49ers 23-0 Saints (26 Oct, 1997) Box Score

San Francisco 49ers

7-1, 4-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SF					23
NO					0

New Orleans Saints

2-7, 1-4 home

San Francisco Passing


Steve Young
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
20/32	230	7.2	2	0	3-20	104.9
20/32	210	7.2	2	0	3-20	104.9

New Orleans Passing


Danny Wuerffel
Doug Nussmeier
Heath Shuler
Randal Hill
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	RTG
7/15	60	4.0	1	2-10	29.9
4/9	36	4.0	0	0-0	55.8
1/1	13	13.0	0	1-4	118.8
0/0	0	0.0	0	1-8	0.0
12/25	87	4.4	1	4-22	43.6

San Francisco Rushing


Terry Kirby
Garrison Hearst
Steve Young
William Floyd
Jeff Brohm
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
15	73	4.9	38
17	53	3.1	15
1	8	8.0	8
3	4	1.3	3
1	-1	-1.0	-1
37	137	3.7	38

New Orleans Rushing


Ray Zellars
Mario Bates
Heath Shuler
Troy Davis
Doug Nussmeier
Wes Bender
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
8	27	3.4	8
5	18	3.6	8
1	5	5.0	5
2	3	1.5	2
1	2	2.0	2
1	0	0.0	0
18	55	3.1	8

San Francisco Receiving


Terrell Owens
J.J. Stokes
Greg Clark
Garrison Hearst
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke
Mark Harris
William Floyd
Terry Kirby
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	94	13.4	0	27
5	57	11.4	1	23
2	31	15.5	0	23
2	24	12.0	1	19
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	1	1.0	0	1
20	230	11.5	2	27

New Orleans Receiving


Randal Hill
Andre Hastings
Ray Zellars
Eric Guliford
Irv Smith
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	34	8.5	13
2	33	16.5	27
3	21	7.0	11
2	16	8.0	9
1	5	5.0	5
12	109	9.1	27

San Francisco Fumbles


Ken Norton
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

New Orleans Fumbles


Heath Shuler
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

San Francisco Defense



Dana Stubblefield
Gary Plummer
Ken Norton
Rod Woodson
Tim McDonald
Tyronne Drakeford
Roy Barker
Junior Bryant
Chris Doleman
Merton Hanks
Darnell Walker
Frankie Smith
Lee Woodall
Zack Bronson
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	5	2	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	1	0	0
39	32	4	0	4	0	0

New Orleans Defense



Winfred Tubbs
Sammy Knight
Mark Fields
Anthony Newman
Brady Smith
La'Roi Glover
Wayne Martin
Joe Johnson
Darren Mickell
Richard Harvey
Alex Molden
Eric Allen
Keith Mitchell
Pio Sagapolutele
Austin Robbins
Rob Kelly
Mickey Washington
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	9	0	0	2	0	0
10	9	0	0	0	0	0
9	6	1	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	1	0	0	0	0
5	3	1	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	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
74	57	3	0	3	0	0

San Francisco Interceptions


Zack Bronson
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	22	0
1	22	0

New Orleans Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New Orleans Interceptions

San Francisco Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No San Francisco Kick Returns

New Orleans Kick Returns


Eric Guliford
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	129	25.8	36	0
5	129	25.8	36	0

San Francisco Punt Returns


Iheanyi Uwaezuoke
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	53	10.6	21	0
5	53	10.6	21	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Eric Guliford
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	29	9.7	14	0
3	29	9.7	14	0

San Francisco Kicking


Gary Anderson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	51	2/2	11
3/3	100.0	51	2/2	11

New Orleans Kicking

	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
No New Orleans Kicking

San Francisco Punting


Tommy Thompson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	234	39.0	0	4	53
6	234	39.0	0	4	53

New Orleans Punting


Mark Royals
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	379	47.4	1	1	58
8	379	47.4	1	1	58

4:00 AM, 26 October 1997

Attendance: 60,443

Referees:
Dick Hantak

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
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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