1949 San Francisco 49ers (AAFC) |
| 2nd place 9-3-0 .750 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Buck Shaw |
| Eddie Erdelatz | Assistant Coach |
| Jim Lawson | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/10/1949 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 28-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 81272 | |
| Sun | 8/14/1949 | H | Buffalo Bills | 21-10 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 28084 | |
| Fri | 8/19/1949 | A | Cleveland Browns | 21-21 | T | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 31157 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1949 | H | Baltimore Colts | 31-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 29095 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1949 | H | Chicago Hornets | 42-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 28311 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1949 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 42-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31960 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1949 | A | Buffalo Bills | 17-28 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 32097 | |
| Fri | 9/30/1949 | A | Chicago Hornets | 42-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 31561 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1949 | H | Cleveland Browns | 56-28 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59770 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | H | Buffalo Bills | 51-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 35476 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | A | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 3-24 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 36197 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | A | Cleveland Browns | 28-30 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 72189 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | A | Baltimore Colts | 28-10 | W | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 23704 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 41-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 17880 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | H | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 35-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 44828 | |
| First Round Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | H | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 17-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 41293 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/11/1949 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 22550 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 63 | Frankie Albert | QB | 5-9 | 160 | 29 | Stanford | 12 | 12 |
| 33 | Bruno Banducci | ROG-MG | 5-11 | 216 | 28 | Stanford | 12 | 2 |
| 53 | Al Beals | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Santa Clara | 12 | 12 |
| 54 | Gail Bruce | RDE-ROE | 6-1 | 206 | 26 | Washington | 12 | 12 |
| 42 | Bob Bryant | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 226 | 31 | Texas Tech; Santa Ana JC | 5 | 4 |
| 38 | Jack Carpenter | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Columbia; Missouri; Michigan | 3 | 0 |
| 85 | Eddie Carr | LDH-LOH | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | none | 7 | 7 |
| 93 | Jim Cason | S-LOH | 6-0 | 171 | 22 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 83 | Sam Cathcart | S-LOH | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | UC Santa Barbara | 12 | 3 |
| 31 | Don Clark | MLB-LOG | 5-11 | 197 | 26 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 92 | Paul Crowe | RDH-ROH | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 2 | 2 |
| 81 | Len Eshmont | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 179 | 32 | Fordham | 12 | 12 |
| 46 | Ray Evans | LDT-LOT | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Texas-El Paso | 10 | 1 |
| 88 | Don Garlin | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 188 | 23 | Southern California | 11 | 0 |
| 34 | Visco Grgich | MG-ROG | 5-11 | 217 | 26 | Santa Clara | 12 | 12 |
| 37 | Homer Hobbs | LOG | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | Georgia | 12 | 2 |
| 23 | Bill Johnson | C-LB | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | Texas A&M; Tyler JC | 12 | 11 |
| 71 | Verl Lillywhite | ROH-RDH-FB-LB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Modesto JC; Southern California | 12 | 4 |
| 59 | Norm Maloney | RDE | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Purdue | 12 | 0 |
| 47 | Bob Mike | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 220 | 29 | Florida A&M; UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| 48 | Joe Morgan | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 245 | 21 | McNeese State; Southern Mississippi | 9 | 0 |
| 74 | Joe Perry | FB-ROH-LB | 6-0 | 203 | 22 | Compton JC | 11 | 7 |
| 45 | Chuck Quilter | ROT-LOT | 6-0 | 240 | 25 | Stephen F. Austin State; Tyler JC | 12 | 0 |
| 24 | Tino Sabuco | C | 6-1 | 206 | 23 | Wayne State (Michigan); San Francisco | 10 | 0 |
| 55 | Paul Salata | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 191 | 23 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Hal Shoener | LDE-LOE | 6-3 | 200 | 26 | Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Norm Standlee | LLB-FB | 6-1 | 238 | 30 | Stanford | 12 | 12 |
| 91 | Johnny Strzykalski | ROH | 5-9 | 190 | 28 | Marquette | 7 | 7 |
| 58 | Nick Susoeff | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Washington State | 11 | 0 |
| 82 | Joe Vetrano | ROH-RDH-K | 5-9 | 170 | 31 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 0 |
| 92 | Lowell Wagner | RDH-ROH | 6-0 | 194 | 26 | Southern California | 10 | 10 |
| 64 | Bev Wallace | QB | 6-2 | 180 | 26 | Compton JC | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | Pete Wismann | RLB-C | 6-0 | 218 | 27 | Miami (Ohio); Washington-St. Louis; St. Louis | 12 | 12 |
| 41 | John Woudenberg | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 226 | 31 | Denver | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST - SECRET | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 5 | Ernie Stautner | T | Boston College | |
| 2 | 13 | Jim Winkler | T | Texas A&M | |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Chet Fritz | T | Missouri | |
| 3 | 20 | Frank LoVuolo | E | St. Bonaventure | |
| 4 | 28 | Mike DeNoia | B | Scranton | |
| 5 | 36 | George Brodnax | E | Georgia Tech | |
| 6 | 44 | John Hamberger | T | Southern Methodist | |
| 7 | 52 | Dan Stiegman | C | North Carolina | |
| 8 | 60 | Bernie Reid | G | Georgia | |
| 9 | 68 | Fred Wendt | B | Texas-El Paso | |
| 10 | 76 | Dick Flowers | T | Alabama | |
| 11 | 84 | Bobby Lund | B | Tennessee | |
| 12 | 92 | Jon Baker | G | California | |
| 13 | 100 | Jim Reichert | G | Arkansas | |
| 14 | 108 | Don Garlin | B | Southern California | |
| 15 | 116 | Pete Wismann | C | St. Louis | |
| 16 | 124 | Homer Hobbs | G | Georgia | |
| 25 | 171 | Paul Shoults | B | Miami (Ohio) | |
| 26 | 176 | Jack Kelly | T | Louisiana Tech | |
| 27 | 181 | Jasper Flanakin | E | Baylor | |
| 28 | 186 | Rudy Smith | T | Louisiana Tech | |
| 29 | 191 | Gordon Long | B | Arkansas | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 104 | 124 | 91 | 97 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 66 | 62 | 51 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 175 | 117 | 53 | 5 | / % | / % | 65 | 595 | |
| Opponents Totals | 150 | 74 | 68 | 8 | / % | / % | 51 | 374 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Beals | 12 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | |
| Joe Perry | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Joe Vetrano | 0 | 56 | 56 | 100.0 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 65 |
| Eddie Carr | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Verl Lillywhite | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Paul Salata | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Norm Standlee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Frankie Albert | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Len Eshmont | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sammy Cathcart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Garlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nick Susoeff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bev Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Woudenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 58 | 57 | 58 | 98.3 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 1 | 416 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 0 | 227 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Vetrano | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 0/ | 2/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Perry | 115 | 783 | 6.8 | 59t | 8 |
| Sammy Cathcart | 69 | 412 | 6.0 | 57 | 1 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 66 | 287 | 4.3 | 3 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 69 | 263 | 3.8 | 2 | |
| Frankie Albert | 35 | 249 | 7.1 | 3 | |
| Norm Standlee | 44 | 237 | 5.4 | 4 | |
| Len Eshmont | 25 | 164 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| Eddie Carr | 19 | 120 | 6.3 | 2 | |
| Don Garlin | 21 | 113 | 5.4 | 60 | 1 |
| Jim Cason | 21 | 70 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Joe Vetrano | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Al Beals | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Lowell Wagner | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Bev Wallace | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Paul Crowe | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Morgan | 0 | -1 | -1L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 506 | 2798 | 5.5 | 60 | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 401 | 1364 | 3.4 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Albert | 260 | 129 | 129 | 115 | 1862 | 7.2 | 14.4 | 75t | 27 | 10.4 | 16 | 6.2 | 82.2 | |||
| Bev Wallace | 23 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 95 | 4.1 | 10.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 17.4 | 12.3 | ||||
| Jim Cason | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 19.0 | 38.0 | 38t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 135.4 | |||
| Joe Perry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 287 | 139 | 139 | 128 | 1995 | 7.0 | 14.4 | 75t | 28 | 9.8 | 20 | 7.0 | 13 | 139 | 1856 | 74.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 318 | 137 | 137 | 149 | 1949 | 6.1 | 14.2 | 77t | 15 | 4.7 | 32 | 10.1 | 39.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Beals | 44 | 678 | 15.4 | 12 | |
| Paul Salata | 24 | 289 | 12.0 | 4 | |
| Sammy Cathcart | 12 | 182 | 15.2 | 72 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 11 | 146 | 13.3 | 3 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 2 | |
| Eddie Carr | 7 | 165 | 23.6 | 75t | 3 |
| Hal Shoener | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Don Garlin | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 1 | |
| Jim Cason | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Nick Susoeff | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 1 | |
| Len Eshmont | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 48t | 2 |
| Gail Bruce | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 139 | 1995 | 14.4 | 75t | 28 |
| Opponents Totals | 137 | 1949 | 14.2 | 77 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Cason | 9 | 152 | 16.9 | 0 | |
| Eddie Carr | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 40t | 1 |
| Lowell Wagner | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 66t | 1 |
| Len Eshmont | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Don Clark | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Pete Wismann | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gail Bruce | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Cathcart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Garlin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 474 | 14.8 | 66t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 229 | 11.5 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Albert | 31 | 1495 | 48.2 | 72 | 0 | |||||
| Verl Lillywhite | 4 | 202 | 50.5 | 68 | 0 | |||||
| Norm Standlee | 8 | 276 | 34.5 | 1 | ||||||
| Bev Wallace | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 44 | 2003 | 45.5 | 72 | 1 | 317 | 38.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 1 | 713 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Cason | 21 | 351 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
| Sam Cathcart | 18 | 306 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| Joe Vetrano | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Hal Shoener | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Eddie Carr | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Norm Maloney | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 46 | 713 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 317 | 11.7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Perry | 14 | 337 | 24.1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Cason | 11 | 247 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Cathcart | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Don Garlin | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Hal Shoener | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Gail Bruce | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 854 | 21.9 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 75 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Carr | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 47 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 2 |
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