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1986 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 10-5-1, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 374 points (23.4/g), 7th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 247 points (15.4/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 127 points (7.9/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 11.6-4.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +20 (1.2/g), 1st.

Coached by Bill Walsh (10-5-1)

1986 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box W 1-0 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 7 28 453 345 108 2 17 286 195 91 7
2 Sun September 14 box L 1-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 13 16 13 325 247 78 2 14 192 89 103
3 Sun September 21 box W 2-1 New Orleans Saints 26 17 30 461 325 136 1 10 229 110 119 1
4 Sun September 28 box W 3-1 @ Miami Dolphins 31 16 16 314 168 146 1 24 437 365 72 4
5 Sun October 5 box W 4-1 Indianapolis Colts 35 14 16 358 248 110 1 17 323 228 95 5
6 Sun October 12 box L 4-2 Minnesota Vikings 24 27 21 413 348 65 2 21 351 317 34 3
7 Sun October 19 box T 4-2-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 10 10 17 254 139 115 3 21 356 139 217 5
8 Sun October 26 box W 5-2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 31 17 16 222 130 92 3 29 464 312 152 4
9 Sun November 2 box L 5-3-1 @ New Orleans Saints 10 23 18 349 297 52 4 14 291 137 154 1
10 Sun November 9 box W 6-3-1 St. Louis Cardinals 43 17 23 460 296 164 1 22 364 269 95 4
11 Mon November 17 box L 6-4-1 @ Washington Redskins 6 14 24 501 418 83 4 20 266 130 136 2
12 Sun November 23 box W 7-4-1 Atlanta Falcons 20 0 21 365 210 155 12 229 154 75 1
13 Mon December 1 box L 7-5-1 New York Giants 17 21 26 367 251 116 1 20 397 384 13 3
14 Sun December 7 box W 8-5-1 New York Jets 24 10 27 432 234 198 1 16 199 161 38 3
15 Sun December 14 box W 9-5-1 @ New England Patriots 29 24 23 400 202 198 1 16 267 207 60 3
16 Fri December 19 box W 10-5-1 Los Angeles Rams 24 14 27 408 238 170 2 12 229 128 101 3
Playoffs
Division Sun January 4 box L 10-6-1 @ New York Giants 3 49

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 374 6082 1118 5.4 346 353 582 4096 21 20 6.7 213 510 1986 16 3.9 114 29 9 19
Team Defense 247 4880 1061 4.6 473 324 604 3325 18 39 5.1 169 406 1555 8 3.8 285 49 10 19
Lg Rank Offense 7 3 3 4 2 13 12 4 8 10 10 15 5 1
Lg Rank Defense 3 6 10 28 17 8 1 2 2 3 2 15 1 26

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Joe Montana 30 QB 8 8 191 307 62.2 2236 8 2.6 9 2.9 48 7.3 6.2 11.7 279.5 80.7 12 95 6.7 5.7 3.8
Jeff Kemp 27 qb 10 6 119 200 59.5 1554 11 5.5 8 4.0 66 7.8 6.5 13.1 155.4 85.7 8 56 7.2 6.0 3.8
Mike Moroski 29 15 2 42 73 57.5 493 2 2.7 3 4.1 52 6.8 5.2 11.7 32.9 70.2 6 52 5.6 4.1 7.6
Jerry Rice*+ 24 WR 16 15 1 2 50.0 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 8.0 8.0 16.0 1.0 77.1 0 0 8.0 8.0 0.0
Team Total 27.2 16 353 582 60.7 4299 21 3.6 20 3.4 66 7.4 6.2 12.2 268.7 81.1 26 203 6.7 5.6 4.3
Opp Total 16 324 604 53.6 3325 18 3.0 39 6.5 5.5 2.9 10.3 207.8 52.8 51 448 5.1 2.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Roger Craig 26 FB 16 15 204 830 7 25 4.1 51.9 12.8 81 624 7.7 0 48 5.1 39.0 1454 7 4
Joe Cribbs 28 RB 14 10 152 590 5 19 3.9 42.1 10.9 35 346 9.9 0 33 2.5 24.7 936 5 5
Tom Rathman 24 16 1 33 138 1 29 4.2 8.6 2.1 13 121 9.3 0 14 0.8 7.6 259 1 0
Wendell Tyler 31 5 2 31 127 0 14 4.1 25.4 6.2 127 0 1
Derrick Harmon 23 8 2 27 77 1 15 2.9 9.6 3.4 8 78 9.8 0 15 1.0 9.8 155 1 1
Joe Montana 30 QB 8 8 17 38 0 17 2.2 4.8 2.1 38 0 3
Jeff Kemp 27 qb 10 6 15 49 0 12 3.3 4.9 1.5 49 0 3
Tony Cherry 23 5 0 11 42 0 10 3.8 8.4 2.2 42 0 2
Jerry Rice*+ 24 WR 16 15 10 72 1 18 7.2 4.5 0.6 86 1570 18.3 15 66 5.4 98.1 1642 16 2
Mike Moroski 29 15 2 6 22 1 12 3.7 1.5 0.4 22 1 3
Bill Ring 30 7 0 3 4 0 4 1.3 0.6 0.4 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 1.1 12 0 0
John Frank 24 te 16 6 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.2 0.1 9 61 6.8 2 17 0.6 3.8 58 2 0
Dwight Clark 29 WR 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 61 794 13.0 2 45 3.8 49.6 794 2 0
Russ Francis 33 TE 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 505 12.3 1 52 2.6 31.6 505 1 0
Mike Wilson 28 11 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 104 11.6 1 18 0.8 9.5 104 1 0
Derrick Crawford 26 RET 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 70 14.0 0 42 0.5 7.0 70 0 1
Ken Margerum 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 12 6.0 0 6 0.4 2.4 12 0 0
Carl Monroe 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 6 3.0 0 5 0.4 1.2 6 0 1
Team Total 27.2 16 510 1986 16 29 3.9 124.1 31.9 353 4299 12.2 21 66 22.1 268.7 6285 37 32
Opp Total 16 406 1555 8 3.8 97.2 25.4 324 3325 10.3 18 20.3 207.8 4880 26 31

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Don Griffin 22 RCB 16 15 38 377 1 76 9.9 5 97 0 28 19.4 474
Derrick Crawford 26 RET 10 0 4 15 0 9 3.8 15 280 0 34 18.7 365
Carl Monroe 26 5 0 8 139 0 25 17.4 145
Derrick Harmon 23 8 2 4 82 0 27 20.5 237
Tom Rathman 24 16 1 3 66 0 22 22.0 325
Tony Cherry 23 5 0 2 29 0 17 14.5 71
John Frank 24 te 16 6 2 24 0 16 12.0 82
Tim McKyer 23 LCB 16 16 1 5 0 5 5.0 1 15 0 15 15.0 20
Bill Ring 30 7 0 1 15 0 13 15.0 27
Mike Wilson 28 11 1 1 10 0 10 10.0 114
Team Total 27.2 16 43 397 1 76 9.2 42 757 0 34 18.0 7439
Opp Total 16 49 0 71 1598 1 22.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Max Runager 30 P 16 0 83 3450 62 2 41.6
Ray Wersching 36 K 16 0 6 6 18 14 9 4 2 1 35 25 71.4% 42 41 97.6%
Team Total 27.2 16 6 6 18 14 9 4 2 1 35 25 71.4% 42 41 97.6% 83 3450 62 2 41.6
Opp Total 16 25 15 60.0% 29 28 96.6% 91 3767 41.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Charles Haley 22 16 1 12.0 1 8 0 8 4 1 2 3 0 59
Ronnie Lott*+ 27 FS 14 14 2.0 10 134 1 57 3 0 0 0 0 77
Jeff Stover 28 LDE 15 6 11.0
Dwaine Board 30 RDE 16 15 8.0 0 2 16 0
Jeff Fuller 24 6 0 2.5 4 44 0 26 2 1 0 0
Don Griffin 22 RCB 16 15 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 72
Larry Roberts 23 16 2 5.5 0 1 0 0
Joe Cribbs 28 RB 14 10 5 1 0 0
Tom Holmoe 26 16 2 3 149 2 78 0 3 0 0
Tim McKyer 23 LCB 16 16 6 33 1 21 52
Roger Craig 26 FB 16 15 4 1 0 0
Jim Fahnhorst 28 RILB 16 14 1.0 4 52 0 46
Jerry Rice*+ 24 WR 16 15 2 3 0 0
Tony Cherry 23 5 0 2 2 0 0
Jeff Kemp 27 qb 10 6 3 1 -3 0
Tory Nixon 24 16 0 2 106 1 88 0 2 0 0
Keena Turner 28 ROLB 16 16 3.0 1 9 0 9
Carlton Williamson 28 SS 16 16 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
Joe Montana 30 QB 8 8 3 0 0 0
Mike Moroski 29 15 2 3 0 0 0
Michael Carter 26 NT 15 13 2.0
Dwight Clark 29 WR 16 14 0 2 0 0
Derrick Crawford 26 RET 10 0 1 1 0 0
Derrick Harmon 23 8 2 1 1 0 0
Milt McColl 27 LOLB 16 15 2.0
Carl Monroe 26 5 0 1 1 0 0
Mike Walter 26 16 2 1.0 0 1 0 0
Tom Cousineau 29 5 0 1 18 0 18
Randy Cross 32 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Riki Ellison 26 LILB 16 16 0 1 0 0
Bubba Paris 26 LT 10 9 0 1 0 0
Manu Tuiasosopo 29 nt 15 7 1 22 0 22
Wendell Tyler 31 5 2 1 0 0 0
Mike Wilson 28 11 1 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 51.0 39 578 5 88 7 32 32 16 0 260
Opp Total 16 26 31 21

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ray Wersching 36 K 16 0 41 25 116
Jerry Rice*+ 24 WR 16 15 1 15 96
Roger Craig 26 FB 16 15 7 42
Joe Cribbs 28 RB 14 10 5 30
Dwight Clark 29 WR 16 14 2 12
John Frank 24 te 16 6 2 12
Tom Holmoe 26 16 2 2 12
Russ Francis 33 TE 16 14 1 6
Don Griffin 22 RCB 16 15 1 6
Derrick Harmon 23 8 2 1 6
Ronnie Lott*+ 27 FS 14 14 1 6
Tim McKyer 23 LCB 16 16 1 6
Mike Moroski 29 15 2 1 6
Tory Nixon 24 16 0 1 6
Tom Rathman 24 16 1 1 6
Mike Wilson 28 11 1 1 6
Team Total 27.2 16 16 21 1 5 41 25 374
Opp Total 16 8 18 1 28 15 247