1972 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 1st place National Football Conference Western Division 8-5-1 .607 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Dick Nolan |
| Chet Franklin | Special Teams |
| Mike Giddings | Linebackers |
| Don Heinrich | Defensive Backs |
| Doug Scovil | Offensive Backs |
| Jim Shofner | Receivers |
| Dick Stanfel | Offensive Line |
| Paul Wiggin | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/5/1972 | N | New York Jets | 10-17 | L | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 41920 | |
| Sun | 8/13/1972 | H | Cleveland Browns | 20-13 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 58364 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1972 | A | San Diego Chargers | 16-17 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 47308 | |
| Sun | 8/27/1972 | H | Denver Broncos | 24-27 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 58115 | |
| Sun | 9/3/1972 | H | Oakland Raiders | 34-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 61237 | |
| Fri | 9/8/1972 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 60807 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | H | San Diego Chargers | 34-3 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 59438 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1972 | A | Buffalo Bills | 20-27 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45845 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1972 | A | New Orleans Saints | 37-2 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 69840 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 77382 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1972 | H | New York Giants | 17-23 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 58606 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | H | New Orleans Saints | 20-20 | T | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 59167 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 49-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1972 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-34 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47897 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1972 | H | Baltimore Colts | 24-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 61214 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1972 | A | Chicago Bears | 34-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 55701 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1972 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 31-10 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 65124 | |
| Mon | 12/4/1972 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 16-26 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 61214 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1972 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 20-0 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 61214 | |
| Sat | 12/16/1972 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 20-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 61214 | |
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/23/1972 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 28-30 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 61214 | |
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 |
| 79 | Cas Banaszek | ROT | 6-3 | 249 | 27 | Northwestern | 13 | 13 |
| 50 | Ed Beard | MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 33 | Tennessee | 14 | 6 |
| 83 | Terry Beasley | WR | 5-10 | 183 | 22 | Auburn | 8 | 0 |
| 65 | Randy Beisler | LOG | 6-4 | 252 | 28 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| 72 | Bill Belk | RDE | 6-3 | 248 | 26 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 2 |
| 75 | Forrest Blue | C | 6-5 | 249 | 27 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| 12 | John Brodie | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 37 | Stanford | 6 | 5 |
| 66 | Elmer Collett | OG | 6-4 | 231 | 28 | San Francisco State | 14 | 0 |
| 42 | Doug Cunningham | RB | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | Mississippi | 4 | 0 |
| 74 | Earl Edwards | RDT | 6-6 | 264 | 26 | Wichita State | 13 | 12 |
| 23 | Johnny Fuller | RS | 6-0 | 182 | 26 | Lamar | 13 | 5 |
| 30 | Bruce Gossett | K | 6-2 | 229 | 31 | Clarion; Ferrum JC; Duquesne; Richmond | 14 | 0 |
| 43 | Windlan Hall | CB | 5-11 | 176 | 22 | Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
| 86 | Cedrick Hardman | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | North Texas | 14 | 12 |
| 53 | Tommy Hart | LDE | 6-3 | 234 | 28 | Morris Brown | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Bob Hoskins | RDT | 6-2 | 246 | 27 | Wichita State | 14 | 2 |
| 54 | Marty Huff | LB | 6-2 | 234 | 24 | Michigan | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | John Isenbarger | RB | 6-3 | 196 | 25 | Indiana | 14 | 0 |
| 37 | Jimmy Johnson | LCB | 6-2 | 188 | 34 | Santa Monica JC; UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| 70 | Charlie Krueger | LDT | 6-4 | 256 | 35 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 78 | Rolf Krueger | DE-DT | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Texas A&M | 4 | 0 |
| 82 | Ted Kwalick | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Jim McCann | P | 6-3 | 160 | 23 | Phoenix JC; Arizona State | 13 | 0 |
| 49 | Ralph McGill | CB-S | 5-11 | 178 | 22 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Tulsa | 11 | 0 |
| 57 | Frank Nunley | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Michigan | 13 | 8 |
| 84 | Dave Olerich | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | San Francisco | 12 | 0 |
| 69 | Woody Peoples | ROG | 6-2 | 247 | 29 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Mel Phillips | LS | 6-2 | 192 | 30 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
| 19 | Joe Reed | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Baylor; Mississippi State | 9 | 0 |
| 85 | Preston Riley | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Memphis | 14 | 8 |
| 75 | Len Rohde | LOT | 6-4 | 246 | 34 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| 35 | Larry Schreiber | RB | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | Tennessee Tech | 14 | 3 |
| 38 | Mike Simpson | RS | 5-11 | 172 | 25 | Houston | 13 | 9 |
| 58 | Jim Sniadecki | LB | 6-2 | 224 | 25 | Indiana | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Steve Spurrier | QB | 6-2 | 202 | 27 | Florida | 13 | 11 |
| 44 | Bruce Taylor | RCB | 6-0 | 178 | 24 | Boston University | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Jimmy Thomas | RB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Texas-Arlington | 14 | 1 |
| 52 | Skip Vanderbundt | RLB | 6-3 | 226 | 26 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| 18 | Gene Washington | WR | 6-1 | 183 | 25 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| 22 | Vic Washington | RB | 5-10 | 194 | 26 | Wyoming | 13 | 13 |
| 67 | John Watson | ROT | 6-4 | 244 | 23 | Oklahoma | 14 | 1 |
| 64 | Dave Wilcox | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 30 | Boise JC; Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| 40 | Ken Willard | RB | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | North Carolina | 14 | 11 |
| 88 | Dick Witcher | WR | 6-3 | 204 | 28 | Bakersfield CC; UCLA | 14 | 6 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 19 | Terry Beasley | WR | Auburn |
| 2 | 28 | Ralph McGill | RB | Tulsa |
| 2 | 44 | Jean Barrett | T | Tulsa |
| 3 | 71 | Jubilee Dunbar | WR | Southern University |
| 4 | 96 | Windlan Hall | DB | Arizona State |
| 5 | 123 | Mike Greene | LB | Georgia |
| 6 | 148 | Jackie Walker | DB | Tennessee |
| 7 | 175 | Ed Hardy | G | Jackson State |
| 8 | 200 | Tom Wittum | K | Northern Illinois |
| 9 | 227 | Jerry Brown | DB | Northwestern |
| 10 | 252 | Steve Williams | DT | Western Carolina |
| 11 | 279 | Tom Laputka | DE | Southern Illinois |
| 12 | 304 | Steve Setzler | DE | St. John's (Minnesota) |
| 13 | 331 | Leon Pettigrew | T | Northridge State |
| 14 | 356 | Eric Guthrie | QB | Boise State |
| 15 | 383 | Bob Maddox | DE | Frostburg State |
| 16 | 408 | Ron Davis | G | Virginia State |
| 17 | 435 | Ted Alexander | RB | Langston |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 64 | 105 | 67 | 117 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 63 | 63 | 75 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 234 | 87 | 129 | 18 | 74/189 39.2% | / % | 73 | 664 | |
| Opponents Totals | 221 | 96 | 105 | 20 | 75/212 35.4% | / % | 81 | 677 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 0 | 41 | 42 | 97.6 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 0 | 95 |
| Gene Washington | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Ted Kwalick | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Vic Washington | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ken Willard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Larry Schreiber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Skip Vanderbundt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| John Brodie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Isenbarger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Preston Riley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Witcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 41 | 43 | 95.3 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 0 | 353 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 1 | 249 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 0 | 50 | 4/4 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 5/12 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 0 | 50 | 4/4 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 5/12 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 7/ | 3/ | 4/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Washington | 141 | 468 | 3.3 | 33 | 3 |
| Larry Schreiber | 118 | 420 | 3.6 | 20 | 2 |
| Ken Willard | 100 | 345 | 3.5 | 23 | 4 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 52 | 250 | 4.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Steve Spurrier | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Doug Cunningham | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Reed | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ted Kwalick | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 10 | 0 |
| John Isenbarger | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 445 | 1616 | 3.6 | 33 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 446 | 1847 | 4.1 | 68 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Spurrier | 269 | 147 | 54.6 | 106 | 1983 | 7.4 | 13.5 | 81t | 18 | 6.7 | 16 | 5.9 | 14 | 114 | 1869 | 75.9 |
| John Brodie | 110 | 70 | 63.6 | 32 | 905 | 8.2 | 12.9 | 53 | 9 | 8.2 | 8 | 7.3 | 8 | 39 | 866 | 86.4 |
| John Isenbarger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 380 | 217 | 57.1 | 139 | 2888 | 7.6 | 13.3 | 81t | 27 | 7.1 | 24 | 6.3 | 22 | 153 | 2735 | 78.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 366 | 169 | 46.2 | 178 | 2582 | 7.1 | 15.3 | 85t | 14 | 3.8 | 19 | 5.2 | 46 | 403 | 2179 | 61.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Washington | 46 | 918 | 20.0 | 62t | 12 |
| Vic Washington | 43 | 393 | 9.1 | 33 | 1 |
| Ted Kwalick | 40 | 751 | 18.8 | 81t | 9 |
| Larry Schreiber | 31 | 283 | 9.1 | 64t | 1 |
| Ken Willard | 24 | 131 | 5.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 15 | 148 | 9.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Preston Riley | 11 | 156 | 14.2 | 28t | 1 |
| John Isenbarger | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 33 | 1 |
| Dick Witcher | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Terry Beasley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 217 | 2888 | 13.3 | 81t | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 169 | 2582 | 15.3 | 85t | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Johnson | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Wilcox | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Skip Vanderbundt | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 37t | 2 |
| Mike Simpson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Bruce Taylor | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Nunley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Beard | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Windlan Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 146 | 7.7 | 37t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 240 | 10.0 | 35t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McCann | 64 | 2542 | 39.7 | 63 | 1 | 70 | ||||
| Team Totals | 64 | 2542 | 39.7 | 63 | 1 | 70 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 3123 | 43.4 | 65 | 0 | 373 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph McGill | 22 | 0 | 219 | 10.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Bruce Taylor | 21 | 8 | 145 | 6.9 | 41 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 9 | 373 | 8.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 25 | 70 | 3.5 | 34 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Washington | 27 | 771 | 28.6 | 98t | 1 | |
| Ralph McGill | 10 | 192 | 19.2 | 30 | 0 | |
| Larry Schreiber | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoskins | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Ed Beard | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Nunley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 1041 | 23.7 | 98t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 1530 | 23.2 | 75 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Tommy Hart | 17.0 | |
| Cedrick Hardman | 9.0 | |
| Earl Edwards | 6.5 | |
| Bob Hoskins | 4.0 | |
| Bill Belk | 3.5 | |
| Dave Wilcox | 3.0 | |
| Charlie Krueger | 1.0 | |
| Skip Vanderbundt | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 46.0 | 403.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22.0 | 153.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Beard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 |
| Windlan Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedrick Hardman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hoskins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Marty Huff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Kwalick | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph McGill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -16 | 0 | |
| Mel Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Preston Riley | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Rohde | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Schreiber | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Spurrier | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Taylor | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Skip Vanderbundt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 73 | 1 |
| Vic Washington | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Wilcox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Ken Willard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 103 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 1 |
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