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1973 San Francisco 49ers
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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 262 points (18.7/g), 14th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 319 points (22.8/g), 19th.
Differential of -57 points (-4.1/g), 16th.
Expected W-L: 5.4-8.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 20th.
Coached by Dick Nolan (5-9-0)
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1973 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | John Brodie | 38 | 16 | 6 | 98 for 194, 1,126 yards, 3 td, 12 int, & 5 rushes for 16 yards and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1957 |
| QB | Steve Spurrier | 28 | 6 | 5 | 83 for 157, 882 yards, 4 td, 7 int, & 9 rushes for 32 yards and 2 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1967 |
| RB | Vic Washington | 27 | 2 | 13 | 151 rushes for 534 yards, 8 td, & 33 catches for 238 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 87th pick / 1970 |
| FB | Ken Willard | 30 | 8 | 10 | 83 rushes for 366 yards, 1 td, & 22 catches for 160 yards and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1965 |
| WR | Danny Abramowicz | 28 | 6 | 11 | 35 catches for 442 yards, 1 td | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 420th pick / 1967 |
| WR | Gene A. Washington | 26 | 4 | 13 | 37 catches for 606 yards, 2 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick / 1969 |
| TE | Ted Kwalick* | 26 | 4 | 14 | 47 catches for 729 yards, 5 td, & 5 rushes for 37 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 7th pick / 1969 |
| LT | Len Rohde | 35 | 13 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 59th pick / 1960 |
| LG | John Watson | 24 | 2 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 179th pick / 1971 |
| LG | Randy Beisler | 29 | 7 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1966 |
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| C | Forrest Blue* | 29 | 5 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 15th pick / 1968 |
| RG | Woody Peoples* | 30 | 5 | 14 | ||
| RT | Cas Banaszek | 28 | 5 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick / 1967 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Tommy Hart | 29 | 5 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 261st pick / 1968 |
| LDT | Charlie Krueger | 36 | 14 | 14 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1958 |
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| RDT | Bob Hoskins | 28 | 3 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 406th pick / 1969 |
| RDE | Cedrick Hardman | 25 | 3 | 11 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1970 |
| LLB | Dave Wilcox* | 31 | 9 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1964 |
| MLB | Jim Sniadecki | 26 | 4 | 11 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 86th pick / 1969 |
| RLB | Willie Harper | 23 | Rook | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1973 |
| LCB | Jimmy Johnson | 35 | 12 | 13 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 6th pick / 1961 |
| RCB | Bruce Taylor | 25 | 3 | 12 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 17th pick / 1970 |
| SS | Mel Phillips | 31 | 7 | 13 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 69th pick / 1966 |
| FS | Mike Simpson | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 330th pick / 1969 |
| FS | Windlan Hall | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 96th pick / 1972 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bruce Gossett | 32 | 9 | 0 | 26 of 33 field goals & 26 of 26 extra points | |
| P | Tom Wittum* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 79 punts for a 43.7 average, 0 blocked | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 200th pick / 1972 |
| PR | Ralph McGill | 23 | 1 | 0 | 22 punt returns for a 8.5 average and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1972 |
| KR | Vic Washington | 27 | 2 | 13 | 24 kick returns for a 22.9 average and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 87th pick / 1970 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Danny Abramowicz | 28 | E | 12 | 11 | 195 | 6-1 | Xavier (OH) | 7/13/1945 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 420th pick / 1967 |
| Dave Atkins | 24 | RB | 5 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Texas-El Paso | 5/18/1949 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 201st pick / 1973 |
| Cas Banaszek | 28 | T | 9 | 9 | 254 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 12/24/1945 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick / 1967 |
| Jean Barrett | 22 | T-G-C | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-6 | Tulsa | 5/24/1951 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 44th pick / 1972 |
| Randy Beisler | 29 | G-DT-DE-T | 14 | 7 | 250 | 6-5 | Indiana | 10/24/1944 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1966 |
| Bill Belk | 27 | DE-DT | 13 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Md-Eastern Shore | 2/19/1946 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 153rd pick / 1968 |
| Ed Beverly | 24 | WR | 2 | 0 | 172 | 5-11 | Arizona State | 9/27/1949 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 122nd pick / 1973 |
| Forrest Blue* | 29 | C | 14 | 14 | 261 | 6-6 | Auburn | 9/7/1944 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 15th pick / 1968 |
| John Brodie | 38 | QB | 14 | 6 | 198 | 6-1 | Stanford | 8/14/1935 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1957 |
| Doug Cunningham | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 9/14/1945 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 145th pick / 1967 |
| Bruce Gossett | 32 | K | 14 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Clarion,Duquesne,Ferrum,Richmond | 11/9/1941 | 9 | |
| Windlan Hall | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Arizona State | 3/11/1950 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 96th pick / 1972 |
| Cedrick Hardman | 25 | DE | 14 | 11 | 255 | 6-3 | North Texas | 10/4/1948 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1970 |
| Ed Hardy | 22 | G | 3 | 0 | 242 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 3/11/1951 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 175th pick / 1972 |
| Willie Harper | 23 | LB | 14 | 12 | 215 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 7/30/1950 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1973 |
| Tommy Hart | 29 | DE-LB | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-4 | Morris Brown | 11/7/1944 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 261st pick / 1968 |
| Bob Hoskins | 28 | DT-G | 14 | 13 | 246 | 6-2 | Wichita State | 9/16/1945 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 406th pick / 1969 |
| Charlie Hunt | 22 | LB | 8 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Florida State | 2/1/1951 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 253rd pick / 1973 |
| John Isenbarger | 26 | RB-WR | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-3 | Indiana | 1/5/1947 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1970 |
| Randy Jackson | 25 | RB | 2 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Wichita State | 11/13/1948 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 79th pick / 1972 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 35 | DB-HB | 13 | 13 | 187 | 6-2 | UCLA | 3/31/1938 | 12 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 6th pick / 1961 |
| Charlie Krueger | 36 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 1/28/1937 | 14 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1958 |
| Rolf Krueger | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 12/8/1946 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1969 |
| Ted Kwalick* | 26 | TE | 14 | 14 | 226 | 6-4 | Penn State | 4/15/1947 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 7th pick / 1969 |
| Ralph McGill | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | Tulsa | 4/28/1950 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1972 |
| Frank Nunley | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 229 | 6-2 | Michigan | 10/1/1945 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1967 |
| Dave Olerich | 29 | LB-TE | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | San Francisco | 11/14/1944 | 6 | |
| Woody Peoples* | 30 | G | 14 | 14 | 252 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 8/16/1943 | 5 | |
| Mel Phillips | 31 | DB | 14 | 13 | 198 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 1/6/1942 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 69th pick / 1966 |
| Joe Reed | 25 | QB | 6 | 3 | 195 | 6-1 | Baylor,Mississippi State | 1/8/1948 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 283rd pick / 1971 |
| Len Rohde | 35 | T | 14 | 14 | 247 | 6-4 | Utah State | 4/16/1938 | 13 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 59th pick / 1960 |
| Larry Schreiber | 26 | RB | 4 | 4 | 210 | 6-0 | Tennessee Tech | 8/11/1947 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 243rd pick / 1970 |
| Mike Simpson | 26 | DB | 13 | 7 | 170 | 5-9 | Houston | 3/13/1947 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 330th pick / 1969 |
| Jim Sniadecki | 26 | LB | 14 | 11 | 230 | 6-2 | Indiana | 3/23/1947 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 86th pick / 1969 |
| Steve Spurrier | 28 | QB-P | 11 | 5 | 204 | 6-2 | Florida | 4/20/1945 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1967 |
| Bruce Taylor | 25 | DB | 14 | 12 | 193 | 6-0 | Boston University | 5/28/1948 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 17th pick / 1970 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 26 | RB-WR | 11 | 0 | 214 | 6-2 | Texas-Arlington | 8/17/1947 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 146th pick / 1969 |
| Skip Vanderbundt | 27 | LB | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 12/4/1946 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 69th pick / 1968 |
| Gene A. Washington | 26 | WR-SE | 13 | 13 | 185 | 6-2 | Stanford | 1/14/1947 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick / 1969 |
| Vic Washington | 27 | RB-DB-WR | 13 | 13 | 197 | 5-11 | Wyoming | 3/23/1946 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 87th pick / 1970 |
| John Watson | 24 | G-T-C | 14 | 12 | 249 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 1/11/1949 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 179th pick / 1971 |
| Dave Wilcox* | 31 | LB | 14 | 14 | 241 | 6-3 | Boise State,Oregon | 9/29/1942 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1964 |
| Ken Willard | 30 | RB | 14 | 10 | 219 | 6-1 | North Carolina | 7/14/1943 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1965 |
| Dick Witcher | 29 | WR-FL-SE-TE | 14 | 0 | 204 | 6-3 | UCLA | 10/10/1944 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 119th pick / 1966 |
| Tom Wittum* | 23 | P | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Northern Illinois | 1/11/1950 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 200th pick / 1972 |
| Team Total | 27.4 | 14 | 218.7 | 6-2.0 | 4.6 |