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1996 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 398 points (24.9/g), 3rd of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 257 points (16.1/g), 4th.
 Differential of 141 points (8.8/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 11.8-4.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.6/g), 6th.

Coached by George Seifert (12-4-0)

1996 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 1 box W 1-0 New Orleans Saints 27 11 23 338 181 157 14 231 175 56 2
2 Sun September 8 box W 2-0 St. Louis Rams 34 0 23 352 222 130 6 105 69 36 4
3 Bye Week
4 Sun September 22 box L 2-1 @ Carolina Panthers 7 23 15 300 252 48 1 21 389 272 117 1
5 Sun September 29 box W 3-1 Atlanta Falcons 39 17 16 396 246 150 18 317 191 126 4
6 Sun October 6 box W 4-1 @ St. Louis Rams 28 11 23 389 235 154 2 15 202 137 65 4
7 Mon October 14 box L 4-2 @ Green Bay Packers 20 23 14 253 179 74 2 24 446 378 68 2
8 Sun October 20 box W 5-2 Cincinnati Bengals 28 21 20 418 338 80 5 18 345 196 149 1
9 Sun October 27 box W 6-2 @ Houston Oilers 10 9 12 238 175 63 12 184 77 107 2
10 Sun November 3 box W 7-2 @ New Orleans Saints 24 17 17 306 115 191 18 293 229 64 3
11 Sun November 10 box L 7-3 Dallas Cowboys 17 20 16 267 156 111 3 20 316 222 94 1
12 Sun November 17 box W 8-3 Baltimore Ravens 38 20 22 372 262 110 4 16 268 159 109 3
13 Sun November 24 box W 9-3 @ Washington Redskins 19 16 27 392 275 117 1 15 360 282 78
14 Mon December 2 box W 10-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 34 10 25 466 264 202 2 9 178 117 61 4
15 Sun December 8 box L 10-4 Carolina Panthers 24 30 23 450 375 75 4 22 382 324 58
16 Sun December 15 box W 11-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 25 15 21 288 232 56 23 368 248 120 3
17 Mon December 23 box W 12-4 Detroit Lions 24 14 18 281 152 129 18 277 88 189
Playoffs
WildCard Sun December 29 box W 13-4 Philadelphia Eagles 14 0 17 279 161 118 16 283 212 71 3
Division Sat January 4 box L 13-5 @ Green Bay Packers 14 35 12 196 128 68 5 15 210 71 139 1

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 398 5506 1046 5.3 315 358 550 3659 24 16 6.2 188 454 1847 17 4.1 108 24 8 19
Team Defense 257 4661 1021 4.6 269 287 558 3164 21 20 5.2 164 418 1497 4 3.6 76 34 14 29
Lg Rank Offense 3 6 10 11 7 8 10 8 17 10 4 11 2 3
Lg Rank Defense 4 7 6 23 11 13 12 6 7 5 1 6 10 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
8 Steve Young* 35 QB 12 12 9-3-0 214 316 67.7 2410 14 4.4 6 1.9 52 7.6 7.7 11.3 200.8 97.2 34 160 6.4 6.5 9.7
18 Elvis Grbac 26 qb 15 4 3-1-0 122 197 61.9 1236 8 4.1 10 5.1 40 6.3 4.8 10.1 82.4 72.2 6 30 5.9 4.5 3.0
11 Jeff Brohm 25 3 0 21 34 61.8 189 1 2.9 0 0.0 49 5.6 6.1 9.0 63.0 86.5 2 10 5.0 5.5 5.6
41 Terry Kirby 26 RB 14 10 1 2 50.0 24 1 50.0 0 0.0 24 12.0 22.0 24.0 1.7 133.3 0 0 12.0 22.0 0.0
80 Jerry Rice*+ 34 WR 16 16 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 27.7 16 12-4-0 358 550 65.1 3859 24 4.4 16 2.9 52 7.0 6.6 10.8 241.2 88.0 42 200 6.2 5.8 7.1
Opp Total 16 287 558 51.4 3461 21 3.8 20 3.6 6.2 5.3 12.1 216.3 68.4 45 297 5.2 4.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
41 Terry Kirby 26 RB 14 10 134 559 3 31 4.2 39.9 9.6 52 439 8.4 1 52 3.7 31.4 998 4 1
20 Derek Loville 28 rb 12 6 70 229 2 16 3.3 19.1 5.8 16 138 8.6 2 44 1.3 11.5 367 4 0
44 Tommy Vardell 27 fb 11 7 58 192 2 17 3.3 17.5 5.3 28 179 6.4 0 22 2.5 16.3 371 2 0
8 Steve Young* 35 QB 12 12 52 310 4 33 6.0 25.8 4.3 310 4 3
40 William Floyd 24 FB 9 8 47 186 2 12 4.0 20.7 5.2 26 197 7.6 1 24 2.9 21.9 383 3 4
29 Anthony Lynn 28 16 1 24 164 0 67 6.8 10.3 1.5 2 14 7.0 0 8 0.1 0.9 178 0 0
18 Elvis Grbac 26 qb 15 4 23 21 2 12 0.9 1.4 1.5 21 2 0
35 Dexter Carter 29 RET 16 0 19 66 1 18 3.5 4.1 1.2 66 1 5
11 Jeff Brohm 25 3 0 16 43 0 22 2.7 14.3 5.3 43 0 1
80 Jerry Rice*+ 34 WR 16 16 11 77 1 38 7.0 4.8 0.7 108 1254 11.6 8 39 6.8 78.4 1331 9 0
81 Terrell Owens 23 WR 16 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 520 14.9 4 46 2.2 32.5 520 4 1
84 Brent Jones 33 TE 11 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 428 13.0 1 39 3.0 38.9 428 1 0
85 Ted Popson 30 te 15 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 301 11.6 6 39 1.7 20.1 301 6 0
83 J.J. Stokes 24 wr 6 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 249 13.8 0 40 3.0 41.5 249 0 0
89 Iheanyi Uwaezuoke 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 91 13.0 1 29 0.5 6.5 91 1 0
86 Sean Manuel 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 18 6.0 0 7 0.3 1.6 18 0 0
17 Mike T. Caldwell 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 9 4.5 0 8 2.0 9.0 9 0 0
49 Adrian Cooper 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.2 1.8 11 0 1
88 Nate Singleton 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.5 5.5 11 0 0
Team Total 27.7 16 454 1847 17 67 4.1 115.4 28.4 358 3859 10.8 24 52 22.4 241.2 5706 41 16
Opp Total 16 418 1497 4 3.6 93.6 26.1 287 3164 11.0 21 17.9 197.8 4661 25 29

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
35 Dexter Carter 29 RET 16 0 36 317 0 52 8.8 41 909 0 71 22.2 1292
20 Derek Loville 28 rb 12 6 10 229 0 35 22.9 596
81 Terrell Owens 23 WR 16 10 3 47 0 18 15.7 567
88 Nate Singleton 28 2 0 2 32 0 21 16.0 1 10 0 10 10.0 53
63 Derrick Deese 26 16 0 2 20 0 12 10.0 20
41 Terry Kirby 26 RB 14 10 1 3 0 3 3.0 1 22 0 22 22.0 1023
89 Iheanyi Uwaezuoke 23 14 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 112
Team Total 27.7 16 39 352 0 52 9.0 59 1258 0 71 21.3 7316
Opp Total 16 36 0 77 1414 0 18.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
14 Jeff Wilkins 24 K 16 0 16 16 8 7 10 7 34 30 88.2% 40 40 100.0%
3 Tommy Thompson 24 P 16 0 73 3217 65 2 44.1
Team Total 27.7 16 16 16 8 7 10 7 34 30 88.2% 40 40 100.0% 73 3217 65 2 44.1
Opp Total 16 29 26 89.7% 21 21 100.0% 88 3696 42.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
51 Ken Norton 30 MLB 16 16 0 0 1 21 0 106 21
46 Tim McDonald 31 SS 16 16 1.0 2 14 0 14 0 0 1 0 0 81 17
97 Bryant Young*+ 24 LDT 16 16 11.5 1 0 1 43 0 61 15 2
23 Marquez Pope 26 RCB 16 16 6 98 1 55 1 0 1 4 0 61 6
36 Merton Hanks* 28 FS 16 16 4 7 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 54 9
56 Chris Doleman 35 RDE 16 16 11.0 2 1 0 1 4 0 3 13 1 45 9
22 Tyronne Drakeford 25 LCB 16 16 2.0 1 11 0 11 1 0 1 8 0 48 8
54 Lee Woodall 27 LLB 16 13 2.5 41 14
50 Gary Plummer 36 RLB 13 11 45 4
92 Roy Barker 27 LDE 16 16 12.5 36 9
94 Dana Stubblefield 26 RDT 15 15 1.0 1 15 0 15 1 0 1 0 0 26 7
33 Dedrick Dodge 29 16 3 3 27 0 26 15 5
55 Kevin Mitchell 25 12 3 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 15 1
96 Dennis Brown 29 14 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 10 2
90 Junior Bryant 25 16 1 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 9 3
35 Dexter Carter 29 RET 16 0 5 0 0 0
40 William Floyd 24 FB 9 8 4 1 0 0
28 Curtis Buckley 26 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
27 Frankie Smith 28 14 0 2 0
8 Steve Young* 35 QB 12 12 3 1 0 0
91 Daryl Price 24 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
11 Jeff Brohm 25 3 0 1 1 0 0
31 Steve Israel 27 14 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0
49 Adrian Cooper 28 6 0 1 0 0 0
41 Terry Kirby 26 RB 14 10 1 0 0 0
81 Terrell Owens 23 WR 16 10 0 1 0 0 0
85 Ted Popson 30 te 15 6 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.7 16 45.0 20 176 1 55 10 16 20 89 1 657 130 2
Opp Total 16 42 29 15

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
14 Jeff Wilkins 24 K 16 0 40 30 130
80 Jerry Rice*+ 34 WR 16 16 1 8 9 54
85 Ted Popson 30 te 15 6 6 6 36
8 Steve Young* 35 QB 12 12 4 4 1 26
41 Terry Kirby 26 RB 14 10 3 1 4 24
20 Derek Loville 28 rb 12 6 2 2 4 24
81 Terrell Owens 23 WR 16 10 4 4 24
40 William Floyd 24 FB 9 8 2 1 3 18
18 Elvis Grbac 26 qb 15 4 2 2 12
44 Tommy Vardell 27 fb 11 7 2 2 12
35 Dexter Carter 29 RET 16 0 1 1 6
56 Chris Doleman 35 RDE 16 16 1 1 6
84 Brent Jones 33 TE 11 10 1 1 6
23 Marquez Pope 26 RCB 16 16 1 1 6
89 Iheanyi Uwaezuoke 23 14 0 1 1 6
97 Bryant Young*+ 24 LDT 16 16 2 4
Team Total 27.7 16 17 24 1 1 43 1 40 30 2 394
Opp Total 16 4 21 4 21 26 257