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1985 San Francisco 49ers
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 411 points (25.7/g), 5th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 263 points (16.4/g), 2nd.
Differential of 148 points (9.2/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 11.9-4.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 11th.
Coached by Bill Walsh (10-6-0)
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1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Joe Montana* | 29 | 6 | 15 | 303 for 494, 3,653 yards, 27 td, 13 int, & 42 rushes for 153 yards and 3 td | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1979 |
| RB | Wendell Tyler | 30 | 8 | 12 | 171 rushes for 867 yards, 6 td, & 20 catches for 154 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 79th pick / 1977 |
| FB | Roger Craig* | 25 | 2 | 16 | 214 rushes for 1,050 yards, 9 td, & 92 catches for 1,016 yards and 6 td | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1983 |
| WR | Dwight Clark | 28 | 6 | 14 | 54 catches for 705 yards, 10 td | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 249th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Freddie Solomon | 32 | 10 | 12 | 25 catches for 259 yards, 1 td, & 2 rushes for 4 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 36th pick / 1975 |
| TE | Russ Francis | 32 | 10 | 16 | 44 catches for 478 yards, 3 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1975 |
| LT | Bubba Paris | 25 | 2 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1982 |
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| LG | John Ayers | 32 | 8 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 223rd pick / 1976 |
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| C | Fred Quillan* | 29 | 7 | 15 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 175th pick / 1978 |
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| RG | Randy Cross | 31 | 9 | 15 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1976 |
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| RT | Keith Fahnhorst | 33 | 11 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1974 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jeff Stover | 27 | 3 | 12 | 10.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| NT | Michael Carter* | 25 | 1 | 9 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 121st pick / 1984 |
| NT | Manu Tuiasosopo | 28 | 6 | 7 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 18th pick / 1979 |
| RDE | Dwaine Board | 29 | 6 | 16 | 11.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 137th pick / 1979 |
| LOLB | Todd Shell | 23 | 1 | 13 | 4.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 24th pick / 1984 |
| LILB | Riki Ellison | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 117th pick / 1983 |
| RILB | Mike Walter | 25 | 2 | 14 | 3.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 50th pick / 1983 |
| ROLB | Keena Turner | 27 | 5 | 15 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1980 |
| LCB | Ronnie Lott | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1.5 sacks, 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1981 |
| LCB | Dwight Hicks | 29 | 6 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 6th / 150th pick / 1978 |
| RCB | Eric Wright*+ | 26 | 4 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1981 |
| SS | Carlton Williamson* | 27 | 4 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1981 |
| FS | Dwight Hicks | 29 | 6 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 6th / 150th pick / 1978 |
| FS | Ronnie Lott | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1.5 sacks, 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1981 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ray Wersching | 35 | 12 | 0 | 13 of 21 field goals & 52 of 53 extra points | |
| P | Max Runager | 29 | 6 | 0 | 86 punts for a 39.8 average, 1 blocked | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 211th pick / 1979 |
| PR | Dana McLemore | 25 | 3 | 0 | 38 punt returns for a 6.8 average and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 269th pick / 1982 |
| KR | Carl Monroe | 25 | 2 | 0 | 28 kick returns for a 25.6 average and 1 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| John Ayers | 32 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 258 | 6-5 | Texas,West Texas A&M | 4/14/1953 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 223rd pick / 1976 |
| Dwaine Board | 29 | DE | 16 | 16 | 248 | 6-5 | North Carolina A&T | 11/29/1956 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 137th pick / 1979 |
| Michael Carter* | 25 | NT | 12 | 9 | 285 | 6-2 | SMU | 10/29/1960 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 121st pick / 1984 |
| Matt Cavanaugh | 29 | QB | 16 | 1 | 212 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 10/27/1956 | 6 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 50th pick / 1978 |
| Dwight Clark | 28 | WR | 16 | 14 | 212 | 6-4 | Clemson | 1/8/1957 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 249th pick / 1979 |
| Bruce Collie | 23 | G-T | 16 | 0 | 275 | 6-6 | Texas-Arlington | 6/27/1962 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 140th pick / 1985 |
| Earl Cooper | 28 | RB-TE | 15 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Rice | 9/17/1957 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 13th pick / 1980 |
| Roger Craig* | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 222 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 7/10/1960 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1983 |
| Randy Cross | 31 | G-C | 15 | 15 | 259 | 6-3 | UCLA | 4/25/1954 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1976 |
| Fred Dean | 33 | DE | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 2/24/1952 | 10 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1975 |
| Riki Ellison | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 225 | 6-2 | USC | 8/15/1960 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 117th pick / 1983 |
| Jim Fahnhorst | 27 | LB | 15 | 2 | 230 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 11/8/1958 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 92nd pick / 1982 |
| Keith Fahnhorst | 33 | T | 16 | 16 | 273 | 6-6 | Minnesota | 2/6/1952 | 11 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1974 |
| Ron Ferrari | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 212 | 6-0 | Illinois,Lakeland | 7/30/1959 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 195th pick / 1982 |
| Russ Francis | 32 | TE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-6 | Oregon | 4/3/1953 | 10 | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1975 |
| John Frank | 23 | TE | 16 | 3 | 225 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 4/17/1962 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 56th pick / 1984 |
| Jeff Fuller | 23 | DB-LB | 16 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 8/8/1962 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 139th pick / 1984 |
| Scott Garnett | 23 | NT-DE | 3 | 0 | 271 | 6-2 | Washington | 12/3/1962 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 8th / 218th pick / 1984 |
| Derrick Harmon | 22 | RB | 15 | 3 | 202 | 5-10 | Cornell | 4/26/1963 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 248th pick / 1984 |
| John Harty | 27 | NT-DE | 7 | 3 | 260 | 6-4 | Iowa | 12/17/1958 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 36th pick / 1981 |
| Dwight Hicks | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-1 | Michigan | 4/5/1956 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 150th pick / 1978 |
| John Hill | 35 | C-T | 1 | 0 | 249 | 6-2 | Lehigh | 4/16/1950 | 13 | New York Giants / 6th / 132nd pick / 1972 |
| Gary Johnson | 33 | DT-DE-NT | 11 | 0 | 257 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 8/31/1952 | 10 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 8th pick / 1975 |
| Jim Kovach | 29 | LB | 4 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 5/1/1956 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 93rd pick / 1979 |
| Fulton Kuykendall | 32 | LB | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | UCLA | 6/10/1953 | 10 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 132nd pick / 1975 |
| Jim Leonard | 28 | G-C | 9 | 0 | 258 | 6-3 | Santa Clara | 10/19/1957 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 186th pick / 1980 |
| Ronnie Lott | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 6-0 | USC | 5/8/1959 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1981 |
| Milt McColl | 26 | LB | 16 | 4 | 248 | 6-6 | Stanford | 8/28/1959 | 4 | |
| Guy McIntyre | 24 | G | 15 | 2 | 275 | 6-3 | Georgia | 2/17/1961 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1984 |
| Dana McLemore | 25 | DB | 16 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Hawaii | 7/1/1960 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 269th pick / 1982 |
| Carl Monroe | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 166 | 5-8 | Utah | 2/20/1960 | 2 | |
| Joe Montana* | 29 | QB | 15 | 15 | 200 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/11/1956 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1979 |
| Tory Nixon | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Arizona State,San Diego State | 2/24/1962 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1985 |
| Bubba Paris | 25 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-6 | Michigan | 10/6/1960 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1982 |
| Fred Quillan* | 29 | C | 15 | 15 | 261 | 6-5 | Oregon | 1/27/1956 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 175th pick / 1978 |
| Jerry Rice | 23 | WR | 16 | 4 | 200 | 6-2 | Miss. Valley State | 10/13/1962 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick / 1985 |
| Bill Ring | 29 | RB | 10 | 0 | 208 | 5-10 | BYU | 12/13/1956 | 4 | |
| Max Runager | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 189 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 3/24/1956 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 211th pick / 1979 |
| Todd Shell | 23 | LB | 15 | 13 | 225 | 6-4 | BYU | 6/24/1962 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 24th pick / 1984 |
| Freddie Solomon | 32 | WR-QB-RB | 16 | 12 | 185 | 5-11 | Tampa | 1/11/1953 | 10 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 36th pick / 1975 |
| Jeff Stover | 27 | DE-DT | 16 | 12 | 275 | 6-5 | Oregon | 5/22/1958 | 3 | |
| Vince Stroth | 25 | T-G-TE | 1 | 0 | 267 | 6-4 | BYU | 11/25/1960 | Rook | |
| Jim Stuckey | 27 | DE | 15 | 1 | 251 | 6-4 | Clemson | 6/21/1958 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 20th pick / 1980 |
| Manu Tuiasosopo | 28 | DT-NT-DE | 15 | 7 | 255 | 6-3 | UCLA | 8/30/1957 | 6 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 18th pick / 1979 |
| Keena Turner | 27 | LB | 15 | 15 | 219 | 6-2 | Purdue | 10/22/1958 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1980 |
| Wendell Tyler | 30 | RB | 13 | 12 | 198 | 5-10 | UCLA | 5/20/1955 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 79th pick / 1977 |
| Mike Walter | 25 | LB | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-3 | Oregon | 11/30/1960 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 50th pick / 1983 |
| Ray Wersching | 35 | K | 16 | 0 | 213 | 5-11 | California | 8/21/1950 | 12 | |
| Carlton Williamson* | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 204 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 6/12/1958 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1981 |
| Mike Wilson | 27 | WR | 16 | 0 | 213 | 6-3 | Washington State | 12/19/1958 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 246th pick / 1981 |
| Eric Wright*+ | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 183 | 6-1 | Missouri | 4/18/1959 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1981 |
| Team Total | 27.5 | 16 | 230.2 | 6-2.2 | 4.7 |