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Sunday December 21, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/21/1975:



Larry Watkins scored from the 1-yard line for the Giants with 3:22 remaining to provide the Giants' victory. Danny Buggs' eight-yard punt return to the San Francisco's 38 set up the winning score that wiped out a 23-20 lead the 49ers took early in the fourth period on an 18-yard scoring pass from Tom Owen to Larry Schreiber.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
New York GiantsOFFENSE111.7  (24)149.9  (17)261.6  (22)36
DEFENSE172.4  (23)169.1  (15)341.5  (20)23
San Francisco 49ersOFFENSE109.0  (25)183.9  (6)292.9  (17)43
DEFENSE127.2  (6)157.2  (11)284.5  (8)26

Line: 49ers by 4

Team1234F
New York Giants (5-9-0)767626
San Francisco 49ers (5-9-0)0106723

( 7- 0) NYG Marsh White 1 yard rush (George Hunt kick)
(13- 0) NYG Doug Kotar 14 yard rush (kick failed)
(13- 7) SF  Sammy Johnson 26 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick)
(13-10) SF  Steve Mike-Mayer 40 yard field goal
(20-10) NYG Ray Rhodes 30 yard pass from Craig Morton (George Hunt kick)
(20-16) SF  Larry Schreiber 1 yard rush (kick failed)
(20-23) SF  Larry Schreiber 18 yard pass from Tom Owen (Steve Mike-Mayer kick)
(26-23) NYG Larry Watkins 1 yard rush (kick failed)
                     NYG             SF
First Downs:         23              20
Rushes-yards:        45-175          33-181
Yards/rush:          3.9             5.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-30-168-0     14-30-194-1
Sacked-yards:        2-15            3-25
Net pass yards:      153             169
Net yards/pass:      4.8             5.1
Total net yards:     328             350
Total plays:         77 (58% run)    66 (50% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             5.3
Fumbles-lost:        5-1             1-0
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     4-35            9-64

Attendance: 34,354
Passing:
NYG: Craig Morton, 16 of 30 for 168 yards and 1 TD
SF: Tom Owen, 14 of 30 for 194 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
NYG: Doug Kotar, 22 for 72 yards and 1 TD; Marsh White, 12 for 69 yards and 1 TD; Larry Watkins, 7 for 32 yards and 1 TD; Joe Dawkins, 3 for 3 yards; Craig Morton, 1 for -1 yards
SF: Delvin Williams, 11 for 87 yards; Sammy Johnson, 10 for 70 yards and 1 TD; Larry Schreiber, 8 for 22 yards and 1 TD; Wilbur Jackson, 3 for 1 yard; Tom Owen, 1 for 1 yard

Receiving:
NYG: Jim Obradovich, 4 for 55 yards; Ray Rhodes, 3 for 46 yards and 1 TD; Doug Kotar, 3 for 21 yards; Walker Gillette, 2 for 18 yards; Marsh White, 2 for 14 yards; Don Clune, 1 for 10 yards; Larry Watkins, 1 for 4 yards
SF: Terry Beasley, 5 for 90 yards; Gene Washington, 4 for 49 yards; Larry Schreiber, 3 for 32 yards and 1 TD; Sammy Johnson, 1 for 13 yards; Delvin Williams, 1 for 10 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Rondy Colbert, 2 for 43 yards; Andy Selfridge, 1 for 0 yards
SF: Manfred Moore, 2 for 62 yards; Sammy Johnson, 2 for 38 yards

Punt returns:
NYG: Danny Buggs, 3 for 15 yards; Rondy Colbert, 2 for 17 yards
SF: Bruce Taylor, 3 for 77 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Bobby Brooks, 1 for 38 yards

Punting:
NYG: Dave Jennings, 5 for 214 yards; George Hunt, 1 for 24 yards
SF: Tom Wittum, 5 for 236 yards

Field Goals:
SF: Steve Mike-Mayer, 1/4




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