1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
San Francisco	0	13	3	0	16
Carolina	7	17	7	3	34

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
CAR		TD		ISSAC BYRD 3 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 7:27. Drive: 16 plays, 80 yards in 7:33. Key plays: Beuerlein 9-yard pass to Hayes to Carolina 49; Beuerlein 12-yard pass to Muhammad to San Francisco 39; Beuerlein 10-yard pass to Muhammad on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 22; Beuerlein 8-yard pass to Muhammad to San Francisco 9. CAROLINA 7-0
2ND QUARTER
SFO		TD		TERRELL OWENS 32 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA (PAT FAILED), 0:08. Drive: 6 plays, 51 yards in 2:26. Key plays: Garcia 10-yard pass to Owens to Carolina 40. CAROLINA 7-6
CAR		TD		TIM BIAKABUTUKA 2 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 6:09. Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards in 6:01. Key plays: Beuerlein 21-yard pass on 3rd-and-14 to Byrd to Carolina 37; Beuerlein 24-yard pass to Muhammad to San Francisco 35; Beuerlein 32-yard pass to Hayes to San Francisco 13; Beuelrein 11-yard pass to Muhammad to San Francisco 2. CAROLINA 14-6
CAR		TD		MIKE MINTER 30 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 6:28. CAROLINA 21-6
SFO		TD		JERRY RICE 16 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA (WADE RICHEY KICK), 9:19. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 2:51. Key plays: Garcia 62-yard pass to Garner to Carolina 28; Garcia 11-yard pass to Garner on 3rd-and-9 to Carolina 16. CAROLINA 21-13
CAR		FG		JOE NEDNEY 30 YD, 13:56. Drive: 12 plays, 68 yards in 4:37. Key plays: Beuerlein 16-yard pass to Hayes on 3rd-and-5 to Carolina 41; Beuerlein 9-yard pass to Biakabutuka to San Francisco 48; Beuerlein 27-yard pass to Muhammad to San Francisco 21. CAROLINA 24-13
3RD QUARTER
CAR		TD		TIM BIAKABUTUKA 8 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 2:44. Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards in 1:18. Key plays: Uwaezuoke 13-yard punt return to San Francisco 34; Beuerlein 18-yard pass to Hayes on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 8. CAROLINA 31-13
SFO		FG		WADE RICHEY 38 YD, 9:41. Drive: 15 plays, 58 yards in 6:57. Key plays: Garcia 13-yard pass to Garner to San Francisco 41; Garcia 15-yard pass to Rice on 3rd-and-9 to Carolina 43; Garcia 5-yard pass to Garner on 3rd-and-4 to Carolina 32; Beasley 5-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Carolina 19. CAROLINA 31-16
4TH QUARTER
CAR		FG		JOE NEDNEY 38 YD, 6:29. Drive: 10 plays, 47 yards in 4:22. Key plays: Beuerlein 11-yard pass to Muhammad on 3rd-and-4 to midfield; Biakabutuka 12-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 29. CAROLINA 34-16

TEAM STATISTICS

	SFO	CAR
FIRST DOWNS Passing 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	20 14 5-10 1-3 411 60 6.9 128 18 7.1 283 25-39 6.7 3-24 1-37.0 77 0-0 5-77 0-0 13-82 3-1 26:23	26 19 10-14 0-0 390 72 5.4 98 25 3.9 292 28-44 6.2 3-17 2-42.0 62 1-13 1-19 1-30 6-63 0-0 33:37

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
San Francisco rushing
Charlie Garner 10-87, Jeff Garcia 2-12, Fred Beasley 3-7, Terrell Owens 1-2, Paul Smith 2-20.
Carolina rushing
Tim Biakabutuka 19-85, Chris Hetherington 1-4, Brad Hoover 1-4, Steve Beuerlein 2-3, William Floyd 2-2.
San Francisco passing
Jeff Garcia 25-39 for 307 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Carolina passing
Steve Beuerlein 28-44 for 309 yards, 0 INT, 3 TD.
San Francisco receiving
Charlie Garner 7-112, Terrell Owens 6-96, Fred Beasley 4-32, Jerry Rice 3-35, Greg Clark 2-14, Tai Streets 1-6, Jj Stokes 1-4, Justin Swift 1-8.
Carolina receiving
Muhsin Muhammad 9-127, Donald Hayes 6-90, Tim Biakabutuka 6-42, Wesley Walls 3-22, Issac Byrd 2-24, William Floyd 1-2, Kris Mangum 1-2.
San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Ahmed Plummer 9-2-0, Jason Webster 7-2-0, Artie Ulmer 4-2-1, Ken Norton 4-1-0, Pierson Prioleau 4-0-0, Monty Montgomery 3-1-0, Lance Schulters 3-0-0, Anthony Pleasant 3-0-1, Cedric Killings 3-0-1, Jeff Posey 2-1-0, Chike Okeafor 1-2-0, Brentson Buckner 2-0-0, John Engelberger 1-0-0, Reggie Mcgrew 1-0-0, Nate Hobgood-chittick 1-0-0.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Mike Minter 8-2-0, Doug Evans 5-3-0, Lee Woodall 6-1-0, Mike Rucker 4-0-1, Lester Towns 3-1-0, Eugene Robinson 2-1-0, Eric Davis 2-1-0, Al Lucas 2-0-0, Gillis Wilson 2-0-0, Reggie White 2-0-1, Sean Gilbert 2-0-0, Dean Wells 1-1-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 1-0-0, Jason Peter 1-0-1, Damien Richardson 1-0-0.
Interceptions
None.
Fumbles lost
San Francisco (Terrell Owens).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Carolina (Lester Towns).
Officials
Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Ed Coukart, Head linesman-Tom Johnson, Line judge-Byron Boston, Field judge-Bobby Mcgrath, Side judge-Dave Wyant, Back judge-Perry Paganelli.
A: 61,350; T: 3:10.