| 1947 San Francisco 49ers (AAFC) | 
| 2nd place • Western Division • 8-4-2 .667 | 
| Head Coach: Buck Shaw | 
| Jim Lawson | Ends/Backs | 
| Al Ruffo | Line | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/24/1947 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 7-14 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 40000 | |
| Sun | 8/31/1947 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 23-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31874 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1947 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 17-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31298 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1947 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 25787 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1947 | H | New York Yankees | 16-21 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 52819 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1947 | A | Buffalo Bills | 41-24 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 36099 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | A | Baltimore Colts | 28-28 | T | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 29556 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | H | Chicago Rockets | 42-28 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 23300 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7-14 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 54325 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 26-16 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 53726 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | A | New York Yankees | 16-24 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 37342 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-37 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 76504 | |
| Fri | 11/21/1947 | A | Chicago Rockets | 41-16 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 5791 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1947 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21-7 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 9837 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | H | Buffalo Bills | 21-21 | T | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 22943 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Frankie Albert | 63 | QB | 5-9 | 160 | 27 | Stanford | 14 | 14 | 
| Ed Balatti | 57 | RDE-LOE | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | none | 14 | 14 | 
| Jack Baldwin | 25 | C-LB | 6-3 | 223 | 26 | Centenary | 3 | 1 | 
| Bruno Banducci | 33 | ROG-MLB | 5-11 | 216 | 26 | Stanford | 10 | 10 | 
| Dick Bassi | 35 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 214 | 32 | Santa Clara | 7 | 0 | 
| Al Beals | 53 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Santa Clara | 14 | 8 | 
| Bob Bryant | 42 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 226 | 29 | Texas Tech; Santa Ana JC | 14 | 14 | 
| Tony Calvelli | 31 | OG-DG-C-LB | 5-10 | 189 | 32 | San Mateo JC; Stanford | 12 | 2 | 
| Eddie Carr | 85 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | none | 10 | 10 | 
| Gerry Conlee | 22 | C-LB | 5-11 | 203 | 33 | St. Mary's (California) | 13 | 2 | 
| Odis Crowell | 45 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 220 | 33 | Amarillo JC; Hardin-Simmons | 2 | 0 | 
| Don Durdan | 93 | HB-DH | 5-9 | 175 | 27 | Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 
| Art Elston | 36 | ROG-RDG-C-LB | 5-11 | 191 | 29 | South Carolina | 9 | 9 | 
| Len Eshmont | 81 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 179 | 30 | Fordham | 14 | 14 | 
| Bill Fisk | 56 | LDE-LOE | 6-0 | 199 | 31 | Southern California | 14 | 14 | 
| Eddie Forrest | 34 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | Santa Clara | 14 | 14 | 
| Jesse Freitas | 62 | S-QB | 5-10 | 175 | 26 | Santa Clara | 10 | 0 | 
| Garland Gregory | 32 | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 14 | 
| Visco Grgich | 47 | LDT-OT | 5-11 | 217 | 24 | Santa Clara | 14 | 14 | 
| Dick Horne | 51 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 214 | 29 | Compton JC; Oregon | 11 | 2 | 
| Len Masini | 74 | LB?-FB | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | Fresno State | 11 | 5 | 
| Ned Mathews | 83 | DH-ROH | 5-10 | 187 | 29 | UCLA | 14 | 14 | 
| Hank Norberg | 55 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Stanford | 12 | 0 | 
| Earle Parsons | 84 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | Santa Ana JC; Southern California | 12 | 1 | 
| Ed Robnett | 71 | FB-LB | 5-8 | 205 | 27 | Texas A&M; Texas Tech | 6 | 0 | 
| Al Satterfield | 48 | DT-OT | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 11 | 
| Johnny Schiechl | 24 | C-RLB | 6-3 | 244 | 30 | Santa Clara | 14 | 14 | 
| George Smith | 23/25 | LB-C | 6-3 | 220 | 33 | Glendale CC; California | 10 | 2 | 
| Norm Standlee | 72 | FB-MLB | 6-1 | 238 | 28 | Stanford | 14 | 14 | 
| Johnny Strzykalski | 91 | ROH-RDH | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | Marquette | 14 | 13 | 
| Nick Susoeff | 58 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Washington State | 14 | 13 | 
| Rupe Thornton | 46 | OT-DT-OG-DG | 5-10 | 210 | 29 | Santa Clara | 14 | 0 | 
| Joe Vetrano | 82 | K-LOH-DB | 5-9 | 170 | 29 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 1 | 
| Bev Wallace | 64 | S-QB | 6-2 | 180 | 24 | Compton JC | 2 | 0 | 
| John Woudenberg | 41 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 226 | 29 | Denver | 14 | 14 | 
| Wally Yonamine | 94 | ROH-RDH | 5-9 | 180 | 22 | none | 12 | 1 | 
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| Special Selection | Glenn Davis | B | Army | |
| 1 | 6 | Clyde LeForce | B | Tulsa | 
| 2 | 14 | Bob Wiese | B | Michigan | 
| 3 | 22 | Paul Duke | C | Georgia Tech | 
| 4 | 30 | Don Samuel | B | Oregon State | 
| 5 | 38 | Al Satterfield | T | Vanderbilt | 
| 6 | 46 | Jack Zilly | E | Notre Dame | 
| 7 | 54 | Gene Knight | B | Louisiana State | 
| 8 | 62 | Charley Malmberg | T | Rice | 
| 9 | 70 | Bob Leonetti | G | Wake Forest | 
| 10 | 78 | Frank Broyles | QB | Georgia Tech | 
| 11 | 86 | Jim Tyree | E | Oklahoma | 
| 12 | 94 | Ed Robnett | B | Texas Tech | 
| 13 | 102 | Walt Slater | B | Tennessee | 
| 14 | 110 | Earl Wheeler | C | Arkansas | 
| 15 | 118 | Les Proctor | G | Texas | 
| 16 | 126 | Al DeRogatis | T | Duke | 
| 17 | 132 | Earl Tullos | T | Louisiana State | 
| 18 | 138 | Bryant Meeks | C | South Carolina | 
| 19 | 144 | Ed Royston | G | Wake Forest | 
| 20 | 150 | Max Bumgardner | E | Texas | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 83 | 102 | 65 | 77 | 327 | 
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 90 | 58 | 79 | 264 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 218 | 138 | 72 | 8 | / % | / % | 58 | 472 | |
| Opponents Totals | 178 | 87 | 78 | 13 | / % | / % | 56 | 416 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Beals | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Joe Vetrano | 0 | 38 | 43 | 88.4 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 0 | 50 | 
| Norm Standlee | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Frankie Albert | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Ned Mathews | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ed Balatti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Len Eshmont | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Len Masini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Earle Parsons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Nick Susoeff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Team Totals | 46 | 39 | 46 | 84.8 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 0 | 327 | 
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 264 | 
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Vetrano | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 2/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 2/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Strzykalski | 143 | 906 | 6.3 | 50 | 5 | 
| Norm Standlee | 145 | 585 | 4.0 | 8 | |
| Len Eshmont | 84 | 381 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 39 | 238 | 6.1 | 2 | |
| Frankie Albert | 46 | 179 | 3.9 | 5 | |
| Len Masini | 38 | 167 | 4.4 | 2 | |
| Earle Parsons | 33 | 125 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Wally Yonamine | 19 | 74 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Al Beals | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Eddie Carr | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Ed Robnett | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Joe Vetrano | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| Don Durdan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Jesse Freitas | 6 | -9 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 587 | 2767 | 4.7 | 50 | 22 | 
| Opponents Totals | 405 | 1631 | 4.0 | 62 | 10 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Albert | 242 | 128 | 52.9 | 99 | 1692 | 7.0 | 13.2 | 60 | 18 | 7.4 | 15 | 6.2 | 13 | 119 | 1573 | 74.3 | 
| Jesse Freitas | 33 | 13 | 39.4 | 18 | 215 | 6.5 | 16.5 | 4 | 12.1 | 2 | 6.1 | 2 | 25 | 190 | 76.4 | |
| Bev Wallace | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 9 | 48 | 3.0 | 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1.0 | |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 38 | 9.5 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 66.7 | 
| Ned Mathews | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 297 | 147 | 49.5 | 131 | 1993 | 6.7 | 13.6 | 60 | 22 | 7.4 | 19 | 6.4 | 15 | 144 | 1849 | 69.3 | 
| Opponents Totals | 332 | 177 | 53.3 | 131 | 2502 | 7.5 | 14.1 | 64t | 23 | 6.9 | 24 | 7.2 | 30 | 254 | 2248 | 70.9 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Beals | 47 | 655 | 13.9 | 54 | 10 | ||||
| Nick Susoeff | 24 | 223 | 9.3 | 2 | |||||
| Len Eshmont | 19 | 303 | 15.9 | 60 | 2 | ||||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 15 | 258 | 17.2 | 3 | |||||
| Earle Parsons | 9 | 163 | 18.1 | 2 | |||||
| Ed Balatti | 8 | 98 | 12.3 | 1 | |||||
| Ned Mathews | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 2 | |||||
| Bill Fisk | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | |||||
| Eddie Carr | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Horne | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | |||||
| Wally Yonamine | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |||||
| Hank Norberg | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Norm Standlee | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 147 | 1993 | 13.6 | 60 | 22 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 177 | 2502 | 14.1 | 64 | 23 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Eshmont | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 52 | 1 | 
| Eddie Carr | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 49 | 0 | 
| Johnny Schiechl | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24 | 0 | 
| Johnny Strzykalski | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 | 
| Art Elston | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | 
| Wally Yonamine | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 
| Jesse Freitas | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| George Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 
| Tony Calvelli | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Al Beals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Len Masini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 24 | 406 | 16.9 | 52 | 1 | 
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 356 | 18.7 | 1 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Albert | 40 | 1759 | 44.0 | 69 | 1 | |||||
| Jesse Freitas | 8 | 336 | 42.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bev Wallace | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 50 | 2173 | 43.5 | 69 | 1 | 37.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 81 | 5 | 500 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Vetrano | 12 | 137 | 11.4 | 0 | ||
| Earle Parsons | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 0 | ||
| Ned Mathews | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Rupe Thornton | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Garland Gregory | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Wally Yonamine | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Eddie Carr | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bruno Banducci | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ed Balatti | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 1 | |
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Gerry Conlee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 500 | 11.4 | 1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 324 | 13.5 | 1 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Eshmont | 9 | 177 | 19.7 | 0 | ||
| Wally Yonamine | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 6 | 124 | 20.7 | 0 | ||
| Joe Vetrano | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 0 | ||
| Earle Parsons | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 0 | ||
| Ned Mathews | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Eddie Carr | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bruno Banducci | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Norm Standlee | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Albert | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Visco Grgich | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ed Balatti | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| John Woudenberg | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 845 | 19.7 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 87 | 1 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 18 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 0 | 
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