| 1974 - Week 1 |
| San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| New Orleans Saints | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Scoring Plays | 49ers | Saints | ||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| Saints | 11:56 | A.Maxson 6 yd. run ( B.McClard Kick ) ( 4-42, 1:39 ) | 0 | 7 |
| Saints | 4:07 | A.Maxson 13 yd. run ( B.McClard Kick ) ( 4-31, 2:10 ) | 0 | 14 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 49ers | 14:05 | S.Johnson 5 yd. run ( B.Gossett Kick ) ( 2-15, 0:55 ) | 7 | 14 |
| Saints | 8:12 | H.Stevens 4 yd. run ( B.McClard Kick ) ( 4-24, 1:39 ) | 7 | 21 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| Saints | 7:29 | R.McNeill 7 yd. run ( B.McClard Kick ) ( 7-60, 4:07 ) | 7 | 28 |
| Drive Charts | |||||||||||
| San Francisco 49ers | New Orleans Saints | ||||||||||
| Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | ||
| Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result | Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result |
| 15:00 | 1:25 | SF 17 | 3 | -8 | Punt | 13:35 | 1:39 | SF 42 | 4 | 42 | Touchdown |
| 11:56 | 1:45 | SF 37 | 3 | -1 | Punt | 10:11 | 1:39 | NO 21 | 3 | 3 | Punt |
| 8:32 | 2:15 | SF 5 | 3 | 2 | Punt | 6:17 | 2:10 | SF 31 | 4 | 31 | Touchdown |
| 4:07 | 4:04 | SF 18 | 6 | 20 | Punt | 0:03 | 0:03 | NO 15 | 1 | 0 | Fumble |
| 15:00 | 0:55 | NO 15 | 2 | 15 | Touchdown | 14:05 | 1:45 | NO 20 | 4 | 24 | Punt |
| 12:20 | 2:29 | SF 6 | 6 | 25 | Fumble | 9:51 | 1:39 | SF 24 | 4 | 24 | Touchdown |
| 8:12 | 3:13 | SF 20 | 4 | 21 | Punt | 4:59 | 1:44 | NO 47 | 3 | -4 | Punt |
| 3:15 | 1:35 | SF 7 | 7 | 27 | Punt | 1:40 | 1:00 | NO 25 | 7 | 11 | Punt |
| 0:40 | 0:40 | SF 17 | 3 | -1 | End of Half | 15:00 | 3:11 | NO 20 | 7 | 37 | Punt |
| 11:49 | 2:11 | SF 3 | 3 | 4 | Punt | 9:38 | 1:38 | SF 42 | 3 | -7 | Punt |
| 8:00 | 4:44 | SF 22 | 9 | 21 | Interception | 3:16 | 4:59 | NO 26 | 9 | 35 | Fumble |
| 13:17 | 1:41 | SF 49 | 4 | 10 | Interception | 11:36 | 4:07 | NO 40 | 8 | 60 | Touchdown |
| 7:29 | 0:07 | SF 20 | 1 | 0 | Interception | 7:22 | 1:59 | SF 40 | 3 | -22 | Punt |
| 5:23 | 0:06 | SF 27 | 1 | 0 | Interception | 5:17 | 5:17 | SF 29 | 8 | 27 | End of Reg. |
| 27:10 | SF 24 | 55 | 135 | 32:50 | NO 43 | 68 | 261 | ||||
| Time of Possession by Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Total |
| San Francisco 49ers | 9:29 | 8:52 | 6:55 | 1:54 | 27:10 | |
| New Orleans Saints | 5:31 | 6:08 | 8:05 | 13:06 | 32:50 |
| Team Statistics | 49ers | Saints |
| Total Points | 7 | 28 |
| 1st Downs | 10 | 20 |
| Rushing | 5 | 13 |
| Passing | 4 | 5 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| 3rd-Down Conversions | 3-12 | 5-13 |
| 4th-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 5-38 | 6-50 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Time Of Pos. | 27:10 | 32:50 |
| Total Net Yards | 139 | 277 |
| Total Plays | 55 | 68 |
| Average Gain | 2.5 | 4.1 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 71 | 207 |
| Rushes | 32 | 46 |
| Avg. Per Rush | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| Net Yards Passing | 68 | 70 |
| Completions | 8 | 10 |
| Attempts | 21 | 18 |
| Completion % | 38.1 | 55.6 |
| Yards Per Completion | 9.4 | 9.7 |
| Sacks | 2 | 4 |
| Had Intercepted | 4 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 4 |
| Rushing | 1 | 4 |
| Passing | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 1-1 | 4-4 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | New Orleans Saints | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT | Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT |
| Joe Reed | 17 | 7 | 68 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 13 | Archie Manning | 18 | 10 | 97 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 71 |
| Tom Owen | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 21 | 8 | 75 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 9 | Totals | 18 | 10 | 97 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 71 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Wilbur Jackson | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | Jess Phillips | 14 | 56 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Schreiber | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 | Alvin Maxson | 14 | 79 | 5.6 | 16 | 2 |
| Delvin Williams | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 | Howard Stevens | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 6 | 1 |
| Joe Reed | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 | Archie Manning | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Sammy Johnson | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 1 | Rod McNeill | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 1 |
| Gene A. Washington | 2 | -13 | -6.5 | 0 | 0 | Jack Degrenier | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill E. Butler | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 32 | 71 | 2.2 | 13 | 1 | Totals | 46 | 207 | 4.5 | 19 | 4 |
| Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Larry Schreiber | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 | Alvin Maxson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gene A. Washington | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 | Joel Parker | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Sammy Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Jess Phillips | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Rod McNeill | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Bob Newland | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 20 | 0 | Totals | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG | Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG |
| Tom Wittum | 8 | 327 | 40.9 | 0 | 1 | 45 | Tom Blanchard | 7 | 332 | 47.4 | 0 | 5 | 71 |
| Totals | 8 | 327 | 40.9 | 0 | 1 | 45 | Totals | 7 | 332 | 47.4 | 0 | 5 | 71 |
| Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM | Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM |
| Bruce Gossett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Bill McClard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD | Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD |
| Bruce Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Stevens | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| Mike Holmes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
| Ralph McGill | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Totals | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD | Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD |
| Manfred Moore | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 22 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Holmes | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 22 | 0 | Totals |
| Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Tom Myers | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Schmidt | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | Totals | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Sacks | No | Yds | Avg | Sacks | No | Yds | Avg |
| Tommy Hart | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | Andy Dorris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Cedrick Hardman | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | Rick Kingrea | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Rolf Krueger | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | ||||
| Totals | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | Totals | 2 | 7 | 3.5 |
| Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD | Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD |
| Joe Reed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Archie Manning | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Belk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Howard Stevens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hoskins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jack Degrenier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedrick Hardman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Tom Myers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | Totals | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 |