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1971 San Francisco 49ers
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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 300 points (21.4/g), 9th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 216 points (15.4/g), 6th.
Differential of 84 points (6.0/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 9.6-4.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.9/g), 21st.
Coached by Dick Nolan (9-5-0)
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1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 19 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 20 | 22 | 372 | 206 | 166 | 7 | 16 | 266 | 165 | 101 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 26 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 38 | 20 | 17 | 319 | 125 | 194 | 2 | 16 | 263 | 173 | 90 | 2 |
| 3 | Sun | October 3 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 31 | 3 | 21 | 510 | 308 | 202 | 2 | 17 | 261 | 172 | 89 | 2 |
| 4 | Sun | October 10 | box | L | 2-2 | Los Angeles Rams | 13 | 20 | 14 | 272 | 152 | 120 | 4 | 9 | 201 | -18 | 219 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 17 | box | W | 3-2 | Chicago Bears | 13 | 0 | 20 | 354 | 193 | 161 | 5 | 13 | 220 | 158 | 62 | 6 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 24 | box | W | 4-2 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 26 | 14 | 16 | 366 | 226 | 140 | 15 | 284 | 176 | 108 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 31 | box | W | 5-2 | New England Patriots | 27 | 10 | 13 | 247 | 176 | 71 | 5 | 11 | 246 | 69 | 177 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 7 | box | W | 6-2 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 9 | 14 | 222 | 103 | 119 | 5 | 10 | 167 | 76 | 91 | 1 |
| 9 | Sun | November 14 | box | L | 6-3 | New Orleans Saints | 20 | 26 | 23 | 333 | 190 | 143 | 4 | 17 | 338 | 216 | 122 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 21 | box | L | 6-4 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 17 | 21 | 382 | 286 | 96 | 4 | 8 | 173 | 49 | 124 | 1 |
| 11 | Sun | November 28 | box | W | 7-4 | @ | New York Jets | 24 | 21 | 20 | 351 | 88 | 263 | 1 | 21 | 393 | 275 | 118 | 3 |
| 12 | Mon | December 6 | box | L | 7-5 | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 26 | 18 | 331 | 219 | 112 | 1 | 20 | 427 | 255 | 172 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 12 | box | W | 8-5 | Atlanta Falcons | 24 | 3 | 18 | 290 | 119 | 171 | 1 | 8 | 130 | 69 | 61 | 4 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 19 | box | W | 9-5 | Detroit Lions | 31 | 27 | 20 | 357 | 186 | 171 | 1 | 18 | 310 | 176 | 134 | 1 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | December 26 | box | W | 10-5 | Washington Redskins | 24 | 20 | 11 | 285 | 173 | 112 | 13 | 192 | 93 | 99 | 3 | ||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 2 | box | L | 10-6 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 14 | 9 | 239 | 178 | 61 | 3 | 16 | 244 | 72 | 172 | 1 |