NFL game summary for 12/19/1971:

John Brodie passed for three touchdowns and ran 10 yards for another in the fourth period for the decisive score in a victory that brought San Francisco its second straight NFC Western Division title. Brodie's three TD passes lifted his lifetime total to 202, making him the seventh player to throw 200 scoring passes.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Detroit Lions	OFFENSE	172.5  (2)	155.8  (11)	328.2  (4)	32
	DEFENSE	128.5  (14)	140.8  (6)	269.4  (8)	32
San Francisco 49ers	OFFENSE	150.6  (9)	183.9  (4)	334.5  (3)	41
	DEFENSE	118.0  (9)	141.2  (7)	259.2  (5)	30

Line: 49ers by 6

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Detroit Lions (7-6-1)	3	10	14	0	27
San Francisco 49ers (9-5-0)	7	10	7	7	31

( 3- 0) DET Errol Mann 31 yard field goal
( 3- 7) SF  Dick Witcher 12 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)
( 6- 7) DET Errol Mann 39 yard field goal
( 6-10) SF  Bruce Gossett 39 yard field goal
( 6-17) SF  Ken Willard 10 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)
(13-17) DET Altie Taylor 14 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)
(20-17) DET Steve Owens 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)
(20-24) SF  Gene Washington 30 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)
(27-24) DET Charlie Sanders 6 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)
(27-31) SF  John Brodie 10 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)

                     DET             SF
First Downs:         18              20
Rushes-yards:        33-134          37-171
Yards/rush:          4.1             4.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-18-176-1      14-20-186-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             0-0
Net pass yards:      176             186
Net yards/pass:      9.8             9.3
Total net yards:     310             357
Total plays:         51 (64% run)    57 (64% run)  
Yards/play:          6.1             6.3
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     5-35            8-72

Attendance: 45,580

Passing:
DET: Greg Landry, 9 of 18 for 176 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
SF: John Brodie, 14 of 20 for 186 yards and 3 TDs (1 int)

Rushing:
DET: Steve Owens, 16 for 59 yards and 1 TD; Altie Taylor, 10 for 51 yards and 1 TD; Greg Landry, 5 for 25 yards; Mel Farr, 1 for 6 yards; Earl McCullouch, 1 for -7 yards
SF: Ken Willard, 15 for 81 yards; Vic Washington, 14 for 38 yards; Larry Schreiber, 7 for 42 yards; John Brodie, 1 for 10 yards and 1 TD

Receiving:
DET: Earl McCullouch, 2 for 81 yards; Larry Walton, 2 for 27 yards; Charlie Sanders, 2 for 19 yards and 1 TD; Altie Taylor, 2 for -2 yards; Ron Jessie, 1 for 51 yards
SF: Gene Washington, 3 for 76 yards and 1 TD; Dick Witcher, 3 for 37 yards and 1 TD; Ted Kwalick, 3 for 32 yards; Ken Willard, 3 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Larry Schreiber, 1 for 10 yards; Vic Washington, 1 for 7 yards

Kick returns:
DET: Bobby Williams, 4 for 112 yards
SF: Vic Washington, 3 for 78 yards; Ed Beard, 1 for 21 yards; Doug Cunningham, 1 for 21 yards

Punt returns:
SF: Bruce Taylor, 1 for 7 yards

Interceptions:
DET: Lem Barney, 1 for 23 yards
SF: Frank Nunley, 1 for 7 yards

Punting:
DET: Herman Weaver, 2 for 94 yards
SF: Jim McCann, 2 for 86 yards

Field Goals:
DET: Errol Mann, 2/2
SF: Bruce Gossett, 1/1

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