1978 San Francisco 49ers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 2-14-0, 4th in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Pete McCulley (1-8-0) and Fred O'Connor (1-6-0)

Points For: 219 (13.7/g) 28th of 28

Points Against: 350 (21.9/g) 23rd of 28

Expected W-L: 4.0-12.0

SRS: -9.10 (28th of 28), SOS: -0.91

Offensive Coordinator: Fred O'Connor

Defensive Coordinator: Dan Radakovich

Other Notable Asst.: Frank Gansz (Special Teams/Tight Ends), Floyd Reese (Strength & Conditioning), Les Steckel (Wide Receivers) and Mike White (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Candlestick Park

Principal Owner: Edward DeBartolo, Jr.

General Manager: Joe Thomas

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2500

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	219	4047	1062	3.8	63	27	257	190	435	1956	9	36	4.1	106	585	2091	14	3.6	117	115	930	34
Opp. Stats	350	5024	1097	4.6	45	27	298	219	413	2659	20	18	5.9	133	649	2365	17	3.6	128	154	1301	37
Lg Rank Offense	28	27			28	27	23		12	25	26	28	28		11	21	19	24
Lg Rank Defense	23	21			5	1	20		8	18	20	23	20		26	17	17	7

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Cleveland Browns	7	24	18	295	164	131	6	18	393	180	213	3	-18.36	4.88	-3.10
2	Sun	September 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Chicago Bears	13	16	19	307	112	195	4	11	212	101	111	1	-15.39	16.01	-3.83
3	Sun	September 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	Houston Oilers	19	20	18	382	321	61	3	23	330	179	151	2	-2.47	-0.44	3.24
4	Sun	September 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4	@	New York Giants	10	27	13	191	87	104	5	22	382	126	256	3	-29.18	11.96	4.03
5	Sun	October 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-4		Cincinnati Bengals	28	12	11	179	66	113	2	18	322	219	103	8	-18.03	28.71	8.49
6	Sun	October 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-5	@	Los Angeles Rams	10	27	13	215	83	132	2	23	404	177	227	4	-17.64	0.24	-3.38
7	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6		New Orleans Saints	7	14	12	175	101	74	6	12	206	31	175		-33.55	14.10	9.47
8	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-7		Atlanta Falcons	17	20	21	261	53	208	2	16	330	216	114	2	-6.97	4.35	6.35
9	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-8	@	Washington Redskins	20	38	24	326	201	125	5	21	296	177	119	1	-4.12	-3.32	-3.41
10	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-9	@	Atlanta Falcons	10	21	13	168	50	118	3	16	246	184	62	3	-29.81	13.17	10.81
11	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-10		St. Louis Cardinals	10	16	16	264	146	118	3	21	335	221	114	2	-13.60	10.54	-5.61
12	Sun	November 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-11		Los Angeles Rams	28	31	16	248	83	165	1	21	386	255	131	3	-7.52	-5.24	10.60
13	Mon	November 27	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-12		Pittsburgh Steelers	7	24	12	141	74	67	5	22	380	168	212	4	-21.47	3.17	-0.48
14	Sun	December 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-13	@	New Orleans Saints	13	24	14	287	128	159	3	24	383	190	193	4	-21.48	5.50	2.08
15	Sun	December 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-13		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6	3	17	239	149	90	6	13	196	83	113	3	-17.68	24.55	-3.90
16	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-14	@	Detroit Lions	14	33	20	369	138	231	7	17	221	152	69	2	-19.82	14.64	-9.24

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	GWD
1	Steve DeBerg	24	QB	12	11	1-10-0	137	302	45.4	1570	8	2.6	22	7.3	73	33.9	58	5.2	2.5	11.5	130.8	40.0	17	156	5.33	4.43	1.8	1
2	Scott Bull	25	QB	16	5	1-4-0	48	121	39.7	651	1	0.8	11	9.1	29	30.1	48	5.4	1.5	13.6	40.7	22.4	22	160	15.38	3.43	0.1	0
3	Freddie Solomon	25	WR	16	15		5	10	50.0	85	0	0.0	1	10.0	4	38.5	30	8.5	4.0	17.0	5.3	39.6	3	34	23.08	3.92	0.5	0
4	Bruce Threadgill	22	FS	14	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	100.0	0			0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	2-14-0	190	435	43.7	1956	9	2.1	36	8.3	106	32.7	58	5.3	2.0	12.1	122.3	33.0	42	350	8.81	4.10	1.08	1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	O.J. Simpson	31	RB	10	10	161	593	1	26	41.0	34	3.7	59.3	16.1	41	21	172	8.2	2	13	46.3	19	2.1	17.2	51.2	4.2	182	4.2	765	3	5
2	Paul Hofer	26	RB	16	6	121	465	7	22	38.0	40	3.8	29.1	7.6	18	12	170	14.2	0	9	61.1	46	0.8	10.6	66.7	9.4	133	4.8	635	7	4
3	Bob Ferrell	26	FB	16	8	125	471	1	31	42.4	20	3.8	29.4	7.8	28	16	123	7.7	0	4	46.4	14	1.0	7.7	57.1	4.4	141	4.2	594	1	5
4	Freddie Solomon	25	WR	16	15	14	70	1	6	42.9	17	5.0	4.4	0.9	87	31	458	14.8	2	17	28.7	58	1.9	28.6	35.6	5.3	45	11.7	528	3	5
5	Greg Boykin	25	FB	16	8	102	361	2	21	42.2	23	3.5	22.6	6.4	31	19	112	5.9	0	4	35.5	22	1.2	7.0	61.3	3.6	121	3.9	473	2	3
6	Paul Seal	26	TE	14	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	38	21	370	17.6	2	18	52.6	41	1.5	26.4	55.3	9.7	21	17.6	370	2	0
7	Kenny Harrison	25	WR	8	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	42	16	320	20.0	0	14	38.1	50	2.0	40.0	38.1	7.6	16	20.0	320	0	0
8	Ken MacAfee	22	TE	13	13	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	48	22	205	9.3	1	10	37.5	22	1.7	15.8	45.8	4.3	22	9.3	205	1	0
9	Terry LeCount	22	WR	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	29	10	131	13.1	0	7	24.1	30	3.3	43.7	34.5	4.5	10	13.1	131	0	0
10	Elmo Boyd	24	WR	9	7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	29	9	115	12.8	1	4	20.7	32	1.0	12.8	31.0	4.0	9	12.8	115	1	1
11	Scott Bull	25	QB	16	5	29	100	1	5	34.5	15	3.4	6.3	1.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			29	3.4	100	1	6
12	Dave Williams	24	RB	16	0	15	18	0	2	20.0	6	1.2	1.1	0.9	11	10	63	6.3	0	3	63.6	13	0.6	3.9	90.9	5.7	25	3.2	81	0	6
13	Jack Steptoe	22	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	2	46	23.0	1	2	40.0	35	0.3	7.7	40.0	9.2	2	23.0	46	1	3
14	Steve DeBerg	24	QB	12	11	15	20	1	4	33.3	7	1.3	1.7	1.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			15	1.3	20	1	9
15	Larry Jones	27	WR	9	0	1	-9	0	0	0.0	-9	-9.0	-1.0	0.1	6	1	21	21.0	0	1	16.7	21	0.1	2.3	16.7	3.5	2	6.0	12	0	1
16	Earl Carr	23	RB	14	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	2.0	2	0	0
17	Bruce Elia	25	LB	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
18	Mike Shumann	23	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	2
	Team Totals			16	16	585	2091	14	117	39.7	40	3.6	130.7	36.6	414	190	2306	12.1	9	106	37.7	58	11.9	144.1	45.9	5.6	775	5.7	4397	23	51

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Ed Bradley	28	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
2	Dan Bunz	23	MLB	16	16	1	13	0	13	1	0	3	9	0	3.5	0	0	0	0
3	Cedrick Hardman	30	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	13	0	11.5	0	0	0	0
4	Joe Harris	26	LLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	6	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
5	Eddie Lewis	25	RCB	16	16	3	17	0	11	0	0	1	24	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Jimmy Webb	26	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
7	Chuck Crist	27	SS/FS	15	15	6	159	0	32	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Keith Fahnhorst	26	RT	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Ed Galigher	28	RDT	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
10	Freddie Solomon	25	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	John Ayers	25	LT/LG	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Walt Downing	22	RG	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Ken MacAfee	22	TE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Archie Reese	22	LDE	16	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	4	0	6.0	0	0	0	0
15	Vern Roberson	26	FS	16	12	1	31	0	31	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Steve DeBerg	24	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	-5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Tony Leonard	25	LCB	12	10	4	44	1	30	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	O.J. Simpson	31	RB	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Randy Cross	24	C	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Greg Boykin	25	FB	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Bob Ferrell	26	FB	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Bob Jury	23	SS	15	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
23	Elmo Boyd	24	WR	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Paul Hofer	26	RB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Scott Bull	25	QB	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	-8	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Cleveland Elam	26	DE	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
27	Ricky Odom	22	DB	3	3	2	19	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Mike Connell	22	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Bruce Elia	25	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-15	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
30	Larry Jones	27	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Willie McCray	25	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Dean Moore	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Mark Nichols	22	LB	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
34	Mike Shumann	23	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
35	Jack Steptoe	22	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Elliott Walker	22	RB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
37	Dave Williams	24	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	18	283	1	32	25	56	51	29	0	35.0	0	0	0	0

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