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Box Score: Atlanta Falcons at San Francisco 49ers

Posted: Sun September 27, 1998 at 8:24 p.m. EDT

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

ATLANTA 7 0 0 13 20 SAN FRANCISCO 14 17 0 0 31 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: SFO - TD, JERRY RICE 66 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE RICHEY KICK), 0:43. Drive: 2 plays, 78 yards in 0:43. Key plays: Young 12-yard pass to Rice to San Francisco 34. SAN FRANCISCO 7-0 SFO - TD, MARC EDWARDS 7 YD RUN (WADE RICHEY KICK), 9:04. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in 5:16. Key plays: Young 9-yard run on 3rd-and-8 to San Francisco 31; Hearst 17-yard run to San Francisco 48; Young 7-yard pass to Uwaezuoke on 3rd-and-3 to Atlanta 38; Young 14-yard pass to Rice plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Booker to Atlanta 14. SAN FRANCISCO 14-0 ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 49 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 11:03. Drive: 5 plays, 76 yards in 1:59. Key plays: Chandler 20-yard pass to Anderson on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 49. SAN FRANCISCO 14-7 2ND QUARTER: SFO - TD, JJ STOKES 3 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE RICHEY KICK), 2:22. Drive: 10 plays, 93 yards in 4:54. Key plays: Edwards 32-yard run to midfield; Young 18-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Atlanta 23; Young 18-yard pass to Rice to Atlanta 5. SAN FRANCISCO 21-7 SFO - FG, WADE RICHEY 31 YD, 6:14. Drive: 5 plays, 30 yards in 2:07. Key plays: McQuarters 37-yard punt return to Atlanta 43; Young 22-yard pass to Owens to Atlanta 21. SAN FRANCISCO 24-7 SFO - TD, JERRY RICE 26 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE RICHEY KICK), 13:34. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in 1:20. Key plays: Young 10-yard pass to Owens to San Fransisco 30; Young 20-yard pass to Smith to midfield; Young 19-yard run to Atlanta 26. SAN FRANCISCO 31-7 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 4 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 1:49. Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in 1:04. Key plays: Chandler 23-yard pass to Anderson to San Francisco 46; Anderson 42-yard run to San Francisco 4. SAN FRANCISCO 31-14 ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 31 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER (PAT BLOCKED), 7:37. Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards in 3:55. Key plays: Anderson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 35; Anderson 18-yard run to San Francisco 47; Chandler 9-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 31. SAN FRANCISCO 31-20 TEAM STATISTICS ATL SFO
FIRST DOWNS 19 23 Rushing 8 7 Passing 11 14 Penalty 0 2 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-14 5-15 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 1-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 369 538 Total plays 65 73 Average gain 5.7 7.4 NET YARDS RUSHING 147 161 Rushes 20 31 Average per rush 7.4 5.2 NET YARDS PASSING 222 377 Completed-attempted 16-38 28-39 Yards per pass 4.9 9.0 Sacked-yards lost 7-32 3-10 Had intercepted 3 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 7-40.0 5-46.0 RETURN YARDAGE 194 76 Punts-returns 3-36 3-46 Kickoffs-returns 6-127 2-30 Interceptions-returns 1-31 3-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 7-53 5-40 FUMBLES-LOST 2-1 2-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:06 32:54 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: San Francisco (Wade Richey 43). Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 13-123, Chris Chandler 3-13, Tim Dwight 3-12, Ken Oxendine 1-minus 1. San Francisco rushing: Garrison Hearst 18-57, Steve Young 7-50, Marc Edwards 3-41, Chuck Levy 3-13. Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 16-38 for 254 yards, 3 INT, 2 TD. San Francisco passing: Steve Young 28-39 for 387 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD. Atlanta receiving: Terance Mathis 7-130, Tony Martin 4-53, Jamal Anderson 2-43, Gary Downs 2-20, O.j. Santiago 1-8. San Francisco receiving: Jerry Rice 8-162, Chuck Levy 6-21, Garrison Hearst 4-105, Irv Smith 4-39, Jj Stokes 3-21, Terrell Owens 2-32, Iheanyi Uwaezuoke 1-7. Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ray Buchanan 7-1-0, Travis Hall 7-0-0, Craig Sauer 6-0-0, Jessie Tuggle 5-0-1, Cornelius Bennett 4-0-0, Shane Dronett 4-0-1, Eugene Robinson 4-0-0, William White 3-1-0, Randy Fuller 3-0-0, Chuck Smith 3-0-1, Lester Archambeau 3-0-0, Michael Booker 2-0-0, Ronnie Bradford 2-0-0, Keith Brooking 2-0-0, Juran Bolden 1-0-0, John Burrough 1-0-0. San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Antonio Langham 7-0-0, Tim Mcdonald 4-2-0.5, Darnell Walker 5-0-0, Bryant Young 3-2-1, Chris Doleman 3-1-2.5, Merton Hanks 3-0-0, Ken Norton 3-0-1, Winfred Tubbs 3-0-0, Roy Barker 2-1-0, Junior Bryant 2-1-1.5, Lee Woodall 1-1-0.5, Zack Bronson 1-0-0. Interceptions: Atlanta (Ray Buchanan 1 for 31 yards); San Francisco (Zack Bronson 2 for 0 yards, Tim Mcdonald 1 for 0 yards). Fumbles lost: Atlanta (Ken Oxendine); San Francisco (R.w. Mcquarters). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Bob Christian); San Francisco (Brentson Buckner). Officials: Referee-Tony Corrente, Umpire-Ron Botchan, Head linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Back judge-Paul Baetz, Side judge-Ron Liebsack, Field judge-Don Dorkowski. A: 62,296; T: 3:07.


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