Saturday October 23, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

All NFL game summaries for 10/23/1976:



The 49ers' defense sacked Atlanta's quarterbacks eight times, limiting the Falcons to 44 net yards total offense in San Francisco's second shutout victory in three games. Steve Mike-Mayer's ninth and tenth consecutive field goals, plus Kermit Johnson's one-yard run for the only touchdown, enabled the 49ers to maintain a half-game lead over Los Angeles in the NFC West.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE115.2  (26)123.2  (22)238.3  (26)19
DEFENSE194.7  (25)112.7  (4)307.3  (14)16
OFFENSE132.8  (18)152.3  (17)285.2  (17)11
DEFENSE129.8  (11)111.7  (3)241.5  (3)16

Line: 49ers by 14

Team1234F
Atlanta Falcons (1-6-0)00000
San Francisco 49ers (6-1-0)237315

( 0- 2) SF Safety, ball snapped out of end zone ( 0- 5) SF Steve Mike-Mayer 20 yard field goal ( 0-12) SF Kermit Johnson 1 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) ( 0-15) SF Steve Mike-Mayer 27 yard field goal
                     ATL             SF
First Downs:         7               14
Rushes-yards:        28-83           47-169
Yards/rush:          3.0             3.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-29-46-2       11-20-107-1
Sacked-yards:        8-85            4-31
Net pass yards:      -39             76
Net yards/pass:      -1.1            3.2
Total net yards:     44              245
Total plays:         65 (43% run)    71 (66% run)  
Yards/play:          0.7             3.5
Fumbles-lost:        4-1             4-3
Turnovers:           3               4
Penalties-yards:     10-83           9-88

Attendance: 50,240

Passing:
ATL: Kim McQuilken, 7 of 25 for 44 yards (2 int); Scott Hunter, 1 of 4 for 2 yards SF: Jim Plunkett, 11 of 20 for 107 yards (1 int)
Rushing:
ATL: Bubba Bean, 10 for 28 yards; Woody Thompson, 10 for 24 yards; Sonny Collins, 3 for 23 yards; Kim McQuilken, 3 for 10 yards; Haskel Stanback, 1 for 4 yards; Jim Mitchell, 1 for -6 yards SF: Kermit Johnson, 16 for 57 yards and 1 TD; Wilbur Jackson, 14 for 53 yards; Paul Hofer, 7 for 27 yards; Bob Ferrell, 6 for 21 yards; Jim Plunkett, 3 for 11 yards; Marty Domres, 1 for 0 yards
Receiving:
ATL: Jim Mitchell, 3 for 29 yards; Haskel Stanback, 2 for 4 yards; Alfred Jenkins, 1 for 6 yards; Bubba Bean, 1 for 5 yards; Woody Thompson, 1 for 2 yards SF: Wilbur Jackson, 4 for 33 yards; Gene Washington, 3 for 29 yards; Tom Mitchell, 1 for 13 yards; Kenny Harrison, 1 for 12 yards; Kermit Johnson, 1 for 11 yards; Bob Ferrell, 1 for 9 yards
Kick returns:
ATL: Rolland Lawrence, 3 for 70 yards SF: Tony Leonard, 2 for 43 yards
Punt returns:
ATL: Rolland Lawrence, 7 for 43 yards; Rick Byas, 1 for 8 yards SF: Tony Leonard, 4 for 14 yards; Bruce Rhodes, 1 for 2 yards
Interceptions:
ATL: Rolland Lawrence, 1 for 0 yards SF: Mel Phillips, 1 for 14 yards; Bruce Rhodes, 1 for 4 yards
Punting:
ATL: John James, 11 for 441 yards SF: Tom Wittum, 10 for 381 yards
Field Goals:
ATL: Nick Mike-Mayer, 0/1 SF: Steve Mike-Mayer, 2/2


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