Week #17
Sunday, Jan.06, at Louisiana Superdome, 10:00am PDT
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San Francisco 49ers receiver Terrell Owens (81) heads for the end zone as New Orleans Saints Jay Bellamy gives chase in the first half Sunday Jan. 6, 2002, in New Orleans. Owens caught the pass from quarterback Jeff Garcia for the touchdown. (AP Photo/Andrew Cohoon)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Jeff Garcia warmed up for his playoff visit to Lambeau Field with a dominating performance at the site of the Super Bowl. 

Garcia threw four touchdown passes for the second time this season against New Orleans, leading the San Francisco 49ers to a 38-0 victory over the Saints on Sunday. 

Garcia, who came out after one series in the fourth quarter, completed 14 of 21 passes for 263 yards. 

San Francisco (12-4) had a chance to get a home game in the first round of the playoffs until a 27-21 upset loss to the Dallas Cowboys last Sunday. 

Green Bay's 34-25 victory over the New York Giants meant that the 49ers will visit the Packers at Lambeau Field next weekend. 

The Saints (7-9) finished the season with four straight losses, and they gave up an average of 40 points in those games. 

Aaron Brooks threw four interceptions and was sacked three times as New Orleans, the 2000 NFC West champion, was shut out for the first time since the 49ers beat the Saints 31-0 in 1998. 

After struggling on their first two possessions, the 49ers took advantage of a fumble by Ricky Williams on their 44. On first down, Garcia found Terrell Owens 10 yards behind Saints cornerback Fred Thomas for a 56-yard touchdown and a 7-0 lead. 

On their next possession, Garcia found Owens again for a 60-yard touchdown that put San Francisco up 14-0. The two touchdowns were Owens' only receptions of the day. 

In the second quarter, the 49ers recovered Williams' second fumble, on the Saints 28, setting up Garcia's third touchdown pass, a 6-yarder to Terry Jackson that put San Francisco ahead 21-0. 

Midway through the third quarter, the 49ers' third interception of Brooks led to a 39-yard field goal that made it 24-0 

Garcia threw his fourth TD pass on the first play of the fourth quarter, hitting J.J. Stokes for a 6-yard score that made it 31-0. 

Brooks was intercepted for the fourth time in the fourth quarter, and backup quarterback Tim Rattay marched the 49ers 44 yards for the 49ers' final touchdown, with Terry Jackson running the last 9. 

Brooks, who had nine interceptions in the first 12 games, had 13 in the last four. By the third quarter, the small crowd still in the stands chanted for Jeff Blake, the quarterback Brooks replaced. 

Blake came in with 7:35 left in the game. On first down at the New Orleans 25, Williams fumbled for a third time, finally recovering it on the 4, and New Orleans punted on fourth-and-33. 

Brooks completed 21 of 33 passes for 119 yards.


 
FINAL
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Total
San Francisco
14
7
3
14
38
New Orleans
0
0
0
0
0

 
SCORING SUMMARY SFO NOR
1st Quarter
SFO TD  Jeff Garcia (SFO) pass left side complete to Terrell Owens (SFO) for a 56 yard touchdown. Extra point by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
7
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SFO TD Jeff Garcia (SFO) pass left side complete to Terrell Owens (SFO) for a 60 yard touchdown. Extra point by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
14
0
2nd Quarter
SFO TD  Jeff Garcia (SFO) pass right side complete to Terry Jackson (SFO) for a 6 yard touchdown. Extra point by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
21
0
3rd Quarter
SFO FG 39 yard field goal by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
24
0
4th Quarter
SFO TD  Jeff Garcia (SFO) pass right side complete to J.J. Stokes (SFO) for a 6 yard touchdown. Extra point by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
31
0
SFO TD Terry Jackson (SFO) rushed left side for a 9 yard touchdown. Extra point by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
38
0
   
  
   
 TEAM STATISTICS
SFO
NOR
FIRST DOWNS 22 11
Passing 12 9
Rushing 9 2
Penalty 1 0
 
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-12 3-10
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2 2-3
 
TOTAL NET YARDS 407 126
Total plays 66 54
Average gain 6.2 2.3
 
NET YARDS RUSHING 138 40
Rushes 41 17
Average per rush 3.4 2.4
 
NET YARDS PASSING 269 86
Completion-attempted 16-23 21-34
Yards per pass 11.7 2.5
Sacked-yards lost 2-15 3-33
Had intercepted 0 4
 
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-40.3 5-39.6
 
RETURN-YARDAGE 54 165
Punts-returns 2-3 2-3
Kickoffs-returns 1-19 7-181
Interceptions-returns 4-29 0-0
 
PENALTIES-YARDS 0-0 3-23
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 3-2
   
    
    
Passing
49ERS CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK SYDS TD INT
Jeff Garcia 14 21 263 66.7 12.52 2 15 4 0
Tim Rattay 2 2 21 100.0 10.50 0 0 0 0
SAINTS CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK SYDS TD INT
Aaron Brooks 21 33 119 63.6 3.61 3 33 0 4
Jeff Blake 0 1 0 0.0 0.00 0 0 0 0

Rushing
49ERS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Kevan Barlow 16 63 3.9 16 0 0
Garrison Hearst 15 57 3.8 10 0 0
Terry Jackson 4 18 4.5 12 1 0
Jeff Garcia 3 3 1.0 3 0 0
Tim Rattay 3 -3 -1.0 -1 0 0
SAINTS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Ricky Williams 11 14 1.3 14 0 0
Aaron Brooks 4 6 1.5 5 0 0
Fred McAfee 1 2 2.0 2 0 0
Jeff Blake 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 0

Receiving
49ERS REC YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Terrell Owens 2 116 58.0 60 2 0
J.J. Stokes 6 79 13.2 23 1 0
Eric Johnson 1 24 24.0 24 0 0
Kevan Barlow 1 20 20.0 20 0 0
Garrison Hearst 1 17 17.0 17 0 0
Terry Jackson 3 16 5.3 6 1 0
Tai Streets 2 12 6.0 11 0 0
SAINTS REC YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Willie Jackson 10 61 6.1 14 0 0
Joe Horn 3 44 14.7 22 0 0
Eddie Williams 2 12 6.0 9 0 0
Robert Wilson 2 10 5.0 5 0 0
Ricky Williams 4 -8 -2.0 4 0 0

Kicking
49ERS FGA FGM PCT LNG XPA XPM PCT PTS
Jose Cortez 1 1 100.0 -- 5 5 100.0 8
SAINTS FGA FGM PCT LNG XPA XPM PCT PTS
No Data Available.

Punting
49ERS PUNTS AVG LONG BLOCKED IN 20 TOUCHBACKS
Jason Baker 4 40.2 -- -- -- --
SAINTS PUNTS AVG LONG BLOCKED IN 20 TOUCHBACKS
Toby Gowin 5 39.6 -- -- -- --

Kick/Punt Returns
49ERS KR YDS AVG LONG TD PR YDS AVG LONG TD
Vinny Sutherland 1 19 19.0 -- -- 2 3 1.5 -- --
SAINTS KR YDS AVG LONG TD PR YDS AVG LONG TD
Michael Lewis 6 158 26.3 -- -- 0 0 0.0 -- --
Fred McAfee 1 24 24.0 -- -- 0 0 0.0 -- --
Wane McGarity 0 0 0.0 -- -- 2 3 1.5 -- --

Defense
49ERS TOT SOLO AST SCK YDS FF INT YDS INT/TD
Rashad Holman 7 6 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Andre Carter 6 6 0 2.0 22 1 0 -- --
George McCullough 5 5 0 0.0 0 1 0 -- --
Lance Schulters 4 4 0 0.0 0 0 1 -- --
Jeff Ulbrich 4 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Tyronne Drakeford 3 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Julian Peterson 3 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Jason Webster 3 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Derek Smith 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
John Engelberger 2 2 0 0.0 0 1 0 -- --
Jamie Winborn 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 -- --
Dana Stubblefield 1 1 0 1.0 11 0 0 -- --
Reggie McGrew 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Ronnie Heard 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Zack Bronson 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 -- --
SAINTS TOT SOLO AST SCK YDS FF INT YDS INT/TD
Charlie Clemons 10 9 1 2.0 15 1 0 -- --
Sammy Knight 8 8 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Jay Bellamy 6 4 2 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Darrin Smith 5 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Martin Chase 5 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
William Whitehead 4 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Darren Howard 4 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Steve Israel 3 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Sedrick Hodge 3 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Joe Johnson 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Fred Thomas 2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
La'Roi Glover 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Kenny Smith 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Chris Oldham 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Tom Carter 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Curtis Holden 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --

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