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1955 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 4-8-0, Finished 5th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 216 points (18.0/g), 10th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 298 points (24.8/g), 12th.
 Differential of -82 points (-6.8/g), 11th.
 Expected W-L: 3.8-8.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-1.0/g), 11th.

Coached by Red Strader (4-8-0)

1955 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 September 25 box L 0-1 Los Angeles Rams 14 23 22 287 119 168 6 19 209 95 114 4
2 Sun October 2 box L 0-2 Cleveland Browns 3 38 8 139 72 67 2 21 357 147 210
3 Sun October 9 box W 1-2 @ Chicago Bears 20 19 16 290 131 159 3 25 441 202 239 4
4 Sun October 16 box W 2-2 @ Detroit Lions 27 24 15 430 316 114 6 13 200 47 153 3
5 Sun October 23 box L 2-3 Chicago Bears 23 34 15 332 200 132 2 28 420 168 252 3
6 Sun October 30 box W 3-3 Detroit Lions 38 21 26 438 189 249 5 25 401 286 115 3
7 Sun November 6 box L 3-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 27 15 223 148 75 3 23 362 130 232 1
8 Sun November 13 box L 3-5 @ Washington Redskins 0 7 15 212 136 76 4 15 225 59 166 6
9 Sun November 20 box L 3-6 @ Green Bay Packers 21 27 19 398 212 186 5 26 438 187 251 4
10 Sun November 27 box L 3-7 @ Baltimore Colts 14 26 14 296 148 148 4 22 392 200 192 2
11 Sun December 4 box L 3-8 Green Bay Packers 7 28 20 281 117 164 5 13 236 151 85 2
12 Sun December 11 box W 4-8 Baltimore Colts 35 24 19 325 150 175 1 20 327 201 126 2

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 216 3651 747 4.9 204 151 303 1938 17 28 5.7 89 408 1713 12 4.2 102 46 18 13
Team Defense 298 4008 871 4.6 368 147 311 1873 10 21 5.6 103 538 2135 24 4.0 250 34 13 15
Lg Rank Offense 10 8 9 7 6 3 11 9 10 7 7 4 11 5
Lg Rank Defense 12 9 11 5 5 1 6 7 12 11 12 7 9 12

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Y.A. Tittle 29 QB 12 12 147 287 51.2 2185 17 5.9 28 9.8 78 7.6 3.8 14.9 182.1 56.6
Maury Duncan 24 11 0 4 12 33.3 40 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 3.3 3.3 10.0 3.6 43.7
Joe Perry 28 FB 11 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Joe Arenas 30 LH 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Dicky Moegle* 21 LS 11 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.7 12 151 303 49.8 2225 17 5.6 28 9.2 78 7.3 3.7 14.7 185.4 54.4
Opp Total 12 147 311 47.3 1873 10 3.2 21 6.8 6.0 3.3 12.7 156.1 49.1 22 172 5.6 2.6

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
Joe Perry 28 FB 11 0 156 701 2 42 4.5 63.7 14.2 19 55 2.9 1 19 1.7 5.0 756 3 6
Hugh McElhenny 27 RH 12 0 90 327 4 44 3.6 27.3 7.5 11 203 18.5 2 55 0.9 16.9 530 6 3
Dicky Moegle* 21 LS 11 0 41 235 5 39 5.7 21.4 3.7 4 94 23.5 0 53 0.4 8.5 329 5 2
Joe Arenas 30 LH 12 0 37 150 0 30 4.1 12.5 3.1 13 255 19.6 2 53 1.1 21.3 405 2 4
Y.A. Tittle 29 QB 12 12 23 114 0 35 5.0 9.5 1.9 114 0 2
Bud Laughlin 24 10 0 20 58 0 14 2.9 5.8 2.0 8 54 6.8 0 27 0.8 5.4 112 0 4
John Henry Johnson 26 7 0 19 69 1 12 3.6 9.9 2.7 2 6 3.0 0 11 0.3 0.9 75 1 0
Carroll Hardy 22 10 0 15 37 0 14 2.5 3.7 1.5 12 338 28.2 4 78 1.2 33.8 375 4 2
Lem Harkey 21 4 0 6 27 0 15 4.5 6.8 1.5 27 0 0
Maury Duncan 24 11 0 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.5 0.1 -5 0 1
Billy Wilson* 28 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 53 831 15.7 7 72 4.4 69.3 831 7 0
Gordie Soltau 30 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 358 13.8 1 36 2.2 29.8 358 1 0
Harry Babcock 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 31 10.3 0 16 0.4 3.9 31 0 1
Team Total 25.7 12 408 1713 12 44 4.2 142.8 34.0 151 2225 14.7 17 78 12.6 185.4 3938 29 25
Opp Total 12 538 2135 24 4.0 177.9 44.8 147 1873 12.7 10 12.3 156.1 4008 34 19

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Joe Arenas 30 LH 12 0 21 55 0 7 2.6 24 594 0 42 24.8 1054
Dicky Moegle* 21 LS 11 0 8 36 0 21 4.5 10 249 0 61 24.9 614
Hugh McElhenny 27 RH 12 0 7 10 0 10 1.4 9 189 0 31 21.0 729
Carroll Hardy 22 10 0 3 65 0 30 21.7 440
Rex Berry 31 RDH 12 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Al Carapella 28 MG 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Matt Hazeltine 22 LLB 12 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
John Henry Johnson 26 7 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 81
Bud Laughlin 24 10 0 1 25 0 25 25.0 137
Lou Palatella 22 RG 9 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
Charley Powell 23 RDE 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Bob Toneff*+ 25 LDT 11 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 25.7 12 39 118 0 21 3.0 51 1147 0 61 22.5 5203
Opp Total 12 40 1 37 867 0 23.4

Kicking & Punting

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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
Bobby Luna 22 RS 12 0 63 2558 63 3 40.6
Gordie Soltau 30 LE 12 0 12 3 25.0% 30 27 90.0%
Team Total 25.7 12 12 3 25.0% 30 27 90.0% 63 2558 63 3 40.6
Opp Total 12 24 12 50.0% 37 36 97.3% 57 2428 42.6

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Joe Arenas 30 LH 12 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
Harry Babcock 25 8 0 1 0 0 0
Rex Berry 31 RDH 12 0 3 69 1 44
Hardy Brown 31 RLB 12 0 2 28 0 18 0 1 0 0
Marion Campbell 26 RDT 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Carr 24 10 0 1 11 0 11
Maury Duncan 24 11 0 1 0 0 0
Carroll Hardy 22 10 0 2 0 0 0
Matt Hazeltine 22 LLB 12 0 0 1 0 0
Doug Hogland 24 LG 12 0 0 1 0 0
John Henry Johnson 26 7 0 1 29 0 29
Eldred Kraemer 26 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bud Laughlin 24 10 0 4 1 0 0
Bobby Luna 22 RS 12 0 2 0 0 0
George Maderos 22 LDH 8 0 2 23 0 19 0 1 0 0
Clay Matthews 27 LDE 12 0 1 19 0 19 0 4 0 0
Hugh McElhenny 27 RH 12 0 3 2 0 0
Dicky Moegle* 21 LS 11 0 6 50 0 37 2 1 0 0
Lou Palatella 22 RG 9 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Perry 28 FB 11 0 6 0 0 0
Charley Powell 23 RDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Stolhandske 24 12 0 1 6 0 6 0 1 0 0
Y.A. Tittle 29 QB 12 12 2 0 0 0
Bob Toneff*+ 25 LDT 11 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.7 12 21 242 1 44 25 20 0 0
Opp Total 12 36 19 6 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Gordie Soltau 30 LE 12 0 1 27 3 42
Billy Wilson* 28 RE 12 0 7 42
Hugh McElhenny 27 RH 12 0 4 2 36
Dicky Moegle* 21 LS 11 0 5 30
Carroll Hardy 22 10 0 4 24
Joe Perry 28 FB 11 0 2 1 18
Joe Arenas 30 LH 12 0 2 12
Rex Berry 31 RDH 12 0 1 6
John Henry Johnson 26 7 0 1 6
Team Total 25.7 12 12 17 1 27 3 216
Opp Total 12 24 10 1 36 12 2 298