Monday November 29, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/29/1976:



Wilbur Jackson rushed for 156 yards and a touchdown, Delvin Williams crossed the 1,000-yard mark with 153 yards rushing, and the two accounted for all but 21 yards of San Francisco's total offense as the 49ers took a win from the Vikings for the first time since 1972. Scott Bull, starting for injured Jim Plunkett, drove San Francisco 51 yards on the 49ers first series for a TD, the drive capped by Jackson's two-yard run. Fran Tarkenton threw second quarter touchdown passes of 18 yards to Sammy White and eight yards to Ahmad Rashad for a brief 13-10 lead. Bull scored on a one-yard run with 1:41 left in the first half to put San Francisco on top for the rest of the game.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE131.5  (21)210.0  (4)341.5  (6)23
DEFENSE151.4  (16)122.1  (3)273.5  (7)29
OFFENSE157.5  (10)125.5  (22)283.0  (18)29
DEFENSE131.7  (8)114.1  (2)245.8  (1)24

Line: Vikings by 7

Team1234F
Minnesota Vikings (9-2-1)0133016
San Francisco 49ers (7-5-0)7100320

( 0- 7) SF Wilbur Jackson 2 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) ( 0-10) SF Steve Mike-Mayer 45 yard field goal ( 7-10) MIN Sammy White 18 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) (13-10) MIN Ahmad Rashad 8 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (kick failed) (13-17) SF Scott Bull 1 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) (16-17) MIN Fred Cox 37 yard field goal (16-20) SF Steve Mike-Mayer 38 yard field goal
                     MIN             SF
First Downs:         16              17
Rushes-yards:        30-113          54-317
Yards/rush:          3.8             5.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-37-200-0     3-8-32-1
Sacked-yards:        3-31            2-18
Net pass yards:      169             14
Net yards/pass:      4.2             1.4
Total net yards:     282             331
Total plays:         70 (42% run)    64 (84% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             5.2
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             0-0
Turnovers:           0               1
Penalties-yards:     8-78            9-73

Attendance: 56,775

Passing:
MIN: Fran Tarkenton, 16 of 37 for 200 yards and 2 TDs SF: Scott Bull, 3 of 8 for 32 yards (1 int)
Rushing:
MIN: Chuck Foreman, 23 for 93 yards; Brent McClanahan, 5 for 16 yards; Robert Miller, 2 for 4 yards SF: Wilbur Jackson, 30 for 156 yards and 1 TD; Delvin Williams, 20 for 153 yards; Scott Bull, 2 for 7 yards and 1 TD; Paul Hofer, 2 for 1 yard
Receiving:
MIN: Ahmad Rashad, 6 for 103 yards and 1 TD; Chuck Foreman, 3 for 23 yards; Bob Grim, 2 for 39 yards; Stu Voigt, 2 for 11 yards; Sammy White, 1 for 18 yards and 1 TD; Robert Miller, 1 for 5 yards; Brent McClanahan, 1 for 1 yard SF: Gene Washington, 1 for 16 yards; Jim Lash, 1 for 10 yards; Delvin Williams, 1 for 6 yards
Kick returns:
MIN: Leonard Willis, 4 for 87 yards SF: Tom Mitchell, 2 for 7 yards; Kermit Johnson, 1 for 24 yards; Paul Hofer, 1 for 11 yards
Punt returns:
MIN: Leonard Willis, 4 for 21 yards; Autry Beamon, 1 for 14 yards SF: Tony Leonard, 5 for 31 yards; Bruce Rhodes, 1 for 6 yards
Interceptions:
MIN: Paul Krause, 1 for 2 yards
Punting:
MIN: Neil Clabo, 7 for 296 yards SF: Tom Wittum, 6 for 219 yards
Field Goals:
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/2 SF: Steve Mike-Mayer, 2/4


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