Week #3
Monday, Oct.01, at Pro Player Stadium, 6:00pm PDT
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19
San Francisco 49ers running back Garrison Hearst makes a reception and slips a tackle by New York Jets linebacker Mo Lewis in the second quarter Monday, Oct. 1, 2001 in East Rutherford, N.J. Jets Tom Barndt (96) follows the play. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Efficiency overcame emotion Monday night as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Jets 19-17 in New York's first home game since the terrorist attacks.

After a moving tribute to the rescue workers at the World Trade Center eight miles from Giants Stadium, the Jets (1-2) sputtered offensively and were sloppy with their tackling.

Meanwhile, the 49ers (2-1) displayed the proper way to run a clock-eating offense, rushing for 233 yards behind rookie Kevin Barlow and veteran Garrison Hearst.

Barlow gained 83 yards on only nine rushes and Hearst had 95 on 20 attempts against New York's soft defensive scheme. Both had only 58 yards coming into the game.

When Jeff Garcia needed to hit a pass, he was on target, finishing 16 for 20 for 141 yards, including a 6-yard TD throw to Terrell Owens.

Jose Cortez kicked four field goals and the 49ers throttled New York's unimaginative offense in beating the Jets on the road for the fifth consecutive time.

Before New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and Gov. George Pataki, along with New Jersey's acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco, served as honorary captains, Jets coach Herman Edwards presented the game ball from last week's victory at New England to Giuliani. Edwards had dedicated that victory to the city.

The Jets set about getting another victory with an 88-yard drive that lasted 9:22 and featured a superb over-the-shoulder 34-yard reception by Wayne Chrebet. Curtis Martin dived in from the 2, but that was about it for the flat Jets.

New York managed an 84-yard drive in the dying moments, with Martin scoring from the 1 with 50 seconds remaining. But the Niners recovered the onside kick.

The Niners came right back behind Barlow, who had 44 yards on four carries, including gains of 15 and 25 on the tying drive. Garcia hit Owens over the middle for the 6-yard score.

Dana Stubblefield blocked John Hall's 50-yard field goal try, and the 49ers staged an eight-minute march to Cortez's 19-yard field goal for a 10-7 lead. It could have been more, but Garcia was stopped on a rollout at the Jets 1 by Mo Lewis.

Garcia, who hit his first nine passes, guided the 49ers to Cortez's 49-yard field goal as the half ended.

San Francisco handed back those points when Eric Johnson fumbled on the second play of the second half at the 49ers 41. Tom Barndt recovered and Hall made a 24-yarder.

So Cortez made a 35-yarder for a 16-10 lead, capping a drive begun when rookie Vinny Sutherland sped 65 yards with the kickoff. And he put through a 29-yarder to cap a 97-yard, 17-play drive that ate up 9:47 and clinched matters.


 
FINAL
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Total
San Francisco 
0
13
3
3
19
New York Jets
7
0
3
7
17
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SCORING SUMMARY
1st Quarter
NYJ TD  Curtis Martin (NYJ) rushed up the middle for a 2 yard touchdown. Extra point by John Hall (NYJ) is good.
2nd Quarter
SFO TD Jeff Garcia (SFO) pass across the middle complete to Terrell Owens (SFO) for a 6 yard touchdown. Extra point by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
SFO FG 19 yard field goal by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
SFO FG 49 yard field goal by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
3rd Quarter
NYJ FG 24 yard field goal by John Hall (NYJ) is good.
SFO FG 35 yard field goal by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
4th Quarter
SFO FG 29 yard field goal by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
NYJ TD Curtis Martin (NYJ) rushed up the middle for a 1 yard touchdown. Extra point by John Hall (NYJ) is good.

 
TEAM STATISTICS
 
SFO
NYJ
1st Downs 21 16
Rushing 14 7
Passing 7 8
Penalty 0 1
3rd-Down Conversions 6-11 5-11
4th-Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Total Net Yards 359 268
Total Plays 65 50
Average Gain 5.5 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 233 92
Rushes 43 24
Avg. Per Rush 5.4 3.8
Net Yards Passing 126 176
Comp.-Att. 16-20 11-24
Yards Per Pass 5.7 6.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 2-16
Had Intercepted 0 0
Punts-Average 2-39.0 4-38.2
Return Yards 123 118
Punts-Returns 1-8 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 3-115 5-118
Int.-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-48 1-5
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Time Of Pos. 36:08 23:52

Passing
49ERS CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK SYDS TD INT
Jeff Garcia 16 20 141 80.0 7.05 2 15 1 0
JETS CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK SYDS TD INT
Vinny Testaverde 11 24 192 45.8 8.00 2 16 0 0

Rushing
49ERS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Garrison Hearst 20 95 4.8 19 0 0
Kevan Barlow 9 83 9.2 25 0 0
Terry Jackson 2 23 11.5 15 0 0
Jeff Garcia 8 18 2.2 7 0 0
Fred Beasley 3 10 3.3 7 0 0
Terrell Owens 1 4 4.0 4 0 0
Vinny Sutherland 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
JETS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Curtis Martin 19 66 3.5 18 2 0
Richie Anderson 3 13 4.3 10 0 0
Laveranues Coles 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
LaMont Jordan 1 3 3.0 3 0 0

Receiving
49ERS REC YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Terrell Owens 4 38 9.5 11 1 0
Garrison Hearst 3 28 9.3 14 0 0
Eric Johnson 2 20 10.0 11 0 0
Tai Streets 2 15 7.5 11 0 0
J.J. Stokes 1 13 13.0 13 0 0
Kevan Barlow 2 10 5.0 6 0 0
Justin Swift 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
Terry Jackson 1 8 8.0 8 0 0
JETS REC YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Wayne Chrebet 3 64 21.3 34 0 0
Laveranues Coles 2 50 25.0 39 0 0
Matthew Hatchette 1 29 29.0 29 0 0
Anthony Becht 3 24 8.0 9 0 0
Curtis Martin 1 20 20.0 20 0 0
Richie Anderson 1 5 5.0 5 0 0

Kicking
49ERS FGA FGM PCT LNG XPA XPM PCT PTS
Jose Cortez 4 4 100.0 -- 1 1 100.0 13
JETS FGA FGM PCT LNG XPA XPM PCT PTS
John Hall 1 1 100.0 -- 2 2 100.0 5

Punting
49ERS PUNTS AVG LONG BLOCKED IN 20 TOUCHBACKS
Jason Baker 2 39.0 -- -- -- --
JETS PUNTS AVG LONG BLOCKED IN 20 TOUCHBACKS
Daniel Pope 4 38.2 -- -- -- --

Kick/Punt Returns
49ERS KR YDS AVG LONG TD PR YDS AVG LONG TD
No Data Available.
JETS KR YDS AVG LONG TD PR YDS AVG LONG TD
Laveranues Coles 3 87 29.0 -- -- 0 0 0.0 -- --
Chad Morton 2 31 15.5 -- -- 0 0 0.0 -- --

Defense
49ERS TOT SOLO AST SCK YDS FF INT YDS TD
Derek Smith 11 10 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Bryant Young 4 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Lance Schulters 4 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
John Engelberger 4 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Jason Webster 4 4 0 1.0 7 0 0 -- --
Jeff Ulbrich 4 1 3 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Andre Carter 4 4 0 1.0 9 1 0 -- --
Ahmed Plummer 3 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Ronnie Heard 3 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Dana Stubblefield 2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Zack Bronson 2 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Anthony Parker 2 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Terrell Owens 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Chike Okeafor 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Julian Peterson 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
JETS TOT SOLO AST SCK YDS FF INT YDS TD
James Farrior 10 8 2 0.0 0 1 0 -- --
Marvin Jones 9 6 3 1.0 7 0 0 -- --
Mo Lewis 7 5 2 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Victor Green 6 4 2 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Shane Burton 5 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Damien Robinson 5 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Saul Patu 5 2 3 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Marcus Coleman 4 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Tom Barndt 4 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
John Abraham 4 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Steve Martin 3 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Aaron Glenn 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
James Reed 2 2 0 1.0 8 0 0 -- --
Ray Mickens 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Chris Hayes 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
James Darling 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Eric Ogbogu 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
J.P. Machado 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Shaun Ellis 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Chad Pennington 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Marlion Jackson 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --

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