1984 49ers 31 - 1963 Bears 24

A tough loss for the Bears...and oh so close, as the 49ers picked off a Billy Wade pass at their own 5 with :30 to seal the win. The Bears got off to a quick 7 point lead off of a long fumble return for a TD. Billy Wade was almost sensational for the Bears, helped by a 74 yard rumble off a flat pass by Mike Dika, who no doubt must have bowled over any number of defenders before being run down inside the ten, and Johnny Morris who took a short crossing pattern for 47 yards. The Bears sluggish running backs were unable to add much, while the 49ers Wendell Tyler and Roger Craig gouged the Bears run defense more successfully than I would have thought they could. The biggest story of the game IMO was the proverbial "dog that didn't bark." The Bears are the best intercepting team in all of Strat's catalogue. It is their most distinctive feature. In this one they didn't manage to swipe any of Joe Montana's passes, in part because Montana threw only one deep ball all day, a 27 yarder to Mike Wilson. The Bears defense is terrifying, but if you manage to not turn the ball over they are quite beatable. Its a big If.

1984 San Francisco 31, 1963 Chicago 24
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1984 San Francisco	3	14	14	0	0	31
1963 Chicago	7	10	0	7	0	24

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	10:53	1963 Chicago	E.O'Bradovich 45 yd. fumble recovery (B.Jencks kick)	7-0 CHN
1	6:52	1984 San Francisco	R.Wersching 35 yd. field goal	7-3 CHN
2	14:28	1984 San Francisco	R.Craig 2 yd. run (R.Wersching kick)	10-7 SFN
2	12:08	1963 Chicago	W.Galimore 4 yd. run (B.Jencks kick)	14-10 CHN
2	8:42	1984 San Francisco	R.Francis 9 yd. pass from J.Montana (R.Wersching kick)	17-14 SFN
2	1:15	1963 Chicago	B.Jencks 35 yd. field goal	17-17 CHN
3	11:52	1984 San Francisco	W.Tyler 10 yd. pass from J.Montana (R.Wersching kick)	24-17 SFN
3	1:12	1984 San Francisco	D.Clark 22 yd. pass from J.Montana (R.Wersching kick)	31-17 SFN
4	9:48	1963 Chicago	B.Farrington 5 yd. pass from B.Wade (B.Jencks kick)	31-24 SFN

Team Statistics
	1984 San Francisco	1963 Chicago
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	8-12-3-23	5-17-1-23
Third Down Efficiency	4-11-36%	8-15-53%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	21-21-100%	14-28-50%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	334-58-5.8	404-75-5.4
Total Net Yards Rushing	143	110
Total Rushes	29	38
Average Per Rush	4.9	2.9
Passes Completed/Attempted	16/27 (59.3%)	21/35 (60.0%)
Net Yards Passing	191	294
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.6	8.8
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/15	2/14
Punts/Average	4/44.5	4/48.5
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/28	0/0
Kickoffs/Returns	3/78	3/56
Interceptions/Returns	2/18	0/0
Penalties/Yards	1/5	8/73
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	3/2	1/0
Time of Possession	24 mins 20 secs	35 mins 40 secs
Average Drive Start	SFN 31	CHN 23

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1984 San Francisco
Joe Montana	27	16	206	59.3	7.6	3	11.1	0	0	27	2/15	120.3
1963 Chicago
Billy Wade	35	21	308	60.0	8.8	1	2.9	2	5.7	74	2/14	74.5

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1984 San Francisco
Roger Craig	15	65	4.3	15	1	0	1/1
Wendell Tyler	10	80	8.0	24	0	0	1/0
Bill Ring	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0
Joe Montana	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0
Derrick Harmon	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0
1963 Chicago
Joe Marconi	12	30	2.5	7	0	0	0/0
Ronnie Bull	11	28	2.5	7	0	0	0/0
Billy Wade	5	8	1.6	5	0	0	0/0
Willie Galimore	5	12	2.4	6	1	0	0/0
Charlie Bivins	3	12	4.0	6	0	0	0/0
Rick Casares	2	20	10.0	18	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1984 San Francisco
Earl Cooper	5	72	14.4	23	0	0
Dwight Clark	2	25	12.5	22	1	0
Russ Francis	2	18	9.0	9	1	0
Mike R. Wilson	2	41	20.5	27	0	0
Carl Monroe	1	14	14.0	14	0	0
Freddie Solomon	1	1	1.0	1	0	0
Roger Craig	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
Wendell Tyler	1	10	10.0	10	1	0
Renaldo Nehemiah	1	15	15.0	15	0	0
1963 Chicago
Bo Farrington	6	56	9.3	23	1	0
Mike Ditka	6	121	20.2	74	0	0
Angelo Coia	4	42	10.5	16	0	0
Johnny Morris	4	76	19.0	47	0	0
Ronnie Bull	1	13	13.0	13	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1984 San Francisco
Ray Wersching	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
1963 Chicago
Bob Jencks	0/1	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/2	50.0

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1984 San Francisco
Max Runager	4	44.5	39.5	1	1	59	0
1963 Chicago
Bobby Joe Green	4	48.5	36.5	1	0	55	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1984 San Francisco
Carl Monroe	2	52	26.0	27	0
Derrick Harmon	1	26	26.0	26	0
1963 Chicago
Ronnie Bull	2	46	23.0	26	0
Rosey Taylor	1	10	10.0	10	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1984 San Francisco
Dana McLemore	1	1	28	28.0	28	0
1963 Chicago
Rosey Taylor	0	1	0		0	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1984 San Francisco
Riki Ellison	7	0	0
Ronnie Lott	7	0	0
Carlton Williamson	6	0	0
Hacksaw Reynolds	5	0	0
Dwight Hicks	5	0	0
Dan Bunz	5	1	0
Manu Tuiasosopo	4	0	0
Keena Turner	4	0	0
Eric Wright	3	0	0
Jim Stuckey	3	0	0
Gary Johnson	2	0	0
Milt McColl	2	0	0
Mario Clark	2	0	0
Fred Dean	1	1	0
Michael Carter	1	0	0
Bubba Paris	0	0	1
1963 Chicago
Bennie McRae	10	0	0
Larry Morris	5	0	0
Bill George	5	0	0
Earl Leggett	4	0	0
Joe Fortunato	4	2	0
Stan Jones	3	0	0
Richie Petitbon	3	0	0
Dave Whitsell	2	0	0
Rosey Taylor	2	0	0
Doug Atkins	2	0	0
Ed O'Bradovich	1	0	1
Mike Ditka	0	0	1
Bob Wetoska	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1984 San Francisco
Ronnie Lott	1	16	16.0	16	0
Dwight Hicks	1	2	2.0	2	0
1963 Chicago

Game Story

In a close battle the visiting team from San Francisco bested Chicago by the score of 31 to 24. Wendell Tyler rushed the ball 10 times for 80 yards. The game was tied at the half, 17 to 17. Billy Wade threw 35 times for 308 yards with a touchdown for Chicago, in a losing cause.

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