1989 Detroit 31, 1989 San Francisco 28

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

1989 Detroit

7

10

14

0

0

31

1989 San Francisco

7

7

7

7

0

28

Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 13:33 1989 San Francisco T.Rathman 3 yd. run (M.Cofer kick) 7-0 SFN
1 9:28 1989 Detroit B.Sanders 19 yd. pass from R.Peete (E.Murray kick) 7-7 SFN
2 12:21 1989 Detroit E.Murray 44 yd. field goal 10-7 DEN
2 10:18 1989 Detroit W.Stanley 74 yd. return (E.Murray kick) 17-7 DEN
2 3:53 1989 San Francisco T.Rathman 3 yd. pass from J.Montana (M.Cofer kick) 17-14 DEN
3 12:25 1989 San Francisco B.Jones 10 yd. pass from J.Montana (M.Cofer kick) 21-17 SFN
3 9:30 1989 Detroit B.Sanders 14 yd. run (E.Murray kick) 24-21 DEN
3 1:38 1989 Detroit R.Peete 2 yd. run (E.Murray kick) 31-21 DEN
4 8:53 1989 San Francisco J.Taylor 2 yd. pass from J.Montana (M.Cofer kick) 31-28 DEN

Team Statistics

1989 Detroit 1989 San Francisco
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 7-11-0-18 7-19-2-28
Third Down Efficiency 6-13-46% 7-13-54%
Fourth Down Efficiency 1-2-50% 2-2-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 21-35-60% 28-28-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 378-60-6.3 375-68-5.5
Total Net Yards Rushing 110 75
Total Rushes 24 26
Average Per Rush 4.6 2.9
Passes Completed/Attempted 18/32 (56.3%) 26/39 (66.7%)
Net Yards Passing 268 300
Avg Yards Per Pass 9.2 8.0
Sacked/Yards Lost 4/25 3/12
Punts/Average 4/46.0 4/49.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 3/106 2/23
Kickoffs/Returns 5/96 6/120
Interceptions/Returns 1/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 11/89 6/34
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 3/2 4/2
Time of Possession 26 mins 35 secs 33 mins 25 secs
Average Drive Start DEN 31 SFN 29

Passing Stats

Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1989 Detroit
Rodney Peete 32 18 293 56.3 9.2 1 3.1 0 0 45 4/25 97.5
1989 San Francisco
Joe Montana 39 26 312 66.7 8.0 3 7.7 1 2.6 23 3/12 105.9

Rushing Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1989 Detroit
Barry Sanders 16 98 6.1 20 1 0 1/0
Rodney Peete 7 16 2.3 13 1 0 0/0
Carl Painter 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0 0 1/1
1989 San Francisco
Roger Craig 14 33 2.4 8 0 0 2/1
Tom Rathman 7 24 3.4 7 1 0 0/0
Joe Montana 4 18 4.5 8 0 0 1/1
Terrence Flagler 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1989 Detroit
Richard Lavon Johnson 5 122 24.4 45 0 0
Robert Clark 5 82 16.4 33 0 0
Barry Sanders 4 39 9.8 19 1 0
Walter Stanley 3 46 15.3 26 0 0
Jason Phillips 1 4 4.0 4 0 0
1989 San Francisco
Roger Craig 6 81 13.5 23 0 0
Brent Jones 6 60 10.0 15 1 0
Jerry Rice 4 64 16.0 23 0 0
John Taylor 4 44 11.0 15 1 0
Tom Rathman 3 30 10.0 14 1 0
Mike R. Wilson 3 33 11.0 19 0 0

Field Goals

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1989 Detroit
Eddie Murray 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/1 100
1989 San Francisco
Mike Cofer 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0.0

Punting

No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1989 Detroit
Jim Arnold 4 46.0 40.3 0 2 56 0
1989 San Francisco
Barry Helton 4 49.0 22.5 0 1 51 0

Kickoff Returns

No Yds Avg Long TD
1989 Detroit
Mel Gray 3 70 23.3 37 0
Walter Stanley 2 26 13.0 13 0
1989 San Francisco
Spencer Tillman 3 47 15.7 19 0
Terrence Flagler 3 73 24.3 52 0

Punt Returns

Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1989 Detroit
Walter Stanley 3 0 106 35.3 74 1
1989 San Francisco
John Taylor 2 0 23 11.5 18 0

Individual Defense

Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1989 Detroit
Mike L. Cofer 11 2 1
Jerry Holmes 8 0 0
William White 6 0 0
Chris Spielman 6 1 0
Jimmy H. Williams 5 0 0
Jerry Ball 4 0 0
Bennie Blades 3 0 0
Dennis Gibson 2 0 0
Eric M. Williams 2 0 1
Terry Taylor 2 0 0
Kevin Brooks 1 0 0
Bruce Alexander 1 0 0
Barry Sanders 0 0 1
1989 San Francisco
Michael Walter 8 0 0
Ronnie Lott 7 0 0
Bill Romanowski 6 0 0
Darryl Pollard 4 0 1
Chet Brooks 4 0 0
Pete Kugler 4 3 0
Don Griffin 2 0 0
Kevin Fagan 1 0 0
Pierce Holt 1 1 0
Tim McKyer 1 0 0
Eric Wright 1 0 0
Bruce Collie 0 0 1
Charles Haley 0 0 2

Interceptions

No Yds Avg Long TD
1989 Detroit
William White 1 0 0.0 0 0
1989 San Francisco

Game Story

In a close battle the visiting team from Detroit got past San Francisco by the score of 31 to 28. Barry Sanders rushed the ball 16 times for 98 yards and added a touchdown. Detroit led at halftime 17 to 14. They led after three quarters 31 to 21. Joe Montana threw 39 times for 312 yards and 3 touchdowns for San Francisco, in a losing cause.