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1946 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 2nd in AAFC West Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 307 points (21.9/g), 2nd of 9 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 189 points (13.5/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 118 points (8.4/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 10.6-3.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 3rd.

Coached by Buck Shaw (9-5-0)

1946 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 8 box L 0-1 New York Yankees 7 21 6 180 94 86 3 13 194 62 132 1
2 Sun September 15 box W 1-1 Miami Seahawks 21 14 15 304 135 169 4 6 171 159 12 3
3 Sun September 22 box W 2-1 Brooklyn Dodgers 32 13 10 352 211 141 4 14 264 231 33 5
4 Sun September 29 box L 2-2 @ Chicago Rockets 7 24 12 263 170 93 3 12 256 86 170 1
5 Tue October 8 box W 3-2 @ Miami Seahawks 34 7 11 284 80 204 1 8 151 110 41 5
6 Sat October 12 box W 4-2 @ Los Angeles Dons 23 14 10 229 135 94 2 8 178 178 2
7 Sat October 19 box L 4-3 @ Buffalo Bisons 14 17 15 281 88 193 5 6 230 173 57 3
8 Sun October 27 box W 5-3 @ Cleveland Browns 34 20 16 357 180 177 2 15 338 284 54 6
9 Sat November 2 box W 6-3 Buffalo Bisons 27 14 13 358 149 209 9 7 127 56 71 4
10 Sun November 10 box L 6-4 Cleveland Browns 7 14 14 212 69 143 4 9 271 174 97 2
11 Sun November 17 box L 6-5 @ New York Yankees 9 10 9 174 55 119 3 13 253 178 75 2
12 Sun November 24 box W 7-5 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 30 14 20 347 82 265 1 8 183 118 65 2
13 Sat November 30 box W 8-5 Chicago Rockets 14 0 7 154 46 108 6 9 165 123 42 4
14 Sun December 8 box W 9-5 Los Angeles Dons 48 7 14 388 152 236 3 14 213 180 33 5

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 307 3896 844 4.6 170 130 252 1721 18 21 6.8 52 592 2175 22 3.7 113 42 21 5
Team Defense 189 3023 784 3.9 224 185 359 2150 15 21 6.0 79 425 873 7 2.1 140 47 26 5
Lg Rank Offense 2 3 2 6 6 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 4 5
Lg Rank Defense 3 4 6 9 8 4 5 2 2 2 2 1 4 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Frankie Albert 26 QB 14 11 104 197 52.8 1404 14 7.1 14 7.1 54 7.1 4.6 13.5 100.3 69.8
Jesse Freitas 25 10 0 22 44 50.0 234 3 6.8 7 15.9 0 5.3 -1.2 10.6 23.4 49.1
Parker Hall 30 11 0 2 8 25.0 15 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1.9 1.9 7.5 1.4 39.6
Len Eshmont 29 LH 10 9 1 2 50.0 42 1 50.0 0 0.0 42 21.0 26.0 42.0 4.2 135.4
Ned Mathews 28 6 1 1 1 100.0 26 0 0.0 0 0.0 26 26.0 26.0 26.0 4.3 118.7
Team Total 28.4 14 130 252 51.6 1721 18 7.1 21 8.3 54 6.8 3.8 13.2 122.9 62.6
Opp Total 14 185 359 51.5 2150 15 4.2 21 5.8 6.0 3.8 11.6 153.6 59.5 0 0 6.0 3.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Norm Standlee 27 FB 13 10 134 651 2 0 4.9 50.1 10.3 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 0.2 -0.4 646 2 0
Johnny Strzykalski 25 RH 13 11 79 346 2 50 4.4 26.6 6.1 9 80 8.9 0 0 0.7 6.2 426 2 0
Earle Parsons 76 10 2 74 362 2 0 4.9 36.2 7.4 8 52 6.5 0 0 0.8 5.2 414 2 0
Len Eshmont 29 LH 10 9 73 340 6 0 4.7 34.0 7.3 17 287 16.9 2 0 1.7 28.7 627 8 0
Frankie Albert 26 QB 14 11 69 -10 4 0 -0.1 -0.7 4.9 -10 4 0
Don Durdan 26 12 1 32 132 0 0 4.1 11.0 2.7 2 27 13.5 1 0 0.2 2.3 159 1 0
Ken Casanega 25 qb 14 5 29 90 1 0 3.1 6.4 2.1 5 102 20.4 1 0 0.4 7.3 192 2 0
Joe Vetrano 28 K 13 2 23 69 1 0 3.0 5.3 1.8 4 37 9.3 0 0 0.3 2.8 106 1 0
Ned Mathews 28 6 1 18 94 0 0 5.2 15.7 3.0 94 0 0
Dick Renfro 27 3 3 18 85 3 0 4.7 28.3 6.0 85 3 0
Parker Hall 30 11 0 17 31 0 0 1.8 2.8 1.5 2 25 12.5 0 0 0.2 2.3 56 0 0
Ken Roskie 26 8 0 9 16 0 0 1.8 2.0 1.1 23 0 0
Pete Franceschi 27 9 1 8 -5 1 0 -0.6 -0.6 0.9 3 35 11.7 1 0 0.3 3.9 30 2 0
Jesse Freitas 25 10 0 6 -21 0 0 -3.5 -2.1 0.6 -21 0 0
Alyn Beals 25 le 14 1 2 -7 0 0 -3.5 -0.5 0.1 40 586 14.7 10 0 2.9 41.9 579 10 0
Bob Titchenal 29 RE 14 13 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 7 160 22.9 2 0 0.5 11.4 162 2 0
Bill Fisk 30 LE 14 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 186 9.8 1 0 1.4 13.3 186 1 0
Nick Susoeff 25 6 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 98 19.6 0 0 0.8 16.3 98 0 0
Ed Balatti 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 15 3.8 0 0 0.3 1.1 15 0 0
Hank Norberg 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 29 9.7 0 0 0.2 2.1 29 0 0
Team Total 28.4 14 592 2175 22 50 3.7 155.4 42.3 130 1721 13.2 18 7 9.3 122.9 3896 40 0
Opp Total 14 425 873 7 2.1 62.4 30.4 185 2150 11.6 15 13.2 153.6 3023 22 46

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ken Casanega 25 qb 14 5 18 248 0 0 13.8 3 61 0 0 20.3 501
Earle Parsons 76 10 2 15 198 0 0 13.2 4 94 0 0 23.5 706
Len Eshmont 29 LH 10 9 2 25 0 0 12.5 10 264 0 0 26.4 916
Johnny Strzykalski 25 RH 13 11 3 26 0 0 8.7 7 142 0 0 20.3 594
Joe Vetrano 28 K 13 2 7 84 0 0 12.0 3 49 0 0 16.3 239
Frankie Albert 26 QB 14 11 1 6 0 6 6.0 4 74 0 0 18.5 70
Don Durdan 26 12 1 3 37 0 0 12.3 196
Pete Franceschi 27 9 1 1 6 0 6 6.0 36
Jesse Freitas 25 10 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 -11
Garland Gregory 27 lg 13 6 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Parker Hall 30 11 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 78
Ned Mathews 28 6 1 1 8 0 8 8.0 102
Dick Renfro 27 3 3 1 20 0 20 20.0 105
Norm Standlee 27 FB 13 10 1 33 0 33 33.0 679
Nick Susoeff 25 6 2 1 10 0 10 10.0 108
Team Total 28.4 14 51 640 0 10 12.5 37 777 0 33 21.0 5313
Opp Total 14 34 1 61 1360 1 22.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Frankie Albert 26 QB 14 11 54 2214 0 0 41.0
Joe Vetrano 28 K 13 2 7 4 57.1% 38 31 81.6% 6 236 0 0 39.3
Don Durdan 26 12 1 6 239 0 0 39.8
John Mellus 29 LT 14 10 1 0.0% 2 1 50.0%
Ed Balatti 22 14 0 2 2 100.0%
Alyn Beals 25 le 14 1 1 1 100.0%
Norm Standlee 27 FB 13 10 1 34 34 0 34.0
Team Total 28.4 14 8 4 50.0% 43 35 81.4% 67 2723 34 0 40.6
Opp Total 14 9 3 33.3% 26 24 92.3% 87 3376 38.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Dick Bassi 31 LG 8 8 1 2 0 2
Ken Casanega 25 qb 14 5 8 146 0 0
Don Durdan 26 12 1 2 38 0 0
Dutch Elston 28 C 13 11 1 34 0 34
Jesse Freitas 25 10 0 2 40 0 0
Hank Norberg 26 14 0 1 22 0 22
Johnny Strzykalski 25 RH 13 11 3 55 0 0
Joe Vetrano 28 K 13 2 3 32 0 0
Team Total 28.4 14 21 391 1 34
Opp Total 14 46 20

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Alyn Beals 25 le 14 1 10 1 61
Len Eshmont 29 LH 10 9 6 2 1 54
Joe Vetrano 28 K 13 2 1 31 4 49
Frankie Albert 26 QB 14 11 4 24
Dick Renfro 27 3 3 3 18
Ken Casanega 25 qb 14 5 1 1 12
Pete Franceschi 27 9 1 1 1 12
Earle Parsons 76 10 2 2 12
Norm Standlee 27 FB 13 10 2 12
Johnny Strzykalski 25 RH 13 11 2 12
Bob Titchenal 29 RE 14 13 2 12
Ed Balatti 22 14 0 1 2 8
Don Durdan 26 12 1 1 6
Bill Fisk 30 LE 14 12 1 6
John Kuzman 31 11 1 1 6
John Mellus 29 LT 14 10 1 1
Team Total 28.4 14 22 18 1 2 35 4 305
Opp Total 14 7 15 1 1 24 3 189