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1974 San Francisco 49ers
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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 226 points (16.1/g), 19th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 236 points (16.9/g), 11th.
Differential of -10 points (-0.7/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 6.6-7.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 16th.
Simple Rating System: Total -2.6, Offense: -2.1, Defense: -0.5, SoS: -1.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Dick Nolan (6-8-0)
Training Camp: UC-Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Tom Owen | 22 | Rook | 7 | 88 for 184, 1,327 yards, 10 td, 15 int, & 16 rushes for 36 yards and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 13th / 322nd pick / 1974 |
| RB | Wilbur Jackson | 23 | Rook | 13 | 174 rushes for 705 yards, 0 td, & 23 catches for 190 yards and 2 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1974 |
| FB | Larry Schreiber | 27 | 3 | 14 | 174 rushes for 634 yards, 3 td, & 30 catches for 217 yards and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 243rd pick / 1970 |
| WR | Danny Abramowicz | 29 | 7 | 14 | 25 catches for 369 yards, 1 td | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 420th pick / 1967 |
| WR | Gene A. Washington | 27 | 5 | 14 | 29 catches for 615 yards, 6 td, & 2 rushes for 4 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick / 1969 |
| TE | Tom Mitchell | 30 | 8 | 13 | 19 catches for 262 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for -2 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 58th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Len Rohde | 36 | 14 | 14 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 59th pick / 1960 | |
| LG | John Watson | 25 | 3 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 179th pick / 1971 |
| C | Forrest Blue* | 30 | 6 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 15th pick / 1968 |
| RG | Woody Peoples | 31 | 6 | 9 | ||
| RT | Cas Banaszek | 29 | 6 | 14 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick / 1967 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Tommy Hart | 30 | 6 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 261st pick / 1968 |
| LDT | Bill Belk | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 153rd pick / 1968 |
| RDT | Bob Hoskins | 29 | 4 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 406th pick / 1969 |
| RDE | Cedrick Hardman | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1970 |
| LLB | Dave Wilcox | 32 | 10 | 11 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1964 Houston Oilers / 6th / 46th pick / 1964 |
| MLB | Frank Nunley | 29 | 7 | 12 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1967 |
| RLB | Willie Harper | 24 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1973 |
| LCB | Jimmy Johnson* | 36 | 13 | 12 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 6th pick / 1961 San Diego Chargers / 4th / 31st pick / 1961 |
| RCB | Bruce Taylor | 26 | 4 | 8 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 17th pick / 1970 |
| RCB | Ralph McGill | 24 | 2 | 6 | 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1972 |
| SS | Mel Phillips | 32 | 8 | 6 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 69th pick / 1966 Buffalo Bills / 19th / 172nd pick / 1966 |
| SS | Windlan Hall | 24 | 2 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 96th pick / 1972 |
| FS | Windlan Hall | 24 | 2 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 96th pick / 1972 |
| FS | Mike Holmes | 24 | Rook | 6 | 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 18th pick / 1973 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bruce Gossett | 33 | 10 | 0 | 11 of 24 field goals & 25 of 27 extra points | |
| P | Tom Wittum* | 24 | 1 | 0 | 68 punts for a 41.2 average, 1 blocked | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 200th pick / 1972 |
| PR | Ralph McGill | 24 | 2 | 6 | 20 punt returns for a 8.3 average and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1972 |
| KR | Mike Holmes | 24 | Rook | 6 | 25 kick returns for a 24.5 average and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 18th pick / 1973 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Danny Abramowicz | 29 | E | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Xavier (OH) | 7/13/1945 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 420th pick / 1967 |
| 29 | Dave Atkins | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Texas-El Paso | 5/18/1949 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 201st pick / 1973 |
| 79 | Cas Banaszek | 29 | T | 14 | 14 | 254 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 12/24/1945 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick / 1967 |
| 77 | Jean Barrett | 23 | T-G-C | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-6 | Tulsa | 5/24/1951 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 44th pick / 1972 |
| 88 | Terry Beasley | 24 | WR | 13 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Auburn | 2/5/1950 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 19th pick / 1972 |
| 65 | Randy Beisler | 30 | G-DT-DE-T | 9 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Indiana | 10/24/1944 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1966 |
| 72 | Bill Belk | 28 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Md-Eastern Shore | 2/19/1946 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 153rd pick / 1968 |
| 50 | Ceasar Belser | 30 | DB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 9/13/1944 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 145th pick / 1966 |
| 80 | Mike Bettiga | 24 | WR | 10 | 0 | 193 | 6-3 | Humboldt St. | 9/10/1950 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 15th / 382nd pick / 1973 |
| 75 | Forrest Blue* | 30 | C | 12 | 12 | 261 | 6-6 | Auburn | 9/7/1944 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 15th pick / 1968 |
| 27 | Dennis Bragonier | 23 | DB | 2 | 0 | 186 | 6-0 | Stanford | 1/22/1951 | Rook | |
| 71 | Keith Fahnhorst | 22 | T | 14 | 0 | 273 | 6-6 | Minnesota | 2/6/1952 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1974 |
| 30 | Bruce Gossett | 33 | K | 14 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Ferrum,Clarion,Duquesne,Richmond | 11/9/1941 | 10 | |
| 43 | Windlan Hall | 24 | DB | 13 | 12 | 178 | 5-11 | Arizona St. | 3/11/1950 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 96th pick / 1972 |
| 86 | Cedrick Hardman | 26 | DE | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-3 | North Texas | 10/4/1948 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1970 |
| 59 | Willie Harper | 24 | LB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 7/30/1950 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1973 |
| 53 | Tommy Hart | 30 | DE-LB | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-4 | Morris Brown | 11/7/1944 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 261st pick / 1968 |
| 74 | Stan Hindman | 30 | DE-DT | 8 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 3/1/1944 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick / 1966 Houston Oilers / 2nd / 12th pick / 1966 |
| 47 | Hugo Hollas | 29 | DB | 7 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Rice | 11/30/1945 | 4 | |
| 20 | Mike Holmes | 24 | DB-WR | 13 | 6 | 193 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 11/18/1950 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 18th pick / 1973 |
| 56 | Bob Hoskins | 29 | DT-G | 14 | 14 | 246 | 6-2 | Wichita St. | 9/16/1945 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 406th pick / 1969 |
| 54 | Tom Hull | 22 | LB | 13 | 0 | 229 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 6/30/1952 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 12th / 294th pick / 1974 |
| 40 | Wilbur Jackson | 23 | RB | 14 | 13 | 215 | 6-1 | Alabama | 11/19/1951 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1974 |
| 37 | Jimmy Johnson* | 36 | DB-HB | 13 | 12 | 187 | 6-2 | UCLA | 3/31/1938 | 13 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 6th pick / 1961 San Diego Chargers / 4th / 31st pick / 1961 |
| 48 | Sammy Johnson | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-0 | North Carolina | 9/22/1952 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 90th pick / 1974 |
| 78 | Rolf Krueger | 28 | DE-DT | 9 | 0 | 253 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 12/8/1946 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1969 |
| 82 | Ted Kwalick | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-4 | Penn St. | 4/15/1947 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 7th pick / 1969 |
| 49 | Ralph McGill | 24 | DB | 13 | 6 | 183 | 5-11 | Tulsa | 4/28/1950 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1972 |
| 58 | Bill McKoy | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Purdue | 7/17/1948 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 115th pick / 1970 |
| 84 | Tom Mitchell | 30 | TE-WR | 14 | 13 | 215 | 6-2 | Bucknell | 8/22/1944 | 8 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 58th pick / 1966 |
| 45 | Manfred Moore | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | USC | 12/22/1950 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 216th pick / 1974 |
| 10 | Dennis Morrison | 23 | QB | 3 | 2 | 211 | 6-3 | Kansas St. | 5/18/1951 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 357th pick / 1973 |
| 57 | Frank Nunley | 29 | LB | 13 | 12 | 229 | 6-2 | Michigan | 10/1/1945 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1967 |
| 14 | Tom Owen | 22 | QB | 10 | 7 | 195 | 6-1 | Wichita St. | 9/1/1952 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 13th / 322nd pick / 1974 |
| 66 | Bob Penchion | 25 | G-C | 8 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Alcorn St. | 8/11/1949 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 108th pick / 1972 |
| 69 | Woody Peoples | 31 | G | 10 | 9 | 252 | 6-2 | Grambling St. | 8/16/1943 | 6 | |
| 32 | Mel Phillips | 32 | DB | 6 | 6 | 198 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 1/6/1942 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 69th pick / 1966 Buffalo Bills / 19th / 172nd pick / 1966 |
| 68 | Mike Raines | 21 | DT-DE | 2 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Alabama | 2/14/1953 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 138th pick / 1974 |
| 27 | Al Randolph | 30 | DB | 6 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/8/1944 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 37th pick / 1966 |
| 19 | Joe Reed | 26 | QB | 6 | 4 | 195 | 6-1 | Baylor,Mississippi St. | 1/8/1948 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 283rd pick / 1971 |
| 76 | Len Rohde | 36 | T | 14 | 14 | 247 | 6-4 | Utah St. | 4/16/1938 | 14 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 59th pick / 1960 |
| 60 | Bill Sandifer | 22 | DT-DE | 4 | 0 | 278 | 6-6 | UCLA | 1/5/1952 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 10th pick / 1974 |
| 33 | John Saunders | 24 | DB | 4 | 0 | 198 | 6-3 | Toledo | 4/29/1950 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 87th pick / 1972 |
| 35 | Larry Schreiber | 27 | RB | 14 | 14 | 210 | 6-0 | Tennessee Tech | 8/11/1947 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 243rd pick / 1970 |
| 16 | Norm Snead | 35 | QB | 3 | 1 | 215 | 6-4 | Wake Forest | 7/31/1939 | 13 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 2nd pick / 1961 Buffalo Bills / 5th / 35th pick / 1961 |
| 11 | Steve Spurrier | 29 | QB-P | 3 | 0 | 204 | 6-2 | Florida | 4/20/1945 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1967 |
| 44 | Bruce Taylor | 26 | DB | 14 | 8 | 193 | 6-0 | Boston Univ. | 5/28/1948 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 17th pick / 1970 |
| 52 | Skip Vanderbundt | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Oregon St. | 12/4/1946 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 69th pick / 1968 |
| 18 | Gene A. Washington | 27 | WR-SE | 14 | 14 | 185 | 6-2 | Stanford | 1/14/1947 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick / 1969 |
| 67 | John Watson | 25 | G-T-C | 13 | 12 | 249 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 1/11/1949 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 179th pick / 1971 |
| 85 | Robert West | 24 | WR | 10 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | San Diego St. | 10/3/1950 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 90th pick / 1972 |
| 64 | Dave Wilcox | 32 | LB | 14 | 11 | 241 | 6-3 | Boise St.,Oregon | 9/29/1942 | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1964 Houston Oilers / 6th / 46th pick / 1964 |
| 24 | Delvin Williams | 23 | RB | 13 | 2 | 195 | 6-0 | Kansas | 4/17/1951 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1974 |
| 13 | Tom Wittum* | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Northern Illinois | 1/11/1950 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 200th pick / 1972 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 220.2 | 6-2.4 | 4.1 |