1978 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 2-14-0, Finished 4th in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 219 points (13.7/g), 28th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 350 points (21.9/g), 23rd.
Differential of -131 points (-8.2/g), 27th.
Expected W-L: 4.0-12.0.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -18 (-1.1/g), 28th.

Simple Rating System: Total -9.1, Offense: -4.6, Defense: -4.5, SoS: -0.9, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Pete McCulley (1-8-0) and Fred O'Connor (1-6-0)

Training Camp: San Jose State (San Jose, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

						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	219	4047	1062	3.8	257	190	435	1956	9	36	4.1	106	585	2091	14	3.6	117	63	27	34
Team Defense	350	5024	1097	4.6	298	219	413	2659	20	18	5.9	133	649	2365	17	3.6	128	45	27	37
Lg Rank Offense	28	27			23		12	25	26	28	28		11	21	19	24		28	27
Lg Rank Defense	23	21			20		8	18	20	23	20		26	17	17	7		5	1

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 3	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Cleveland Browns	7	24	18	295	164	131	6	18	393	180	213	3
2	Sun	September 10	boxscore	L		0-2		Chicago Bears	13	16	19	307	112	195	4	11	212	101	111	1
3	Sun	September 17	boxscore	L		0-3	@	Houston Oilers	19	20	18	382	321	61	3	23	330	179	151	2
4	Sun	September 24	boxscore	L		0-4	@	New York Giants	10	27	13	191	87	104	5	22	382	126	256	3
5	Sun	October 1	boxscore	W		1-4		Cincinnati Bengals	28	12	11	179	66	113	2	18	322	219	103	8
6	Sun	October 8	boxscore	L		1-5	@	Los Angeles Rams	10	27	13	215	83	132	2	23	404	177	227	4
7	Sun	October 15	boxscore	L		1-6		New Orleans Saints	7	14	12	175	101	74	6	12	206	31	175
8	Sun	October 22	boxscore	L		1-7		Atlanta Falcons	17	20	21	261	53	208	2	16	330	216	114	2
9	Sun	October 29	boxscore	L		1-8	@	Washington Redskins	20	38	24	326	201	125	5	21	296	177	119	1
10	Sun	November 5	boxscore	L		1-9	@	Atlanta Falcons	10	21	13	168	50	118	3	16	246	184	62	3
11	Sun	November 12	boxscore	L		1-10		St. Louis Cardinals	10	16	16	264	146	118	3	21	335	221	114	2
12	Sun	November 19	boxscore	L		1-11		Los Angeles Rams	28	31	16	248	83	165	1	21	386	255	131	3
13	Mon	November 27	boxscore	L		1-12		Pittsburgh Steelers	7	24	12	141	74	67	5	22	380	168	212	4
14	Sun	December 3	boxscore	L		1-13	@	New Orleans Saints	13	24	14	287	128	159	3	24	383	190	193	4
15	Sun	December 10	boxscore	W		2-13		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6	3	17	239	149	90	6	13	196	83	113	3
16	Sun	December 17	boxscore	L		2-14	@	Detroit Lions	14	33	20	369	138	231	7	17	221	152	69	2

Passing

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

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	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%	4QC	GWD
17	Steve DeBerg	24	QB	12	11	1-10-0	137	302	45.4	1570	8	2.6	22	7.3	58	5.2	2.5	11.5	130.8	40.0	17	156	4.4	1.8	5.3	0	1
19	Scott Bull	25	qb	16	5	1-4-0	48	121	39.7	651	1	0.8	11	9.1	48	5.4	1.5	13.6	40.7	22.4	22	160	3.4	0.1	15.4
88	Freddie Solomon	25	WR	16	15		5	10	50.0	85	0	0.0	1	10.0	30	8.5	4.0	17.0	5.3	39.6	3	34	3.9	0.5	23.1
23	Bruce Threadgill	22		14	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0
	Team Total	24.7		16		2-14-0	190	435	43.7	2306	9	2.1	36	8.3	58	5.3	2.0	12.1	144.1	33.0	42	350	4.1	1.1	8.8	0	1
	Opp Total			16			219	413	53.0	2948	20	4.8	18	4.4		7.1	6.1	13.5	184.3	74.0	35	289	5.9	5.0	7.8

Rushing & Receiving

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

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		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
32	O.J. Simpson	31	RB	10	10	161	593	1	34	3.7	59.3	16.1	21	172	8.2	2	19	2.1	17.2	765	3	5
38	Bob Ferrell	26	fb	16	8	125	471	1	20	3.8	29.4	7.8	16	123	7.7	0	14	1.0	7.7	594	1	5
36	Paul Hofer	26	rb	16	6	121	465	7	40	3.8	29.1	7.6	12	170	14.2	0	46	0.8	10.6	635	7	4
33	Greg Boykin	25	FB	16	8	102	361	2	23	3.5	22.6	6.4	19	112	5.9	0	22	1.2	7.0	473	2	3
19	Scott Bull	25	qb	16	5	29	100	1	15	3.4	6.3	1.8								100	1	6
30	Dave Williams	24	KR	16	0	15	18	0	6	1.2	1.1	0.9	10	63	6.3	0	13	0.6	3.9	81	0	6
17	Steve DeBerg	24	QB	12	11	15	20	1	7	1.3	1.7	1.3								20	1	9
88	Freddie Solomon	25	WR	16	15	14	70	1	17	5.0	4.4	0.9	31	458	14.8	2	58	1.9	28.6	528	3	5
21	Larry Jones	27		9	0	1	-9	0	-9	-9.0	-1.0	0.1	1	21	21.0	0	21	0.1	2.3	12	0	1
31	Earl Carr	23		14	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1								2	0	0
55	Bruce Elia	25		16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1								0	0	1
81	Ken MacAfee	22	TE	13	13	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	22	205	9.3	1	22	1.7	15.8	205	1	0
85	Paul Seal	26	te	14	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	21	370	17.6	2	41	1.5	26.4	370	2	0
83	Kenny Harrison	25	WR	8	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	16	320	20.0	0	50	2.0	40.0	320	0	0
80	Terry LeCount	22		3	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	10	131	13.1	0	30	3.3	43.7	131	0	0
84	Elmo Boyd	24	wr	9	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	9	115	12.8	1	32	1.0	12.8	115	1	1
87	Jack Steptoe	22	PR	6	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	46	23.0	1	35	0.3	7.7	46	1	3
	Team Total	24.7		16		585	2091	14	40	3.6	130.7	36.6	190	2306	12.1	9	58	11.9	144.1	4397	23	56
	Opp Total			16		649	2365	17		3.6	147.8	40.6	219	2659	12.1	20		13.7	166.2	5024	37	50

Kick & Punt Returns

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

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Dave Williams	24	KR	16	0						34	745	1	89	21.9	826
36	Paul Hofer	26	rb	16	6						18	386	0	40	21.4	1021
87	Jack Steptoe	22	PR	6	0	11	129	0	28	11.7						175
21	Larry Jones	27		9	0	10	86	0	52	8.6						98
88	Freddie Solomon	25	WR	16	15	9	35	0	11	3.9						563
42	Tony Leonard	25	LCB	12	10	8	26	0	14	3.3						26
84	Mike Shumann	23		6	1	8	40	0	36	5.0						40
80	Terry LeCount	22		3	3						5	91	0	23	18.2	222
65	Ernie Hughes	23	LG	15	11						4	53	0	17	13.3	53
33	Greg Boykin	25	FB	16	8						3	37	0	25	12.3	510
58	Mark R. Nichols	22		15	0						3	39	0	20	13.0	39
62	Walt Downing	22	RG	16	15						2	13	0	13	6.5	13
35	Elliott Walker	22		9	0						2	25	0	23	12.5	25
38	Bob Ferrell	26	fb	16	8						1	24	0	24	24.0	618
56	Fred Quillan	22	c	14	7						1	8	0	8	8.0	8
49	Vern Roberson	26	FS	16	12	1	7	0	7	7.0						7
	Team Total	24.7		16		47	323	0	52	6.9	73	1421	1	89	19.5	6141
	Opp Total			16		46		0			47	928	0		19.7

Kicking & Punting

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

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		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
10	Mike Connell	22	P	16	0																	96	3583	59	1	37.3
14	Ray Wersching	28	K	16	0	2	2	5	5	10	4	5	4	1		23	15	65.2%	25	24	96.0%
	Team Total	24.7		16		2	2	5	5	10	4	5	4	1		23	15	65.2%	25	24	96.0%	96	3583	59	1	37.3
	Opp Total			16												38	23	60.5%	40	39	97.5%	87	3497			40.2

Defense & Fumbles

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

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
17	Steve DeBerg	24	QB	12	11							0	9	2	-5	0
19	Scott Bull	25	qb	16	5							0	6	4	-8	0
88	Freddie Solomon	25	WR	16	15							0	5	4	-2	0
30	Dave Williams	24	KR	16	0							0	6	3	0	0
24	Chuck Crist	27	SS/fs	15	15		6	159	0	32	0	0	1	1	0	0
36	Paul Hofer	26	rb	16	6							0	4	4	3	0
42	Tony Leonard	25	LCB	12	10		4	44	1	30	0	0	1	2	0	0
32	O.J. Simpson	31	RB	10	10							0	5	1	0	0
38	Bob Ferrell	26	fb	16	8							0	5	0	0	0
57	Dan Bunz	23	MLB	16	16		1	13	0	13	0	0	0	3	9	0
22	Eddie Lewis	25	RCB	16	16		3	17	0	11	0	0	0	1	24	0
78	Archie Reese	22	LDE	16	13							0	0	4	4	0
33	Greg Boykin	25	FB	16	8							0	3	0	0	0
75	Ed Galigher	28	RDT	15	15							0	0	3	0	0
50	Joe Harris	26	LLB	16	16							0	0	3	6	0
26	Bob Jury	23	ss	15	8							0	0	3	0	0
49	Vern Roberson	26	FS	16	12		1	31	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0
87	Jack Steptoe	22	PR	6	0							0	3	0	0	0
62	Walt Downing	22	RG	16	15							0	1	1	0	0
42	Ricky Odom	22		3	3		2	19	0	19	0
84	Mike Shumann	23		6	1							0	2	0	0	0
35	Elliott Walker	22		9	0							0	1	1	0	0
68	John Ayers	25	LT/lg	16	13							0	0	1	0	0
84	Elmo Boyd	24	wr	9	5							0	1	0	0	0
54	Ed Bradley	28	RLB	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
10	Mike Connell	22	P	16	0							0	0	1	0	0
51	Randy Cross	24	C	9	9							0	1	0	0	0
55	Bruce Elia	25		16	0							0	1	0	-15	0
71	Keith Fahnhorst	26	RT	15	15							0	0	1	0	0
86	Cedrick Hardman	30	RDE	16	16							0	0	1	13	0
21	Larry Jones	27		9	0							0	1	0	0	0
81	Ken MacAfee	22	TE	13	13							0	0	1	0	0
76	Willie McCray	25		16	0							0	0	1	0	0
53	Dean Moore	23		16	0							0	0	1	0	0
58	Mark R. Nichols	22		15	0		1	0	0	0	0
74	Jimmy Webb	26	LDT	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
	Team Total	24.7		16			18	283	1	32	0	0	56	51	29	0
	Opp Total			16		42							50	23					1

Scoring Summary

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

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	IntTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
14	Ray Wersching	28	K	16	0						24	15		69
36	Paul Hofer	26	rb	16	6	7				7				42
32	O.J. Simpson	31	RB	10	10	1	2			3				18
88	Freddie Solomon	25	WR	16	15	1	2			3				18
33	Greg Boykin	25	FB	16	8	2				2				12
85	Paul Seal	26	te	14	5		2			2				12
84	Elmo Boyd	24	wr	9	5		1			1				6
19	Scott Bull	25	qb	16	5	1				1				6
17	Steve DeBerg	24	QB	12	11	1				1				6
38	Bob Ferrell	26	fb	16	8	1				1				6
42	Tony Leonard	25	LCB	12	10				1	1				6
81	Ken MacAfee	22	TE	13	13		1			1				6
87	Jack Steptoe	22	PR	6	0		1			1				6
30	Dave Williams	24	KR	16	0			1		1				6
	Team Total	24.7		16		14	9	1	1	25	24	15		219
	Opp Total			16		17	20				39	23	1	350

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