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1991 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 393 points (24.6/g), 3rd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 239 points (14.9/g), 4th.
 Differential of 154 points (9.6/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 12.2-3.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 19th.

Coached by George Seifert (10-6-0)

1991 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 Mon September 2 box L 0-1 @ New York Giants 14 16 14 258 152 106 2 17 331 201 130
2 Sun September 8 box W 1-1 San Diego Chargers 34 14 24 458 344 114 1 19 326 170 156 4
3 Sun September 15 box L 1-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 14 17 20 355 265 90 2 17 299 179 120 1
4 Sun September 22 box W 2-2 Los Angeles Rams 27 10 20 422 273 149 1 15 272 208 64 1
5 Sun September 29 box L 2-3 @ Los Angeles Raiders 6 12 17 339 213 126 2 18 220 127 93 1
6 Bye Week
7 Sun October 13 box L 2-4 Atlanta Falcons 34 39 24 437 343 94 4 19 368 208 160
8 Sun October 20 box W 3-4 Detroit Lions 35 3 29 505 272 233 1 10 207 183 24 2
9 Sun October 27 box W 4-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 23 7 14 222 85 137 1 16 235 206 29 5
10 Sun November 3 box L 4-5 @ Atlanta Falcons 14 17 19 396 267 129 3 11 202 127 75 1
11 Sun November 10 box L 4-6 @ New Orleans Saints 3 10 15 216 102 114 3 10 191 109 82 1
12 Sun November 17 box W 5-6 Phoenix Cardinals 14 10 22 257 169 88 1 13 176 112 64
13 Mon November 25 box W 6-6 @ Los Angeles Rams 33 10 23 387 306 81 1 18 320 285 35 2
14 Sun December 1 box W 7-6 New Orleans Saints 38 24 22 383 343 40 2 22 415 317 98 3
15 Sun December 8 box W 8-6 @ Seattle Seahawks 24 22 19 329 261 68 5 17 278 128 150 2
16 Sat December 14 box W 9-6 Kansas City Chiefs 28 14 24 408 231 177 1 17 310 173 137 2
17 Mon December 23 box W 10-6 Chicago Bears 52 14 30 486 371 115 1 21 404 309 95 3

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 393 5858 986 5.9 336 325 522 3997 29 12 7.3 197 440 1861 19 4.2 112 31 19 27
Team Defense 239 4554 929 4.9 434 267 499 3042 16 12 5.7 155 399 1512 8 3.8 260 28 16 19
Lg Rank Offense 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 2 15 11 2 7 14 24
Lg Rank Defense 4 6 8 12 11 7 22 10 6 5 5 9 20 11

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%
Steve Young 30 QB 11 10 180 279 64.5 2517 17 6.1 8 2.9 97 9.0 8.3 14.0 228.8 101.8 13 79 8.3 7.7 4.5
Steve Bono 29 qb 9 6 141 237 59.5 1617 11 4.6 4 1.7 78 6.8 6.5 11.5 179.7 88.5 11 91 6.2 5.9 4.4
Bill Musgrave 24 1 0 4 5 80.0 33 1 20.0 0 0.0 15 6.6 8.6 8.3 33.0 133.7 0 0 6.6 8.6 0.0
Harry Sydney 32 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.3 16 325 522 62.3 4167 29 5.6 12 2.3 97 8.0 7.5 12.8 260.4 96.2 24 170 7.3 6.9 4.4
Opp Total 16 267 499 53.5 3042 16 3.2 12 2.4 6.1 5.3 11.4 190.1 72.7 31 212 5.7 4.6

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
Keith Henderson 25 14 1 137 561 2 25 4.1 40.1 9.8 30 303 10.1 0 23 2.1 21.6 864 2 4
Dexter Carter 24 RB 16 14 85 379 2 53 4.5 23.7 5.3 23 253 11.0 1 26 1.4 15.8 632 3 5
Steve Young 30 QB 11 10 66 415 4 21 6.3 37.7 6.0 415 4 3
Tom Rathman 29 FB 16 16 63 183 6 16 2.9 11.4 3.9 34 286 8.4 0 32 2.1 17.9 469 6 2
Harry Sydney 32 16 0 57 245 5 32 4.3 15.3 3.6 13 90 6.9 2 19 0.8 5.6 335 7 3
Steve Bono 29 qb 9 6 17 46 0 18 2.7 5.1 1.9 46 0 7
Spencer Tillman 27 16 0 13 40 0 8 3.1 2.5 0.8 2 3 1.5 0 3 0.1 0.2 43 0 2
Jerry Rice* 29 WR 16 16 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 80 1206 15.1 14 73 5.0 75.4 1208 14 1
Joe Prokop 31 P 11 0 1 -10 0 -10 -10.0 -0.9 0.1 -10 0 1
John Taylor 29 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 64 1011 15.8 9 97 4.0 63.2 1011 9 1
Brent Jones 28 TE 10 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 417 15.4 0 41 2.7 41.7 417 0 2
Mike Sherrard 28 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 296 12.3 2 31 1.5 18.5 296 2 0
Jamie Williams 31 te 16 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 235 10.7 1 21 1.4 14.7 235 1 0
Sanjay Beach 25 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 43 10.8 0 20 0.3 2.7 43 0 1
Wesley Walls 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 24 12.0 0 21 0.1 1.6 24 0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 440 1861 19 53 4.2 116.3 27.5 325 4167 12.8 29 97 20.3 260.4 6028 48 33
Opp Total 16 399 1512 8 3.8 94.5 24.9 267 3042 11.4 16 16.7 190.1 4554 24 32

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
Dexter Carter 24 RB 16 14 37 839 1 98 22.7 1471
John Taylor 29 WR 16 16 31 267 0 24 8.6 1278
Sanjay Beach 25 16 0 10 53 0 15 5.3 2 37 0 23 18.5 133
Spencer Tillman 27 16 0 9 132 0 33 14.7 175
Kevin Lewis 25 16 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Harry Sydney 32 16 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 348
Dave Whitmore 24 11 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Team Total 27.3 16 42 320 0 24 7.6 50 1028 1 98 20.6 7376
Opp Total 16 30 0 66 1288 1 19.5

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
Mike Cofer 27 K 16 0 5 5 10 3 10 4 3 2 28 14 50.0% 50 49 98.0%
Joe Prokop 31 P 11 0 40 1541 58 0 38.5
Ralf Mojsiejenko 28 5 0 16 656 55 0 41.0
Team Total 27.3 16 5 5 10 3 10 4 3 2 28 14 50.0% 50 49 98.0% 56 2197 58 0 39.2
Opp Total 16 25 22 88.0% 25 23 92.0% 82 3362 41.0

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* 27 LOLB 14 14 7.0 2 0 1 3 0 53
Steve Bono 29 qb 9 6 7 0 -8 0
Larry Roberts 28 RDE 16 9 7.0
Dave Waymer 33 SS 16 15 1.0 4 77 0 42 0 2 3 0
Dexter Carter 24 RB 16 14 5 1 0 0
Don Griffin 27 RCB 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 99 1 57
Tim Harris 27 11 4 3.0 0 0 1 0 0 34
Keith Henderson 25 14 1 4 0 0 0
Tom Rathman 29 FB 16 16 2 2 0 0
Bill Romanowski 25 ROLB 16 16 1.0 1 7 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 76
Harry Sydney 32 16 0 3 1 0 0
Steve Young 30 QB 11 10 3 1 -6 0
Todd Bowles 28 FS 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dennis Brown 24 16 4 3.0 38
Pierce Holt 29 LDE 13 11 3.0 44
Johnnie Jackson 24 16 4 1 11 0 11 0 2 49 0
Brent Jones 28 TE 10 9 2 1 0 0
Kevin Lewis 25 16 3 2 20 0 20 1 0 0 0
Spencer Tillman 27 16 0 2 1 0 0
Keith DeLong 24 LILB 15 14 1.0 0 1 0 0
Kevin Fagan 28 rde 8 7 2.0
Merton Hanks 23 LCB 13 8 1 0 2 0 0 37
Dave Whitmore 24 11 0 1.0 1 5 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 83
Harris Barton 27 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Sanjay Beach 25 16 0 1 0 0 0
Roy Foster 31 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Mark Lee 33 5 4 1 5 0 5
Guy McIntyre* 30 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Joe Prokop 31 P 11 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Rice* 29 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
John Taylor 29 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Ted Washington 23 16 0 1.0 21
Team Total 27.3 16 30.0 12 125 0 42 7 33 26 140 1 479 1
Opp Total 16 24 32 16

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
Mike Cofer 27 K 16 0 49 14 91
Jerry Rice* 29 WR 16 16 14 84
John Taylor 29 WR 16 16 9 54
Harry Sydney 32 16 0 5 2 42
Tom Rathman 29 FB 16 16 6 36
Dexter Carter 24 RB 16 14 2 1 1 24
Steve Young 30 QB 11 10 4 24
Keith Henderson 25 14 1 2 12
Mike Sherrard 28 16 0 2 12
Don Griffin 27 RCB 16 16 1 6
Jamie Williams 31 te 16 7 1 6
Darin Jordan 27 15 4 1 2
Team Total 27.3 16 19 29 1 1 49 14 1 393
Opp Total 16 8 16 1 23 22 239