Sunday October 7, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/07/1979:



Running back Dan Doornink scored two touchdowns and linebacker Sammy Green returned an interception a club-record 91 yards to propel Seattle past San Francisco. Doornink (19 carries for 58 yards) capped 70 and 86-yard scoring drives with 13 and 3-yard touchdown runs, respectively. Steve DeBerg completed 31 of 40 passes for 306 yards in the 49ers' 464-yard offensive attack.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE138.0  (13)214.0  (5)352.0  (5)16
DEFENSE132.6  (13)202.6  (23)335.2  (20)11
OFFENSE95.6  (26)198.0  (8)293.6  (17)12
DEFENSE135.0  (15)257.0  (27)392.0  (27)8

Line: Seahawks by 6

Team1234F
Seattle Seahawks (2-4-0)1477735
San Francisco 49ers (0-6-0)7301424

( 7- 0) SEA Dan Doornink 13 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) ( 7- 7) SF O.J. Simpson 3 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) (14- 7) SEA Dan Doornink 3 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) (21- 7) SEA Sherman Smith 7 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) (21-10) SF Ray Wersching 25 yard field goal (28-10) SEA Sammy Green 91 yard interception return (Efren Herrera kick) (28-17) SF Lenvil Elliott 8 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) (35-17) SEA Jim Zorn 2 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) (35-24) SF Ken MacAfee 1 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick)
                     SEA             SF
First Downs:         21              29
Rushes-yards:        36-148          34-172
Yards/rush:          4.1             5.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-20-162-0     31-40-306-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             2-14
Net pass yards:      162             292
Net yards/pass:      8.1             7.0
Total net yards:     310             464
Total plays:         56 (64% run)    76 (44% run)  
Yards/play:          5.5             6.1
Fumbles-lost:        3-0             1-1
Turnovers:           0               2
Penalties-yards:     5-30            5-35

Attendance: 44,592

Passing:
SEA: Jim Zorn, 13 of 20 for 162 yards SF: Steve DeBerg, 31 of 40 for 306 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
Rushing:
SEA: Dan Doornink, 19 for 58 yards and 2 TDs; Sherman Smith, 9 for 57 yards and 1 TD; Jeff Moore, 4 for 16 yards; Al Hunter, 3 for 15 yards; Jim Zorn, 1 for 2 yards and 1 TD SF: O.J. Simpson, 15 for 71 yards and 1 TD; Wilbur Jackson, 8 for 33 yards; Phil Francis, 4 for 19 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 3 for 22 yards and 1 TD; Paul Hofer, 2 for 13 yards; James Owens, 1 for 11 yards; Freddie Solomon, 1 for 3 yards
Receiving:
SEA: Steve Largent, 4 for 83 yards; Steve Raible, 3 for 26 yards; Dan Doornink, 3 for 22 yards; Sam McCullum, 2 for 20 yards; Sherman Smith, 1 for 11 yards SF: Wilbur Jackson, 9 for 60 yards; Freddie Solomon, 6 for 81 yards; Ken MacAfee, 4 for 69 yards and 1 TD; Phil Francis, 3 for 32 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 3 for 15 yards; James Owens, 2 for 27 yards; O.J. Simpson, 2 for 9 yards; Mike Shumann, 1 for 10 yards; Paul Hofer, 1 for 3 yards
Kick returns:
SEA: Jeff Moore, 2 for 44 yards; Tony Green, 1 for 16 yards SF: James Owens, 3 for 74 yards; Paul Hofer, 2 for 21 yards
Punt returns:
SEA: Tony Green, 3 for 22 yards SF: Freddie Solomon, 2 for 9 yards
Interceptions:
SEA: Sammy Green, 1 for 91 yards and 1 TD
Punting:
SEA: Herman Weaver, 4 for 145 yards SF: Dan Melville, 4 for 140 yards
Field Goals:
SF: Ray Wersching, 1/1


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