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Box Score: New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers

Posted: Mon November 23, 1998 at 12:29 a.m EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

NEW ORLEANS 10 3 0 7 20 SAN FRANCISCO 0 14 17 0 31 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NOR - FG, DOUG BRIEN 47 YD, 0:50. Drive: 4 plays, 41 yards in 0:42. Key plays: Bronson 45-yard pass interference penalty at San Francisco 29. NEW ORLEANS 3-0 NOR - TD, KERRY COLLINS 1 YD RUN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 14:26. Drive: 5 plays, 36 yards in 2:49. Key plays: Hastings 22-yard punt return to San Francisco 36; Collins 8-yard pass to Cleeland to San Francisco 28; Collins 25-yard pass to Poole to San Francisco 3; McQuarters 1-yard pass interference penalty on 3rd-and-2 in endzone. NEW ORLEANS 10-0 2ND QUARTER: SFO - TD, TERRELL OWENS 8 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE RICHEY KICK), 9:30. Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards in 4:35. Key plays: Young 19-yard pass to Kirby on 3rd-and-5 to New Orleans 25; Young 17-yard pass to Owens to New Orleans 8. NEW ORLEANS 10-7 SFO - TD, TERRELL OWENS 8 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE RICHEY KICK), 13:54. Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards in 1:40. Key plays: Young 10-yard pass to Clark to New Orleans 47; Young 19-yard pass to Stokes to New Orleans 28; Young 12-yard pass to Stokes on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 8. SAN FRANCISCO 14-10 NOR - FG, DOUG BRIEN 22 YD, 15:00. Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards in 1:06. Key plays: Craver 18-yard run to New Orleans 38; Collins 13-yard yard pass to Poole to San Francisco 39; Collins 31-yard pass to Dawkins to San Francisco 18; Collins 14-yard pass to Dawkins to San Francisco 4. SAN FRANCISCO 14-13 3RD QUARTER: SFO - TD, GARRISON HEARST 81 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE RICHEY KICK), 0:21. Drive: 1 play, 76 yards in 0:12. SAN FRANCISCO 21-13 SFO - TD, JERRY RICE 8 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE RICHEY KICK), 3:06. Drive: 6 plays, 38 yards in 2:02. Key plays: McDonald recovery of Dawkins fumble at New Orleans 38; Owens 18-yard run to New Orleans 20; Young 10-yard pass to Edwards to New Orleans 10. SAN FRANCISCO 28-13 SFO - FG, WADE RICHEY 45 YD, 9:26. Drive: 7 plays, 40 yards in 3:43. Key plays: Hearst 27-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 33. SAN FRANCISCO 31-13 4TH QUARTER: NOR - TD, AARON CRAVER 1 YD RUN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 13:38. Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 2:10. Key plays: Collins 12-yard pass on 3rd-and-2 to Cleeland to San Francisco 42; Collins 16-yard pass to Dawkins to San Francisco 25; Collins 16-yard pass on 3rd-and-3 to Hastings to San Francisco 2. SAN FRANCISCO 31-20 TEAM STATISTICS NOR SFO
FIRST DOWNS 23 23 Rushing 6 7 Passing 14 16 Penalty 3 0 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-12 10-15 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 401 443 Total plays 65 68 Average gain 6.2 6.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 90 154 Rushes 17 34 Average per rush 5.3 4.5 NET YARDS PASSING 311 289 Completed-attempted 22-44 22-31 Yards per pass 6.5 8.5 Sacked-yards lost 4-17 3-1 Had intercepted 2 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 2-33.5 3-43.7 RETURN YARDAGE 99 137 Punts-returns 2-21 1-8 Kickoffs-returns 4-69 4-86 Interceptions-returns 1-9 2-43 PENALTIES-YARDS 4-22 11-125 FUMBLES-LOST 4-2 2-2 TIME OF POSSESSION 25:04 34:56 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: New Orleans (Doug Brien 53). New Orleans rushing: Kerry Collins 6-30, Lamar Smith 4-28, Aaron Craver 4-23, Ray Zellars 2-8, Troy Davis 1-1. San Francisco rushing: Garrison Hearst 25-90, Steve Young 5-35, Terrell Owens 1-18, Terry Kirby 1-8, Marc Edwards 2-3. New Orleans passing: Kerry Collins 22-44 for 328 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD. San Francisco passing: Steve Young 22-31 for 290 yards, 1 INT, 4 TD. New Orleans receiving: Sean Dawkins 8-148, Cameron Cleeland 4-50, Lamar Smith 3-34, Keith Poole 2-38, Andre Hastings 2-30, John Farquhar 1-13, Brett Bech 1-8, Aaron Craver 1-7. San Francisco receiving: Jj Stokes 6-72, Garrison Hearst 4-103, Terrell Owens 4-42, Jerry Rice 3-27, Terry Kirby 2-21, Marc Edwards 2-15, Greg Clark 1-10. New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Mark Fields 10-1-1, Chris Bordano 8-1-0, Fred Weary 6-0-0, La'roi Glover 5-0-0, Chad Cota 5-0-1, Joe Johnson 4-0-0, Keith Mitchell 3-0-0, Jared Tomich 3-0-1, Tyronne Drakeford 3-0-0, Sammy Knight 2-1-0, Wayne Martin 2-0-0, Alex Molden 2-0-0, Vinson Smith 1-0-0, Je'rod Cherry 1-0-0. San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Merton Hanks 5-0-0, Tim Mcdonald 5-0-1, Winfred Tubbs 4-1-0, Lee Woodall 4-0-0, R.w. Mcquarters 4-0-0, Zack Bronson 4-0-0, Ken Norton 3-1-0, Bryant Young 2-2-2, Roy Barker 3-0-0, Darnell Walker 2-0-0, Chris Doleman 1-0-1, Shane Bonham 1-0-0, Jeff Posey 1-0-0, Tyrone Legette 2-0-0. Interceptions: New Orleans (Chad Cota 1 for 9 yards); San Francisco (Merton Hanks 1 for 37 yards, Zack Bronson 1 for 6 yards). Fumbles lost: New Orleans (Sean Dawkins 2); San Francisco (Steve Young 2). Opponent's fumbles recovered: New Orleans (Keith Mitchell, Jared Tomich); San Francisco (Tim Mcdonald 2). Officials: Referee-Tom White, Umpire-Jim Quirk, Head linesman-James Wilson, Line judge-Ben Montgomery, Back judge-Bob Waggoner, Side judge-Dave Wyant, Field judge-Scott Steenson. A: 68,429; T: 3:14.


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