Sunday November 9, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/09/1975:



Rookie Steve Mike-Mayer tied the San Francisco club record and snapped Los Angeles' six-game winning streak when he kicked a 54-yard field goal with 38 seconds remaining. The Rams had taken a 23-21 lead with 90 seconds remaining, but 49ers' quarterback Steve Spurrier, making his first start of the season, completed three passes to the Rams' 37-yard line, setting up Mike-Mayer's kick. Spurrier completed 19 passes for 290 yards, including touchdown passes of 42 and 68 yards to Gene Washington and a 19-yard scoring throw to Delvin Williams.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE98.7  (26)164.1  (13)262.9  (21)24
DEFENSE132.3  (9)133.0  (6)265.3  (7)14
OFFENSE181.3  (3)166.3  (11)347.6  (5)11
DEFENSE114.0  (4)127.1  (4)241.1  (1)20

Line: Rams by 14

Team1234F
San Francisco 49ers (3-5-0)00141024
Los Angeles Rams (6-2-0)1400923

( 0- 7) LA John Cappelletti 25 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick) ( 0-14) LA Jim Bertelsen 1 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick) ( 7-14) SF Gene Washington 42 yard pass from Steve Spurrier (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) (14-14) SF Delvin Williams 19 yard pass from Steve Spurrier (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) (14-17) LA Tom Dempsey 23 yard field goal (21-17) SF Gene Washington 68 yard pass from Steve Spurrier (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) (21-23) LA Jim Bertelsen 1 yard rush (kick failed) (24-23) SF Steve Mike-Mayer 54 yard field goal
                     SF              LA
First Downs:         19              25
Rushes-yards:        28-104          37-132
Yards/rush:          3.7             3.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     19-38-290-0     22-35-233-2
Sacked-yards:        0-0             3-22
Net pass yards:      290             211
Net yards/pass:      7.6             5.6
Total net yards:     394             343
Total plays:         66 (42% run)    75 (49% run)  
Yards/play:          6.0             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             2-1
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     13-85           8-50

Attendance: 74,064

Passing:
SF: Steve Spurrier, 19 of 38 for 290 yards and 3 TDs LA: James Harris, 22 of 35 for 233 yards (2 int)
Rushing:
SF: Wilbur Jackson, 8 for 22 yards; Delvin Williams, 6 for 18 yards; Steve Spurrier, 5 for 30 yards; Sammy Johnson, 5 for 21 yards; Larry Schreiber, 4 for 13 yards LA: Jim Bertelsen, 13 for 35 yards and 2 TDs; Lawrence McCutcheon, 12 for 40 yards; John Cappelletti, 5 for 30 yards and 1 TD; Cullen Bryant, 5 for 20 yards; James Harris, 2 for 7 yards
Receiving:
SF: Gene Washington, 5 for 144 yards and 2 TDs; Sammy Johnson, 4 for 35 yards; Terry Beasley, 3 for 43 yards; Delvin Williams, 3 for 38 yards and 1 TD; Larry Schreiber, 2 for 12 yards; Tom Mitchell, 1 for 17 yards; Keith Fahnhorst, 1 for 1 yard LA: Willie McGee, 5 for 66 yards; Harold Jackson, 5 for 45 yards; Ron Jessie, 4 for 41 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 3 for 29 yards; Cullen Bryant, 2 for 18 yards; Jack Snow, 1 for 21 yards; Bob Klein, 1 for 12 yards; Charlie Cowan, 1 for 1 yard
Kick returns:
SF: Manfred Moore, 4 for 84 yards; Sammy Johnson, 1 for 17 yards LA: Willie McGee, 4 for 109 yards; John Cappelletti, 1 for 12 yards
Punt returns:
SF: Ralph McGill, 2 for 8 yards; Bruce Taylor, 1 for 21 yards; Manfred Moore, 1 for 13 yards LA: Dave Elmendorf, 2 for 28 yards
Interceptions:
SF: Skip Vanderbundt, 1 for 15 yards; Jimmy Johnson, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
SF: Tom Wittum, 5 for 176 yards LA: Duane Carrell, 5 for 209 yards
Field Goals:
SF: Steve Mike-Mayer, 1/1 LA: Tom Dempsey, 1/1


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