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1948 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 2nd in AAFC West Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 495 points (35.4/g), 1st of 8 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 248 points (17.7/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 247 points (17.6/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 11.7-2.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +17 (1.2/g), 1st.

Coached by Buck Shaw

Training Camp: Menlo College (Atherton, California)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 495 5767 891 6.5 227 162 288 2104 30 14 7.3 67 603 3663 35 6.1 152 35 21 8
Team Defense 248 4521 842 5.4 203 184 374 2615 23 32 7.0 90 468 1906 11 4.1 100 52 20 13
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 2 8 7 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 3 6
Lg Rank Defense 2 2 3 7 6 4 1 5 4 2 2 2 1 2

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun August 29 boxscore W 1-0 Buffalo Bills 35 14 12 411 186 225 6 18 467 196 271 5
2 Sun September 5 boxscore W 2-0 Brooklyn Dodgers 36 20 21 485 269 216 1 10 242 82 160 2
3 Sun September 12 boxscore W 3-0 New York Yankees 41 0 7 267 139 128 2 13 199 111 88 6
4 Sun September 19 boxscore W 4-0 Los Angeles Dons 36 14 18 508 213 295 1 7 184 95 89 1
4 Sun September 26 boxscore W 5-0 @ Buffalo Bills 38 28 18 536 268 268 14 404 299 105 3
6 Fri October 1 boxscore W 6-0 @ Chicago Rockets 31 14 19 400 170 230 2 11 240 128 112 5
6 Sun October 10 boxscore W 7-0 @ Baltimore Colts 56 14 19 493 163 330 16 307 120 187 5
7 Sun October 17 boxscore W 8-0 @ New York Yankees 21 7 15 308 79 229 2 15 249 89 160 4
9 Sun October 24 boxscore W 9-0 Baltimore Colts 21 10 20 494 104 390 4 14 308 266 42 1
10 Sun November 7 boxscore W 10-0 Chicago Rockets 44 21 19 466 138 328 1 14 288 118 170 2
10 Sun November 14 boxscore L 10-1 @ Cleveland Browns 7 14 11 177 32 145 6 20 291 147 144 2
12 Sun November 21 boxscore W 11-1 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 63 40 22 547 219 328 3 15 470 312 158 4
13 Sun November 28 boxscore L 11-2 Cleveland Browns 28 31 11 289 117 172 4 12 360 234 126 2
14 Sun December 5 boxscore W 12-2 @ Los Angeles Dons 38 21 17 490 121 369 2 22 451 405 46 8

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
Frankie Albert 28 P/QB 14 9 154 264 58.3 1990 29 11.0 10 3.8 59 7.5 8.0 12.9 142.1 102.9 0 0
Bev Wallace 25 10 0 8 22 36.4 114 1 4.5 3 13.6 0 5.2 0.0 14.3 11.4 29.5 0 0
Verl Lillywhite 22 hb 14 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Johnny Strzykalski 27 RH 14 13 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Team Total 25.9 14 162 288 56.3 2104 30 10.4 14 4.9 59 7.3 7.2 13.0 150.3 93.9 0 0
Opp Total 14 184 374 49.2 2615 23 6.1 32 8.6 7.0 4.37 14.2 186.8 57.1 0 0 7.0 4.4 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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
Johnny Strzykalski 27 RH 14 13 141 915 4 48 6.5 65.4 10.1 26 485 18.7 7 59 1.9 34.6 1400 11 0
Joe Perry 21 14 0 77 562 10 57 7.3 40.1 5.5 8 79 9.9 1 0 0.6 5.6 641 11 0
Frankie Albert 28 P/QB 14 9 69 349 8 0 5.1 24.9 4.9 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 350 8 0
Forrest Hall 27 KR/lh 14 5 66 413 2 65 6.3 29.5 4.7 4 87 21.8 0 0 0.3 6.2 500 2 0
Verl Lillywhite 22 hb 14 1 53 340 3 0 6.4 24.3 3.8 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0.1 -0.1 339 3 0
Norm Standlee 29 FB 14 13 52 261 3 57 5.0 18.6 3.7 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 262 3 0
Len Eshmont 31 LH 13 8 50 296 1 0 5.9 22.8 3.8 14 214 15.3 0 0 1.1 16.5 510 1 0
Bob Sullivan 25 13 0 33 121 0 0 3.7 9.3 2.5 4 58 14.5 1 0 0.3 4.5 179 1 0
Jim Cason 21 PR/rh 13 5 20 146 2 59 7.3 11.2 1.5 4 99 24.8 1 0 0.3 7.6 245 3 0
Eddie Carr 25 db 13 1 14 121 1 0 8.6 9.3 1.1 3 40 13.3 0 0 0.2 3.1 161 1 0
Joe Vetrano 30 K 14 1 12 71 1 0 5.9 5.1 0.9 1 34 34.0 0 34 0.1 2.4 105 1 0
Paul Crowe 24 14 0 12 65 0 0 5.4 4.6 0.9 81 1 0
Bev Wallace 25 10 0 3 2 0 0 0.7 0.2 0.3 2 0 0
Gail Bruce 25 14 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 5 49 9.8 0 0 0.4 3.5 50 0 0
Alyn Beals 27 RE 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 46 591 12.8 14 0 3.3 42.2 591 14 0
Nick Susoeff 27 LE 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 237 8.8 1 0 2.1 18.2 237 1 0
Hal Shoener 25 e 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 76 5.1 3 0 1.1 5.4 76 3 0
Clarence Howell 21 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.8 9 0 0
Ned Maloney 25 e 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 29 29.0 1 29 0.1 2.1 29 1 0
Team Total 25.9 14 603 3663 35 65 6.1 261.6 43.1 162 2104 13.0 30 59 11.6 150.3 5767 65 0
Opp Total 14 468 1906 11 4.1 136.1 33.4 184 2615 14.2 23 13.1 186.8 4521 34 35

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jim Cason 21 PR/rh 13 5 22 309 0 0 14.0 10 212 0 0 21.2 766
Johnny Strzykalski 27 RH 14 13 13 201 0 0 15.5 9 185 0 0 20.6 1786
Forrest Hall 27 KR/lh 14 5 3 97 0 0 32.3 13 369 0 0 28.4 966
Paul Crowe 24 14 0 2 14 0 0 7.0 2 18 0 0 9.0 113
Joe Perry 21 14 0 4 145 1 87 36.3 786
Verl Lillywhite 22 hb 14 1 3 41 0 0 13.7 380
Bob Sullivan 25 13 0 2 40 0 0 20.0 219
Bob Bryant 29 LT 14 14 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Eddie Carr 25 db 13 1 1 16 0 16 16.0 177
Len Eshmont 31 LH 13 8 1 32 0 32 32.0 542
Norm Standlee 29 FB 14 13 1 31 0 31 31.0 293
Nick Susoeff 27 LE 13 13 1 12 0 12 12.0 249
Joe Vetrano 30 K 14 1 1 38 0 38 38.0 143
Team Total 25.9 14 44 676 0 14 15.4 45 1098 1 87 24.4 7541
Opp Total 14 24 0 70 1511 0 21.6

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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 30 K 14 1 8 5 62.5% 66 62 93.9% 1 38 38 0 38.0
Frankie Albert 28 P/QB 14 9 2 1 50.0% 35 1568 0 0 44.8
Bev Wallace 25 10 0 5 192 0 0 38.4
Verl Lillywhite 22 hb 14 1 3 76 0 0 25.3
Ned Maloney 25 e 14 1 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.9 14 8 5 62.5% 69 64 92.8% 44 1874 38 0 42.6
Opp Total 14 5 2 40.0% 35 32 91.4% 68 2754 40.5

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Eddie Carr 25 db 13 1 7 144 1 0 0
Jim Cason 21 PR/rh 13 5 5 46 0 0 0
Paul Crowe 24 14 0 5 69 1 0 0
Verl Lillywhite 22 hb 14 1 3 26 0 0 0
Johnny Strzykalski 27 RH 14 13 3 21 0 0 0
Riley Matheson 34 14 0 2 4 0 0 0
Don Clark 25 LG 14 14 1 12 0 12 0
Dutch Elston 30 12 0 1 0 0 0 0
Len Eshmont 31 LH 13 8 1 0 0 0 0
Clarence Howell 21 12 0 1 5 0 5 0
Bill Johnson 22 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Perry 21 14 0 1 24 0 24 0
Bob Sullivan 25 13 0 1 6 0 6 0
Team Total 25.9 14 32 357 2 24 0
Opp Total 14 35 15

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Alyn Beals 27 RE 14 13 14 14 84
Joe Vetrano 30 K 14 1 1 1 62 5 83
Joe Perry 21 14 0 10 1 1 12 72
Johnny Strzykalski 27 RH 14 13 4 7 11 66
Frankie Albert 28 P/QB 14 9 8 8 1 49
Jim Cason 21 PR/rh 13 5 2 1 3 18
Verl Lillywhite 22 hb 14 1 3 3 18
Hal Shoener 25 e 14 1 3 3 18
Norm Standlee 29 FB 14 13 3 3 18
Eddie Carr 25 db 13 1 1 1 2 12
Paul Crowe 24 14 0 1 1 2 12
Len Eshmont 31 LH 13 8 1 1 2 12
Forrest Hall 27 KR/lh 14 5 2 2 12
Ned Maloney 25 e 14 1 1 1 1 7
Bob Sullivan 25 13 0 1 1 6
Nick Susoeff 27 LE 13 13 1 1 6
Team Total 25.9 14 35 30 1 2 1 69 64 5 493
Opp Total 14 11 23 32 2 248