San Francisco 37, Washington 22
San Francisco 10 7 13 7--37
Washington 0 3 3 16--22
Scoring Summary
1st Qtr:
SFO - FG, Doug Brien 32 yd, 5:04. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards
in 5:04. Key plays: Young 14-yard pass to Rice to
San Francisco 28; Watters 12-yard run to San
Francisco 40; Young 38-yard pass to Watters to
Washington 18.
SFO - TD, Brent Jones 69 yd pass from Steve Young (Doug
Brien kick), 15:00.
2nd Qtr:
WAS - FG, Chip Lohmiller 22 yd, 12:32. Drive: 6 plays, 13
yards in 2:08. Key plays: Gouveia 7-yard
interception return to San Francisco 18.
SFO - TD, Steve Young 1 yd run (Doug Brien kick), 13:21.
Drive: 4 plays, 78 yards in 0:49. Key plays: Young
55-yard pass to Rice to Washington 22; Watters
22-yard run to Washington 1.
3rd Qtr:
SFO - TD, Tim McDonald 73 yd interception return (Doug Brien
kick), 9:27.
WAS - FG, Chip Lohmiller 23 yd, 13:47. Drive: 10 plays, 64
yards in 4:20. Key plays: Frerotte 23-yard pass to
Ellard to San Francisco 47; Frerotte 14-yard pass
to Winans to San Francisco 30 on 3rd-and-7;
Frerotte 15-yard pass to Ellard to San Francisco 11.
SFO - TD, Dexter Carter 96 yd kickoff return (two-point
conversion failed), 14:04.
4th Qtr:
SFO - TD, Jerry Rice 28 yd run (Doug Brien kick), 0:52.
Drive: 3 plays, 41 yards in 1:27. Key plays: Young
14-yard pass to Turner to Washington 28.
WAS - TD, Ethan Horton 4 yd pass from John Friesz (Brian
Mitchell run for two-point conversion), 7:50.
Drive: 9 plays, 77 yards in 2:48. Key plays:
Friesz 13-yard pass to Horton to Washington 36;
Friesz 3-yard pass to Ellard plus penalty to San
Francisco 43; roughing-the-passer penalty on Mann
to San Francisco 28.
WAS - TD, Darryl Morrison 30 yd fumble return (John Friesz
pass to Tydus Winans for two-point conversion),
11:29.
Team Statistics
SFO WAS
First downs 17 20
Rushing 6 3
Passing 11 15
Penalty 0 2
3rd-down efficiency 6-12 5-16
4th-down efficiency 0-0 0-0
Total net yards 421 282
Total plays 58 73
Average gain 7.3 3.9
Net yards rushing 117 76
Rushes 28 26
Average per rush 4.2 2.9
Net yards passing 304 206
Completed-attempted 18-28 23-44
Yards per pass 10.1 4.4
Sacked-yards lost 2-3 3-18
Had intercepted 1 2
Punts-average 4-42.5 7-50.0
Return yardage 287 175
Punts-returns 5-48 2-14
Kickoffs-returns 4-148 6-154
Interceptions-returns 2-91 1-7
Penalties-yards 7-60 5-25
Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-1
Time of possession 27:35 32:25
Player Statistics
Missed field goals: None.
San Francisco rushing: Ricky Watters 11-46, Marc Logan 7-39,
Jerry Rice 1-28, Derek Loville 3-9, Steve Young 1-1, William Floyd
4-minus 1, Dexter Carter 1-minus 5.
Washington rushing: Ricky Ervins 18-52, Brian Mitchell 5-17,
Tydus Winans 1-5, Cedric Smith 1-2, Gus Frerotte 1-0.
San Francisco passing: Steve Young 15-25 for 291 yards, 1 INT, 1
TD, Elvis Grbac 3-3 for 16 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Washington passing: Gus Frerotte 15-32 for 167 yards, 2 INT, 0
TD, John Friesz 8-12 for 57 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
San Francisco receiving: Ricky Watters 6-66, William Floyd 4-36,
Jerry Rice 3-90, Nate Singleton 2-37, Brent Jones 1-69, Dexter Carter
1-5, Marc Logan 1-4.
Washington receiving: Henry Ellard 7-93, Ricky Ervins 7-41, Tydus
Winans 4-52, Ethan Horton 2-17, Desmond Howard 1-12, Brian Mitchell 1-6,
Cedric Smith 1-3.
San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks: Tim McDonald 8-0-0, Lee
Woodall 5-2-0, Eric Davis 6-0-0, Ken Norton 5-0-0, Merton Hanks 4-0-0,
Gary Plummer 4-0-0, Dennis Brown 3-0-0, Ricky Jackson 3-0-0, Dana
Stubblefield 3-0-1, Deion Sanders 2-0-0, Bryant Young 2-0-1, Dexter
Carter 1-0-0, Toi Cook 1-0-0, Dana Hall 1-0-0, Charles Mann 1-0-1.
Washington tackles-assists-sacks: Ken Harvey 9-0-2, Tyronne Stowe
5-0-0, Darrell Green 4-0-0, Darryl Morrison 3-0-0, Martin Bayless 2-1-0,
Deral Boykin 2-1-0, Andre Collins 2-1-0, Marc Boutte 2-0-0, Tom Carter
2-0-0, Shane Collins 2-0-0, Kurt Gouveia 2-0-0, Lamont Hollinquest
1-0-0, TRE Johnson 1-0-0, Lamar Mills 1-0-0, Dexter Nottage 1-0-0,
Sterling Palmer 1-0-0, Bobby Wilson 1-0-0.
Interceptions: San Francisco (Tim McDonald 1 for 73 yards, Toi
Cook 1 for 18 yards); Washington (Kurt Gouveia 1 for 7 yards).
Fumbles lost: San Francisco (Elvis Grbac); Washington (Gus
Frerotte).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: San Francisco (Lee Woodall);
Washington (Darryl Morrison).
Officials: Referee-Gerard Austin. Umpire-John Keck. Head
linesman-Bobby Mcgrath. Line judge-Dale Orem. Back judge-Tim Millis.
Side judge-Mike Borgard. Field judge-Jack Vaughan.
A: 54,335; No shows: 2,119; T: 3:09