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1947 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 8-4-2, Finished 2nd in AAFC West Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 327 points (23.4/g), 4th of 8 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 264 points (18.9/g), 4th.
 Differential of 63 points (4.5/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 8.7-5.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.6/g), 2nd.

Coached by Buck Shaw (8-4-2)

1947 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun August 31 box W 1-0 Brooklyn Dodgers 23 7 12 275 144 131 5 7 165 91 74 2
2 Sun September 7 box W 2-0 Los Angeles Dons 17 14 18 416 154 262 2 10 194 123 71 4
3 Sun September 14 box W 3-0 Baltimore Colts 14 7 18 343 84 259 2 8 109 144 -35 4
4 Sun September 21 box L 3-1 New York Yankees 16 21 17 337 184 153 4 10 166 94 72 2
5 Sun September 28 box W 4-1 @ Buffalo Bills 41 24 22 408 131 277 2 8 279 134 145 4
6 Sun October 5 box T 4-1-1 @ Baltimore Colts 28 28 15 382 217 165 5 17 400 241 159 3
7 Sun October 12 box W 5-1-1 Chicago Rockets 42 28 16 357 116 241 5 7 309 273 36 8
8 Sun October 26 box L 5-2-1 Cleveland Browns 7 14 15 251 85 166 1 22 415 278 137 3
9 Sun November 2 box W 6-2-1 @ Los Angeles Dons 26 16 21 407 202 205 2 10 196 120 76 2
10 Sun November 9 box L 6-3-1 @ New York Yankees 16 24 7 139 78 61 1 18 411 180 231 4
11 Sun November 16 box L 6-4-1 @ Cleveland Browns 14 37 17 329 159 170 4 18 440 284 156
12 Fri November 21 box W 7-4-1 @ Chicago Rockets 41 16 16 432 213 219 3 15 287 170 117 3
13 Thu November 27 box W 8-4-1 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 21 7 12 415 120 295 1 14 227 129 98 5
14 Sun December 7 box T 8-4-2 Buffalo Bills 21 21 11 229 98 131 2 14 297 176 121 4

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 327 4760 884 5.4 218 147 297 1993 22 19 6.7 72 587 2767 22 4.7 138 37 18 8
Team Defense 264 4133 737 5.6 178 177 332 2502 23 24 7.5 78 405 1631 10 4.0 87 45 21 13
Lg Rank Offense 4 2 1 4 5 4 4 6 1 2 3 3 4 6
Lg Rank Defense 4 4 3 8 8 7 2 5 2 2 2 3 2 2

Passing

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No. 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 27 QB 14 9 128 242 52.9 1692 18 7.4 15 6.2 60 7.0 4.9 13.2 120.9 74.3
Jesse Freitas 26 10 0 13 33 39.4 215 4 12.1 2 6.1 0 6.5 5.0 16.5 21.5 76.4
Bev Wallace 24 4 0 5 16 31.3 48 0 0.0 2 12.5 0 3.0 -2.6 9.6 12.0 1.0
Johnny Strzykalski 26 RH 14 13 1 4 25.0 38 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 9.5 9.5 38.0 2.7 66.7
Ned Mathews 29 12 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 29.1 14 147 297 49.5 1993 22 7.4 19 6.4 60 6.7 4.6 13.6 142.4 69.3
Opp Total 14 177 332 53.3 2502 23 6.9 24 7.2 7.5 5.0 14.1 178.7 70.9 0 0 7.5 5.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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 28 FB 14 12 145 585 8 0 4.0 41.8 10.4 2 22 11.0 0 0 0.1 1.6 607 8 0
Johnny Strzykalski 26 RH 14 13 143 906 5 50 6.3 64.7 10.2 15 258 17.2 3 0 1.1 18.4 1164 8 0
Len Eshmont 30 LH 13 13 84 381 0 0 4.5 29.3 6.5 19 303 15.9 2 0 1.5 23.3 684 2 0
Frankie Albert 27 QB 14 9 46 179 5 0 3.9 12.8 3.3 179 5 0
Ned Mathews 29 12 0 39 238 2 0 6.1 19.8 3.3 6 51 8.5 2 0 0.5 4.3 289 4 0
Len Masini 25 11 0 38 167 2 0 4.4 15.2 3.5 167 2 0
Earle Parsons 77 11 0 33 125 0 0 3.8 11.4 3.0 9 163 18.1 2 0 0.8 14.8 288 2 0
Wally Yonamine 22 12 3 19 74 0 0 3.9 6.2 1.6 3 40 13.3 0 0 0.3 3.3 114 0 0
Eddie Carr 24 10 0 11 42 0 0 3.8 4.2 1.1 4 41 10.3 0 0 0.4 4.1 83 0 0
Joe Vetrano 29 K 14 2 10 11 0 0 1.1 0.8 0.7 11 0 0
Ed Robnett 27 4 0 7 18 0 0 2.6 4.5 1.8 18 0 0
Jesse Freitas 26 10 0 6 -9 0 0 -1.5 -0.9 0.6 -9 0 0
Alyn Beals 26 RE 13 9 5 48 0 0 9.6 3.7 0.4 47 655 13.9 10 54 3.6 50.4 703 10 0
Don Durdan 27 1 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2.0 1.0 2 0 0
Nick Susoeff 26 LE 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 223 9.3 2 0 1.7 15.9 223 2 0
Ed Balatti 23 14 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 98 12.3 1 0 0.6 7.0 98 1 0
Bill Fisk 31 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 39 7.8 0 0 0.4 2.8 39 0 0
Dick Horne 29 10 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 69 23.0 0 0 0.3 6.9 69 0 0
Hank Norberg 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 31 15.5 0 0 0.2 2.8 31 0 0
Team Total 29.1 14 587 2767 22 50 4.7 197.6 41.9 147 1993 13.6 22 54 10.5 142.4 4760 44 0
Opp Total 14 405 1631 10 4.0 116.5 28.9 177 2502 14.1 23 12.6 178.7 4133 33 37

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Joe Vetrano 29 K 14 2 12 137 0 0 11.4 5 117 0 0 23.4 265
Earle Parsons 77 11 0 10 106 0 0 10.6 4 99 0 0 24.8 493
Johnny Strzykalski 26 RH 14 13 8 70 0 0 8.8 6 124 0 0 20.7 1358
Len Eshmont 30 LH 13 13 1 3 0 3 3.0 9 177 0 0 19.7 864
Wally Yonamine 22 12 3 2 29 0 0 14.5 7 127 0 0 18.1 270
Ned Mathews 29 12 0 4 44 0 0 11.0 2 46 0 0 23.0 379
Ed Balatti 23 14 3 2 8 1 4 4.0 1 16 0 16 16.0 122
Eddie Carr 24 10 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 2 42 0 0 21.0 145
Norm Standlee 28 FB 14 12 3 24 0 0 8.0 631
Bruno Banducci+ 27 RG 10 8 1 19 0 19 19.0 1 27 0 27 27.0 46
Frankie Albert 27 QB 14 9 1 23 0 23 23.0 202
Gerry Conlee 33 13 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
Garland Gregory 28 LG 14 14 1 31 0 31 31.0 31
Visco Grgich 24 14 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
Rupe Thornton 27 14 0 1 32 0 32 32.0 32
John Woudenberg 29 RT 14 14 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Team Total 29.1 14 44 500 1 32 11.4 43 845 0 27 19.7 6105
Opp Total 14 24 1 58 1346 1 23.2

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
Joe Vetrano 29 K 14 2 12 4 33.3% 43 38 88.4%
Frankie Albert 27 QB 14 9 2 0.0% 40 1759 0 1 44.0
Jesse Freitas 26 10 0 8 336 0 0 42.0
Bev Wallace 24 4 0 2 78 0 0 39.0
Ed Balatti 23 14 3 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 29.1 14 12 4 33.3% 46 39 84.8% 50 2173 0 1 43.5
Opp Total 14 10 4 40.0% 36 34 94.4% 62 2300 37.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Alyn Beals 26 RE 13 9 1 0 0 0
Tony Calvelli 32 13 1 1 2 0 2
Eddie Carr 24 10 0 2 59 0 0
Dutch Elston 29 9 3 2 13 0 0
Len Eshmont 30 LH 13 13 6 72 0 0
Jesse Freitas 26 10 0 1 11 0 11
Len Masini 25 11 0 1 0 0 0
Ned Mathews 29 12 0 4 149 1 0
John Schiechl 30 C 14 11 2 45 0 0
George W. Smith 33 10 2 1 10 0 10
Johnny Strzykalski 26 RH 14 13 2 25 0 0
Wally Yonamine 22 12 3 1 20 0 20
Team Total 29.1 14 24 406 1 20
Opp Total 14 37 16 1

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Alyn Beals 26 RE 13 9 10 60
Joe Vetrano 29 K 14 2 38 4 50
Norm Standlee 28 FB 14 12 8 48
Johnny Strzykalski 26 RH 14 13 5 3 48
Frankie Albert 27 QB 14 9 5 30
Ned Mathews 29 12 0 2 2 1 30
Ed Balatti 23 14 3 1 1 1 13
Len Eshmont 30 LH 13 13 2 12
Len Masini 25 11 0 2 12
Earle Parsons 77 11 0 2 12
Nick Susoeff 26 LE 14 13 2 12
Team Total 29.1 14 22 22 1 1 39 4 327
Opp Total 14 10 23 1 1 34 4 1 264