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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.
Simple Rating System: Total 10.9, Offense: 6.6, Defense: 4.3, SoS: 1.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
George Seifert
Offensive Coordinator: Mike Holmgren
Defensive Coordinator: Bill McPherson
Training Camp: Sierra College (Rocklin, California)
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| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Steve Young | 30 | 6 | 10 | 180 for 279, 2,517 yards, 17 td, 8 int, & 66 rushes for 415 yards and 4 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1984 Supp |
| KR | Dexter Carter | 24 | 1 | 14 | 37 kick returns for a 22.7 average and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 25th pick / 1990 |
| FB | Tom Rathman | 29 | 5 | 16 | 63 rushes for 183 yards, 6 td, & 34 catches for 286 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1986 |
| WR | Jerry Rice* | 29 | 6 | 16 | 80 catches for 1,206 yards, 14 td, & 1 rush for 2 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick / 1985 |
| PR | John Taylor | 29 | 4 | 16 | 31 punt returns for a 8.6 average and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 76th pick / 1986 |
| TE | Brent Jones | 28 | 4 | 9 | 27 catches for 417 yards, 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 135th pick / 1986 |
| LT | Steve Wallace | 27 | 5 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 101st pick / 1986 | |
| LG | Guy McIntyre* | 30 | 7 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1984 |
| C | Jesse Sapolu | 30 | 8 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 289th pick / 1983 | |
| RG | Roy Foster | 31 | 9 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 24th pick / 1982 |
| RT | Harris Barton | 27 | 4 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1987 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Pierce Holt | 29 | 3 | 11 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1988 |
| NT | Michael Carter | 31 | 7 | 15 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 121st pick / 1984 | |
| RDE | Larry Roberts | 28 | 5 | 9 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1986 |
| LOLB | Charles Haley* | 27 | 5 | 14 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 96th pick / 1986 |
| LILB | Keith DeLong | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 28th pick / 1989 |
| RILB | Mike Walter | 31 | 8 | 11 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 50th pick / 1983 | |
| ROLB | Bill Romanowski | 25 | 3 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 80th pick / 1988 |
| LCB | Merton Hanks | 23 | Rook | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 122nd pick / 1991 |
| RCB | Don Griffin | 27 | 5 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 162nd pick / 1986 |
| SS | Dave Waymer | 33 | 11 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 41st pick / 1980 |
| FS | Todd Bowles | 28 | 5 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Mike Cofer | 27 | 4 | 0 | 14 of 28 field goals & 49 of 50 extra points | |
| P | Joe Prokop | 31 | 6 | 0 | 40 punts for a 38.5 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | John Taylor | 29 | 4 | 16 | 31 punt returns for a 8.6 average and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 76th pick / 1986 |
| KR | Dexter Carter | 24 | 1 | 14 | 37 kick returns for a 22.7 average and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 25th pick / 1990 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Harris Barton | 27 | RT | 16 | 16 | 286 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 4/19/1964 | 4 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1987 |
| 86 | Sanjay Beach | 25 | 16 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | Colorado St. | 2/21/1966 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Steve Bono | 29 | qb | 9 | 6 | 215 | 6-4 | UCLA | 5/11/1962 | 6 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 142nd pick / 1985 |
| 22 | Todd Bowles | 28 | FS | 16 | 14 | 203 | 6-2 | Temple | 11/18/1963 | 5 | 7 | |
| 96 | Dennis Brown | 24 | de | 16 | 4 | 290 | 6-4 | Washington | 11/6/1967 | 1 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 47th pick / 1990 |
| 64 | Jim Burt | 32 | nt | 4 | 1 | 260 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 6/7/1959 | 10 | 1 | |
| 64 | Dean Caliguire | 24 | 2 | 0 | 280 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 3/2/1967 | Rook | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 92nd pick / 1990 | |
| 35 | Dexter Carter | 24 | KR | 16 | 14 | 170 | 5-9 | Florida St. | 9/15/1967 | 1 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 25th pick / 1990 |
| 95 | Michael Carter | 31 | NT | 15 | 15 | 285 | 6-2 | SMU | 10/29/1960 | 7 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 121st pick / 1984 |
| 6 | Mike Cofer | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | North Carolina St. | 2/19/1964 | 4 | 0 | |
| 38 | Greg Cox | 26 | 11 | 0 | 223 | 6-0 | San Jose St. | 1/6/1965 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 25 | Eric Davis | 23 | db | 2 | 2 | 185 | 5-11 | Jacksonville St. | 1/26/1968 | 1 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1990 |
| 59 | Keith DeLong | 24 | LILB | 15 | 14 | 245 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 8/14/1967 | 2 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 28th pick / 1989 |
| 54 | Mitch Donahue | 23 | 13 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 2/4/1968 | Rook | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 95th pick / 1991 | |
| 75 | Kevin Fagan | 28 | rde | 8 | 7 | 260 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 4/25/1963 | 4 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 102nd pick / 1986 |
| 67 | Roy Foster | 31 | RG | 16 | 16 | 282 | 6-4 | USC | 5/24/1960 | 9 | 9 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 24th pick / 1982 |
| 98 | Antonio Goss | 25 | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 8/11/1966 | 2 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 12th / 319th pick / 1989 | |
| 29 | Don Griffin | 27 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 176 | 6-0 | Middle Tenn. St. | 3/17/1964 | 5 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 162nd pick / 1986 |
| 94 | Charles Haley* | 27 | LOLB | 14 | 14 | 252 | 6-5 | James Madison | 1/6/1964 | 5 | 12 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 96th pick / 1986 |
| 36 | Merton Hanks | 23 | LCB | 13 | 8 | 185 | 6-2 | Iowa | 3/12/1968 | Rook | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 122nd pick / 1991 |
| 92 | Tim Harris | 27 | lb | 11 | 4 | 260 | 6-6 | Memphis | 9/10/1964 | 5 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 84th pick / 1986 |
| 30 | Keith Henderson | 25 | rb | 14 | 1 | 220 | 6-1 | Georgia | 8/4/1966 | 2 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1989 |
| 78 | Pierce Holt | 29 | LDE | 13 | 11 | 275 | 6-4 | Angelo State (TX) | 1/1/1962 | 3 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1988 |
| 40 | Johnnie Jackson | 24 | db | 16 | 4 | 204 | 6-1 | Houston | 1/11/1967 | 2 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 122nd pick / 1989 |
| 93 | Greg Joelson | 25 | 4 | 0 | 270 | 6-3 | Willamette,Arizona St. | 8/22/1966 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 55 | John Johnson | 23 | 9 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Clemson | 5/8/1968 | Rook | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1991 | |
| 84 | Brent Jones | 28 | TE | 10 | 9 | 230 | 6-4 | Santa Clara | 2/12/1963 | 4 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 135th pick / 1986 |
| 90 | Darin Jordan | 27 | lb | 15 | 4 | 242 | 6-1 | Northeastern | 12/4/1964 | 3 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 121st pick / 1988 |
| 27 | Mark Lee | 33 | db | 5 | 4 | 187 | 5-11 | Washington | 3/20/1958 | 11 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1980 |
| 45 | Kevin Lewis | 25 | db | 16 | 3 | 173 | 5-11 | NW State (LA) | 11/14/1966 | 1 | 3 | |
| 62 | Guy McIntyre* | 30 | LG | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-3 | Georgia | 2/17/1961 | 7 | 12 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1984 |
| 2 | Ralf Mojsiejenko | 28 | 5 | 0 | 209 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 1/28/1963 | 6 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 96th pick / 1985 | |
| 14 | Bill Musgrave | 24 | 1 | 0 | 199 | 6-2 | Oregon | 11/11/1967 | Rook | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 106th pick / 1991 | |
| 69 | Tom Neville | 30 | 12 | 0 | 300 | 6-5 | Weber St.,Fresno St. | 9/4/1961 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 72 | Frank Pollack | 24 | 15 | 0 | 285 | 6-5 | Northern Arizona | 11/5/1967 | 1 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 165th pick / 1990 | |
| 4 | Joe Prokop | 31 | P | 11 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Minnesota,Cal Poly-Pomona | 7/7/1960 | 6 | 1 | |
| 44 | Tom Rathman | 29 | FB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 10/7/1962 | 5 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1986 |
| 80 | Jerry Rice* | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-2 | Miss. Valley St. | 10/13/1962 | 6 | 13 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick / 1985 |
| 91 | Larry Roberts | 28 | RDE | 16 | 9 | 270 | 6-3 | Alabama | 6/2/1963 | 5 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1986 |
| 53 | Bill Romanowski | 25 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-4 | Boston Col. | 4/2/1966 | 3 | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 80th pick / 1988 |
| 61 | Jesse Sapolu | 30 | C | 16 | 16 | 271 | 6-4 | Hawaii | 3/10/1961 | 8 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 289th pick / 1983 |
| 88 | Mike Sherrard | 28 | 16 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | UCLA | 6/21/1963 | 5 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 18th pick / 1986 | |
| 24 | Harry Sydney | 32 | 16 | 0 | 217 | 6-0 | Kansas | 6/26/1959 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 82 | John Taylor | 29 | PR | 16 | 16 | 185 | 6-1 | Delaware St. | 3/31/1962 | 4 | 11 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 76th pick / 1986 |
| 60 | Chuck Thomas | 31 | 12 | 0 | 277 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 12/24/1960 | 6 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 199th pick / 1985 | |
| 23 | Spencer Tillman | 27 | 16 | 0 | 206 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 4/21/1964 | 4 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 133rd pick / 1987 | |
| 74 | Steve Wallace | 27 | LT | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-4 | Auburn | 12/27/1964 | 5 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 101st pick / 1986 |
| 89 | Wesley Walls | 25 | 15 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 2/26/1966 | 2 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 56th pick / 1989 | |
| 99 | Mike Walter | 31 | RILB | 11 | 11 | 240 | 6-3 | Oregon | 11/30/1960 | 8 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 50th pick / 1983 |
| 97 | Ted Washington | 23 | 16 | 0 | 365 | 6-5 | Louisville | 4/13/1968 | Rook | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 25th pick / 1991 | |
| 43 | Dave Waymer | 33 | SS | 16 | 15 | 195 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 7/1/1958 | 11 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 41st pick / 1980 |
| 41 | Dave Whitmore | 24 | 11 | 0 | 232 | 6-0 | S.F. Austin | 7/6/1967 | 1 | 1 | New York Giants / 4th / 107th pick / 1990 | |
| 81 | Jamie Williams | 31 | te | 16 | 7 | 240 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 2/25/1960 | 8 | 5 | New York Giants / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1983 |
| 8 | Steve Young | 30 | QB | 11 | 10 | 215 | 6-2 | BYU | 10/11/1961 | 6 | 14 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1984 Supp |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 236.3 | 6-2.2 | 4.0 |