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Record: 14-2-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 431 points (26.9/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 236 points (14.8/g), 3rd.
Differential of 195 points (12.2/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 12.9-3.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 7th.
Simple Rating System: Total 11.8, Offense: 7.3, Defense: 4.5, SoS: -0.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
George Seifert
Offensive Coordinator: Mike Shanahan
Defensive Coordinator: Bill McPherson
Training Camp: Sierra College (Rocklin, California)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 431 | 6195 | 994 | 6.2 | 344 | 319 | 480 | 3880 | 29 | 9 | 7.6 | 192 | 482 | 2315 | 22 | 4.8 | 135 | 22 | 13 | 17 |
| Team Defense | 236 | 4787 | 943 | 5.1 | 277 | 320 | 551 | 3369 | 20 | 17 | 5.7 | 174 | 351 | 1418 | 5 | 4.0 | 90 | 29 | 12 | 13 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 3 | 15 | 14 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 18 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 6 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | New York Giants | 31 | 14 | 27 | 384 | 212 | 172 | 1 | 21 | 315 | 196 | 119 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 13 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | Buffalo Bills | 31 | 34 | 26 | 598 | 439 | 159 | 3 | 25 | 488 | 381 | 107 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 20 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | @ | New York Jets | 31 | 14 | 19 | 335 | 204 | 131 | 2 | 15 | 311 | 245 | 66 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 27 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 10 | 19 | 333 | 179 | 154 | 2 | 19 | 336 | 259 | 77 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 4 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 27 | 24 | 20 | 412 | 238 | 174 | 1 | 15 | 347 | 224 | 123 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 11 | boxscore | W | 5-1 | @ | New England Patriots | 24 | 12 | 24 | 411 | 228 | 183 | 3 | 17 | 227 | 157 | 70 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 18 | boxscore | W | 6-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 56 | 17 | 29 | 590 | 399 | 191 | 1 | 18 | 297 | 250 | 47 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sun | November 1 | boxscore | L | 6-2 | @ | Phoenix Cardinals | 14 | 24 | 19 | 330 | 267 | 63 | 4 | 21 | 342 | 197 | 145 | 2 | |
| 10 | Mon | November 9 | boxscore | W | 7-2 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 41 | 3 | 16 | 303 | 151 | 152 | 20 | 304 | 245 | 59 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 15 | boxscore | W | 8-2 | New Orleans Saints | 21 | 20 | 24 | 367 | 191 | 176 | 1 | 16 | 336 | 293 | 43 | |||
| 12 | Sun | November 22 | boxscore | W | 9-2 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 27 | 10 | 21 | 366 | 153 | 213 | 1 | 14 | 245 | 149 | 96 | ||
| 13 | Sun | November 29 | boxscore | W | 10-2 | Philadelphia Eagles | 20 | 14 | 18 | 425 | 329 | 96 | 18 | 280 | 234 | 46 | ||||
| 14 | Sun | December 6 | boxscore | W | 11-2 | Miami Dolphins | 27 | 3 | 20 | 356 | 220 | 136 | 1 | 15 | 239 | 199 | 40 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 13 | boxscore | W | 12-2 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 20 | 17 | 21 | 287 | 152 | 135 | 1 | 10 | 185 | 71 | 114 | 1 | |
| 16 | Sat | December 19 | boxscore | W | 13-2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 21 | 14 | 19 | 337 | 255 | 82 | 1 | 18 | 308 | 181 | 127 | |||
| 17 | Mon | December 28 | boxscore | W | 14-2 | Detroit Lions | 24 | 6 | 22 | 361 | 263 | 98 | 15 | 227 | 88 | 139 | 1 | |||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 9 | boxscore | W | 15-2 | Washington Redskins | 20 | 13 | 22 | 401 | 214 | 187 | 4 | 20 | 323 | 250 | 73 | 4 | ||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 17 | boxscore | L | 15-3 | Dallas Cowboys | 20 | 30 | 24 | 415 | 301 | 114 | 4 | 24 | 416 | 295 | 121 | |||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Steve Young*+ | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 14-2-0 | 268 | 402 | 66.7 | 3465 | 25 | 6.2 | 7 | 1.7 | 80 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 12.9 | 216.6 | 107.0 | 29 | 152 | 7.69 | 8.12 | 6.7 | 3 | 5 | |
| 13 | Steve Bono | 30 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 56 | 64.3 | 463 | 2 | 3.6 | 2 | 3.6 | 36 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 12.9 | 28.9 | 87.1 | 2 | 14 | 7.74 | 6.88 | 3.4 | |||||
| 16 | Joe Montana | 36 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 71.4 | 126 | 2 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 126.0 | 118.4 | 1 | 8 | 5.36 | 7.18 | 4.5 | |||||
| 32 | Ricky Watters* | 23 | RB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Total | 27.5 | 16 | 14-2-0 | 319 | 480 | 66.5 | 4054 | 29 | 6.0 | 9 | 1.9 | 80 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 12.7 | 253.4 | 105.0 | 32 | 174 | 7.58 | 7.92 | 6.3 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 320 | 551 | 58.1 | 3642 | 20 | 3.6 | 17 | 3.1 | 6.6 | 5.95 | 11.4 | 227.6 | 77.3 | 41 | 273 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 6.9 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 32 | Ricky Watters* | 23 | RB | 14 | 13 | 206 | 1013 | 9 | 43 | 4.9 | 72.4 | 14.7 | 43 | 405 | 9.4 | 2 | 35 | 3.1 | 28.9 | 1418 | 11 | 2 |
| 22 | Amp Lee | 21 | rb | 16 | 3 | 91 | 362 | 2 | 43 | 4.0 | 22.6 | 5.7 | 20 | 102 | 5.1 | 2 | 17 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 464 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Steve Young*+ | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 76 | 537 | 4 | 39 | 7.1 | 33.6 | 4.8 | 537 | 4 | 9 | |||||||
| 44 | Tom Rathman | 30 | FB | 15 | 15 | 57 | 194 | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 12.9 | 3.8 | 44 | 343 | 7.8 | 4 | 27 | 2.9 | 22.9 | 537 | 9 | 1 |
| 13 | Steve Bono | 30 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 23 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 30 | Keith Henderson | 26 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 3.7 | 18.5 | 5.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 41 | 0 | 3 | |
| 80 | Jerry Rice*+ | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 9 | 58 | 1 | 26 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 84 | 1201 | 14.3 | 10 | 80 | 5.3 | 75.1 | 1259 | 11 | 2 |
| 43 | Marc Logan | 27 | KR | 16 | 1 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 26 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 13 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 61 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Dexter Carter | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 1 | 43 | 0.3 | 14.3 | 52 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | Joe Montana | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 9.3 | 28.0 | 3.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 25 | P | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 82 | John Taylor | 30 | WR | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 25 | 428 | 17.1 | 3 | 54 | 2.8 | 47.6 | 438 | 3 | 0 |
| 84 | Brent Jones* | 29 | TE | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45 | 628 | 14.0 | 4 | 43 | 3.0 | 41.9 | 628 | 4 | 1 | |
| 88 | Mike Sherrard | 29 | wr | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38 | 607 | 16.0 | 0 | 56 | 2.4 | 37.9 | 607 | 0 | 1 | |
| 86 | Odessa Turner | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 200 | 22.2 | 2 | 57 | 0.6 | 12.5 | 200 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 81 | Jamie Williams | 32 | te | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 1 | 21 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 76 | 1 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 27.5 | 16 | 482 | 2315 | 22 | 43 | 4.8 | 144.7 | 30.1 | 319 | 4054 | 12.7 | 29 | 80 | 19.9 | 253.4 | 6369 | 51 | 29 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 351 | 1418 | 5 | 4.0 | 88.6 | 21.9 | 320 | 3369 | 10.5 | 20 | 20.0 | 210.6 | 4787 | 25 | 23 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 24 | Alan Grant | 26 | PR | 15 | 0 | 29 | 249 | 0 | 46 | 8.6 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 47 | 23.3 | 319 |
| 43 | Marc Logan | 27 | KR | 16 | 1 | 22 | 478 | 0 | 82 | 21.7 | 539 | |||||
| 22 | Amp Lee | 21 | rb | 16 | 3 | 14 | 276 | 0 | 33 | 19.7 | 740 | |||||
| 29 | Don Griffin | 28 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 6 | 69 | 0 | 29 | 11.5 | 69 | |||||
| 83 | Ron Lewis | 24 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 5.8 | 23 | ||||||
| 35 | Dexter Carter | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 32 | 27.5 | 107 | ||||||
| 36 | Merton Hanks | 24 | ss | 16 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | |||||
| 86 | Odessa Turner | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.5 | 16 | 40 | 389 | 1 | 48 | 9.7 | 42 | 879 | 0 | 82 | 20.9 | 7637 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 23 | 0 | 66 | 1273 | 0 | 19.3 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 6 | Mike Cofer | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 66.7% | 54 | 53 | 98.1% | ||||||||
| 10 | Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 25 | P | 15 | 0 | 49 | 1918 | 58 | 0 | 39.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.5 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 66.7% | 54 | 53 | 98.1% | 49 | 1918 | 58 | 0 | 39.1 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 20 | 16 | 80.0% | 27 | 26 | 96.3% | 76 | 3131 | 41.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 41 | Dave Whitmore | 25 | SS | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | ||
| 53 | Bill Romanowski | 26 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | ||||||
| 92 | Tim Harris | 28 | LOLB | 16 | 15 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||||||
| 36 | Merton Hanks | 24 | ss | 16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 0 | |||||||
| 25 | Eric Davis | 24 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Don Griffin | 28 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | ||
| 78 | Pierce Holt* | 30 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||||||
| 28 | Dana Hall | 23 | FS | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |
| 96 | Dennis Brown | 25 | de | 16 | 3 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||||||
| 97 | Ted Washington | 24 | nt | 16 | 6 | 2.0 | 35 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 55 | John Johnson | 24 | lb | 16 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 | Michael McGruder | 28 | db | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||||
| 98 | Antonio Goss | 26 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 56 | Martin Harrison | 25 | de | 16 | 1 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Alan Grant | 26 | PR | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
| 8 | Steve Young*+ | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 3 | -13 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Keith Henderson | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Amp Lee | 21 | rb | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Steve Bono | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Mike Sherrard | 29 | wr | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 1 | |||||||||
| 99 | Mike Walter | 32 | RILB | 15 | 13 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 32 | Ricky Watters* | 23 | RB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 59 | Keith DeLong | 25 | LILB | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 40 | Johnnie Jackson | 25 | db | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 83 | Ron Lewis | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Jerry Rice*+ | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 91 | Larry Roberts | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 25 | P | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 66 | David Wilkins | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1.5 | ||||||||||||||
| 95 | Michael Carter | 32 | NT | 12 | 11 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| 75 | Kevin Fagan | 29 | RDE | 15 | 13 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| 84 | Brent Jones* | 29 | TE | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 62 | Guy McIntyre* | 31 | LG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 44 | Tom Rathman | 30 | FB | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 86 | Odessa Turner | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 74 | Steve Wallace* | 28 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 81 | Jamie Williams | 32 | te | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 27.5 | 16 | 41.0 | 17 | 172 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 36 | 1 | 682 | 0 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 32 | 23 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Mike Cofer | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Jerry Rice*+ | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 66 | |||||||||
| 32 | Ricky Watters* | 23 | RB | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 66 | |||||||||
| 44 | Tom Rathman | 30 | FB | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 54 | |||||||||
| 84 | Brent Jones* | 29 | TE | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Amp Lee | 21 | rb | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 8 | Steve Young*+ | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 82 | John Taylor | 30 | WR | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 86 | Odessa Turner | 28 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Dexter Carter | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 36 | Merton Hanks | 24 | ss | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 55 | John Johnson | 24 | lb | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Marc Logan | 27 | KR | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Mike Sherrard | 29 | wr | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Jamie Williams | 32 | te | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.5 | 16 | 22 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 53 | 18 | 431 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 236 |