49ers 33-7 Saints (14 Sep, 1997) Box Score

New Orleans Saints

0-3, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO					7
SF					33

San Francisco 49ers

2-1, 1-0 home

New Orleans Passing


Danny Wuerffel
Heath Shuler
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
7/15	119	7.9	1	3	1-9	56.7
5/11	66	6.0	0	3	0-0	25.4
12/26	176	7.1	1	6	1-9	43.4

San Francisco Passing


Steve Young
Jim Druckenmiller
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
18/21	220	10.5	3	5-39	149.9
4/6	41	6.8	0	1-9	86.1
22/27	213	9.7	3	6-48	144.0

New Orleans Rushing


Mario Bates
Ray Zellars
Troy Davis
Andre Hastings
Wes Bender
Danny Wuerffel
Heath Shuler
Eric Guliford
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
8	28	3.5	7
4	25	6.3	12
5	11	2.2	6
2	8	4.0	11
3	8	2.7	6
1	5	5.0	5
1	1	1.0	1
1	-2	-2.0	-2
25	84	3.4	12

San Francisco Rushing


Terry Kirby
Garrison Hearst
Steve Young
Marc Edwards
William Floyd
Jim Druckenmiller
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
10	43	4.3	9
14	29	2.1	9
2	12	6.0	8
2	5	2.5	4
4	3	0.8	3
1	-1	-1.0	-1
33	91	2.8	9

New Orleans Receiving


Eric Guliford
Andre Hastings
Randal Hill
Tony Johnson
Mario Bates
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	61	20.3	0	47
4	58	14.5	1	24
3	46	15.3	0	37
1	13	13.0	0	13
1	7	7.0	0	7
12	185	15.4	1	47

San Francisco Receiving


Terrell Owens
J.J. Stokes
Brent Jones
Garrison Hearst
Mark Harris
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke
William Floyd
Terry Kirby
Marc Edwards
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	74	24.7	0	34
4	61	15.3	0	30
5	58	11.6	2	18
4	23	5.8	1	12
1	14	14.0	0	14
1	13	13.0	0	13
2	9	4.5	0	7
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	3	3.0	0	3
22	261	11.9	3	34

New Orleans Fumbles


Ray Zellars
Tony Johnson
Wes Bender
Alex Molden
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
3	2	1

San Francisco Fumbles


Brent Jones
Terrell Owens
Rod Woodson
Ken Norton
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
2	1	2

New Orleans Defense



Winfred Tubbs
Richard Harvey
Joe Johnson
Mark Fields
Alex Molden
Wayne Martin
Eric Allen
Darren Mickell
Keith Mitchell
Vashone Adams
Brady Smith
La'Roi Glover
Anthony Newman
Mickey Washington
Je'Rod Cherry
Rob Kelly
Sammy Knight
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	5	0	0	1	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	2	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	2	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
60	52	6	0	1	0	0

San Francisco Defense



Gary Plummer
Ken Norton
Merton Hanks
Marvin Washington
Tim McDonald
Dana Stubblefield
Zack Bronson
Rod Woodson
Bryant Young
Junior Bryant
Frankie Smith
Roy Barker
Lee Woodall
Gary Anderson
Kevin Greene
Darnell Walker
Tyronne Drakeford
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	3	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0
38	32	1	0	8	0	0

New Orleans Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New Orleans Interceptions

San Francisco Interceptions


Rod Woodson
Tyronne Drakeford
Tim McDonald
team

INT	YDS	TD
3	81	0
2	15	0
1	17	0
6	113	0

New Orleans Kick Returns


Eric Guliford
Troy Davis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	83	20.8	35
4	55	13.8	19
8	138	17.3	35

San Francisco Kick Returns


Chuck Levy
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	71	35.5	59	0
2	71	35.5	59	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Eric Guliford
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	25	8.3	15	0
3	25	8.3	15	0

San Francisco Punt Returns


Iheanyi Uwaezuoke
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	36	36.0	36	0
1	36	36.0	36	0

New Orleans Kicking


Doug Brien
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

San Francisco Kicking


Gary Anderson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/4	100.0	43	3/3	15
4/4	100.0	43	3/3	15

New Orleans Punting


Mark Royals
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	114	38.0	0	2	52
3	114	38.0	0	2	52

San Francisco Punting


Tommy Thompson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	136	45.3	0	0	55
3	136	45.3	0	0	55

5:00 AM, 14 September 1997

Attendance: 61,838

Referees:
Dale Hamer

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Los Angeles	9	6	.600	329	347
Seattle	8	7	.533	339	340
Arizona	7	8	.467	344	342
San Francisco	6	9	.400	331	349

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