1955 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
5th place • Western Conference • 4-8-0 .333 |
Head Coach: Red Strader |
Frankie Albert | Backfield |
Phil Bengston | Line |
Mark Duncan | Defensive Backs |
Red Hickey | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sun | 8/7/1955 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-6 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27237 | |
Sat | 8/13/1955 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 60-14 | W | Sacramento, CA | Hughes Stadium | 23496 | |
Sat | 8/20/1955 | N | New York Giants | 17-28 | L | Seattle, WA | Husky Stadium | 49000 | |
Sun | 8/28/1955 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 41604 | |
Sun | 9/4/1955 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 43-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33579 | |
Fri | 9/9/1955 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 31-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 65633 | |
Sun | 9/25/1955 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 14-23 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 58772 | |
Sun | 10/2/1955 | H | Cleveland Browns | 3-38 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 43595 | |
Sun | 10/9/1955 | A | Chicago Bears | 20-19 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41651 | |
Sun | 10/16/1955 | A | Detroit Lions | 27-24 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 50179 | |
Sun | 10/23/1955 | H | Chicago Bears | 23-34 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 56350 | |
Sun | 10/30/1955 | H | Detroit Lions | 38-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 44831 | |
Sun | 11/6/1955 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 71832 | |
Sun | 11/13/1955 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-7 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 25112 | |
Sun | 11/20/1955 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-27 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 19099 | |
Sun | 11/27/1955 | A | Baltimore Colts | 14-26 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 33485 | |
Sun | 12/4/1955 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-28 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 32897 | |
Sun | 12/11/1955 | H | Baltimore Colts | 35-24 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33471 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Joe Arenas | 22 | LOH-RDH | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | Nebraska-Omaha | 12 | 9 |
Harry Babcock | 88 | LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 193 | 25 | Georgia | 8 | 0 |
Ed Beatty | 54 | C | 6-3 | 229 | 23 | Mississippi | 10 | 0 |
Rex Berry | 23 | LS | 5-11 | 181 | 31 | Carbon JC; Brigham Young | 12 | 12 |
Hardy Brown | 33 | RLB | 6-0 | 193 | 31 | Southern Methodist; Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
Marion Campbell | 76 | RDT | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Georgia | 12 | 10 |
Al Carapella | 75 | MG | 6-0 | 235 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 12 |
Paul Carr | 57 | LDH-LB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Citrus JC; Houston | 10 | 5 |
Maury Duncan | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 24 | San Jose State; San Francisco State | 11 | 0 |
Bob Hantla | 69 | ROG-LOG | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Kansas | 12 | 1 |
Carroll Hardy | 27 | ROH-LOE | 6-0 | 187 | 22 | Colorado | 10 | 5 |
Lem Harkey | 32 | ROH-FB | 6-1 | 205 | 21 | College of Emporia | 4 | 0 |
Matt Hazeltine | 55 | LLB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | California | 12 | 12 |
Doug Hogland | 64 | LOG-LOT | 6-3 | 239 | 24 | Oregon State | 12 | 10 |
Bill Johnson | 53 | C | 6-3 | 228 | 29 | Texas A&M; Tyler JC | 12 | 12 |
John Henry Johnson | 35 | LOH-DB | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | St. Mary's (California); Arizona State | 7 | 3 |
Eldred Kraemer | 65 | LOG | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 2 |
Bud Laughlin | 36 | FB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Kansas | 10 | 1 |
Bobby Luna | 49 | RDH-RS | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
George Maderos | 40 | LDH | 6-1 | 187 | 22 | Chico State | 7 | 7 |
Clay Matthews | 83 | LDE | 6-3 | 219 | 27 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 12 |
Hugh McElhenny | 38 | ROH-LOH | 6-1 | 197 | 27 | Compton JC; Washington | 12 | 8 |
Dicky Moegle | 47 | RS-LOH | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | Rice | 11 | 8 |
Leo Nomellini | 73 | LOT | 6-3 | 259 | 31 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
Lou Palatella | 68 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 8 |
Joe Perry | 34 | FB | 6-0 | 203 | 28 | Compton JC | 11 | 11 |
Charley Powell | 87 | RDE-LDE | 6-2 | 226 | 23 | none | 12 | 9 |
Bob St. Clair | 79 | ROT | 6-8 | 263 | 24 | San Francisco; Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
Ed Sharkey | 63 | ROG | 6-3 | 229 | 28 | Duke; Nevada-Reno | 5 | 3 |
Ernie Smith | 42 | DB | 6-3 | 190 | 25 | San Diego CC; Compton JC | 1 | 0 |
Gordy Soltau | 82 | LOE-K | 6-2 | 195 | 30 | Minnesota | 12 | 10 |
Tommy Stolhandske | 86 | RDE-LDE-RDT | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Texas | 12 | 3 |
Y.A. Tittle | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 29 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
Bob Toneff | 74 | LDT | 6-2 | 260 | 25 | Notre Dame | 11 | 9 |
Teddy Vaught | 89 | LDE-RDE | 6-0 | 208 | 23 | Texas Christian | 2 | 0 |
Lowell Wagner | 42 | DB | 6-0 | 194 | 32 | Southern California | 1 | 0 |
Billy Wilson | 84 | ROE | 6-3 | 191 | 28 | San Jose State | 12 | 12 |
Sid Youngelman | 77 | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 257 | 24 | Alabama | 10 | 5 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 10 | Dicky Moegle | B | Rice |
2 | 21 | Frank Morze | C | Boston College |
3 | 34 | Carroll Hardy | B | Colorado |
4 | 45 | Matt Hazeltine | C | California |
5 | 58 | Eldred Kraemer | T | Pittsburgh |
6 | 69 | Bobby Luna | B | Alabama |
7 | 82 | Johnny Dean | B | Virginia Tech |
8 | 93 | Freddie Meyers | B | Oklahoma State |
9 | 106 | Fred Preziosio | T | Purdue |
10 | 117 | Ron Aschbacher | E | Oregon State |
11 | 130 | Rudy Rotella | E | Nebraska-Omaha |
12 | 141 | Lou Palatella | T | Pittsburgh |
13 | 154 | Richie Gaskell | E | George Washington |
14 | 165 | Nick McKeithan | B | Duke |
15 | 178 | Burdette Hess | G | Idaho |
16 | 189 | Jim Hall | E | Auburn |
17 | 202 | Bob Newton | G | San Diego State |
18 | 213 | Ron Pheister | C | Oregon |
19 | 226 | John Garzoli | T | California |
20 | 237 | Glen Dyer | B | Texas |
21 | 250 | George Maderos | E | Chico State |
22 | 261 | Pete Vann | QB | Army |
23 | 274 | Tom Gunnari | E | Washington State |
24 | 285 | Bob Heaston | G | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) |
25 | 298 | Dewey Wade | E | Kansas State |
26 | 309 | Johnny Kerr | E | Purdue |
27 | 322 | Dick Shockey | B | Marquette |
28 | 333 | Don Sanders | B | Stanford |
29 | 346 | Otto Kneidinger | T | Penn State |
30 | 356 | Bob Gongola | B | Illinois |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 58 | 75 | 35 | 48 | 216 |
Opponents Totals | 32 | 105 | 76 | 85 | 298 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 204 | 102 | 89 | 13 | / % | / % | 64 | 541 | |
Opponents Totals | 250 | 132 | 103 | 15 | / % | / % | 58 | 528 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Wilson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Gordy Soltau | 1 | 27 | 30 | 90.0 | 3 | 12 | 25.0 | 0 | 42 |
Hugh McElhenny | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Dicky Moegle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Carroll Hardy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Joe Perry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Joe Arenas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Rex Berry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
John Henry Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 30 | 27 | 30 | 90.0 | 3 | 12 | 25.0 | 0 | 216 |
Opponents Totals | 37 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 2 | 298 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordy Soltau | 3 | 12 | 25.0 | 2 | 28 | 1/3 | 2/5 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Team Totals | 3 | 12 | 25.0 | 2 | 28 | 1/3 | 2/5 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Opponents Totals | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 6/ | 2/ | 3/ | 0/ | 1/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Perry | 156 | 701 | 4.5 | 42 | 2 |
Hugh McElhenny | 90 | 327 | 3.6 | 44 | 4 |
Dicky Moegle | 41 | 235 | 5.7 | 39 | 5 |
Joe Arenas | 37 | 150 | 4.1 | 30 | 0 |
Y.A. Tittle | 23 | 114 | 5.0 | 35 | 0 |
John Henry Johnson | 19 | 69 | 3.6 | 12 | 1 |
Bud Laughlin | 20 | 58 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
Carroll Hardy | 15 | 37 | 2.5 | 24 | 0 |
Lem Harkey | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
Maury Duncan | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 408 | 1713 | 4.2 | 44 | 12 |
Opponents Totals | 538 | 2135 | 4.0 | 49 | 24 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y.A. Tittle | 287 | 147 | 51.2 | 112 | 2185 | 7.6 | 14.9 | 78t | 17 | 5.9 | 28 | 9.8 | 287 | 1898 | 56.6 | |
Maury Duncan | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 8 | 40 | 3.3 | 10.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 40 | 43.7 | |
Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
Dicky Moegle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
Joe Perry | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
Team Totals | 303 | 151 | 49.8 | 124 | 2225 | 7.3 | 14.7 | 78t | 17 | 5.6 | 28 | 9.2 | 287 | 1938 | 54.4 | |
Opponents Totals | 311 | 147 | 47.3 | 143 | 2045 | 6.6 | 13.9 | 60t | 10 | 3.2 | 21 | 6.8 | 172 | 1873 | 51.5 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Wilson | 53 | 831 | 15.7 | 72t | 7 |
Gordy Soltau | 26 | 358 | 13.8 | 36 | 1 |
Joe Perry | 19 | 55 | 2.9 | 19 | 1 |
Joe Arenas | 13 | 255 | 19.6 | 53t | 2 |
Carroll Hardy | 12 | 338 | 28.2 | 78t | 4 |
Hugh McElhenny | 11 | 203 | 18.5 | 55t | 2 |
Bud Laughlin | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 27 | 0 |
Dicky Moegle | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 53 | 0 |
Harry Babcock | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
John Henry Johnson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
Team Totals | 151 | 2225 | 14.7 | 78t | 17 |
Opponents Totals | 147 | 2045 | 13.9 | 60t | 10 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dicky Moegle | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 37 | 0 |
Rex Berry | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 44t | 1 |
Hardy Brown | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
George Maderos | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
Bobby Luna | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
John Henry Johnson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
Clay Matthews | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 13L | 0 |
Paul Carr | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Tommy Stolhandske | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Marion Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Charley Powell | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | |
Team Totals | 21 | 242 | 11.5 | 44t | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 28 | 299 | 10.7 | 55t | 2 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Luna | 63 | 2558 | 40.6 | 63 | 3 | 369 | ||||
Team Totals | 63 | 2558 | 40.6 | 63 | 3 | 369 | 34.7 | |||
Opponents Totals | 57 | 2430 | 42.6 | 73 | 0 | 118 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Arenas | 21 | 55 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 | |
Dicky Moegle | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 | |
Hugh McElhenny | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 10 | 0 | |
Rex Berry | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
John Henry Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
Al Carapella | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 39 | 118 | 3.0 | 21 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 40 | 369 | 9.2 | 37 | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Arenas | 24 | 594 | 24.8 | 42 | 0 | |
Dicky Moegle | 10 | 249 | 24.9 | 61 | 0 | |
Hugh McElhenny | 9 | 189 | 21.0 | 31 | 0 | |
Carroll Hardy | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 30 | 0 | |
Bud Laughlin | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
Bob Toneff | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
Charley Powell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
Lou Palatella | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 51 | 1147 | 22.5 | 61 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 37 | 867 | 23.4 | 56 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Arenas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Harry Babcock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hardy Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Marion Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Maury Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carroll Hardy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Hogland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Eldred Kraemer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bud Laughlin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
George Maderos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clay Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Dicky Moegle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Lou Palatella | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Perry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charley Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Stolhandske | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Toneff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 25 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 0 |
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