1948 San Francisco 49ers (AAFC) |
| 2nd place • Western Division • 12-2-0 .857 |
| Head Coach: Buck Shaw |
| Eddie Erdelatz | Assistant Coach |
| Jim Lawson | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/18/1948 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 42-24 | W | Pasadena, CA | Rose Bowl | 58207 | |
| Sun | 8/22/1948 | H | Baltimore Colts | 42-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 35139 | |
| Sun | 8/29/1948 | H | Buffalo Bills | 35-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33946 | |
| Sun | 9/5/1948 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 36-20 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 32606 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1948 | H | New York Yankees | 41-0 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 60927 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1948 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 36-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 45420 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1948 | A | Buffalo Bills | 38-28 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 31103 | |
| Fri | 10/1/1948 | A | Chicago Rockets | 31-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 14553 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1948 | A | Baltimore Colts | 56-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 37209 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1948 | A | New York Yankees | 21-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 29743 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | H | Baltimore Colts | 21-10 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27978 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | H | Chicago Rockets | 44-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 25306 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82769 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 63-40 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 9336 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1948 | H | Cleveland Browns | 28-31 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59785 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1948 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 38-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 51460 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Frankie Albert | 63 | QB | 5-9 | 160 | 28 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Bruno Banducci | 38 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 216 | 27 | Stanford | 8 | 0 |
| Al Beals | 53 | ROE | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Santa Clara | 14 | 14 |
| Roman Bentz | 46 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Tulane | 4 | 0 |
| Gail Bruce | 54 | RDE-ROE? | 6-1 | 206 | 25 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Bryant | 42 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 226 | 30 | Texas Tech; Santa Ana JC | 14 | 14 |
| Eddie Carr | 84 | LDH-LOH | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | none | 13 | 2 |
| Jim Cason | 93 | S-OH? | 6-0 | 171 | 21 | Louisiana State | 13 | 13 |
| Don Clark | 31 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 197 | 25 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Floyd Collier | 48 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | San Jose State; Fresno State; Southern California | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Cox | 32 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Stanford | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Crowe | 92 | ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | St. Mary's (California) | 14 | 13 |
| Chuck Elliott | 45 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | Oregon | 2 | 0 |
| Art Elston | 21 | C-LB | 5-11 | 191 | 30 | South Carolina | 12 | 0 |
| Len Eshmont | 81 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 179 | 31 | Fordham | 13 | 13 |
| Visco Grgich | 34 | ROG-MG | 5-11 | 217 | 25 | Santa Clara | 14 | 14 |
| Forrest Hall | 88 | LOH-LDH | 5-8 | 155 | 27 | Duquesne; San Francisco | 14 | 1 |
| Clarence Howell | 56 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | Texas A&M | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Johnson | 23 | LB-C | 6-3 | 228 | 22 | Texas A&M; Tyler JC | 5 | 0 |
| Fred Land | 45 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Louisiana State | 2 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 71 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | Modesto JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Norm Maloney | 59 | LDE-ROE | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 13 |
| Len Masini | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 225 | 26 | Fresno State | 2 | 0 | |
| Riley Matheson | 37 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 207 | 34 | Cameron JC; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| Walt McCormick | 24/38 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 215 | 22 | Washington; Southern California | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Mike | 47 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | Florida A&M; UCLA | 14 | 1 |
| Joe Perry | 74 | FB | 6-0 | 203 | 21 | Compton JC | 14 | 0 |
| Hal Puddy | 46 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 225 | 24 | Oregon State | 6 | 0 |
| Hal Shoener | 52 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | Iowa | 14 | 1 |
| Norm Standlee | 72 | FB | 6-1 | 238 | 29 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 91 | ROH-RDH | 5-9 | 190 | 27 | Marquette | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Sullivan | 94 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Holy Cross | 13 | 0 |
| Nick Susoeff | 58 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | Washington State | 13 | 13 |
| Joe Vetrano | 82 | K | 5-9 | 170 | 30 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 1 |
| Bev Wallace | 64 | QB | 6-2 | 180 | 25 | Compton JC | 10 | 0 |
| Joel Williams | 22 | C | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Louisiana-Lafayette; Texas | 14 | 14 |
| John Woudenberg | 41 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 226 | 30 | Denver | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Joe Scott | B | San Francisco |
| 3 | 15 | Jim Cason | B | Louisiana State |
| 4 | 23 | Walt McCormick | C | Southern California |
| 6 | 32 | Fred Land | T | Louisiana State |
| 7 | 38 | Phil O'Reilly | T | Purdue |
| 9 | 50 | Bill Luongo | B | Pennsylvania |
| 11 | 62 | Bob Steckroth | E | William & Mary |
| 12 | 70 | Gene Malinowski | C | Detroit Mercy |
| 13 | 78 | Len Modzelski | T | Scranton |
| 14 | 86 | Les Rideout | T | Bowling Green State |
| 15 | 94 | Larry Olsonoski | T | Minnesota |
| 16 | 102 | Wally Matulich | B | Mississippi State |
| 17 | 110 | Bob Ravensberg | E | Indiana |
| 18 | 118 | Bill Pritula | T | Michigan |
| 19 | 126 | Art Fitzgerald | B | Yale |
| 20 | 134 | Pete Barbolak | T | Purdue |
| 21 | 142 | Dick Loepfe | T | Wisconsin |
| 22 | 150 | Bob Heck | E | Purdue |
| 23 | 158 | Floyd Lawhorn | G | Texas Tech |
| 24 | 166 | Goble Bryant | T | Army |
| 25 | 174 | Bill Talarico | B | Pennsylvania |
| 26 | 182 | Ed Marshall | T | Pennsylvania |
| 27 | 190 | Perry Moss | B | Illinois |
| 28 | 198 | Bill Bell | QB | Muhlenberg |
| 29 | 206 | Herb Siegert | G | Illinois |
| 30 | 214 | Frank Williams | B | Utah State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 106 | 171 | 106 | 112 | 495 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 59 | 63 | 81 | 248 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 227 | 152 | 67 | 8 | / % | / % | 89 | 794 | |
| Opponents Totals | 203 | 100 | 90 | 13 | / % | / % | 72 | 567 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Beals | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
| Joe Vetrano | 1 | 62 | 66 | 93.9 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 0 | 83 |
| Joe Perry | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Frankie Albert | 8 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |
| Jim Cason | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Hal Shoener | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Norm Standlee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Eddie Carr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Paul Crowe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Len Eshmont | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Forrest Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Norm Maloney | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bob Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nick Susoeff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 69 | 64 | 69 | 92.8 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 1 | 495 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 32 | 35 | 91.4 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 248 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Vetrano | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 47 | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Strzykalski | 141 | 915 | 6.5 | 4 | |
| Joe Perry | 77 | 562 | 7.3 | 57t | 10 |
| Forrest Hall | 66 | 413 | 6.3 | 65t | 2 |
| Frankie Albert | 69 | 349 | 5.1 | 8 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 53 | 340 | 6.4 | 3 | |
| Len Eshmont | 50 | 296 | 5.9 | 1 | |
| Norm Standlee | 52 | 261 | 5.0 | 57t | 3 |
| Jim Cason | 20 | 146 | 7.3 | 59t | 2 |
| Eddie Carr | 14 | 121 | 8.6 | 54 | 1 |
| Bob Sullivan | 33 | 121 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Vetrano | 12 | 71 | 5.9 | 1 | |
| Paul Crowe | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Bev Wallace | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Gail Bruce | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 603 | 3663 | 6.1 | 65 | 35 |
| Opponents Totals | 468 | 1906 | 4.1 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Albert | 264 | 154 | 58.3 | 100 | 1990 | 7.5 | 12.9 | 59t | 29 | 11.0 | 10 | 3.8 | 102.9 | |||
| Bev Wallace | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 11 | 114 | 5.2 | 14.3 | 1 | 4.5 | 3 | 13.6 | 29.5 | ||||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 288 | 162 | 56.3 | 112 | 2104 | 7.3 | 13.0 | 59t | 30 | 10.4 | 14 | 4.9 | 93.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 374 | 184 | 49.2 | 158 | 2615 | 7.0 | 14.2 | 78t | 23 | 6.1 | 32 | 8.6 | 57.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Beals | 46 | 591 | 12.8 | 14 | |
| Nick Susoeff | 27 | 237 | 8.8 | 1 | |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 26 | 485 | 18.7 | 59t | 7 |
| Hal Shoener | 15 | 76 | 5.1 | 3 | |
| Len Eshmont | 14 | 214 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 1 | |
| Gail Bruce | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 1 | |
| Forrest Hall | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Sullivan | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 1 | |
| Eddie Carr | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Vetrano | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Norm Maloney | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Clarence Howell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Paul Crowe | 0 | 16 | 16Lt | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 162 | 2104 | 13.0 | 59t | 30 |
| Opponents Totals | 184 | 2615 | 14.2 | 78 | 23 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Carr | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 56 | 1 |
| Paul Crowe | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 1 | |
| Jim Cason | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 16L | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Riley Matheson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Don Clark | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Sullivan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Clarence Howell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Art Elston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 357 | 11.2 | 56 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 119 | 8.5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Albert | 35 | 1568 | 44.8 | 82 | 0 | |||||
| Bev Wallace | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Vetrano | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |||||
| Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 44 | 1874 | 42.6 | 82 | 0 | 314 | 35.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 80 | 0 | 676 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Cason | 22 | 309 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 13 | 201 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Forrest Hall | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 57 | 0 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | ||
| Bob Bryant | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Paul Crowe | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 676 | 15.4 | 57 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 314 | 13.1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest Hall | 13 | 369 | 28.4 | 0 | ||
| Jim Cason | 10 | 212 | 21.2 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 9 | 185 | 20.6 | 0 | ||
| Joe Perry | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 87t | 1 | |
| Bob Sullivan | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Vetrano | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Norm Standlee | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Paul Crowe | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Eddie Carr | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Nick Susoeff | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 1098 | 24.4 | 87t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 73 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Eshmont | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 38 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 1 |
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