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  FINAL
Carolina 31, San Francisco 29
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Carolina 0 24 7 0 31
San Francisco 6 10 0 13 29

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
SFO   FG   WADE RICHEY 38 YD, 5:41. Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards in 5:41. Key plays: Garcia 10-yard pass to Beasley to San Francisco 30; Garcia 12-yard pass to Garner to Carolina 36; Garcia 12-yard pass to Clark to Carolina 24; Garcia 9-yard pass to Rice to Carolina 17. SAN FRANCISCO 3-0
SFO   FG   WADE RICHEY 34 YD, 9:23. Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards in 1:39. Key plays: McQuarters 25-yard interception return to Carolina 38; Garcia 19-yard pass to Rice to Carolina 16. SAN FRANCISCO 6-0
2ND QUARTER
CAR   FG   JOHN KASAY 19 YD, 0:56. Drive: 12 plays, 78 yards in 6:33. Key plays: Beuerlein 13-yard pass to Carruth to San Francisco 40; Beuerlein 11-yard pass to Muhammad on 3rd-and-9 to San Francisco 48; Beuerlein 27-yard pass to Walls to San Francisco 10. SAN FRANCISCO 6-3
SFO   FG   WADE RICHEY 40 YD, 4:07. Drive: 8 plays, 47 yards in 3:11. Key plays: Garcia 23-yard pass to Beasley to Carolina 46; Garcia 14-yard pass to Rice to Carolina 26. SAN FRANCISCO 9-3
CAR   TD   PATRICK JEFFERS 7 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 7:55. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in 3:48. Key plays: Beuerlein 8-yard pass to Muhammad to Carolina 28; Biakabatuka 8-yard run to Carolina 36; Beuerlein 13-yard pass to Jeffers on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 46; Beuerlein 39-yard pass to Muhammad to San Francisco 7. CAROLINA 10-9
SFO   TD   DARNELL WALKER 27 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (WADE RICHEY KICK), 10:46. SAN FRANCISCO 16-10
CAR   TD   MUHSIN MUHAMMAD 22 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 11:50. Drive: 2 plays, 26 yards in 1:04. Key plays: Bates 72-yard kickoff return to San Francisco 26. CAROLINA 17-16
CAR   TD   WESLEY WALLS 25 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 13:04. Drive: 1 play, 25 yards in 0:05. Key plays: Greene recovery of Garner fumble at San Francisco 25. CAROLINA 24-16
3RD QUARTER
CAR   TD   PATRICK JEFFERS 33 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 8:12. Drive: 2 plays, 42 yards in 0:37. Key plays: Jones recovery of Givens fumble at San Francico 42; Biakabutuka 9-yard run to San Francisco 33. CAROLINA 31-16
4TH QUARTER
SFO   TD   MARK MCMILLAN 41 YD FUMBLE RETURN (WADE RICHEY KICK), 6:01. CAROLINA 31-23
SFO   TD   JERRY RICE 11 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 13:32. Drive: 11 plays, 63 yards in 2:37. Key plays: Garcia 13-yard pass to Clark on 3rd-and-10 to midfield; 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Panthers' Barrow to Carolina 35; Garcia 8-yard pass to Stokes to Carolina 21; Garcia 1-yard pass on 3rd-and-1 to Clark to Carolina 11. CAROLINA 31-29

TEAM STATISTICS
  CAR SFO
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
18
14
6-15
0-0
383
65
5.9
101
27
3.7
282
23-36
7.4
2-18
6-36.3
127
0-0
4-127
0-0
6-57
1-1
32:11
23
15
5-14
0-0
333
72
4.6
124
24
5.2
209
22-45
4.4
3-27
5-36.8
151
4-14
4-85
3-52
3-25
4-3
27:49

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Carolina rushing
Tim Biakabutuka 20-83, Fred Lane 4-11, Steve Beuerlein 1-4, William Floyd 2-3.
San Francisco rushing
Charlie Garner 16-85, Jeff Garcia 4-24, Lawrence Phillips 3-18, Fred Beasley 1-minus 3.
Carolina passing
Steve Beuerlein 23-36 for 300 yards, 3 INT, 4 TD.
San Francisco passing
Jeff Garcia 22-45 for 236 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Carolina receiving
Muhsin Muhammad 6-96, Patrick Jeffers 6-93, Wesley Walls 5-70, Eric Metcalf 3-19, Rae Carruth 1-13, William Floyd 1-9, Tim Biakabutuka 1-0.
San Francisco receiving
Jerry Rice 5-59, Greg Clark 5-43, Fred Beasley 4-46, Jj Stokes 3-53, Charlie Garner 3-24, Chad Fann 1-6, Mark Harris 1-5.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Doug Evans 7-0-0, Brent Alexander 6-0-0, Michael Barrow 3-2-0.5, Kevin Greene 3-1-1, Mike Minter 3-1-0, Eric Davis 2-2-0, Dean Wells 2-2-0.5, Sean Gilbert 3-0-0.5, Roderick Mullen 3-0-0, Donta Jones 3-0-0, Damien Richardson 2-0-0, Esera Tuaolo 1-1-0, Steve Tovar 1-1-0, Jason Peter 1-0-0, Tim Morabito 1-0-0, Chuck Wiley 1-0-0, Ernest Jones 0-1-0.5.
San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Lance Schulters 7-1-0, Winfred Tubbs 6-2-0, R.w. Mcquarters 7-0-0, Ken Norton 5-2-0, Lee Woodall 4-1-0, Tim Mcdonald 3-2-1, Mark Mcmillan 4-0-0, Bryant Young 2-0-0, Junior Bryant 2-0-1, Jeff Posey 1-1-0, Darnell Walker 1-0-0, Brentson Buckner 1-0-0, Pierson Prioleau 0-1-0.
Interceptions
San Francisco (R.w. Mcquarters 1 for 25 yards, Lance Schulters 1 for 0 yards, Darnell Walker 1 for 27 yards).
Fumbles lost
Carolina (Tim Biakabutuka); San Francisco (Charlie Garner, Reggie Givens, Chad Fann).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Carolina (Michael Barrow, Donta Jones, Kevin Greene); San Francisco (Mark Mcmillan).
Officials
Referee-Bob Mcelwee, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head linesman-James Wilson, Line judge-Ron Phares, Field judge-Jim Howey, Side judge-Ken Baker, Back judge-Bill Lovett.
A: 68,151; T: 3:27.

 


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