The 49ers (9-3) travel to the Georgia Dome for a 1:00 ET kickoff against the Atlanta Falcons (3-9). June Jones' Falcons are 3-9. Bobby Hebert is the starter. Jamal Anderson is the back. Bert Emanuel and Eric Metcalf are the receivers.
Steve Young is the starter. Terry Kirby is the lead back. Brent Jones is at tight end.[1][2]
The Falcons are 3-9 with the offense averaging 16 points per game. June Jones' tenure with the franchise has produced the kind of November conversation that, in calendar 1996, framed the staff's projection for 1997. The 49ers' Sunday at the Georgia Dome is the second meeting of the year. The first ended 39-17 with Grbac throwing for 222. The Sunday road afternoon is the kind of December game where the offensive line gets the matchup that defines the back-half schedule pace.
Week 14 has the schedule's road game at Atlanta plus a slate where the conference's playoff seeding is settling. The Cowboys sit at 9-3; the Packers 10-2; the Panthers 10-3. The AFC East has the Patriots at 10-3 and the Bills 8-4. Conference reading list the storyline is the Packers' chase of home-field advantage. The 49ers' Sunday at the Georgia Dome is the only NFC West road game on the slate.
Through twelve games the 49ers sit at 9-3 with a plus 103 point differential. Young is on pace for 3,300 passing yards. Kirby averages 60 rushing yards per game across the back six. Bryant Young has 13 sacks. The Falcons are 3-9 with Hebert averaging 200 passing per game. Vegas opens the 49ers as 8-point road favorites. Watching today: Bryant Young's chase of 16 sacks.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-3 | W2 |
| Houston Oilers | 6-6 | L2 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 5-7 | W1 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 5-7 | W1 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 3-9 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 9-3 | W4 |
| New England Patriots | 8-4 | W1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 6-6 | L1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 6-6 | L1 |
| New York Jets | 1-11 | L3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 11-1 | W8 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 8-4 | L1 |
| San Diego Chargers | 7-5 | W1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 5-7 | W1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 5-7 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 9-3 | W2 |
| Carolina Panthers | 8-4 | W3 |
| St. Louis Rams | 3-9 | L2 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 2-10 | L1 |
| New Orleans Saints | 2-10 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 9-3 | W1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 6-6 | L1 |
| Chicago Bears | 5-7 | W1 |
| Detroit Lions | 5-7 | L1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4-8 | W3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 8-4 | L1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7-5 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 7-5 | L3 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 6-6 | -- |
| New York Giants | 5-7 | W1 |
Steve Young threw for 254 yards and a touchdown, ran for 43 yards and two touchdowns and Terry Kirby ran for 105 on 12 carries and the 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-10 at the Georgia Dome. Jerry Rice caught 8 for 78. The 49ers' defense produced three sacks and held the Falcons to 200 total yards.[1][2]
Steve Young ran in two touchdowns and threw for 254 yards at the Georgia Dome. The 49ers won 34-10. Terry Kirby ran for one hundred and five yards on twelve carries. Jerry Rice caught eight for 78. The defensive front produced three sacks of Bobby Hebert.
The 49ers led 24-3 at the half. The Falcons' offense, with Hebert throwing for 113, produced 10 points across the full sixty minutes. The defensive secondary held Bert Emanuel to 35 receiving. The Sunday at the Georgia Dome was the kind of road win where the running game produced 167 yards.
The 49ers walk back to the airport 10-3 with the home game against Carolina on Sunday next. The road record is 4-2. The wire copy is going to spend the column on Kirby's first 1996 100-yard rushing day. The film room is going to spend the week on the Panthers' film.
49ers 34, Falcons 10. Margin: plus 24. Record: 10-3.
A 34-10 road win at the Georgia Dome. The 49ers improve to 10-3.
How it unfolded
Young opened with a touchdown drive ending in a 4-yard rushing touchdown of his own. A Falcons field goal cut it to 7-3. Young added a second rushing touchdown to make it 14-3. The second quarter produced a Wade Richey field goal and a Young touchdown to Brent Jones to push the lead to 24-3 at the half. The third quarter saw a Kirby rushing touchdown to make it 31-3. A Falcons fourth-quarter touchdown made it 31-10. A closing Richey field goal made the final 34-10.
The turning point
The first-quarter Young second rushing touchdown. With the 49ers up 7-3 and the offense facing third-and-one at the Falcons' 1, the staff called the quarterback sneak. Young walked in untouched. The 14-3 cushion put the visitors in script-the-clock posture from the first quarter forward.
By the numbers
Young 23-of-30 for 254 with one touchdown plus two rushing scores; 6 rushes for 43. Kirby 105 on 12 carries (8.8 ypc); his first 100-yard rushing day of 1996. Rice 8 catches for 78. Brent Jones 3 catches for 56. Defensively the front produced three sacks of Hebert; the secondary held the Falcons' wide receivers to 70 yards combined.
Personnel watch
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | |||||
| Steve Young #8 | 23/30 | 254 | 1 | 0 | |
| Elvis Grbac | 3/7 | 25 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jerry Rice #80 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ATL | |||||
| Bobby Hebert | 10/25 | 113 | 0 | 2 | |
| Browning Nagle | 2/5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Terry Kirby | 12 | 105 | 0 | 31 |
| Steve Young #8 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 26 |
| Tommy Vardell | 8 | 29 | 0 | 9 |
| William Floyd | 4 | 14 | 0 | 9 |
| Anthony Lynn | 5 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| Dexter Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvis Grbac | 2 | -2 | 0 | -1 |
| ATL | ||||
| Jamal Anderson | 13 | 55 | 0 | 14 |
| Bobby Hebert | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Jerry Rice #80 | 8 | 78 | 0 | 14 |
| Brent Jones #84 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 28 |
| Terrell Owens | 5 | 55 | 0 | 19 |
| William Floyd | 4 | 36 | 0 | 17 |
| Tommy Vardell | 2 | 23 | 0 | 19 |
| Adrian Cooper | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Terry Kirby | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Iheanyi Uwaezuoke | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| ATL | ||||
| Bert Emanuel | 3 | 35 | 0 | 25 |
| Eric Metcalf | 2 | 35 | 0 | 31 |
| Jamal Anderson | 3 | 33 | 0 | 17 |
| Terance Mathis | 3 | 27 | 1 | 16 |
| J.J. Birden | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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