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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)
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1991 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 | 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 |
| QB | Steve Bono | 29 | 6 | 6 | 141 for 237, 1,617 yards, 11 td, 4 int, & 17 rushes for 46 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 142nd pick / 1985 |
| RB | Dexter Carter | 24 | 1 | 14 | 85 rushes for 379 yards, 2 td, & 23 catches for 253 yards 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 |
| WR | John Taylor | 29 | 4 | 16 | 64 catches for 1,011 yards, 9 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 |
| TE | Jamie Williams | 31 | 8 | 7 | 22 catches for 235 yards, 1 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1983 |
| LT | Steve Wallace | 27 | 5 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 101st pick / 1986 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| RDE | Larry Roberts | 28 | 5 | 9 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1986 |
| RDE | Kevin Fagan | 28 | 4 | 7 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 102nd 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 |
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| 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 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Harris Barton | 27 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 286 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 4/19/1964 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1987 |
| Sanjay Beach | 25 | WR | 16 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | Colorado State | 2/21/1966 | 2 | |
| Steve Bono | 29 | QB | 9 | 6 | 215 | 6-4 | UCLA | 5/11/1962 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 142nd pick / 1985 |
| Todd Bowles | 28 | DB | 16 | 14 | 203 | 6-2 | Temple | 11/18/1963 | 5 | |
| Dennis Brown | 24 | DE | 16 | 4 | 290 | 6-4 | Washington | 11/6/1967 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 47th pick / 1990 |
| Jim Burt | 32 | NT-DT | 4 | 1 | 260 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 6/7/1959 | 10 | |
| Dean Caliguire | 24 | G-C | 2 | 0 | 280 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 3/2/1967 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 92nd pick / 1990 |
| Dexter Carter | 24 | RB | 16 | 14 | 170 | 5-9 | Florida State | 9/15/1967 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 25th pick / 1990 |
| Michael Carter | 31 | NT | 15 | 15 | 285 | 6-2 | SMU | 10/29/1960 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 121st pick / 1984 |
| Mike Cofer | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 2/19/1964 | 4 | |
| Greg Cox | 26 | DB | 11 | 0 | 223 | 6-0 | San Jose State | 1/6/1965 | 3 | |
| Eric Davis | 23 | DB | 2 | 2 | 185 | 5-11 | Jacksonville State | 1/26/1968 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1990 |
| Keith DeLong | 24 | LB | 15 | 14 | 245 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 8/14/1967 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 28th pick / 1989 |
| Mitch Donahue | 23 | LB | 13 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 2/4/1968 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 95th pick / 1991 |
| Kevin Fagan | 28 | DE | 8 | 7 | 260 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 4/25/1963 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 102nd pick / 1986 |
| Roy Foster | 31 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 282 | 6-4 | USC | 5/24/1960 | 9 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 24th pick / 1982 |
| Antonio Goss | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 8/11/1966 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 12th / 319th pick / 1989 |
| Don Griffin | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 176 | 6-0 | Middle Tenn. State | 3/17/1964 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 162nd pick / 1986 |
| Charles Haley* | 27 | DE-LB | 14 | 14 | 252 | 6-5 | James Madison | 1/6/1964 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 96th pick / 1986 |
| Merton Hanks | 23 | DB | 13 | 8 | 185 | 6-2 | Iowa | 3/12/1968 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 122nd pick / 1991 |
| Tim Harris | 27 | LB-DE | 11 | 4 | 260 | 6-6 | Memphis | 9/10/1964 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 84th pick / 1986 |
| Keith Henderson | 25 | RB | 14 | 1 | 220 | 6-1 | Georgia | 8/4/1966 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1989 |
| Pierce Holt | 29 | DE-DT | 13 | 11 | 275 | 6-4 | Angelo State (TX) | 1/1/1962 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1988 |
| Johnnie Jackson | 24 | DB | 16 | 4 | 204 | 6-1 | Houston | 1/11/1967 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 122nd pick / 1989 |
| Greg Joelson | 25 | DE | 4 | 0 | 270 | 6-3 | Arizona State,Willamette | 8/22/1966 | Rook | |
| John Johnson | 23 | LB | 9 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Clemson | 5/8/1968 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1991 |
| Brent Jones | 28 | TE | 10 | 9 | 230 | 6-4 | Santa Clara | 2/12/1963 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 135th pick / 1986 |
| Darin Jordan | 27 | LB-DE | 15 | 4 | 242 | 6-1 | Northeastern | 12/4/1964 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 121st pick / 1988 |
| Mark Lee | 33 | DB | 5 | 4 | 187 | 5-11 | Washington | 3/20/1958 | 11 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1980 |
| Kevin Lewis | 25 | DB | 16 | 3 | 173 | 5-11 | Northwest State (LA) | 11/14/1966 | 1 | |
| Guy McIntyre* | 30 | G | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-3 | Georgia | 2/17/1961 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1984 |
| Ralf Mojsiejenko | 28 | P | 5 | 0 | 209 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 1/28/1963 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 96th pick / 1985 |
| Bill Musgrave | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 199 | 6-2 | Oregon | 11/11/1967 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 106th pick / 1991 |
| Tom Neville | 30 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 300 | 6-5 | Fresno State,Weber State | 9/4/1961 | 5 | |
| Frank Pollack | 24 | T-G | 15 | 0 | 285 | 6-5 | Northern Arizona | 11/5/1967 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 165th pick / 1990 |
| Joe Prokop | 31 | P | 11 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Cal Poly-Pomona,Minnesota | 7/7/1960 | 6 | |
| Tom Rathman | 29 | RB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 10/7/1962 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1986 |
| Jerry Rice* | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-2 | Miss. Valley State | 10/13/1962 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick / 1985 |
| Larry Roberts | 28 | DE | 16 | 9 | 270 | 6-3 | Alabama | 6/2/1963 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1986 |
| Bill Romanowski | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-4 | Boston College | 4/2/1966 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 80th pick / 1988 |
| Jesse Sapolu | 30 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 271 | 6-4 | Hawaii | 3/10/1961 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 289th pick / 1983 |
| Mike Sherrard | 28 | WR | 16 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | UCLA | 6/21/1963 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 18th pick / 1986 |
| Harry Sydney | 32 | RB | 16 | 0 | 217 | 6-0 | Kansas | 6/26/1959 | 4 | |
| John Taylor | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 185 | 6-1 | Delaware State | 3/31/1962 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 76th pick / 1986 |
| Chuck Thomas | 31 | C | 12 | 0 | 277 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 12/24/1960 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 199th pick / 1985 |
| Spencer Tillman | 27 | RB | 16 | 0 | 206 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 4/21/1964 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 133rd pick / 1987 |
| Steve Wallace | 27 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-4 | Auburn | 12/27/1964 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 101st pick / 1986 |
| Wesley Walls | 25 | TE | 15 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 2/26/1966 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 56th pick / 1989 |
| Mike Walter | 31 | LB | 11 | 11 | 240 | 6-3 | Oregon | 11/30/1960 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 50th pick / 1983 |
| Ted Washington | 23 | NT-DT | 16 | 0 | 365 | 6-5 | Louisville | 4/13/1968 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 25th pick / 1991 |
| Dave Waymer | 33 | DB | 16 | 15 | 195 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 7/1/1958 | 11 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 41st pick / 1980 |
| Dave Whitmore | 24 | DB | 11 | 0 | 232 | 6-0 | Stephen F. Austin | 7/6/1967 | 1 | New York Giants / 4th / 107th pick / 1990 |
| Jamie Williams | 31 | TE | 16 | 7 | 240 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 2/25/1960 | 8 | New York Giants / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1983 |
| Steve Young | 30 | QB | 11 | 10 | 215 | 6-2 | BYU | 10/11/1961 | 6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1984 Supp |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 236.3 | 6-2.2 | 4.0 |