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1951 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 7-4-1, Finished 2nd in NFL National Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 255 points (21.2/g), 5th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 205 points (17.1/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 50 points (4.2/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 7.5-4.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 4th.

Simple Rating System: Total 4.3, Offense: -2.3, Defense: 6.6, SoS: 0.1, versus averages of 0.0.

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 255 4013 843 4.8 237 154 281 1647 14 19 5.1 92 523 2366 18 4.5 134 39 20 11
Team Defense 205 3650 797 4.6 188 158 353 2101 15 33 5.5 84 417 1549 9 3.7 91 42 9 13
Lg Rank Offense 5 4 3 9 8 7 2 6 3 2 4 2 6 11
Lg Rank Defense 3 5 3 9 9 5 2 7 3 4 3 4 5 12

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 September 30 boxscore W 1-0 Cleveland Browns 24 10 18 344 107 237 4 11 227 172 55 2
2 Sat October 6 boxscore L 1-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 14 21 14 263 89 174 4 13 325 228 97 3
3 Sun October 14 boxscore W 2-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 28 24 18 374 216 158 4 20 326 192 134 5
4 Sun October 21 boxscore L 2-2 @ Chicago Bears 7 13 18 244 174 70 7 16 381 134 247 3
5 Sun October 28 boxscore W 3-2 Los Angeles Rams 44 17 19 321 127 194 23 371 240 131 6
6 Sun November 4 boxscore L 3-3 @ Los Angeles Rams 16 23 15 253 19 234 5 16 357 202 155 3
7 Sun November 11 boxscore W 4-3 New York Yanks 19 14 23 468 223 245 3 12 245 139 106 2
8 Sun November 18 boxscore L 4-4 Chicago Cardinals 21 27 26 379 148 231 3 17 437 189 248 1
9 Sun November 25 boxscore T 4-4-1 @ New York Yanks 10 10 22 337 103 234 2 14 283 149 134 5
10 Sun December 2 boxscore W 5-4-1 @ Detroit Lions 20 10 20 358 158 200 2 11 180 102 78 4
11 Sun December 9 boxscore W 6-4-1 Green Bay Packers 31 19 27 407 105 302 3 16 187 145 42 4
12 Sun December 16 boxscore W 7-4-1 Detroit Lions 21 17 17 265 178 87 2 19 331 209 122 4

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
63 Frankie Albert 31 P/QB 12 11 6-4-1 90 166 54.2 1116 5 3.0 10 6.0 47 6.7 4.6 12.4 93.0 60.2 0 0
64 Y.A. Tittle 25 qb 12 1 1-0-0 63 114 55.3 808 8 7.0 9 7.9 48 7.1 4.9 12.8 67.3 68.2 0 0
74 Joe Perry 24 FB 11 0 1 1 100.0 31 1 100.0 0 0.0 31 31.0 51.0 31.0 2.8 158.3 0 0
Team Total 25.7 12 7-4-1 154 281 54.8 1955 14 5.0 19 6.8 48 7.0 4.9 12.7 162.9 65.2 0 0
Opp Total 12 158 353 44.8 2313 15 4.2 33 9.3 6.6 3.20 14.6 192.8 41.9 27 212 5.5 2.4 7.1

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
74 Joe Perry 24 FB 11 0 136 677 3 58 5.0 61.5 12.4 18 167 9.3 1 35 1.6 15.2 844 4 5
91 Johnny Strzykalski 30 RH 11 0 81 296 3 13 3.7 26.9 7.4 12 105 8.8 0 13 1.1 9.5 401 3 0
88 Pete Schabarum 22 12 0 76 311 2 67 4.1 25.9 6.3 10 162 16.2 0 47 0.8 13.5 473 2 4
81 Verl Lillywhite 25 LH 12 0 67 397 1 60 5.9 33.1 5.6 11 125 11.4 1 29 0.9 10.4 522 2 3
63 Frankie Albert 31 P/QB 12 11 35 146 3 34 4.2 12.2 2.9 146 3 0
82 Joe Arenas 26 KR/PR 12 0 34 183 3 14 5.4 15.3 2.8 1 12 12.0 1 12 0.1 1.0 195 4 1
35 Bishop Strickland 24 9 0 34 165 0 15 4.9 18.3 3.8 165 0 2
99 Jim Monachino 22 8 0 21 74 2 7 3.5 9.3 2.6 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.8 80 2 2
72 Norm Standlee 32 LLB 11 0 16 65 0 13 4.1 5.9 1.5 65 0 1
64 Y.A. Tittle 25 qb 12 1 13 18 1 5 1.4 1.5 1.1 18 1 3
85 Bob White 22 12 0 8 33 0 9 4.1 2.8 0.7 3 36 12.0 0 22 0.3 3.0 69 0 0
51 Gordie Soltau* 26 K/LE 12 0 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 59 826 14.0 7 48 4.9 68.8 822 7 3
93 Jim Cason* 24 S 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.7 13 0 1
58 Billy Wilson 24 RE 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 268 14.9 3 38 2.0 29.8 268 3 0
53 Alyn Beals 30 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 126 10.5 0 22 1.0 10.5 126 0 0
55 Bill Jessup 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 99 14.1 1 31 0.7 9.9 99 1 0
83 Rex Berry 27 LDH 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.2 12 0 0
Team Total 25.7 12 523 2366 18 67 4.5 197.2 43.6 154 1955 12.7 14 48 12.8 162.9 4321 32 26
Opp Total 12 417 1549 9 3.7 129.1 34.8 158 2101 13.3 15 13.2 175.1 3650 24 22

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
82 Joe Arenas 26 KR/PR 12 0 21 272 0 51 13.0 21 542 0 49 25.8 1009
93 Jim Cason* 24 S 12 0 13 115 0 20 8.8 10 196 0 41 19.6 324
42 Leo Nomellini*+ 27 RDT/RT 12 12 1 20 1 20 20.0 2 27 0 16 13.5 47
33 Bruno Banducci 31 RG 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
43 Ray Collins* 24 LDT/LT 12 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
74 Joe Perry 24 FB 11 0 1 32 0 32 32.0 876
35 Bishop Strickland 24 9 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 179
58 Billy Wilson 24 RE 9 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 268
Team Total 25.7 12 35 407 1 51 11.6 38 820 0 49 21.6 5548
Opp Total 12 21 0 44 957 0 21.8

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
51 Gordie Soltau* 26 K/LE 12 0 18 6 33.3% 32 30 93.8%
63 Frankie Albert 31 P/QB 12 11 34 1507 66 0 44.3
81 Verl Lillywhite 25 LH 12 0 20 847 75 0 42.4
54 Gail Bruce 28 RDE 12 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.7 12 18 6 33.3% 33 31 93.9% 54 2354 75 0 43.6
Opp Total 12 24 13 54.2% 24 22 91.7% 70 2828 40.4

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
93 Jim Cason* 24 S 12 0 8 147 1 65 0 0 1 2 0 0
92 Lowell Wagner 28 RDH 12 0 9 115 0 40 0
81 Verl Lillywhite 25 LH 12 0 3 47 0 24 0 0 3 0 0 0
74 Joe Perry 24 FB 11 0 0 5 0 0 0
83 Rex Berry 27 LDH 10 0 4 77 0 38 0
62 Jim Powers 23 12 0 4 73 0 28 0
88 Pete Schabarum 22 12 0 0 4 0 0 0
64 Y.A. Tittle 25 qb 12 1 0 3 1 0 0
22 Pete Wissman 28 RLB 9 0 2 12 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 0
51 Gordie Soltau* 26 K/LE 12 0 0 3 0 0 0
35 Bishop Strickland 24 9 0 0 2 1 0 0
73 Hardy Brown 27 MLB 12 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0
54 Gail Bruce 28 RDE 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
45 Al Carapella 24 12 0 1 11 0 11 0 0 0 1 2 0
99 Jim Monachino 22 8 0 0 2 0 0 0
42 Leo Nomellini*+ 27 RDT/RT 12 12 0 0 2 0 0
82 Joe Arenas 26 KR/PR 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
43 Ray Collins* 24 LDT/LT 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
37 Nick Feher 25 LG 12 0 0 0 1 2 0
34 Visco Grgich 28 MG 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
47 Ed Henke 24 LDE 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
72 Norm Standlee 32 LLB 11 0 0 1 0 0 0
85 Bob White 22 12 0 1 11 0 11 0
Team Total 25.7 12 33 498 1 65 0 0 26 15 4 0 1
Opp Total 12 39 22 13

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
51 Gordie Soltau* 26 K/LE 12 0 7 7 30 6 90
82 Joe Arenas 26 KR/PR 12 0 3 1 4 24
74 Joe Perry 24 FB 11 0 3 1 4 24
63 Frankie Albert 31 P/QB 12 11 3 3 18
91 Johnny Strzykalski 30 RH 11 0 3 3 18
58 Billy Wilson 24 RE 9 0 3 3 18
81 Verl Lillywhite 25 LH 12 0 1 1 2 12
99 Jim Monachino 22 8 0 2 2 12
88 Pete Schabarum 22 12 0 2 2 12
93 Jim Cason* 24 S 12 0 1 1 6
55 Bill Jessup 22 10 0 1 1 6
42 Leo Nomellini*+ 27 RDT/RT 12 12 1 1 6
64 Y.A. Tittle 25 qb 12 1 1 1 6
46 Hamp Tanner 24 12 0 1 2
54 Gail Bruce 28 RDE 12 0 1 1
Team Total 25.7 12 18 14 1 1 34 31 6 1 255
Opp Total 12 9 15 22 13 205