Sunday October 4, 1970
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NFL game summary for 10/04/1970:



Falcons' free safety Tom McCauley picked up a 49ers' fumble and raced 42 yards to the San Francisco 13 to set up Atlanta's winning score, a seven-yard pass from Bob Berry to Gail Cogdill and Ken Vinyard's extra point with 4:09 left. San Francisco place-kicker Bruce Gossett missed a 19-yard field goal attempt with six seconds remaining.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE154.0  (6)225.5  (1)379.5  (1)1
DEFENSE123.0  (16)205.5  (23)328.5  (22)6
OFFENSE130.5  (10)194.0  (7)324.5  (7)7
DEFENSE85.5  (7)204.0  (22)289.5  (14)5

Line: n/a

Team1234F
San Francisco 49ers (2-1-0)0710320
Atlanta Falcons (2-1-0)0701421

( 7- 0) SF Ken Willard 3 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick) ( 7- 7) ATL Cannonball Butler 3 yard pass from Bob Berry (Ken Vinyard kick) (14- 7) SF Bob Windsor 1 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) (17- 7) SF Bruce Gossett 27 yard field goal (17-14) ATL Jim Mitchell 9 yard pass from Bob Berry (Ken Vinyard kick) (20-14) SF Bruce Gossett 43 yard field goal (20-21) ATL Gail Cogdill 7 yard pass from Bob Berry (Ken Vinyard kick)
                     SF              ATL
First Downs:         18              18
Rushes-yards:        41-163          30-152
Yards/rush:          4.0             5.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-27-182-0     17-32-217-0
Sacked-yards:        2-19            1-13
Net pass yards:      163             204
Net yards/pass:      5.6             6.2
Total net yards:     326             356
Total plays:         70 (58% run)    63 (47% run)  
Yards/play:          4.7             5.7
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             4-2
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     6-49            4-44

Attendance: 58,850

Passing:
SF: John Brodie, 16 of 27 for 182 yards and 1 TD ATL: Bob Berry, 17 of 32 for 217 yards and 3 TDs
Rushing:
SF: Ken Willard, 25 for 90 yards and 1 TD; Doug Cunningham, 14 for 69 yards; Jimmy Thomas, 2 for 4 yards ATL: Cannonball Butler, 17 for 127 yards; Art Malone, 6 for 17 yards; Harmon Wages, 4 for 2 yards; Sonny Campbell, 2 for 6 yards; Bob Berry, 1 for 0 yards
Receiving:
SF: Preston Riley, 4 for 90 yards; Gene Washington, 4 for 37 yards; Doug Cunningham, 4 for 29 yards; Bob Windsor, 2 for 17 yards and 1 TD; Ken Willard, 1 for 5 yards; Bill Tucker, 1 for 4 yards ATL: Paul Flatley, 6 for 99 yards; Jim Mitchell, 6 for 77 yards and 1 TD; Gail Cogdill, 3 for 33 yards and 1 TD; Cannonball Butler, 2 for 8 yards and 1 TD
Kick returns:
SF: Bill Tucker, 3 for 96 yards; Bill Belk, 1 for 7 yards ATL: Art Malone, 3 for 57 yards; Mike Brunson, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
SF: Bruce Taylor, 2 for 42 yards ATL: John Mallory, 2 for 25 yards; Tom McCauley, 2 for 17 yards
Interceptions:

Punting:
SF: Steve Spurrier, 5 for 213 yards ATL: Billy Lothridge, 5 for 209 yards
Field Goals:
SF: Bruce Gossett, 2/3 ATL: Ken Vinyard, 0/2


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