NFL game summary for 09/15/1974:

Saints' punter Donnie Gibbs fumbled a snap and Willie Harper blocked his attempted punt which was recovered by Windlan Hall at the New Orleans 9-yard line with San Francisco trailing 13-10 in the final two minutes. On the next play, Sammy Johnson ran for the winning touchdown. San Francisco, which lost all six preseason games and the services of quarterback Steve Spurrier, had Joe Reed directing the offense.

Line: Saints by 3

Team	1	2	3	4	F
San Francisco 49ers (1-0-0)	7	0	3	7	17
New Orleans Saints (0-1-0)	0	10	3	0	13

( 7- 0) SF  Manfred Moore 3 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)
( 7- 7) NO  Joel Parker 4 yard pass from Archie Manning (Bill McClard kick)
( 7-10) NO  Bill McClard 23 yard field goal
(10-10) SF  Bruce Gossett 19 yard field goal
(10-13) NO  Bill McClard 31 yard field goal
(17-13) SF  Sammy Johnson 9 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)

                     SF              NO
First Downs:         15              22
Rushes-yards:        36-158          40-129
Yards/rush:          4.4             3.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-15-56-3       16-28-149-2
Sacked-yards:        0-0             0-0
Net pass yards:      56              149
Net yards/pass:      3.7             5.3
Total net yards:     214             278
Total plays:         51 (70% run)    68 (58% run)  
Yards/play:          4.2             4.1
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             5-2
Turnovers:           3               4
Penalties-yards:     6-85            6-48

Attendance: 59,945

Passing:
SF: Joe Reed, 7 of 15 for 56 yards (3 int)
NO: Archie Manning, 16 of 28 for 149 yards and 1 TD (2 int)

Rushing:
SF: Larry Schreiber, 18 for 75 yards; Manfred Moore, 6 for 7 yards and 1 TD; Wilbur Jackson, 4 for 35 yards; Delvin Williams, 4 for 12 yards; Joe Reed, 3 for 20 yards; Sammy Johnson, 1 for 9 yards and 1 TD
NO: Jess Phillips, 20 for 51 yards; Alvin Maxson, 6 for 19 yards; Howard Stevens, 5 for 12 yards; Jack DeGrenier, 3 for 21 yards; Archie Manning, 3 for 15 yards; Bill Butler, 3 for 11 yards

Receiving:
SF: Tom Mitchell, 2 for 33 yards; Larry Schreiber, 2 for 8 yards; Wilbur Jackson, 1 for 6 yards; Danny Abramowicz, 1 for 6 yards; Manfred Moore, 1 for 3 yards
NO: Joel Parker, 4 for 28 yards and 1 TD; Alvin Maxson, 3 for 14 yards; John Beasley, 2 for 40 yards; Jess Phillips, 2 for 9 yards; Paul Seal, 1 for 24 yards; Bob Newland, 1 for 16 yards; Jack DeGrenier, 1 for 8 yards; Howard Stevens, 1 for 7 yards; Speedy Thomas, 1 for 3 yards

Kick returns:
SF: Mike Holmes, 3 for 88 yards; Manfred Moore, 1 for 0 yards
NO: Howard Stevens, 3 for 70 yards; Terry Schmidt, 1 for 23 yards

Punt returns:
SF: Mike Holmes, 1 for 14 yards

Interceptions:
SF: Mel Phillips, 1 for 27 yards; Skip Vanderbundt, 1 for 4 yards
NO: Tom Myers, 1 for 17 yards; Terry Schmidt, 1 for 3 yards; Ernie Jackson, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
SF: Tom Wittum, 2 for 112 yards
NO: Donnie Gibbs, 3 for 99 yards

Field Goals:
SF: Bruce Gossett, 1/2
NO: Bill McClard, 2/2

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