1977 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 220 points (15.7/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 260 points (18.6/g), 20th.
Differential of -40 points (-2.9/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 5.6-8.4.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 21st.

Coached by Ken Meyer (5-9-0)

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1977 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Mon	September 19	box	L	0-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	0	27	8	101	19	82	3	19	308	133	175	1
2	Sun	September 25	box	L	0-2		Miami Dolphins	15	19	13	280	118	162	1	22	361	153	208
3	Sun	October 2	box	L	0-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	14	34	12	231	183	48	2	17	245	95	150
4	Sun	October 9	box	L	0-4		Atlanta Falcons	0	7	12	188	35	153	1	11	243	130	113
5	Sun	October 16	box	L	0-5	@	New York Giants	17	20	16	275	183	92	3	9	154	23	131	1
6	Sun	October 23	box	W	1-5		Detroit Lions	28	7	16	300	107	193	1	16	119	50	69	2
7	Sun	October 30	box	W	2-5		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20	10	20	306	101	205	1	18	250	146	104	3
8	Sun	November 6	box	W	3-5	@	Atlanta Falcons	10	3	8	97	25	72	2	13	155	29	126	3
9	Sun	November 13	box	W	4-5	@	New Orleans Saints	10	7	21	287	44	243	2	12	194	33	161	2
10	Sun	November 20	box	L	4-6		Los Angeles Rams	10	23	19	269	121	148	3	10	216	86	130
11	Sun	November 27	box	W	5-6		New Orleans Saints	20	17	16	343	61	282	1	13	183	19	164	1
12	Sun	December 4	box	L	5-7	@	Minnesota Vikings	27	28	19	243	47	196	2	18	309	257	52	5
13	Mon	December 12	box	L	5-8		Dallas Cowboys	35	42	19	362	269	93		24	398	215	183
14	Sun	December 18	box	L	5-9	@	Green Bay Packers	14	16	20	312	195	117	3	19	322	219	103

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	220	3594	877	4.1	219	136	277	1508	9	17	4.8	81	564	2086	16	3.7	126	25	8	12
Team Defense	260	3457	863	4.0	335	139	270	1588	14	8	5.1	94	551	1869	16	3.4	221	18	10	20
Lg Rank Offense	19	22			21		28	25	23	10	21		8	10	9	19		2	1
Lg Rank Defense	20	3			7		1	4	12	28	9		21	12	22	2		28	25

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	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%
Jim Plunkett	30	QB	14	14	128	248	51.6	1693	9	3.6	14	5.6	47	6.8	4.6	13.2	120.9	62.1	30	242	5.2	3.3	10.8
Scott Bull	24		6	0	7	24	29.2	89	0	0.0	2	8.3	26	3.7	0.0	12.7	14.8	7.8	6	47	1.4	-1.6	20.0
Tom Wittum	27	P	14	0	1	3	33.3	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	5.0	5.0	15.0	1.1	50.7	0	0	5.0	5.0	0.0
Kenny Harrison	24	WR	14	10	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Delvin Williams	26	RB	14	14	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0
Team Total	26.5		14		136	277	49.1	1797	9	3.2	17	6.1	47	6.5	4.1	13.2	128.4	55.3	36	289	4.8	2.7	11.5
Opp Total			14		139	270	51.5	1588	14	5.2	8	3.0		5.9	5.1	11.4	113.4	74.4	42	360	5.1	3.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Delvin Williams	26	RB	14	14	268	931	7	40	3.5	66.5	19.1	20	179	9.0	2	17	1.4	12.8	1110	9	3
Wilbur Jackson	26	FB	14	14	179	780	7	80	4.4	55.7	12.8	22	169	7.7	0	24	1.6	12.1	949	7	3
Bob Ferrell	25		14	0	41	160	1	12	3.9	11.4	2.9	2	12	6.0	0	7	0.1	0.9	172	1	3
Paul Hofer	25	RET	14	0	34	106	0	10	3.1	7.6	2.4	5	46	9.2	0	16	0.4	3.3	152	0	6
Jim Plunkett	30	QB	14	14	28	71	1	9	2.5	5.1	2.0								71	1	2
Kenny Harrison	24	WR	14	10	6	15	0	15	2.5	1.1	0.4	15	217	14.5	1	46	1.1	15.5	232	1	4
Scott Bull	24		6	0	5	20	0	8	4.0	3.3	0.8								20	0	2
Dave Williams	23		12	0	2	6	0	6	3.0	0.5	0.2								6	0	0
Willie McGee	27		7	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.4	0.1	2	27	13.5	0	14	0.3	3.9	24	0	0
Gene A. Washington	30	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	32	638	19.9	5	47	2.3	45.6	638	5	0
Tom Mitchell	33	TE	13	13	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	19	226	11.9	0	31	1.5	17.4	226	0	0
Paul Seal	25		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	13	230	17.7	1	47	0.9	16.4	230	1	0
Jim Lash	26		10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	22	7.3	0	16	0.3	2.2	22	0	1
Jim Obradovich	24		12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	16	8.0	0	11	0.2	1.3	16	0	0
Tony Cline	29		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.1	1.1	15	0	0
Team Total	26.5		14		564	2086	16	80	3.7	149.0	40.3	136	1797	13.2	9	47	9.7	128.4	3883	25	27
Opp Total			14		551	1869	16		3.4	133.5	39.4	139	1588	11.4	14		9.9	113.4	3457	30	21

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Paul Hofer	25	RET	14	0						36	871	0	48	24.2	1023
Tony Leonard	24	LCB	13	13	22	154	0	19	7.0	1	68	0	68	68.0	222
Stan Black	22		13	0	13	38	0	11	2.9						38
Rick Jennings	24		3	0	7	32	0	13	4.6	3	60	0	0	20.0	92
Dave Williams	23		12	0	1	60	0	60	60.0	4	122	1	80	30.5	188
Bob Ferrell	25		14	0						3	35	0	17	11.7	207
Steve Rivera	23		1	0	3	7	0	3	2.3						7
Mike Baldassin	22		14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
Bruce Elia	24	MLB	13	7	1	1	0	1	1.0						1
Jim Obradovich	24		12	0						1	9	0	9	9.0	25
Delvin Williams	26	RB	14	14						1	9	0	9	9.0	1119
Team Total	26.5		14		48	292	0	60	6.1	49	1174	1	80	24.0	5349
Opp Total			14		47		0			48	1025	1		21.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Tom Wittum	27	P	14	0			2	1							2	1	50.0%	4	2	50.0%	77	2801	54	3	36.4
Ray Wersching	27	K	10	0			2		5	5	7	4	3	1	17	10	58.8%	23	23	100.0%
Team Total	26.5		14				4	1	5	5	7	4	3	1	19	11	57.9%	27	25	92.6%	77	2801	54	3	36.4
Opp Total			14												22	13	59.1%	32	29	90.6%	86	3225			37.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Mike Baldassin	22		14	0								1	0	0	0
Stan Black	22		13	0								1	1	0	0
Scott Bull	24		6	0								2	0	0	0
Bill Cooke	26		14	0								0	1	0	0
Randy Cross	23	C	14	14								1	0	-37	0
Bruce Elia	24	MLB	13	7								0	2	0	0
Keith Fahnhorst	25	RT	14	14								0	1	0	0
Bob Ferrell	25		14	0								3	1	0	0
Cedrick Hardman	29	RDE	14	14								0	1	0	0
Willie Harper	27	llb	12	10		1	6	0	6
Kenny Harrison	24	WR	14	10								4	2	0	0
Paul Hofer	25	RET	14	0								6	3	0	0
Wilbur Jackson	26	FB	14	14								3	0	0	0
Jim Lash	26		10	0								1	0	0	0
Tony Leonard	24	LCB	13	13		1	0	0	0			0	1	7	0
Eddie Lewis	24		14	0								0	1	0	0
Willie McGee	27		7	0								0	1	0	0
Ralph McGill	27	FS	13	13		1	30	0	30
Tom Mitchell	33	TE	13	13								0	1	0	0
Jim Obradovich	24		12	0								0	1	0	0
Mel Phillips	35	SS	14	14		2	23	0	23			0	1	11	0
Jim Plunkett	30	QB	14	14								2	2	0	0
Skip Vanderbundt	31	LLB/mlb	14	14		1	6	0	6			0	1	2	0
Dave Washington	29	RLB	9	9		2	68	0	50
Gene A. Washington	30	WR	14	14								0	3	0	0
Jimmy Webb	25	LDT	14	0								0	1	0	0
Dave Williams	23		12	0								0	1	0	0
Delvin Williams	26	RB	14	14								3	1	0	0
Tom Wittum	27	P	14	0								0	1	0	0
Team Total	26.5		14			8	133	0	50			27	28	-17	0
Opp Total			14		36							21	11

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	OthTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Delvin Williams	26	RB	14	14	7	2					54
Ray Wersching	27	K	10	0					23	10	53
Wilbur Jackson	26	FB	14	14	7						42
Gene A. Washington	30	WR	14	14		5					30
Mike Baldassin	22		14	0				1			6
Bob Ferrell	25		14	0	1						6
Kenny Harrison	24	WR	14	10		1					6
Jim Plunkett	30	QB	14	14	1						6
Paul Seal	25		14	0		1					6
Dave Williams	23		12	0			1				6
Tom Wittum	27	P	14	0					2	1	5
Team Total	26.5		14		16	9	1	1	25	11	220
Opp Total			14		16	14	1		29	13	260

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