings (12-3-0)	7	0	0	7	14

( 0- 7) MIN Paul Krause 22 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick)
( 7- 7) SF  Dick Witcher 24 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)
(10- 7) SF  Bruce Gossett 40 yard field goal
(17- 7) SF  John Brodie 1 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)
(17-14) MIN Gene Washington 24 yard pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick)

                     SF              MIN
First Downs:         14              14
Rushes-yards:        38-95           30-117
Yards/rush:          2.5             3.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-32-201-0     9-27-146-2
Sacked-yards:        1-8             3-22
Net pass yards:      193             124
Net yards/pass:      5.8             4.1
Total net yards:     288             241
Total plays:         71 (53% run)    60 (50% run)  
Yards/play:          4.1             4.0
Fumbles-lost:        5-3             3-2
Turnovers:           3               4
Penalties-yards:     3-37            1-5

Attendance: 41,050

Passing:
SF: John Brodie, 16 of 32 for 201 yards and 1 TD
MIN: Gary Cuozzo, 9 of 27 for 146 yards and 1 TD (2 int)

Rushing:
SF: Ken Willard, 27 for 85 yards; Bill Tucker, 7 for 5 yards; John Brodie, 2 for 4 yards and 1 TD; Ted Kwalick, 1 for 2 yards; Doug Cunningham, 1 for 0 yards
MIN: Clint Jones, 15 for 60 yards; Dave Osborn, 12 for 41 yards; Bill Brown, 2 for 5 yards; Gary Cuozzo, 1 for 11 yards

Receiving:
SF: Bill Tucker, 6 for 48 yards; Dick Witcher, 4 for 45 yards and 1 TD; Ted Kwalick, 3 for 45 yards; Gene Washington, 2 for 45 yards; Ken Willard, 1 for 18 yards
MIN: John Henderson, 5 for 80 yards; Bob Grim, 2 for 37 yards; Gene Washington, 1 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Clint Jones, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
SF: Ed Beard, 1 for 17 yards; Bill Tucker, 1 for 13 yards; Bob Hoskins, 1 for 0 yards
MIN: Clint Jones, 3 for 49 yards; Bill Brown, 1 for 23 yards

Punt returns:
SF: Bruce Taylor, 5 for 69 yards

Interceptions:
SF: Jim Sniadecki, 1 for 5 yards; Bruce Taylor, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
SF: Steve Spurrier, 8 for 270 yards
MIN: Tom McNeill, 7 for 276 yards

Field Goals:
SF: Bruce Gossett, 1/2
MIN: Fred Cox, 0/2

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