Sunday, October 24, 1971
| SFO | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 49ers | Bruce Gossett 12 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 49ers | Tommy Hart 63 yard fumble return (Bruce Gossett kick) | 10 | 0 | |
| Cardinals | Jackie Smith 61 yard pass from Pete Beathard (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| 3rd | 49ers | Bruce Gossett 19 yard field goal | 13 | 7 |
| 4th | 49ers | Bruce Gossett 34 yard field goal | 16 | 7 |
| Cardinals | John Gilliam 49 yard pass from Pete Beathard (Jim Bakken kick) | 16 | 14 | |
| 49ers | Dick Witcher 50 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 23 | 14 | |
| 49ers | Bruce Gossett 40 yard field goal | 26 | 14 |
| SFO | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-140-0 | 24-108-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-32-226-1-0 | 11-26-212-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 5-36 |
| Net pass yards | 226 | 176 |
| Total yards | 366 | 284 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 13-168 | 6-60 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| John Brodie | SFO | 16 | 32 | 226 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Vic Washington | SFO | 16 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ted Kwalick | SFO | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dick Witcher | SFO | 3 | 64 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Willard | SFO | 14 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Doug Cunningham | SFO | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene A. Washington | SFO | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Beathard | STL | 11 | 25 | 212 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jackie Smith | STL | 3 | 103 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Gilliam | STL | 2 | 68 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| MacArthur Lane | STL | 13 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roy Shivers | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cid Edwards | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Reynolds | STL | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Jimmy Johnson | SFO | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bruce Taylor | SFO | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Vic Washington | SFO | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 160 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Larry Willingham | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Bruce Gossett | SFO | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim McCann | SFO | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Bakken | STL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Latourette | STL | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 0 | ||||