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1946 San Francisco 49ers
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)
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1946 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Frankie Albert | 26 | Rook | 11 | 104 for 197, 1,404 yards, 14 td, 14 int, & 69 rushes for -10 yards and 4 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 10th pick / 1942 |
| QB | Ken Casanega | 25 | Rook | 5 | 0 for 0, 0 yards, 0 td, 0 int, & 29 rushes for 90 yards and 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 16th pick / 1942 |
| FB | Norm Standlee | 27 | 5 | 10 | 134 rushes for 651 yards, 2 td, & 2 catches for -5 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1941 |
| LH | Len Eshmont | 29 | 5 | 9 | 73 rushes for 340 yards, 6 td, & 17 catches for 287 yards and 2 td | New York Giants / 5th / 36th pick / 1941 |
| RH | Johnny Strzykalski | 25 | Rook | 11 | 79 rushes for 346 yards, 2 td, & 9 catches for 80 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 6th pick / 1946 |
| LE | Bill Fisk | 30 | 6 | 12 | 19 catches for 186 yards, 1 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 21st pick / 1940 |
| LE | Alyn Beals | 25 | Rook | 1 | 40 catches for 586 yards, 10 td, & 2 rushes for -7 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 8th / 69th pick / 1943 |
| LT | John Mellus | 29 | 8 | 10 | New York Giants / 9th / 78th pick / 1938 |
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| LT | Bob Bryant | 27 | Rook | 3 | ||
| LG | Dick Bassi | 31 | 8 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 36th pick / 1937 |
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| LG | Garland Gregory | 27 | Rook | 6 | ||
| C | Dutch Elston | 28 | 4 | 11 | ||
| RG | Bruno Banducci | 26 | 2 | 14 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 6th / 42nd pick / 1943 |
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| RT | John Woudenberg | 28 | 6 | 14 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 47th pick / 1940 |
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| RE | Bob Titchenal | 29 | 6 | 13 | 7 catches for 160 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 2 yards and 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Joe Vetrano | 28 | Rook | 2 | 4 of 7 field goals & 31 of 38 extra points | |
| P | Frankie Albert | 26 | Rook | 11 | 54 punts for a 41.0 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Bears / 1st / 10th pick / 1942 |
| PR | Ken Casanega | 25 | Rook | 5 | 18 punt returns for a 13.8 average and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 16th pick / 1942 |
| KR | Len Eshmont | 29 | 5 | 9 | 10 kick returns for a 26.4 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 5th / 36th pick / 1941 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Frankie Albert | 26 | QB-DB | 14 | 11 | 166 | 5-10 | Stanford | 1/27/1920 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 10th pick / 1942 |
| Ed Balatti | 22 | E-DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | none | 4/8/1924 | Rook | |
| Bruno Banducci | 26 | G | 14 | 14 | 216 | 5-11 | Stanford | 11/11/1920 | 2 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 6th / 42nd pick / 1943 |
| Dick Bassi | 31 | G | 8 | 8 | 214 | 5-11 | Santa Clara | 1/1/1915 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 36th pick / 1937 |
| Alyn Beals | 25 | E-DE | 14 | 1 | 188 | 6-0 | Santa Clara | 4/27/1921 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 8th / 69th pick / 1943 |
| Bob Bryant | 27 | T | 14 | 3 | 226 | 6-3 | Texas Tech | 6/14/1919 | Rook | |
| Ken Casanega | 25 | QB-DB-HB | 14 | 5 | 175 | 5-11 | Santa Clara | 2/18/1921 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 16th pick / 1942 |
| Gerry Conlee | 32 | C | 10 | 2 | 203 | 5-11 | St. Mary's (CA) | 8/22/1914 | 8 | |
| Don Durdan | 26 | HB-DB | 12 | 1 | 175 | 5-9 | Oregon State | 9/21/1920 | Rook | |
| Dutch Elston | 28 | C-BB | 13 | 11 | 190 | 5-11 | South Carolina | 11/19/1918 | 4 | |
| Len Eshmont | 29 | HB-FB | 10 | 9 | 179 | 5-11 | Fordham | 8/26/1917 | 5 | New York Giants / 5th / 36th pick / 1941 |
| Bill Fisk | 30 | E-DE | 14 | 12 | 200 | 6-0 | USC | 11/5/1916 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 21st pick / 1940 |
| Eddie Forrest | 25 | G | 11 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Santa Clara | 6/12/1921 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 20th / 188th pick / 1943 |
| Pete Franceschi | 27 | HB-DB | 9 | 1 | 170 | 5-9 | San Francisco | 9/28/1919 | Rook | |
| Jesse Freitas | 25 | QB | 10 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Santa Clara | 2/7/1921 | Rook | Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers / 7th / 63rd pick / 1944 |
| Garland Gregory | 27 | G-LB | 13 | 6 | 185 | 5-11 | Louisiana Tech | 3/8/1919 | Rook | |
| Visco Grgich | 23 | G-MG-T-LB | 12 | 0 | 217 | 5-11 | Santa Clara | 1/19/1923 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 24th / 224th pick / 1946 |
| Parker Hall | 30 | TB-HB | 11 | 0 | 198 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 12/10/1916 | 7 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1939 |
| John Kuzman | 31 | T | 11 | 1 | 232 | 6-1 | Fordham | 6/29/1915 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 7th / 52nd pick / 1941 |
| Ned Mathews | 28 | WB-HB | 6 | 1 | 187 | 5-10 | UCLA | 8/11/1918 | 5 | |
| John Mellus | 29 | T | 14 | 10 | 214 | 6-0 | Villanova | 6/16/1917 | 8 | New York Giants / 9th / 78th pick / 1938 |
| Hank Norberg | 26 | E | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Stanford | 12/22/1920 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 18th / 169th pick / 1943 |
| Earle Parsons | 76 | HB | 10 | 2 | 180 | 6-0 | USC | 0/0/0 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 12th / 118th pick / 1944 |
| Charles Pavlich | 25 | G-T | 10 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | none | 6/15/1921 | Rook | |
| Bill Remington | 26 | C-LB | 9 | 1 | 185 | 6-1 | Washington State | 11/2/1920 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 24th / 221st pick / 1943 |
| Dick Renfro | 27 | FB-LB | 3 | 3 | 200 | 5-10 | Washington State | 1/25/1919 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 11th / 91st pick / 1943 |
| Ken Roskie | 26 | FB | 8 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 11/29/1920 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 32nd / 298th pick / 1943 |
| Norm Standlee | 27 | FB-LB | 13 | 10 | 238 | 6-2 | Stanford | 7/19/1919 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1941 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 25 | HB | 13 | 11 | 190 | 5-9 | Marquette | 12/14/1921 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 6th pick / 1946 |
| Nick Susoeff | 25 | E | 6 | 2 | 215 | 6-1 | Washington State | 4/15/1921 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 48th pick / 1943 |
| Rupe Thornton | 26 | G-T | 11 | 0 | 205 | 5-10 | Santa Clara | 1/5/1920 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 7th / 54th pick / 1942 |
| Bob Titchenal | 29 | E-C-LB-DE | 14 | 13 | 194 | 6-2 | San Jose State | 10/17/1917 | 6 | |
| Joe Vetrano | 28 | HB-DB | 13 | 2 | 170 | 5-9 | Southern Miss | 10/15/1918 | Rook | |
| John Woudenberg | 28 | T | 14 | 14 | 226 | 6-3 | Denver,St. Mary's (CA) | 5/25/1918 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 47th pick / 1940 |
| Team Total | 28.4 | 14 | 199.1 | 5-11.6 | 2.2 |