1979 San Francisco 49ers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 2-14-0, 4th in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bill Walsh (2-14-0)

Points For: 308 (19.3/g) 16th of 28

Points Against: 416 (26.0/g) 27th of 28

Expected W-L: 5.3-10.7

SRS: -7.41 (26th of 28), SOS: -0.66

Defensive Coordinator: Chuck Studley

Other Notable Asst.: Dennis Green (Special Teams), Norb Hecker (Defensive Backs), Billie Matthews (Running Backs), Bill McPherson (Linebackers), Mike White (Offensive Line) and Sam Wyche (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Candlestick Park

Principal Owner: Edward DeBartolo, Jr.

Head Coach/General Manager: Bill Walsh

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +75000

Training Camp: University of Santa Clara (Santa Clara, 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	308	5573	1099	5.1	39	18	336	361	602	3641	18	21	5.9	200	480	1932	17	4.0	120	95	853	16
Opp. Stats	416	5393	1014	5.3	34	19	326	262	441	3180	25	15	6.8	160	544	2213	24	4.1	136	119	858	30
Lg Rank Offense	16	6			15	16	4		1	3	15	10	14		26	20	11	13
Lg Rank Defense	27	20			21	7	23		9	24	26	24	25		18	15	25	17

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	22	28	22	352	254	98	2	22	397	287	110	2	2.86	-12.78	0.81
2	Sun	September 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Dallas Cowboys	13	21	16	294	231	63	2	19	347	249	98	1	-9.48	5.97	-1.89
3	Sun	September 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	24	27	17	239	120	119	1	25	387	165	222	1	-7.49	-2.77	3.44
4	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4		New Orleans Saints	21	30	17	341	263	78	4	28	512	338	174	2	0.97	-15.51	6.47
5	Sun	September 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-5	@	San Diego Chargers	9	31	14	242	122	120	3	22	317	246	71	2	-15.13	-2.85	-5.29
6	Sun	October 7	5:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-6		Seattle Seahawks	24	35	29	464	292	172	2	21	310	162	148		5.13	-16.39	0.22
7	Sun	October 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-7	@	New York Giants	16	32	21	353	237	116	3	21	377	280	97	2	-5.22	-1.12	-2.38
8	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-7		Atlanta Falcons	20	15	22	397	237	160	2	13	214	119	95	2	4.20	10.59	0.21
9	Sun	October 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-8		Chicago Bears	27	28	28	455	348	107	2	20	352	145	207	2	16.68	-14.56	-2.65
10	Sun	November 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-9	@	Oakland Raiders	10	23	19	363	207	156	6	19	309	175	134	5	-13.50	9.26	-10.88
11	Sun	November 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-10	@	New Orleans Saints	20	31	26	393	198	195	1	27	368	153	215	1	8.26	-18.69	-1.79
12	Sun	November 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-11		Denver Broncos	28	38	18	240	166	74	2	22	369	225	144	2	-19.39	-8.73	15.12
13	Sun	November 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-12		Los Angeles Rams	20	26	22	374	238	136	3	18	322	198	124	3	-8.77	4.69	-4.78
14	Sun	December 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-13	@	St. Louis Cardinals	10	13	16	290	171	119	2	16	286	75	211	1	-10.40	1.44	3.07
15	Sun	December 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-13		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	7	21	327	214	113	1	13	263	211	52	6	1.55	11.72	4.66
16	Sun	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-14	@	Atlanta Falcons	21	31	28	449	343	106	3	20	263	152	111	2	-4.32	-1.35	-0.87

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Steve DeBerg	25	QB	16	15	2-13-0	347	578	60.0	3652	17	2.9	21	3.6	194	46.4	50	6.3	5.3	10.5	228.3	73.1	17	119	2.86	5.94	4.9	1	1
2	Joe Montana	23	QB	16	1	0-1-0	13	23	56.5	96	1	4.3	0	0.0	6	30.4	18	4.2	5.0	7.4	6.0	81.1	0	0	0.00	4.17	5.0	0	0
3	Freddie Solomon	26	WR	15	11		1	1	100.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	12	12.0	12.0	12.0	0.8	116.7	0	0	0.00	12.00	12.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	2-14-0	361	602	60.0	3641	18	3.0	21	3.5	201	45.9	50	6.2	5.3	10.4	227.6	73.5	17	119	2.75	5.88	4.94	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Paul Hofer	27	RB	15	7	123	615	7	39	59.3	47	5.0	41.0	8.2	88	58	662	11.4	2	26	51.1	44	3.9	44.1	65.9	7.5	181	7.1	1277	9	3
2	Freddie Solomon	26	WR	15	11	6	85	1	3	83.3	56	14.2	5.7	0.4	98	57	807	14.2	7	40	53.1	44	3.8	53.8	58.2	8.2	63	14.2	892	8	3
3	Wilbur Jackson	28	FB	16	14	114	375	2	24	47.4	16	3.3	23.4	7.1	75	53	422	8.0	0	22	48.0	34	3.3	26.4	70.7	5.6	167	4.8	797	2	6
4	O.J. Simpson	32	RB	13	8	120	460	3	23	45.0	22	3.8	35.4	9.2	13	7	46	6.6	0	3	46.2	14	0.5	3.5	53.8	3.5	127	4.0	506	3	3
5	Mike Shumann	24	WR	16	16	1	19	0	1	100.0	19	19.0	1.2	0.1	69	39	452	11.6	4	28	50.7	39	2.4	28.3	56.5	6.6	40	11.8	471	4	0
6	Lenvil Elliott	28	RB	16	0	33	135	3	11	57.6	12	4.1	8.4	2.1	37	23	197	8.6	0	9	32.4	30	1.4	12.3	62.2	5.3	56	5.9	332	3	2
7	Phil Francis	22	RB	16	0	31	118	1	9	41.9	16	3.8	7.4	1.9	47	32	198	6.2	0	12	44.7	19	2.0	12.4	68.1	4.2	63	5.0	316	1	2
8	Ken MacAfee	23	TE	16	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	38	24	266	11.1	4	17	55.3	50	1.5	16.6	63.2	7.0	24	11.1	266	4	0
9	Bob Bruer	26	TE	16	4	5	-4	0	0	20.0	6	-0.8	-0.3	0.3	39	26	254	9.8	1	16	56.4	19	1.6	15.9	66.7	6.5	31	8.1	250	1	1
10	Dwight Clark	22	WR	16	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	28	18	232	12.9	0	13	60.7	30	1.1	14.5	64.3	8.3	18	12.9	232	0	0
11	James Owens	24	WR	16	0	7	33	0	2	42.9	11	4.7	2.1	0.4	20	10	121	12.1	0	7	40.0	17	0.6	7.6	50.0	6.1	17	9.1	154	0	4
12	Mike Hogan	25	RB	2	2	9	31	0	2	33.3	6	3.4	15.5	4.5	10	9	65	7.2	0	5	60.0	27	4.5	32.5	90.0	6.5	18	5.3	96	0	0
13	Bob Ferrell	27	RB	16	0	8	33	0	1	37.5	8	4.1	2.1	0.5	3	2	4	2.0	0	0	0.0	3	0.1	0.3	66.7	1.3	10	3.7	37	0	0
14	Paul Seal	27	TE	15	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	3	34	11.3	0	3	33.3	14	0.2	2.3	33.3	3.8	3	11.3	34	0	0
15	Joe Montana	23	QB	16	1	3	22	0	1	33.3	13	7.3	1.4	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	7.3	22	0	1
16	Steve DeBerg	25	QB	16	15	17	10	0	3	17.6	8	0.6	0.6	1.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			17	0.6	10	0	6
17	Terry LeCount	23	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
18	Dan Melville	23	P	16	0	3	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	480	1932	17	119	48.5	56	4.0	120.8	30.0	575	361	3760	10.4	18	201	49.4	50	22.6	235.0	62.8	6.5	841	6.8	5692	35	32

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Randy Cross	25	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Willie Harper	29	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	16	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
3	Fred Quillan	23	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-34	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Archie Reese	23	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
5	Jimmy Webb	27	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
6	Steve DeBerg	25	QB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	-17	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Tim Gray	27	SS	16	15	1	20	0	20	2	1	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Ted Vincent	23	LDT	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0
9	Charles Cornelius	27	LCB	16	14	3	54	0	54	1	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Wilbur Jackson	28	FB	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Gerard Williams	27	RCB	15	14	4	38	0	22	1	0	3	73	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Dan Bunz	24	MLB	14	12	1	2	0	2	1	1	5	5	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
13	Ken MacAfee	23	TE	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Cedrick Hardman	31	RDE	14	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
15	Freddie Solomon	26	WR	15	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	O.J. Simpson	32	RB	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Tony Dungy	24	FS	15	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Paul Hofer	27	RB	15	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Melvin Morgan	26	FS	8	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Dwaine Board	23	RDE	16	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	0	0	0	0
21	Bob Bruer	26	TE	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Dwight Hicks	23	DB	8	4	5	57	0	29	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Dwight Clark	22	WR	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Ron Shumon	24	LB	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
25	Bob Martin	26	LB	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Joe Montana	23	QB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Al Cowlings	32	DE	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
28	Lenvil Elliott	28	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Phil Francis	22	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Dan Melville	23	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	James Owens	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Tom Seabron	22	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	15	171	0	54	16	37	36	54	0	30.0	0	0	0	0

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