Sunday November 23, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/23/1975:



Larry Schreiber's three-yard touchdown run just two minutes into the game got the 49ers off to their third consecutive victory. For the second game in a row, Gene Washington caught only one pass, but it was for a touchdown -- 26 yards from Steve Spurrier, who has directed each of San Francisco's streaking wins since taking over at quarterback.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE114.2  (25)171.2  (12)285.4  (17)29
DEFENSE134.9  (11)131.8  (5)266.7  (6)19
OFFENSE115.7  (24)106.6  (26)222.2  (26)27
DEFENSE143.3  (15)179.7  (18)323.0  (16)28

Line: 49ers by 7

Team1234F
San Francisco 49ers (5-5-0)700916
New Orleans Saints (2-8-0)00336

( 7- 0) SF Larry Schreiber 3 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) ( 7- 3) NO Rich Szaro 26 yard field goal (13- 3) SF Gene Washington 26 yard pass from Steve Spurrier (kick failed) (13- 6) NO Rich Szaro 50 yard field goal (16- 6) SF Steve Mike-Mayer 35 yard field goal
                     SF              NO
First Downs:         11              18
Rushes-yards:        31-90           24-104
Yards/rush:          2.9             4.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-22-142-0     25-52-207-2
Sacked-yards:        1-4             4-31
Net pass yards:      138             176
Net yards/pass:      6.0             3.1
Total net yards:     228             280
Total plays:         54 (57% run)    80 (30% run)  
Yards/play:          4.2             3.5
Fumbles-lost:        4-2             2-0
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     7-65            5-35

Attendance: 40,328

Passing:
SF: Steve Spurrier, 13 of 22 for 142 yards and 1 TD NO: Archie Manning, 25 of 52 for 207 yards (2 int)
Rushing:
SF: Delvin Williams, 13 for 24 yards; Larry Schreiber, 8 for 15 yards and 1 TD; Sammy Johnson, 7 for 36 yards; Steve Spurrier, 2 for 15 yards; Wilbur Jackson, 1 for 0 yards NO: Mike Strachan, 14 for 61 yards; Alvin Maxson, 9 for 41 yards; Rod McNeill, 1 for 2 yards
Receiving:
SF: Delvin Williams, 6 for 73 yards; Sammy Johnson, 2 for 19 yards; Tom Mitchell, 2 for 14 yards; Gene Washington, 1 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Terry Beasley, 1 for 11 yards; Larry Schreiber, 1 for -1 yards NO: Mike Strachan, 6 for 36 yards; Alvin Maxson, 5 for 29 yards; Andy Hamilton, 4 for 49 yards; Paul Seal, 3 for 53 yards; Rod McNeill, 3 for 20 yards; Larry Burton, 2 for 12 yards; Henry Childs, 1 for 8 yards; Andrew Jones, 1 for 0 yards
Kick returns:
SF: Sammy Johnson, 2 for 66 yards; Manfred Moore, 1 for 21 yards NO: Gil Chapman, 1 for 25 yards; Alvin Maxson, 1 for 16 yards; Mo Spencer, 1 for 16 yards; Mike Strachan, 1 for 8 yards
Punt returns:
SF: Manfred Moore, 3 for 33 yards; Bruce Taylor, 1 for 3 yards NO: Terry Schmidt, 5 for 41 yards
Interceptions:
SF: Skip Vanderbundt, 1 for 21 yards; Bruce Taylor, 1 for 15 yards
Punting:
SF: Tom Wittum, 7 for 303 yards NO: Tom Blanchard, 6 for 268 yards
Field Goals:
SF: Steve Mike-Mayer, 1/1 NO: Rich Szaro, 2/3


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