Week 12, 1996

played in New England, MA

58 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

San Francisco 49ers	0	3	7	0	-	10
New England Patriots	0	0	0	11	-	11

Scoring Summary
2Q: 12:33 SFO - Steve Christie 36 field goal
3Q: 04:59 SFO - Shawn Jefferson 2 pass from Mark Brunell (Steve Christie extra point)
4Q: 14:40 NED - Cole Ford 25 field goal
4Q: 07:03 NED - Safety, holding called in the end zone
4Q: 03:42 NED - Cole Ford 50 field goal
4Q: 00:03 NED - Cole Ford 28 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 12:33 SFO - Steve Christie 36 field goal
3Q: 04:59 SFO - Shawn Jefferson 2 pass from Mark Brunell (Steve Christie extra point)
4Q: 14:40 NED - Cole Ford 25 field goal
4Q: 07:03 NED - Safety, holding called in the end zone
4Q: 03:42 NED - Cole Ford 50 field goal
4Q: 00:03 NED - Cole Ford 28 field goal

Team Statistics SFO NED
Record 5-6 5-6
First Downs 14 20
- by Rushing 3 0
- by Passing 10 20
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 249 404
- Offensive Plays 54 76
- Yards per Play 4.61 5.32
Net Rushing Yards 79 35
- Rushing Attempts 22 17
- Yards per Rush 3.59 2.06
Net Passing Yards 170 369
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 21 - 0 57 - 36 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 192 381
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/22 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 5.31 6.25
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/12 8/20
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.8 8.1
4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/1
Penalties/Yards 4/32 8/56
Punt Returns/Yards 2/0 1/19
Kick Returns/Yards 2/49 1/37
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 24
Time of Possession 27:00 33:00

Team Statistics	SFO	NED
Record	5-6	5-6
First Downs	14	20
- by Rushing	3	0
- by Passing	10	20
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	249	404
- Offensive Plays	54	76
- Yards per Play	4.61	5.32
Net Rushing Yards	79	35
- Rushing Attempts	22	17
- Yards per Rush	3.59	2.06
Net Passing Yards	170	369
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 21 - 0	57 - 36 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	192	381
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/22	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	5.31	6.25
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/12	8/20
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.8	8.1
4th Down Conversions	0/1	1/1
Penalties/Yards	4/32	8/56
Punt Returns/Yards	2/0	1/19
Kick Returns/Yards	2/49	1/37
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 20	OWN 24
Time of Possession	27:00	33:00

Drive Charts

San Francisco 49ers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:01	1:28	OWN 18	3	9	Punt
1	11:05	2:49	OWN 20	5	6	Punt
1	6:44	1:24	OWN 36	3	3	Punt
1	2:25	5:00	OWN 20	9	61	Field Goal
2	12:00	2:01	OWN 41	4	9	Downs
2	9:01	1:44	OWN 9	3	7	Punt
2	3:16	2:13	OWN 3	5	20	Punt
3	15:00	3:58	OWN 15	7	35	Punt
3	8:19	3:27	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
4	14:32	2:36	OWN 26	5	19	Punt
4	7:11	0:14	OWN 4	1	-12	Safety
4	3:35	0:39	OWN 33	3	5	Punt

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:59	OWN 20	4	20	Punt
1	11:33	0:28	OPP 47	3	0	Punt
1	8:16	1:32	OWN 15	3	6	Punt
1	5:20	2:55	OWN 23	6	31	Punt
2	12:25	0:25	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
2	9:59	0:58	50	3	6	Punt
2	7:17	4:01	OWN 38	8	25	Punt
2	1:03	1:03	OWN 6	2	55	Missed FG
3	11:02	2:43	OWN 7	7	47	Punt
3	4:52	5:20	OWN 20	13	72	Field Goal
4	11:56	4:45	OWN 12	9	35	Punt
4	6:57	3:22	OWN 45	5	22	Field Goal
4	2:56	2:56	OWN 14	10	75	Field Goal

Game MVP: Jim Kelly, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

San Francisco	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jerome Bettis	11	22	2.00	9	0
Aaron Hayden	6	15	2.50	8	0
Mark Brunell	5	42	8.40	23	2

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Edgar Bennett	9	21	2.33	8
Mike Alstott	7	13	1.86	5
Jeff Query	1	1	1.00	1

Passing Statistics

San Francisco	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mark Brunell	29	21	192	3/22	1	35	0	101.5

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim Kelly	57	36	381	2/12	0	36	0	82.5

Receiving Statistics

San Francisco	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Jerome Bettis	5	5	23	4.60	2	12	0
WR Wayne Chrebet	5	7	79	15.80	51	35	0
WR Shawn Jefferson	4	6	23	5.75	7	15	1
FB Tony Richardson	3	4	11	3.67	4	8	0
WR Joe Horn	3	5	32	10.67	21	16	0
TE Michael Roan	1	1	24	24.00	16	24	0
TE Kyle Brady	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Dave Groh	9	13	83	9.22	26	34
WR Antonio Freeman	8	13	126	15.75	44	36
WR Eric Moulds	7	10	77	11.00	31	21
FB Mike Alstott	3	4	18	6.00	7	11
TE Keith Jackson	2	3	20	10.00	4	15
RB Edgar Bennett	2	2	7	3.50	1	4
WR Curtis Conway	2	4	33	16.50	0	28
TE Jamie Asher	2	4	14	7.00	0	11
WR Jeff Query	1	4	3	3.00	0	3

Interception Statistics

San Francisco	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

San Francisco	Fumb	Recov	Force
Aaron Hayden	1	0	0
Ken Blackman	0	1	0
Kelvin Pritchett	0	0	1
William Thomas	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jim Kelly	2	0	0
Tom Nutten	0	1	0
Fred Miller	0	1	0
Ron Johnson	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

San Francisco	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Greg Montgomery	8	370	46.3	43.9	67	4

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Barker	9	381	42.3	35.7	49	4

Kicking Statistics

San Francisco	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Steve Christie	1/1	0/0	0/0	36	1/1

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cole Ford	3/4	1/2	1/2	50	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

San Francisco	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chandler Bing	2	0	0.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	1	19	19.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

San Francisco	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chandler Bing	2	49	24.5	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	1	37	37.0	0

Defensive Statistics

San Francisco	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Willie Clay	10	1	0.0	17	59
CB Willie Beamon	7	1	0.0	17	54
OLB William Thomas	6	1	0.5	17	58
ILB Ed McDaniel	6	5	0.0	17	59
CB Terrance Shaw	6	0	0.0	10	51
CB Koby Thomas	3	1	0.0	17	58
S Cliff Martin	3	1	0.0	10	52
DT Kelvin Pritchett	2	0	1.0	10	26
DE Joe Johnson	2	2	0.0	7	23
S Anthony Newman	2	0	0.0	12	19
DE James Jones	2	0	0.0	7	33
ILB Ray Lewis	2	0	0.0	7	7
DE Lee Carter	1	3	0.5	10	36
DT Stimpson Cat	1	2	0.0	6	38
OLB Joe Bowden	1	2	0.0	12	42
DT Bob Kuberski	1	0	0.0	11	21
ILB Mike Barber	0	1	0.0	0	6

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Rodney Harrison	7	0	1.0	22	32
DT Tony Siragusa	4	2	0.5	19	29
ILB Ron Johnson	4	2	0.0	13	25
OLB Mike Jones	4	0	0.0	17	24
CB Chris Allerman	3	6	0.0	21	31
DE Jeff Lageman	3	0	0.5	14	25
S Floyd Fields	3	2	0.0	19	31
CB Steve Isreal	3	2	0.0	10	13
ILB Ted Johnson	3	2	0.0	11	11
DE Donnell Johnson	2	0	1.0	10	12
CB Ray Crockett	2	1	0.0	13	20
DE Warren Powers	2	0	0.0	20	27
OLB James Francis	2	0	0.0	8	6
DT John Randle	1	1	0.0	13	11
DT Chuck Johnson	1	0	0.0	6	13
OLB Larry Izzo	1	0	0.0	5	9
ILB Mark Maddox	0	1	0.0	1	1

Pass Rush Statistics

San Francisco	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Kelvin Pritchett	1.0	0	0	26
OLB William Thomas	0.5	0	1	58
DE Lee Carter	0.5	0	0	36
OLB Joe Bowden	0.0	1	4	42
DT Stimpson Cat	0.0	0	1	38
DE Joe Johnson	0.0	0	1	23
DT Bob Kuberski	0.0	0	1	21

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Donnell Johnson	1.0	0	1	0	12
S Rodney Harrison	1.0	0	0	0	32
DT Tony Siragusa	0.5	0	0	1	29
DE Jeff Lageman	0.5	0	0	0	25
DE Warren Powers	0.0	1	0	0	27
DT John Randle	0.0	0	1	1	11

Pass Defense Statistics

San Francisco	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Willie Beamon	7	2	54
S Willie Clay	7	1	59
OLB William Thomas	5	0	58
CB Terrance Shaw	4	0	51
ILB Ed McDaniel	3	1	59
CB Koby Thomas	3	0	58
S Cliff Martin	2	2	52
S Anthony Newman	1	0	19
DT Stimpson Cat	1	0	38
DT Kelvin Pritchett	1	0	26
OLB Joe Bowden	1	0	42
ILB Ray Lewis	1	0	7

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Mike Jones	4	1	24
ILB Ron Johnson	3	0	25
DE Jeff Lageman	2	0	25
OLB James Francis	2	0	6
CB Steve Isreal	2	0	13
CB Chris Allerman	2	0	31
ILB Ted Johnson	1	1	11
DE Warren Powers	1	0	27
DT Tony Siragusa	1	0	29
S Floyd Fields	1	0	31
S Rodney Harrison	1	0	32
OLB Larry Izzo	1	0	9
CB Ray Crockett	0	1	20

Blocking Statistics

San Francisco	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Adam Timmerman	3	5	0	22	1	32
Eric Harris	1	3	0	22	2	32
Ken Blackman	1	2	0	22	0	32
Tony Mandarich	0	3	0	22	0	32
Bill Hitchcock	0	2	0	22	0	32
Kyle Brady	0	1	1	19	0	24
Jim Branson	0	1	0	2	0	4

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Greg Truitt	1	6	17	1	59
Trent Pollary	1	4	17	0	59
Tom Nutten	0	4	17	0	59
Fred Miller	0	2	17	0	59
Brendan Stai	0	1	17	1	59

Special Teams Tackles

San Francisco	Tackles	STPlays
Aaron Hayden	1	16
Abner Wilson	1	9

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Larry Izzo	2	31
Fred Miller	1	13
Rodney Harrison	1	8

Participation

San Francisco	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
William Thomas	---	---	17	58	22	97
Terrance Shaw	---	---	10	51	34	95
Ed McDaniel	---	---	17	59	4	80
Willie Clay	---	---	17	59	4	80
Koby Thomas	---	---	17	58	4	79
Willie Beamon	---	---	17	54	4	75
Cliff Martin	---	---	10	52	4	66
Tony Mandarich	22	32	---	---	9	63
Adam Timmerman	22	32	---	---	9	63
Joe Bowden	---	---	12	42	5	59
Mark Brunell	22	32	---	---	1	55
Bill Hitchcock	22	32	---	---	---	54
Eric Harris	22	32	---	---	---	54
Ken Blackman	22	32	---	---	---	54
Kyle Brady	19	24	---	---	9	52
Lee Carter	---	---	10	36	5	51
Wayne Chrebet	19	28	---	---	3	50
Tony Richardson	14	14	---	---	22	50
Joe Horn	20	29	---	---	---	49
Stimpson Cat	---	---	6	38	2	46
Joe Johnson	---	---	7	23	13	43
James Jones	---	---	7	33	2	42
Shawn Jefferson	9	18	---	---	13	40
Kelvin Pritchett	---	---	10	26	3	39
Anthony Newman	---	---	12	19	7	38
Jerome Bettis	13	25	---	---	---	38
Bob Kuberski	---	---	11	21	5	37
Aaron Hayden	9	7	---	---	16	32
Michael Roan	5	10	---	---	16	31
Ray Lewis	---	---	7	7	8	22
Jim Branson	2	4	---	---	11	17
Chandler Bing	0	1	---	---	15	16
Tyrone Williams	---	---	0	7	7	14
Tommy Kane	0	0	---	---	12	12
Abner Wilson	0	0	---	---	9	9
Mike Barber	---	---	0	6	3	9
Shar Pourdanesh	0	0	---	---	9	9
Vince Browning	0	0	---	---	9	9
Greg Montgomery	0	0	---	---	8	8
Karl Mecklenburg	---	---	0	0	7	7
Steve Christie	0	0	---	---	5	5
Gino Torretta	0	0	---	---	---	0
David Walker	0	0	---	---	---	0
Willie Jackson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Travis Davis	---	---	0	0	---	0
Jason Woodard	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brendan Stai	17	59	---	---	13	89
Fred Miller	17	59	---	---	13	89
Jim Kelly	17	59	---	---	---	76
Greg Truitt	17	59	---	---	---	76
Trent Pollary	17	59	---	---	---	76
Tom Nutten	17	59	---	---	---	76
Eric Moulds	16	38	---	---	12	66
Rodney Harrison	---	---	22	32	8	62
Je-rod Rozumek	---	---	20	32	9	61
Antonio Freeman	14	45	---	---	---	59
Edgar Bennett	11	41	---	---	1	53
Chris Allerman	---	---	21	31	1	53
Floyd Fields	---	---	19	31	1	51
Mike Alstott	12	37	---	---	2	51
Ray Crockett	---	---	13	20	17	50
Tony Siragusa	---	---	19	29	1	49
Jamie Asher	13	36	---	---	---	49
Warren Powers	---	---	20	27	1	48
Dave Groh	5	32	---	---	11	48
Ron Johnson	---	---	13	25	8	46
Larry Izzo	---	---	5	9	31	45
Jeff Query	4	24	---	---	15	43
Mike Jones	---	---	17	24	1	42
Jeff Lageman	---	---	14	25	---	39
Bob Christian	3	16	---	---	14	33
Donnell Johnson	---	---	10	12	9	31
Steve Isreal	---	---	10	13	7	30
John Randle	---	---	13	11	5	29
Dexter Carter	0	0	---	---	27	27
Chuck Johnson	---	---	6	13	4	23
Keith Jackson	5	13	---	---	4	22
Ted Johnson	---	---	11	11	---	22
Mark Bruener	0	0	---	---	20	20
Tracy Johnson	0	0	---	---	16	16
James Francis	---	---	8	6	1	15
Curtis Conway	2	12	---	---	---	14
Doug Riesenberg	0	0	---	---	13	13
Jim Juriga	0	0	---	---	13	13
Mike Hampton	0	0	---	---	13	13
Jackie Harris	0	1	---	---	8	9
Bryan Barker	0	0	---	---	9	9
Cole Ford	0	0	---	---	7	7
Gene Holecek	0	0	---	---	4	4
Mark Maddox	---	---	1	1	---	2
Jeff Blake	0	0	---	---	---	0
Eric Bjornson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	-2	-0.4
Middle	12	59	4.9
Right	5	22	4.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	12	1.3
Middle	5	18	3.6
Right	3	5	1.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

San Francisco	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mark Brunell	29	21	2	1	1	3	2	2	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim Kelly	57	36	5	3	3	6	8	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	8	78	9.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	64	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	4	50	10.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	9	88	8.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	13	67	3.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	11	133	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	10	3	93	9.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

San Francisco	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Wayne Chrebet	7	5	1	79	1	28
WR Shawn Jefferson	6	4	0	23	0	18
RB Jerome Bettis	5	5	0	23	0	25
WR Joe Horn	5	3	0	32	0	29
FB Tony Richardson	4	3	0	11	0	14
TE Kyle Brady	1	0	0	0	0	24
TE Michael Roan	1	1	0	24	1	10

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dave Groh	13	9	1	83	1	32
WR Antonio Freeman	13	8	1	126	2	45
WR Eric Moulds	10	7	0	77	1	38
WR Jeff Query	4	1	0	3	0	24
WR Curtis Conway	4	2	1	33	1	12
TE Jamie Asher	4	2	0	14	0	36
FB Mike Alstott	4	3	0	18	0	37
TE Keith Jackson	3	2	0	20	0	13
RB Edgar Bennett	2	2	0	7	0	41

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

San Francisco	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mark Brunell	1	6	6.00	8.40

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mike Alstott	2	7	3.50	1.86
Jeff Query	1	1	1.00	1.00
Edgar Bennett	1	0	0.00	2.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

San Francisco	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mark Brunell	1	1	2	2.00	6.62

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

San Francisco	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Shawn Jefferson	1	1	2	2.00	3.83

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

San Francisco	Rushes	Conversions
Aaron Hayden	2	0
Jerome Bettis	1	1
Mark Brunell	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Edgar Bennett	1	0
Mike Alstott	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

San Francisco	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mark Brunell	7	5	1

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim Kelly	18	12	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

San Francisco	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Wayne Chrebet	2	2	1
WR Joe Horn	2	1	0
WR Shawn Jefferson	1	1	0
TE Kyle Brady	1	0	0
FB Tony Richardson	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dave Groh	4	3	2
WR Antonio Freeman	4	3	2
WR Jeff Query	3	1	0
WR Eric Moulds	3	2	2
WR Curtis Conway	2	1	1
RB Edgar Bennett	1	1	0
FB Mike Alstott	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 58,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,700 (21,400)
End Zone 12,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	58,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,700 (21,400)
End Zone	12,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)