NFL game summary for 10/16/1977:

The Giants took advantage of San Francisco mistakes to win their second game of the season and break a three-game losing streak. In the second quarter, Brian Kelley recovered a fumble and Ernie Jones blocked a punt that set up two touchdowns, one a 37-yard pass from Joe Pisarcik to Gary Shirk and the other a one-yard run by Willie Spencer. Joe Danelo also booted a 22-yard field goal to give the Giants a 17-3 halftime lead. Danelo kicked another 22-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to widen the lead to 20-3, but the winless 49ers came storming back on the strength of Jim Plunkett's arm. Plunkett connected with Ken Harrison on a 46-yard pass to the Giants 3 and Wilbur Jackson scored from the 1 two plays later. Plunkett hit Gene Washington on a 47-yard scoring pass with 5:01 to play.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	111.2 (22)	88.8 (27)	200.0 (27)	7
DEFENSE	161.5 (24)	127.8 (8)	289.2 (15)	1
OFFENSE	108.5 (24)	110.5 (24)	219.0 (26)	14
DEFENSE	159.2 (23)	172.2 (24)	331.5 (25)	10

Line: 49ers by 1

Team	1	2	3	4	F
San Francisco 49ers (0-5-0)	3	0	0	14	17
New York Giants (2-3-0)	0	17	0	3	20

( 3- 0) SF Ray Wersching 50 yard field goal ( 3- 3) NYG Joe Danelo 22 yard field goal ( 3-10) NYG Gary Shirk 37 yard pass from Joe Pisarcik (Joe Danelo kick) ( 3-17) NYG Willie Spencer 1 yard rush (Joe Danelo kick) ( 3-20) NYG Joe Danelo 22 yard field goal (10-20) SF Wilbur Jackson 1 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) (17-20) SF Gene Washington 47 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching kick)

                     SF              NYG
First Downs:         16              9
Rushes-yards:        39-92           41-131
Yards/rush:          2.4             3.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-22-224-1     2-6-47-0
Sacked-yards:        4-41            2-24
Net pass yards:      183             23
Net yards/pass:      7.0             2.9
Total net yards:     275             154
Total plays:         65 (60% run)    49 (83% run)  
Yards/play:          4.2             3.1
Fumbles-lost:        4-2             1-1
Turnovers:           3               1
Penalties-yards:     7-67            6-45

Attendance: 70,366

Passing:
SF: Jim Plunkett, 15 of 22 for 224 yards and 1 TD (1 int) NYG: Joe Pisarcik, 2 of 6 for 47 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
SF: Wilbur Jackson, 16 for 30 yards and 1 TD; Delvin Williams, 12 for 23 yards; Bob Ferrell, 5 for 19 yards; Jim Plunkett, 4 for 15 yards; Paul Hofer, 2 for 5 yards NYG: Doug Kotar, 18 for 81 yards; Bobby Hammond, 9 for 32 yards; Larry Csonka, 6 for 15 yards; Willie Spencer, 4 for 5 yards and 1 TD; Joe Pisarcik, 4 for -2 yards
Receiving:
SF: Paul Hofer, 4 for 37 yards; Gene Washington, 2 for 65 yards and 1 TD; Kenny Harrison, 2 for 63 yards; Paul Seal, 2 for 23 yards; Wilbur Jackson, 2 for 20 yards; Tom Mitchell, 1 for 13 yards; Delvin Williams, 1 for 9 yards; Jim Lash, 1 for -6 yards NYG: Gary Shirk, 1 for 37 yards and 1 TD; Doug Kotar, 1 for 10 yards
Kick returns:
SF: Paul Hofer, 4 for 67 yards NYG: Gordon Bell, 2 for 32 yards; Bobby Hammond, 1 for 24 yards
Punt returns:
SF: Tony Leonard, 2 for 4 yards; Bruce Elia, 1 for 1 yard NYG: Bobby Hammond, 1 for 63 yards
Interceptions:
NYG: Brian Kelley, 1 for 17 yards
Punting:
SF: Tom Wittum, 3 for 97 yards NYG: Dave Jennings, 7 for 270 yards
Field Goals:
SF: Ray Wersching, 1/1 NYG: Joe Danelo, 2/2