NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME * Playoff * 07-18-2005 Temp:57 Wind:10-20 MVP:Patton 1981 San Francisco 49ers (1-0) 10 10 7 3 30 1981 Dallas Cowboys (0-1) 14 10 0 0 24 1 San Francisco FG Wersching 45 (10-43-3:40) 9:20 3-0 1 San Francisco TD Montana 20 pass to Patton (Wersching) (1-20-0:11) 8:5 10-0 1 Dallas TD White,D 35 pass to Dorsett (Septien) (7-62-2:43) 5:59 10-7 1 Dallas TD White,D 7 pass to Hill,T (Septien) (4-18-2:23) 2:28 10-14 2 Dallas FG Septien 31 (8-47-2:32) 13:39 10-17 2 Dallas TD Springs 3 run (Septien) (10-56-4:58) 7:58 10-24 2 San Francisco FG Wersching 34 (8-73-3:21) 4:33 13-24 2 San Francisco TD Patton 2 run (Wersching) (5-31-2:26) 1:51 20-24 3 San Francisco TD Montana 33 pass to Clark,D (Wersching) (7-67-3:25) 11 27-24 4 San Francisco FG Wersching 28 (11-48-4:47) 1:46 30-24 SF Dal First Downs 17 17 Rushes 34-129 33-115 Passes 34-19-253 34-17-145 Sacked 0-0 1-7 Fumble 0 4 Penalties 9-74 3-20 Turnovers 3 2 Time 31:26 28:34 Third Down 3-13 4-16 Fourth Down 0-0 0-2 Net Offense 382 253 Injuries: 1981 San Francisco 49ers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Patton 20 85 4.3 2 3 16 1 Cooper 6 0 109 18.2 2 3 56 0 Cooper 8 33 4.1 0 2 7 0 Patton 6 1 59 9.8 0 3 20 1 Ring 2 8 4.0 0 0 5 0 Clark,D 4 1 60 15.0 1 3 33 1 Davis 3 4 1.3 0 1 5 0 Young,C 3 0 25 8.3 0 1 13 0 Montana 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 19 2 253 13.3 3 10 56 2 34 129 3.8 2 6 16 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Montana 34 19 55.9 253 13.3 56 1 3 3 8.8 0 2 5.9 62.5 34 19 55.9 253 13.3 56 1 3 3 8.8 0 2 5.9 62.5 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Wersching 3 3 100.0 3 3 100.0 100.0 0.0 45 12 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Miller,J 6 244 50 0 0 1 5 37 34.5 40.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Lawrence 2 45 22.5 25 0 Hicks 4 3 43 10.8 28 0 Wilson 1 16 16.0 16 0 4 3 43 10.8 28 0 Ring 2 27 13.5 19 0 5 88 17.6 25 0 Fumbles Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Board 1 Dean 2 Board 3 Dean 1 Gervais 1 Dean 1 Board 1 Dean 1 Harper 1 Harper 1 Hicks 1 Reese 1 Hicks 1 Hicks 1 Reynolds 1 Reynolds 1 Wilson 1 Turner 1 Wright 1 Tackles Board 10 Reese 5 Lott 4 McColl 2 Looney 2 Turner Hicks 9 Reynolds 5 Williams 3 Gervais 2 Wilson 1 Puki Harper 7 Dean 4 Harty 2 Bouza 2 Pillers 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD 0 0 0.0 0 0 1981 Dallas Cowboys Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Dorsett 23 71 3.1 0 3 9 0 Hill,T 6 0 54 9.0 0 4 21 1 Springs 9 43 4.8 1 3 10 1 Springs 5 0 25 5.0 0 2 7 0 White,D 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Dorsett 4 0 54 13.5 1 2 35 1 33 115 3.5 1 6 10 1 Pearson,D 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Johnson,B 1 0 11 11.0 0 1 11 0 17 0 145 8.5 1 9 50 2 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate White,D 34 17 50.0 145 8.5 35 3 1 0 0.0 1 2 5.9 81.1 34 17 50.0 145 8.5 35 3 1 0 0.0 1 2 5.9 81.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Septien 3 3 100.0 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 31 6 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross White,D 8 335 54 1 0 1 4 43 34.0 41.9 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Jones,J 5 124 24.8 36 0 Jones,J 5 0 37 7.4 11 0 Newsome,T 2 37 18.5 22 0 5 0 37 7.4 11 0 7 161 23.0 36 0 Fumbles Jones,J 2 Dorsett 1 Pearson, 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Martin,H 2 Breunig 1 Barnes 2 Pearson, 1 White,R 1 Jones,E 1 Jones,E 1 Springs 1 Walls 1 Thurman 1 White,R 1 Wilson 1 Tackles Downs 11 Waters 5 Smerek 2 Wilson 2 Brown,G 1 Breunig 8 Fellows 4 Walls 2 Barnes 1 Spradlin 1 White,R 8 King 3 Dutton 2 Hegman 1 Jones,E 7 Martin,H 2 Lewis 2 Dickerso 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Thurman 1 2 2.0 2 0 Walls 1 26 26.0 26 0 Waters 1 14 14.0 14 0 3 42 14.0 26 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 Dal Jones,J return of 30 KO-deep 1 10 own34 14:52 Dal Pen-Dal10 trapR key-Z 1 20 own24 14:43 Dal Dorsett 7 sweepL key-Z dlO 2 13 own31 13:58 Dal Dorsett -1 sweepL key-sZ 3 14 own30 13:14 Dal White,D to Hill,T X M-seam pas-M con 4 14 own30 13:05 Dal Punt White,D 41,Hicks 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own29 13:00 SF Montana to Patton 5 M-straight dou-M 2 5 own34 12:29 SF Patton 2 offtackleL bas-tM 3 3 own36 11:53 SF Montana to Clark,D 7 M-out bas-sZ 1 10 own43 11:49 SF Patton 3 pitchR key-Z 2 7 own46 11:09 SF Montana to Patton 7 S-out bas-Z 1 10 opp47 11:02 SF Montana to Cooper 28 S-hitch dou-M 1 10 opp19 10:26 SF Montana to Clark,D X M-fade pas-tZ 2 10 opp19 10:19 SF Montana to Patton X S-cross pas-tZ dlO 3 10 opp19 10:14 SF Pen-SF5 offtackleL pas-tM 3 15 opp24 10:14 SF Cooper 6 dive pas-Z 4 9 opp18 9:25 SF Pen:SF FG 4 19 opp28 9:20 SF FG Wersching 45 good FG 3-0 KO 9:16 SF Jones,J return of 15 Fmb KO-deep 1 10 opp20 9:05 SF Montana to Patton 20 TD M-seam bas-tZ 10- KO 8:54 Dal Jones,J return of 36 KO-deep 1 10 own38 8:42 Dal Pen-SF5 sweepL key-Z 1 5 own43 8:42 Dal Springs 2 trapR key-Z 2 3 own45 8:34 Dal White,D to Springs 2 S-flat key-Z 3 1 own47 7:53 Dal White,D to Springs 6 S-hitch key-Z 1 10 opp47 7:16 Dal Dorsett 1 offtackleL key-sM 2 9 opp46 6:32 Dal White,D to Springs X M-straight key-sM 3 9 opp46 6:23 Dal Pen-SF11 M-slant pas-Z con dl 1 10 opp35 6:13 Dal White,D to Dorsett 35 TD S-flat key-Z con 10- KO 5:59 SF Ring return of 19 KO-angle 1 10 own31 5:50 SF Patton 6 pitchR bas-Z 2 4 own37 5:03 SF Montana to Hofer INT Walls M-out bas-M dlO 1 10 opp18 4:51 Dal Springs 2 offtackleL key-M 2 8 opp16 4:05 Dal Dorsett 2 dive key-M 3 6 opp14 3:20 Dal White,D to Springs 7 S-hitch pas-Z/Bz1 co 1 7 opp7 2:36 Dal White,D to Hill,T 7 TD Screen goa-tZ 10- KO 2:28 SF Lawrence return of 25 KO-angle 1 10 own38 2:20 SF Patton 4 offtackleL pas-M 2 6 own42 1:34 SF Montana to Young,C X M-seam key-sZ 3 6 own42 1:26 SF Montana to Clark,D 1 S-out pas-sM 4 5 own43 1:21 Penalty Pt-deep 4 15 own33 1:17 SF Punt Miller,J 39,Jones,J 11 Pt-deep 1 10 own39 1:11 Dal Dorsett 4 offtackleL pas-Z 2 6 own43 0:28 Dal White,D to Dorsett 6 S-flat key-Z 1 10 own49 0:18 Dal Springs 5 offtackleL key-sM 2nd Quarter 2 5 opp46 15:00 Dal Dorsett 9 sweepL key-Zi 1 10 opp37 14:52 Dal White,D to Hill,T 21 M-straight run-M 1 10 opp16 14:17 Dal Pen-Dal5 M-straight bas-M 1 15 opp21 14:17 Dal White,D to Johnson,B X M-out bas-M 2 15 opp21 14:12 Dal White,D to Springs 7 S-slant key-Z 3 8 opp14 13:44 Dal White,D to Pearson,D X S-out pas-Z con 4 8 opp14 13:39 Dal FG Septien 31 good FG 10- KO 13:33 SF Wilson return of 16 KO-angle 1 10 own27 13:22 SF Montana to Clark,D X M-straight pas-M 2 10 own27 13:14 SF Montana to Clark,D X M-straight bas-tZ 3 10 own27 13:07 SF Montana to Cooper X M-cross pas-Z 4 10 own27 13:00 SF Punt Miller,J 37,Jones,J 8 Pt-deep 1 10 own44 12:56 Dal White,D to Dorsett 5 S-flat key-Z 2 5 own49 12:25 Dal White,D to Johnson,B 11 M-slant key-sZ 1 10 opp40 11:44 Dal Dorsett 5 offtackleL key-sM 2 5 opp35 11:05 Dal Springs 10 trapR pas-Z 1 10 opp25 10:25 Dal Springs 7 trapR key-Z 2 3 opp18 9:55 Dal Dorsett -2 offtackleL key-Z con 3 5 opp20 9:17 Dal Dorsett 7 offtackleL key-M con 1 10 opp13 8:42 Dal White,D to Springs 3 S-slant key-tZ 2 7 opp10 8:11 Dal White,D to Hill,T 7 M-out key-tZ 1 3 opp3 8:07 Dal Springs 3 TD trapR goa-tZ 10- KO 7:58 SF Ring return of 8 KO-angle 1 10 own10 7:54 SF Patton 8 trapL pas-M 2 2 own18 7:16 SF Patton 16 offtackleL bas-Z 1 10 own34 6:35 SF Patton -1 trapL bas-Z 2 11 own33 5:56 SF Montana to Cooper 56 S-flat pas-M 1 10 opp11 5:35 SF Pen-SF10 Screen bas-tZ 1 20 opp21 5:29 SF Montana to Cooper X S-cross pas-Z 2 20 opp21 5:26 SF Patton 4 pitchL pas-M 3 16 opp17 4:44 SF Montana to Young,C X M-seam pas-Z 4 16 opp17 4:33 SF FG Wersching 34 good FG 13- KO 4:28 SF Jones,J return of 28 Fmb KO-deep 1 10 opp31 4:17 SF Montana to Clark,D 19 Screen pas-Z 1 10 opp12 3:37 SF Patton 11 pitchR pas-tM 1 1 opp1 3:03 SF Davis -1 dive run-tM agg d 2 2 opp2 2:32 SF Davis 0 offtackleR goa-tZ 3 2 opp2 2:00 SF Patton 2 TD offtackleL pas-tM agg 20- KO 1:51 Dal Newsome,T return of 15 KO-deep 1 10 own19 1:44 Dal Dorsett 7 draw pas-M con 2 3 own26 1:19 Dal White,D to Pearson,D X M-out pas-Z con 3 3 own26 1:12 Dal Dorsett 3 sweepL pas-M con 4 0 own29 1:02 Dal Punt White,D 44,Hicks 5 Pt-deep 1 10 own32 0:57 SF Patton 4 pitchL pas-Z 2 6 own36 0:34 SF Patton 4 draw pas-M 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 SF Lawrence return of 20 KO-angle 1 10 own33 14:50 SF Cooper 2 sweepL key-Z 2 8 own35 14:17 SF Montana to Cooper 6 S-flat key-tZ 3 2 own41 13:47 SF Montana to Cooper 7 M-straight pas-tZ agg 1 10 own48 13:15 SF Montana to Patton 8 S-slant bas-M 2 2 opp44 12:47 SF Cooper 6 offtackleR bas-Z dlR 1 10 opp38 12:12 SF Montana to Young,C 5 S-hitch pas-M 2 5 opp33 11:40 SF Montana to Clark,D 33 TD M-slant bas-sM 27- KO 11:25 Dal Newsome,T return of 22 KO-deep 1 10 own26 11:14 Dal Springs 5 trapR bas-M 2 5 own31 10:34 Dal White,D 1 M-slant bas-M 3 4 own32 9:58 Dal Springs 5 offtackleR bas-sM con 1 10 own37 9:21 Dal Dorsett -2 sweepR bas-M 2 12 own35 9:12 Dal White,D to Johnson,B X S-hitch pas-Z con 3 12 own35 9:08 Dal White,D to Hill,T 11 M-slant pas-Z con 4 1 own46 8:37 Dal Punt White,D 54,Hicks 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 8:31 SF Montana to Patton 18 S-flat bas-M 1 10 own38 7:45 SF Cooper 2 offtackleL bas-Z 2 8 own40 7:04 SF Montana to Patton 1 S-flat pas-M 3 7 own41 6:58 SF Montana to Cooper X M-straight pas-tZ dlO 4 7 own41 6:51 SF Punt Miller,J 45,Jones,J 8 Pt-deep 1 10 own22 6:46 Dal White,D to Dorsett 8 Fmb S-slant bas-M 2 2 own30 6:11 Dal Dorsett 6 offtackleR bas-sM 1 10 own36 5:40 Dal Dorsett -1 offtackleR bas-Z 2 11 own35 5:03 Dal Dorsett 7 dive pas-Z con 3 4 own42 4:31 Dal White,D to Hill,T 1 Screen bas-tZ con 4 3 own43 3:57 Dal Punt White,D 40,Hicks 28 Pt-deep 1 10 own45 3:53 SF Patton 3 offtackleR dou-M 2 7 own48 3:45 SF Montana to Young,C 7 S-hitch bas-tZ 1 10 opp45 2:58 SF Montana to Clark,D INT Wate L-straight bas-M 1 10 own36 2:44 Dal Springs 4 offtackleR bas-M 2 6 own40 2:05 Dal Pen-SF5 M-slant pas-Z con 1 10 own45 1:55 Dal White,D to Pearson,D X M-out bas-M 2 10 own45 1:46 Dal Dorsett 1 sweepR bas-M con 3 9 own46 1:38 Dal White,D to Springs X L-cross pas-M con 4 9 own46 1:34 Dal Punt White,D 43,Hicks 3 Pt-deep 1 10 own14 1:30 SF Montana to Cooper X Screen key-M 2 10 own14 1:24 SF Patton 2 dive pas-Z 3 8 own16 0:36 SF Patton 6 draw pas-sM 4th Quarter 4 2 own22 15:00 SF Punt Miller,J 43,Jones,J 6 Pt-deep 1 10 own41 14:55 Dal White,D to Johnson,B X S-hitch bas-Z 2 10 own41 14:48 Dal Dorsett 1 sweepR bas-Z 3 9 own42 14:18 Dal White,D to Pearson,D X M-slant pas-Z con 4 9 own42 14:10 Dal Punt White,D 37,Hicks 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own21 14:04 SF Ring 5 offtackleL dou-M 2 5 own26 13:25 SF Patton -2 pitchR bas-tZ 3 7 own24 12:44 SF Montana to Clark,D INT Thur M-out dou-M dlO 1 10 opp36 12:28 Dal Dorsett 2 offtackleR bas-M 2 8 opp34 11:55 Dal White,D to Hill,T X S-slant bas-Z 3 8 opp34 11:51 Dal Dorsett 4 sweepR pas-Z con 4 4 opp30 11:16 Dal Dorsett 3 offtackleR bas-M con 1 10 own27 11:07 SF Patton 4 sweepR bas-Z 2 6 own31 10:16 SF Ring 3 sweepR bas-sM 3 3 own34 10:09 SF Montana to Wilson X M-out pas-tZ agg 4 3 own34 10:01 SF Punt Miller,J 50,Jones,J 4 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 9:56 Dal Dorsett 3 offtackleR bas-Z 2 7 own23 9:16 Dal Dorsett -1 dive bas-Zi 3 8 own22 9:08 Dal White,D to Hill,T X M-isolate pas-Z con 4 8 own22 9:00 Dal Punt White,D 41,Hicks 7 Pt-deep 1 10 own44 8:55 SF Patton 5 draw pas-M 2 5 own49 8:07 SF Patton 2 draw bas-tZ 3 3 opp49 7:24 SF Patton 2 dive bas-sM 4 1 opp47 6:39 SF Punt Miller,J 30,Jones,J 0 Pt-side 1 10 own17 6:34 Dal White,D to Springs X S-hitch bas-Z 2 10 own17 6:28 Dal White,D to Pearson,D 1 Fmb Screen bas-Z 3 9 own18 5:58 Dal White,D to Hill,T X M-out pas-M con 4 9 own18 5:49 Dal Punt White,D 35,Hicks 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own47 5:45 SF Cooper 3 sweepL bas-Z 2 7 50 4:59 SF Montana to Young,C 13 M-isolate key-tZ 1 10 opp37 4:50 SF Cooper 7 offtackleL dou-M GAME RESUMED WITH PREVIOUS PLAY 2 3 opp30 4:02 SF Davis 5 dive bas-M agg 1 10 opp25 3:14 SF Montana to Cooper 7 Screen bas-tZ 2 3 opp18 2:32 SF Cooper 4 draw bas-tZ agg 1 10 opp14 2:22 SF Cooper 3 trapL pas-M 2 7 opp11 2:00 SF Pen-SF10 S-cross goa-tM 2 17 opp21 1:55 SF Pen-Dal5 Screen pas-Z 2 12 opp16 1:55 SF Montana to Hofer X S-cross pas-tZ 3 12 opp16 1:50 SF Montana to Cooper 5 M-cross pas-tM agg 4 7 opp11 1:46 SF FG Wersching 28 good FG 30-24 KO 1:42 Dal Jones,J return of 15 KO-deep 1 10 own17 1:33 Dal Dorsett 6 pitchR bas-sZ 2 4 own23 1:08 Dal White,D to Hill,T 7 M-straight pas-M con 1 10 own30 0:49 Dal White,D to Pearson,D X L-out pas-M con 2 10 own30 0:44 Dal White,D sacked by Board M-seam pas-Z con 3 17 own23 0:41 Dal White,D to Hill,T X M-straight pas-dZ con 4 17 own23 0:32 Dal White,D to Pearson,D X L-out pre-vZ con 1 10 opp23 0:23 SF Montana -1 qbkneel run-Z/Bz3 ag