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San Francisco 49ers Franchise Encyclopedia

Regular Season Record (all-time) : 503-410-15
Playoff Record (all-time) : 26-18 (Last appearance after 2002 season)
 Super Bowls Won: 5 out of 5 appearances
 Championships Won: 5
Passing Leader (all-time): Joe Montana - 35,124 yards
Rushing Leader (all-time): Joe Perry - 8,689 yards
Receiving Leader (all-time): Jerry Rice - 19,247 yards
Winningest Coach (all-time): George Seifert - 98 wins

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All-time franchise leaderboards

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Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks

Glossary · * indicate playoff appearances
Top Players Off Rank Def Rank Overall Rank Simple Rating System
Year Lg Tm W L T Pts PtsO PtDif Coaches Passing Rushing Receiving Pts Yds Pts Yds T/G Pts± Yds± out of MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS
2009 NFL San Francisco 49ers 8 8 0 330 281 49 Singletary Smith Gore Davis 18 27 4 15 5 13 24 32 3.1 -3.0 0.1 -2.9 3.0
2008 NFL San Francisco 49ers 7 9 0 339 381 -42 Singletary,Nolan Hill Gore Bruce 22 23 23 13 31 23 23 32 -2.6
2007 NFL San Francisco 49ers 5 11 0 219 364 -145 Nolan Dilfer Gore Battle 32 32 20 25 30 29 32 32 -9.1
2006 NFL San Francisco 49ers 7 9 0 298 412 -114 Nolan Smith Gore Bryant 24 26 32 26 23 29 27 32 -7.1 -1.6 -8.7 -3.5 -5.2
2005 NFL San Francisco 49ers 4 12 0 239 428 -189 Nolan Smith Gore Lloyd 30 32 30 32 27 32 32 32 -11.8 0.7 -11.1 -5.6 -5.5
2004 NFL San Francisco 49ers 2 14 0 259 452 -193 Erickson Rattay Barlow Johnson 30 26 32 24 31 32 30 32 -12.1 -1.6 -13.6 -5.1 -8.6
2003 NFL San Francisco 49ers 7 9 0 384 337 47 Erickson Garcia Barlow Owens 9 5 21 13 4 13 6 32 2.9 0.1 3.1 3.0 0.1
2002 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 10 6 0 367 351 16 Mariucci Garcia Hearst Owens 13 8 18 14 8 17 10 32 1.0 -0.4 0.6 0.7 -0.1
2001 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 12 4 0 409 282 127 Mariucci Garcia Hearst Owens 3 4 9 13 3 5 3 31 7.9 -1.1 6.8 4.2 2.7
2000 NFL San Francisco 49ers 6 10 0 388 422 -34 Mariucci Garcia Garner Owens 6 4 28 29 13 21 14 31 -2.1 -1.7 -3.8 1.7 -5.5
1999 NFL San Francisco 49ers 4 12 0 295 453 -158 Mariucci Garcia Garner Rice 22 10 30 28 29 28 22 31 -9.9 -1.5 -11.3 -4.5 -6.8
1998 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 12 4 0 479 328 151 Mariucci Young Hearst Rice 3 1 13 23 11 4 1 30 9.4 1.2 10.6 8.8 1.8
1997 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 13 3 0 375 265 110 Mariucci Young Hearst Owens 5 12 3 1 2 4 2 30 6.9 -1.8 5.1 2.4 2.7
1996 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 12 4 0 398 257 141 Seifert Young Kirby Rice 3 6 4 7 6 3 4 30 8.8 -0.8 8.0 3.7 4.3
1995 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 11 5 0 457 258 199 Seifert Young Loville Rice 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 30 12.4 -0.7 11.8 6.5 5.3
1994 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 13 3 0 505 296 209 Seifert Young Watters Rice 1 2 6 8 3 1 1 28 13.1 -1.4 11.6 9.9 1.7
1993 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 10 6 0 473 295 178 Seifert Young Watters Rice 1 1 16 15 14 1 1 28 11.1 -1.5 9.7 9.9 -0.3
1992 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 14 2 0 431 236 195 Seifert Young Watters Rice 1 1 3 15 7 1 3 28 12.2 -0.4 11.8 7.3 4.5
1991 NFL San Francisco 49ers 10 6 0 393 239 154 Seifert Young Henderson Rice 3 3 4 6 19 2 2 28 9.6 1.2 10.9 6.6 4.3
1990 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 14 2 0 353 239 114 Seifert Montana Carter Rice 8 2 2 3 9 3 1 28 7.1 -1.4 5.8 1.2 4.6
1989 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 14 2 0 442 253 189 Seifert Montana Craig Rice 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 28 11.8 -1.1 10.7 5.8 4.9
1988 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 10 6 0 369 294 75 Walsh Montana Craig Rice 7 2 8 3 4 6 2 28 4.7 0.1 4.8 3.1 1.7
1987 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 13 2 0 459 253 206 Walsh Montana Craig Rice 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 28 13.7 -0.7 13.1 8.8 4.2
1986 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 10 5 1 374 247 127 Walsh Montana Craig Rice 7 3 3 6 1 3 3 28 7.9 -0.9 7.0 2.6 4.4
1985 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 10 6 0 411 263 148 Walsh Montana Craig Craig 5 2 2 14 11 2 7 28 9.3 -0.5 8.8 4.6 4.2
1984 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 15 1 0 475 227 248 Walsh Montana Tyler Clark 2 2 1 10 3 1 4 28 15.5 -2.8 12.7 7.4 5.4
1983 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 10 6 0 432 293 139 Walsh Montana Tyler Clark 4 4 4 10 6 2 4 28 8.7 0.0 8.7 5.7 3.0
1982 NFL San Francisco 49ers 3 6 0 209 206 3 Walsh Montana Moore Clark 7 3 23 21 25 12 9 28 0.3 -2.6 -2.2 0.4 -2.7
1981 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 13 3 0 357 250 107 Walsh Montana Patton Clark 7 13 2 2 1 3 3 28 6.7 -0.5 6.2 1.3 4.9
1980 NFL San Francisco 49ers 6 10 0 320 415 -95 Walsh DeBerg Cooper Clark 12 12 26 27 20 24 22 28 -5.9 -0.3 -6.2 -1.2 -5.1
1979 NFL San Francisco 49ers 2 14 0 308 416 -108 Walsh DeBerg Hofer Solomon 16 6 27 20 19 27 10 28 -6.8 -0.7 -7.4 -1.3 -6.1
1978 NFL San Francisco 49ers 2 14 0 219 350 -131 O'Connor,McCulley DeBerg Simpson Solomon 28 27 23 21 28 27 27 28 -8.2 -0.9 -9.1 -4.6 -4.5
1977 NFL San Francisco 49ers 5 9 0 220 260 -40 Meyer Plunkett Williams Washington 19 22 20 3 21 19 12 28 -2.9 -0.9 -3.8 -1.1 -2.7
1976 NFL San Francisco 49ers 8 6 0 270 190 80 Clark Plunkett Williams Washington 13 18 3 2 22 10 12 28 5.7 -1.9 3.8 -1.3 5.0
1975 NFL San Francisco 49ers 5 9 0 255 286 -31 Nolan Snead Williams Washington 16 16 14 10 25 14 13 26 -2.2 -2.5 -4.7 -2.2 -2.5
1974 NFL San Francisco 49ers 6 8 0 226 236 -10 Nolan Owen Jackson Washington 19 14 11 12 16 15 13 26 -0.7 -1.8 -2.6 -2.1 -0.5
1973 NFL San Francisco 49ers 5 9 0 262 319 -57 Nolan Brodie Washington Kwalick 14 8 19 20 20 16 14 26 -4.1 3.9 -0.2 1.4 -1.6
1972 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 8 5 1 353 249 104 Nolan Spurrier Washington Washington 4 8 9 14 15 5 11 26 7.4 -1.0 6.4 4.9 1.5
1971 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 9 5 0 300 216 84 Nolan Brodie Willard Washington 9 3 6 6 21 7 3 26 6.0 0.3 6.3 2.4 3.8
1970 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 10 3 1 352 267 85 Nolan Brodie Willard Washington 1 2 14 13 1 6 7 26 6.1 0.4 6.5 6.4 0.1
1969 NFL San Francisco 49ers 4 8 2 277 319 -42 Nolan Brodie Willard Washington 10 2 10 7 9 11 3 16 -3.0
1968 NFL San Francisco 49ers 7 6 1 303 310 -7 Nolan Brodie Willard McNeil 6 3 9 7 11 8 5 16 -0.5
1967 NFL San Francisco 49ers 7 7 0 273 337 -64 Christiansen Brodie Willard Witcher 11 7 10 9 13 14 7 16 -4.6
1966 NFL San Francisco 49ers 6 6 2 320 325 -5 Christiansen Brodie Willard Parks 6 3 10 8 11 8 5 15 -0.4
1965 NFL San Francisco 49ers 7 6 1 421 402 19 Christiansen Brodie Willard Parks 1 1 13 12 12 6 1 14 1.4
1964 NFL San Francisco 49ers 4 10 0 236 330 -94 Christiansen Brodie Kopay Casey 14 7 10 12 14 12 12 14 -6.7
1963 NFL San Francisco 49ers 2 12 0 198 391 -193 Christiansen,Hickey McHan Smith Casey 14 14 13 14 8 14 14 14 -13.8
1962 NFL San Francisco 49ers 6 8 0 282 331 -49 Hickey Brodie Smith Casey 11 13 7 7 12 8 11 14 -3.5
1961 NFL San Francisco 49ers 7 6 1 346 272 74 Hickey Brodie Smith Owens 4 3 6 8 10 3 2 14 5.3
1960 NFL San Francisco 49ers 7 5 0 208 205 3 Hickey Brodie Smith Owens 10 11 1 6 3 8 9 13 0.3
1959 NFL San Francisco 49ers 7 5 0 255 237 18 Hickey Tittle Smith Wilson 6 11 5 11 6 6 10 12 1.5
1958 NFL San Francisco 49ers 6 6 0 257 324 -67 Albert Tittle Perry Owens 8 4 10 8 9 9 6 12 -5.6
1957 NFL San Francisco 49ers* 8 4 0 260 264 -4 Albert Tittle McElhenny Wilson 4 6 9 12 6 7 9 12 -0.3
1956 NFL San Francisco 49ers 5 6 1 233 284 -51 Albert Tittle McElhenny Wilson 8 6 9 10 6 9 10 12 -4.3
1955 NFL San Francisco 49ers 4 8 0 216 298 -82 Strader Tittle Perry Wilson 10 8 12 9 11 11 10 12 -6.8
1954 NFL San Francisco 49ers 7 4 1 313 251 62 Shaw Tittle Perry Wilson 4 2 5 6 2 4 5 12 5.2
1953 NFL San Francisco 49ers 9 3 0 372 237 135 Shaw Tittle Perry Wilson 1 3 6 3 5 3 3 12 11.3
1952 NFL San Francisco 49ers 7 5 0 285 221 64 Shaw Tittle Perry Soltau 6 4 3 3 5 4 3 12 5.3
1951 NFL San Francisco 49ers 7 4 1 255 205 50 Shaw Albert Perry Soltau 5 4 3 5 4 5 3 12 4.2
1950 NFL San Francisco 49ers 3 9 0 213 300 -87 Shaw Albert Perry Loyd 11 10 8 7 8 10 8 13 -7.3
1949 AAFC San Francisco 49ers* 9 3 0 416 227 189 Shaw Albert Perry Beals 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 7 15.8
1948 AAFC San Francisco 49ers 12 2 0 495 248 247 Shaw Albert Strzykalski Beals 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 8 17.6
1947 AAFC San Francisco 49ers 8 4 2 327 264 63 Shaw Albert Strzykalski Beals 4 2 4 4 2 4 3 8 4.5
1946 AAFC San Francisco 49ers 9 5 0 307 189 118 Shaw Albert Standlee Beals 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 9 8.4

Playoff Game Log

Score
Week Opp Tm Opp
2002 Playoffs
WildCard W New York Giants 39 38
Division L @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 31
2001 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Green Bay Packers 15 25
1998 Playoffs
WildCard W Green Bay Packers 30 27
Division L @ Atlanta Falcons 18 20
1997 Playoffs
Division W Minnesota Vikings 38 22
ConfChamp L Green Bay Packers 10 23
1996 Playoffs
WildCard W Philadelphia Eagles 14 0
Division L @ Green Bay Packers 14 35
1995 Playoffs
Division L Green Bay Packers 17 27
1994 Playoffs
Division W Chicago Bears 44 15
ConfChamp W Dallas Cowboys 38 28
SuperBowl W N San Diego Chargers 49 26
1993 Playoffs
Division W New York Giants 44 3
ConfChamp L @ Dallas Cowboys 21 38
1992 Playoffs
Division W Washington Redskins 20 13
ConfChamp L Dallas Cowboys 20 30
1990 Playoffs
Division W Washington Redskins 28 10
ConfChamp L New York Giants 13 15
1989 Playoffs
Division W Minnesota Vikings 41 13
ConfChamp W Los Angeles Rams 30 3
SuperBowl W N Denver Broncos 55 10
1988 Playoffs
Division W Minnesota Vikings 34 9
ConfChamp W @ Chicago Bears 28 3
SuperBowl W N Cincinnati Bengals 20 16
1987 Playoffs
Division L Minnesota Vikings 24 36
1986 Playoffs
Division L @ New York Giants 3 49
1985 Playoffs
WildCard L @ New York Giants 3 17
1984 Playoffs
Division W New York Giants 21 10
ConfChamp W Chicago Bears 23 0
SuperBowl W N Miami Dolphins 38 16
1983 Playoffs
Division W Detroit Lions 24 23
ConfChamp L @ Washington Redskins 21 24
1981 Playoffs
Division W New York Giants 38 24
ConfChamp W Dallas Cowboys 28 27
SuperBowl W N Cincinnati Bengals 26 21
1972 Playoffs
Division L Dallas Cowboys 28 30
1971 Playoffs
Division W Washington Redskins 24 20
ConfChamp L @ Dallas Cowboys 3 14
1970 Playoffs
Division W @ Minnesota Vikings 17 14
ConfChamp L Dallas Cowboys 10 17
1957 Playoffs
Division L Detroit Lions 27 31
1949 Playoffs
Division W New York Yankees 17 7
Championship L @ Cleveland Browns 7 21

Head-to-Head Franchise Records

Score
Opponent W L T W-L% Tm Opp
Arizona Cardinals 21 16 0 .568 871 780
Atlanta Falcons 44 28 1 .610 1756 1261
Baltimore Ravens 1 2 0 .333 51 73
Buffalo Bills 5 5 0 .500 208 186
Carolina Panthers 7 9 0 .438 367 415
Chicago Bears 28 29 1 .491 1287 1194
Cincinnati Bengals 8 3 0 .727 259 223
Cleveland Browns 8 17 0 .320 479 540
Dallas Cowboys 14 10 1 .583 672 573
Denver Broncos 5 6 0 .455 258 264
Detroit Lions 34 26 1 .567 1326 1264
Green Bay Packers 25 29 1 .463 1120 1109
Houston Texans 1 1 0 .500 41 41
Indianapolis Colts 18 24 0 .429 836 990
Jacksonville Jaguars 1 2 0 .333 32 54
Kansas City Chiefs 6 4 0 .600 186 188
Miami Dolphins 4 6 0 .400 207 154
Minnesota Vikings 18 20 1 .474 892 878
New England Patriots 7 4 0 .636 264 198
New Orleans Saints 45 23 2 .659 1691 1261
New York Giants 13 14 0 .481 533 533
New York Jets 9 2 0 .818 262 198
Oakland Raiders 5 6 0 .455 261 207
Philadelphia Eagles 16 11 1 .593 635 645
Pittsburgh Steelers 10 9 0 .526 371 401
San Diego Chargers 6 5 0 .545 305 222
Seattle Seahawks 10 12 0 .455 434 531
St. Louis Rams 58 60 2 .492 2662 2607
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15 3 0 .833 413 257
Tennessee Titans 7 5 0 .583 265 243
Washington Redskins 14 9 1 .609 592 484
Defunct Franchises
Baltimore Colts 6 0 1 1.000 195 100
Brooklyn Dodgers 6 0 0 1.000 205 101
Buffalo Bills 5 2 1 .714 244 153
Chicago Hornets 7 1 0 .875 263 134
Dallas Texans 2 0 0 1.000 85 35
Los Angeles Dons 8 0 0 1.000 271 124
Miami Seahawks 2 0 0 1.000 55 21
New York Yankees 3 5 0 .375 148 121
New York Yanks 1 2 1 .333 70 74