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  FINAL
San Francisco 28, New Orleans 21
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
New Orleans 0 14 7 0 21
San Francisco 7 7 0 14 28

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
SFO   TD   TERRELL OWENS 5 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE RICHEY KICK), 8:52. Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Barnhardt 29-yard punt to New Orleans 39; Young 17-yard pass to Phillips on 3rd-and-9 to New Orleans 21; Garner 11-yard run to New Orleans 10. SAN FRANCISCO 7-0
2ND QUARTER
NOR   TD   EDDIE KENNISON 2 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE HOBERT (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 1:21. Drive: 15 plays, 67 yards in 7:29. Key plays: Hobert 13-yard pass to Kennison to New Orleans 43; Hobert 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to San Francisco 46; Smith 4-yard run on 4th-and-2 to San Francisco 23; Hobert 21-yard pass to Kennison to San Francisco 1. NEW ORLEANS 7, SAN FRANCISCO 7
NOR   TD   KEITH POOLE 58 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE HOBERT (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 5:09. Drive: 3 plays, 61 yards in 1:00. NEW ORLEANS 14-7
SFO   TD   TOMMY VARDELL 1 YD RUN (WADE RICHEY KICK), 9:01. Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards in 3:52. Key plays: Young 14-yard pass to Phillips to New Orleans 43; Young 22-yard pass to Owens to New Orleans 21; Garner 8-yard run to New Orleans 13; Garner 10-yard run to New Orleans 3; Young 4-for-4 for 47 yards. NEW ORLEANS 14, SAN FRANCISCO 14
3RD QUARTER
NOR   TD   LAWRENCE DAWSEY 12 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE HOBERT (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 5:14. Drive: 11 plays, 79 yards in 5:14. Key plays: R Williams 15-yard run to New Orleans 36; Hobert 26-yard pass to Cleeland to San Francisco 36; R Williams 12-yard run on 3rd-and-11 to San Francsico 11. NEW ORLEANS 21-14
4TH QUARTER
SFO   TD   TERRELL OWENS 4 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE RICHEY KICK), 12:57. Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards in 4:50. Key plays: 5-yard holding penalty on New Orleans' Drakeford to midfield; Young 13-yard pass to Phillips to New Orleans 45; 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Saints' Hewitt to New Orleans 30; Young 18-yard pass to Rice on 4th-and-12 to New Orleans 3. NEW ORLEANS 21, SAN FRANCISCO 21
SFO   TD   LANCE SCHULTERS 64 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (WADE RICHEY KICK), 13:29. SAN FRANCISCO 28-21

TEAM STATISTICS
  NOR SFO
FIRST DOWNS
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
17
6-15
2-4
324
67
4.8
101
30
3.4
223
20-37
6.0
0-0
4-39.5
105
1-0
4-89
1-16
8-79
3-1
30:45
21
2-11
2-4
311
63
4.9
88
23
3.8
223
23-35
5.6
5-35
4-39.3
155
2-0
4-91
2-64
3-28
1-0
29:15

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
New Orleans rushing
Ricky Williams 22-80, Lamar Smith 2-11, Tommy Barnhardt 1-4, Aaron Craver 3-4, Billy Joe Hobert 2-2.
San Francisco rushing
Charlie Garner 12-72, Steve Young 3-13, Lawrence Phillips 2-2, Tommy Vardell 5-1, Chad Stanley 1-0.
New Orleans passing
Billy Joe Hobert 20-37 for 223 yards, 2 INT, 3 TD.
San Francisco passing
Steve Young 23-35 for 258 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
New Orleans receiving
Eddie Kennison 5-46, Lawrence Dawsey 3-34, Aaron Craver 3-14, Ricky Williams 3-5, Keith Poole 2-69, Cameron Cleeland 2-32, Andre Hastings 2-23.
San Francisco receiving
Charlie Garner 5-88, Lawrence Phillips 5-61, Terrell Owens 5-49, Jerry Rice 5-47, Jj Stokes 2-12, Tommy Vardell 1-1.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Mark Fields 9-1-1, Keith Mitchell 6-2-0.5, Rob Kelly 4-1-0, Tyronne Drakeford 4-0-0, Sammy Knight 4-0-0, Fred Weary 3-1-0, Chris Bordano 2-1-0, Troy Wilson 2-1-1.5, Wayne Martin 2-0-1, Ashley Ambrose 2-0-0, Brady Smith 2-0-0, La'roi Glover 1-0-0, Jared Tomich 1-0-0, Chris Hewitt 1-0-1, Lawrence Dawsey 1-0-0, Je'rod Cherry 0-1-0, Willie Clay 0-1-0.
San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Tim Mcdonald 8-0-0, Ken Norton 5-1-0, Darnell Walker 5-0-0, Lance Schulters 4-1-0, Mark Mcmillan 4-1-0, Gabe Wilkins 4-0-0, Lee Woodall 4-0-0, Winfred Tubbs 3-0-0, Marvin Washington 2-0-0, Reggie Givens 2-0-0, R.w. Mcquarters 2-0-0, Bryant Young 1-0-0, Ray Brown 1-0-0, Junior Bryant 1-0-0, Craig Newsome 1-0-0.
Interceptions
New Orleans (Ashley Ambrose 1 for 16 yards); San Francisco (Lance Schulters 1 for 64 yards, Mark Mcmillan 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
New Orleans (Billy Joe Hobert).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
San Francisco (Ken Norton).
Officials
Referee-Phil Luckett, Umpire-Bob Wagner, Head linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line judge-Byron Boston, Back judge-Bill Leavy, Side judge-Neely Dunn, Field judge-David Warden.
A: 67,685; T: 3:02.

 


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