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 Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |