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1973 San Francisco 49ers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-9-0, 3rd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dick Nolan (5-9-0)

Points For: 262 (18.7/g) 14th of 26

Points Against: 319 (22.8/g) 19th of 26

Expected W-L: 5.4-8.6

SRS: -0.20 (14th of 26), SOS: 3.88

Offensive Coordinator: Dick Stanfel

Other Notable Asst.: Ed Beard (Linebackers), Chet Franklin (Special Teams), Jim Shofner (Quarterbacks/WR) and Paul Wiggin (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Candlestick Park

Co-Owner: Jane Morabito

Co-Owner: Josephine Morabito

President/General Manager: Louis Spadia

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: UC-Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	262	4224	915	4.6	39	14	251	233	466	2481	9	25	5.0	127	422	1743	15	4.1	97	93	903	27
Opp. Stats	319	4329	928	4.7	32	15	242	194	383	2366	19	17	5.7	115	513	1963	11	3.8	112	77	754	15
Lg Rank Offense	14	8			19	8	7		2	4	22	21	16		23	21	8	11
Lg Rank Defense	19	20			17	16	18		23	22	23	13	17		18	10	10	6

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Miami Dolphins	13	21	16	252	154	98		15	279	108	171	4
2	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Denver Broncos	36	34	16	347	212	135	1	22	355	240	115	6
3	Sun	September 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Los Angeles Rams	20	40	17	298	199	99	3	24	351	128	223	1
4	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2	@	Atlanta Falcons	13	9	16	290	139	151	1	15	271	138	133	1
5	Sun	October 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		Minnesota Vikings	13	17	28	430	320	110	5	14	220	124	96	1
6	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		New Orleans Saints	40	0	21	424	221	203	2	2	82	-15	97	3
7	Sun	October 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4		Atlanta Falcons	3	17	13	178	85	93		19	377	194	183	2
8	Sun	November 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5	@	Detroit Lions	20	30	16	324	254	70	6	18	391	232	159	4
9	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-6	@	Washington Redskins	9	33	22	322	199	123	5	22	343	257	86	2
10	Sun	November 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7	@	Los Angeles Rams	13	31	12	195	129	66	2	21	414	229	185	1
11	Mon	November 26	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-7		Green Bay Packers	20	6	18	268	94	174	1	16	255	124	131	3
12	Sun	December 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-7		Philadelphia Eagles	38	28	22	389	211	178	4	22	409	317	92	3
13	Sun	December 9	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-8	@	New Orleans Saints	10	16	18	268	152	116	3	14	274	154	120	1
14	Sat	December 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9		Pittsburgh Steelers	14	37	16	239	112	127	6	18	308	136	172

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	John Brodie	38	QB	14	6	2-4-0	98	194	50.5	1126	3	1.5	12	6.2	66	5.8	3.33	11.5	80.4	47.7	4	29	2.02	5.54	3.12	1	1
2	Steve Spurrier	28	QB	11	5	2-3-0	83	157	52.9	882	4	2.5	7	4.5	58	5.6	4.12	10.6	80.2	59.5	13	79	7.65	4.72	3.34	0	0
3	Joe Reed	25	QB	6	3	1-2-0	51	114	44.7	589	2	1.8	6	5.3	38	5.2	3.15	11.5	98.2	44.8	10	56	8.06	4.30	2.44	0	0
4	John Isenbarger	26	WR	14	4		1	1	100.0	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	48	48.0	48.00	48.0	3.4	118.7	0	0	0.00	48.00	48.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	5-9-0	233	466	50.0	2481	9	1.9	25	5.4	66	5.7	3.30	11.4	177.2	51.5	27	164	5.48	5.03	3.12	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Vic Washington	27	RB	13	13	151	534	8	25	3.5	41.1	11.6	33	238	7.2	0	20	2.5	18.3	184	4.2	772	8	9
2	Ted Kwalick	26	TE	14	14	5	37	0	20	7.4	2.6	0.4	47	729	15.5	5	48	3.4	52.1	52	14.7	766	5	1	PB
3	Gene Washington	26	WR	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	37	606	16.4	2	58	2.8	46.6	37	16.4	606	2	1
4	Ken Willard	30	FB	14	10	83	366	1	33	4.4	26.1	5.9	22	160	7.3	1	26	1.6	11.4	105	5.0	526	2	2
5	Danny Abramowicz	28	WR	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	35	442	12.6	1	54	2.9	36.8	35	12.6	442	1	0
6	Jimmy Thomas	26	RB	11	0	56	259	1	16	4.6	23.5	5.1	19	157	8.3	0	66	1.7	14.3	75	5.5	416	1	2
7	Doug Cunningham	28	RB	14	1	44	165	1	12	3.8	11.8	3.1	15	118	7.9	0	23	1.1	8.4	59	4.8	283	1	3
8	Larry Schreiber	26	RB	4	4	42	163	0	13	3.9	40.8	10.5	12	98	8.2	0	31	3.0	24.5	54	4.8	261	0	1
9	Joe Reed	25	QB	6	3	15	85	0	20	5.7	14.2	2.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	15	5.7	85	0	3
10	Tom Wittum	23	P	14	0	1	63	0	63	63.0	4.5	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	63.0	63	0	0	PB
11	John Isenbarger	26	WR	14	4	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.4	0.1	10	67	6.7	0	18	0.7	4.8	11	5.5	61	0	0
12	Steve Spurrier	28	QB	11	5	9	32	2	12	3.6	2.9	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	3.6	32	2	3
13	Randy Jackson	25	RB	2	0	6	10	0	5	1.7	5.0	3.0	1	20	20.0	0	20	0.5	10.0	7	4.3	30	0	0
14	Dave Atkins	24	RB	5	0	4	19	1	8	4.8	3.8	0.8	1	-3	-3.0	0	-3	0.2	-0.6	5	3.2	16	1	0
15	John Brodie	38	QB	14	6	5	16	1	14	3.2	1.1	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	3.2	16	1	0
16	Dick Witcher	29	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	0.1	0.9	1	13.0	13	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	422	1743	15	63	4.1	124.5	30.1	233	2645	11.4	9	66	16.6	188.9	655	6.7	4388	24	32

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Forrest Blue	28	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Tommy Hart	29	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.5	0
3	Charlie Krueger	36	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
4	Ted Kwalick	26	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Mel Phillips	31	SS	14	14	1	13	0	13	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Len Rohde	35	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
7	Dave Wilcox	31	LLB	14	14	2	14	0	10	0	1	3	0	1.5	0	PB
8	Bob Hoskins	28	RDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	40	0	8.0	0
9	Jimmy Johnson	35	LCB	13	13	4	46	0	30	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Gene Washington	26	WR	13	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Vic Washington	27	RB	13	13	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0.0	0
12	John Watson	24	LG	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	-33	0	0.0	0
13	Bruce Taylor	25	RCB	14	12	6	30	0	22	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Danny Abramowicz	28	WR	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Cedrick Hardman	25	RDE	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.0	1
16	Willie Harper	23	RLB	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	0	1.0	0
17	Jim Sniadecki	26	MLB	14	11	1	11	0	11	1	3	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ken Willard	30	FB	14	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Mike Simpson	26	FS	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Windlan Hall	23	FS	14	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	61	1	0.0	0
21	Steve Spurrier	28	QB	11	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	John Isenbarger	26	WR	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ralph McGill	23	DB	14	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
24	Larry Schreiber	26	RB	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bill Belk	27	DE	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.5	0
26	Frank Nunley	28	LB	14	3	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Joe Reed	25	QB	6	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Skip Vanderbundt	27	LB	9	3	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Doug Cunningham	28	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Jean Barrett	22	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Jimmy Thomas	26	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Tom Wittum	23	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	17	0	0		32	18	91	1	32	1

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