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Box Score: San Francisco 49ers at New England Patriots

Posted: Sun December 20, 1998 at 5:02 p.m. EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

SAN FRANCISCO 0 21 0 0 21 NEW ENGLAND 7 7 0 10 24 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NWE - TD, ROBERT EDWARDS 19 YD PASS FROM SCOTT ZOLAK (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 12:04. Drive: 6 plays, 48 yards in 3:46. Key plays: Edwards 12-yard run to San Francisco 32; Edwards 7-yard run to San Francisco 25; Cullors 6-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 19. NEW ENGLAND 7-0 2ND QUARTER: SFO - TD, JERRY RICE 75 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE RICHEY KICK), 6:37. Drive: 2 plays, 76 yards in 0:55. SAN FRANCISCO 7, NEW ENGLAND 7 NWE - TD, SHAWN JEFFERSON 61 YD PASS FROM SCOTT ZOLAK (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 8:19. Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards in 1:42. Key plays: Floyd 10-yard run to New England 30. NEW ENGLAND 14-7 SFO - TD, TERRELL OWENS 7 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE RICHEY KICK), 12:18. Drive: 5 plays, 22 yards in 2:21. Key plays: McDonald 18-yard interception return to New England 22; Young 9-yard pass to Rice on 3rd-and-7 to New England 10. SAN FRANCISCO 14, NEW ENGLAND 14 SFO - TD, IRV SMITH 25 YD PASS FROM TY DETMER (WADE RICHEY KICK), 15:00. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 0:50. Key plays: Young 18-yard pass to Stokes to San Francisco 38; Young 11-yard pass to Hearst to San Francisco 49. SAN FRANCISCO 21-14 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: NWE - TD, ROBERT EDWARDS 5 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 7:26. Drive: 11 plays, 49 yards in 4:44. Key plays: Zolak 11-yard pass to Coates to San Francisco 34; Zolak 20-yard pass to Simmons on 3rd-and-17 to San Francisco 21; Zolak 13-yard pass to Simmons to San Francisco 13; Zolak 4-yard pass to Coates on 4th-and-2 to San Francisco 9. SAN FRANCISCO 21, NEW ENGLAND 21 NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 35 YD, 14:57. Drive: 6 plays, 23 yards in 1:45. Key plays: Brown 14-yard punt return to San Francisco 41; Edwards 10-yard run to San Francisco 31; Edwards 5-yard run plus 5-yard facemask penalty on 49ers' Tubbs on 3rd-and-6 to San Francisco 17. NEW ENGLAND 24-21 TEAM STATISTICS SFO NWE
FIRST DOWNS 21 20 Rushing 8 9 Passing 13 9 Penalty 0 2 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-11 5-14 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 1-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 410 332 Total plays 63 62 Average gain 6.5 5.4 NET YARDS RUSHING 151 132 Rushes 34 31 Average per rush 4.4 4.3 NET YARDS PASSING 259 200 Completed-attempted 19-24 14-30 Yards per pass 8.9 6.5 Sacked-yards lost 5-33 1-5 Had intercepted 2 2 PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-37.0 5-39.6 RETURN YARDAGE 107 98 Punts-returns 2-5 2-24 Kickoffs-returns 5-84 2-44 Interceptions-returns 2-18 2-30 PENALTIES-YARDS 9-64 5-38 FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 0-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:31 27:29 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: San Francisco (Wade Richey 31); New England (Adam Vinatieri 32). San Francisco rushing: Garrison Hearst 27-107, Terry Kirby 5-37, Marc Edwards 2-7. New England rushing: Robert Edwards 24-101, Shawn Jefferson 1-15, Chris Floyd 2-14, Scott Zolak 2-3, Derick Cullors 2-minus 1. San Francisco passing: Steve Young 18-23 for 267 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD, Ty Detmer 1-1 for 25 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD. New England passing: Scott Zolak 14-30 for 205 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD. San Francisco receiving: Jerry Rice 5-115, Jj Stokes 4-59, Terrell Owens 3-61, Garrison Hearst 3-17, Terry Kirby 2-13, Irv Smith 1-25, Marc Edwards 1-2. New England receiving: Tony Simmons 5-56, Robert Edwards 4-52, Ben Coates 3-25, Shawn Jefferson 2-72. San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ken Norton 9-6-0, Winfred Tubbs 6-6-0, Lee Woodall 4-2-0, Chris Doleman 2-4-1, Lance Schulters 3-2-0, Roy Barker 2-3-0, Antonio Langham 4-0-0, Brentson Buckner 4-0-0, Tim Mcdonald 2-1-0, R.w. Mcquarters 1-2-0, Gabe Wilkins 2-0-0, Junior Bryant 1-1-0, Darnell Walker 1-0-0, Merton Hanks 0-1-0. New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Lawyer Milloy 10-4-0, Willie Clay 4-5-0, Chris Slade 3-6-1, Tedy Bruschi 6-2-0, Todd Collins 5-3-0, Henry Thomas 2-4-0, Steve Israel 4-1-1, Ferric Collons 3-2-0, Greg Spires 3-2-1, Ty Law 3-1-0, Chad Eaton 3-0-0, Tebucky Jones 2-1-0, Chris Carter 1-0-1, Chris Canty 1-0-0, Chris Sullivan 1-0-1, Larry Whigham 1-0-0. Interceptions: San Francisco (Merton Hanks 1 for 0 yards, Tim Mcdonald 1 for 18 yards); New England (Willie Clay 1 for 0 yards, Ty Law 1 for 30 yards). Fumbles lost: San Francisco (Jerry Rice). Opponent's fumbles recovered: New England (Ty Law). Officials: Referee-Bob Mcelwee, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head linesman-Tom Stabile, Line judge-Ron Phares, Back judge-Billy Smith, Side judge-Larry Rose, Field judge-Bill Lovett. A: 59,153; T: 3:10.


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