1976 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
2nd place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 8-6-0 .571 |
Head Coach: Monte Clark |
Ed Alsman | Special Assignments/Kickers |
Billy Atkins | Defensive Secondary |
Ed Beard | Linebackers |
Dick Enright | Offensive Line |
Doug Gerhart | Receivers |
Floyd Peters | Defensive Line |
Jim Spavital | Offensive Backs |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sun | 8/1/1976 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 27-20 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 60825 | |
Sun | 8/8/1976 | H | Denver Broncos | 17-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 40052 | |
Sun | 8/15/1976 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 21-13 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 36101 | |
Sat | 8/21/1976 | N | San Diego Chargers | 17-14 | W | Halawa, HI | Aloha Stadium | 36364 | |
Sun | 8/29/1976 | H | Oakland Raiders | 9-14 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 52704 | |
Sat | 9/4/1976 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 3-10 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 55256 | |
Sun | 9/12/1976 | A | Green Bay Packers | 26-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 54628 | |
Sun | 9/19/1976 | H | Chicago Bears | 12-19 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 44158 | |
Sun | 9/26/1976 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 37-21 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 59108 | |
Sun | 10/3/1976 | H | New York Jets | 17-6 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 42961 | |
Mon | 10/11/1976 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 16-0 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 80532 | |
Sun | 10/17/1976 | H | New Orleans Saints | 33-3 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 43160 | |
Sat | 10/23/1976 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 15-0 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 50240 | |
Sun | 10/31/1976 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 20-23 | L | OT | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50365 |
Sun | 11/7/1976 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 56134 | |
Sun | 11/14/1976 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 16-21 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 19733 | |
Sun | 11/21/1976 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 3-23 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 58573 | |
Mon | 11/29/1976 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 20-16 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 56775 | |
Sun | 12/5/1976 | A | San Diego Chargers | 7-13 | L | OT | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 33539 |
Sun | 12/12/1976 | A | New Orleans Saints | 27-7 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 42536 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Cas Banaszek | 79 | ROT | 6-3 | 249 | 31 | Northwestern | 9 | 8 |
Jean Barrett | 77 | LOT | 6-6 | 256 | 25 | Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
Scott Bull | 19 | QB | 6-5 | 212 | 23 | Arkansas | 14 | 2 |
Tony Cline | 82 | RDE | 6-2 | 237 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 2 |
Bill Cooke | 76 | DE-DT | 6-5 | 247 | 25 | Connecticut; Massachusetts | 9 | 0 |
Randy Cross | 62 | C | 6-3 | 265 | 22 | UCLA | 14 | 10 |
Marty Domres | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 219 | 29 | Columbia | 5 | 0 |
Cleveland Elam | 72 | RDT | 6-4 | 251 | 24 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
Bruce Elia | 55 | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 2 |
Dick Enderle | 63 | OG | 6-2 | 258 | 29 | Minnesota | 2 | 0 |
Keith Fahnhorst | 71 | ROT | 6-6 | 273 | 24 | Minnesota | 13 | 6 |
Bobby Ferrell | 38 | RB | 6-0 | 219 | 24 | UCLA | 10 | 0 |
Cedrick Hardman | 86 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | North Texas | 11 | 11 |
Willie Harper | 59 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Nebraska | 14 | 0 |
Kenny Harrison | 83 | WR | 6-0 | 170 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 0 |
Tommy Hart | 53 | LDE | 6-3 | 234 | 32 | Morris Brown | 14 | 14 |
Paul Hofer | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
Wilbur Jackson | 40 | RB | 6-2 | 219 | 25 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
Jimmy Johnson | 37 | LCB | 6-2 | 188 | 38 | Santa Monica JC; UCLA | 14 | 13 |
Kermit Johnson | 47 | RB | 6-0 | 202 | 24 | UCLA | 11 | 1 |
Sammy Johnson | 48 | RB | 6-1 | 226 | 24 | North Carolina | 6 | 0 |
Jim Lash | 87 | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Northwestern | 8 | 7 |
Steve Lawson | 65 | LOG | 6-3 | 265 | 27 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
Tony Leonard | 42 | LCB | 5-11 | 169 | 23 | Virginia Union | 14 | 1 |
Eddie Lewis | 22 | CB | 6-0 | 175 | 23 | Kansas | 14 | 0 |
Andy Maurer | 61 | ROG | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Oregon | 13 | 10 |
Willie McGee | 81 | WR | 5-11 | 178 | 26 | Alcorn State | 6 | 6 |
Ralph McGill | 49 | RS | 5-11 | 178 | 26 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Tulsa | 10 | 9 |
Steve Mike-Mayer | 10 | K | 6-0 | 180 | 29 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
Dale Mitchell | 64 | LB | 6-3 | 224 | 23 | Southern California | 13 | 0 |
Tom Mitchell | 84 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 32 | Bucknell | 14 | 14 |
Frank Nunley | 57 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 31 | Michigan | 13 | 12 |
Jim Obradovich | 89 | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | El Camino JC; Southern California | 14 | 0 |
Mel Phillips | 32 | SS | 6-2 | 192 | 34 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
Jim Plunkett | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 29 | Stanford | 12 | 12 |
Rocky Rasley | 63 | OG | 6-3 | 251 | 29 | Bakersfield CC; Oregon State | 1 | 0 |
Bruce Rhodes | 23 | FS-RCB | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | San Francisco State | 14 | 6 |
Steve Rivera | 80 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | California | 11 | 1 |
Bill Sandifer | 60 | RDE | 6-6 | 260 | 24 | MiraCosta JC; UCLA | 13 | 1 |
Bruce Taylor | 33 | RCB | 6-0 | 178 | 28 | Boston University | 13 | 13 |
Skip Vanderbundt | 52 | LLB | 6-3 | 226 | 30 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
Dave Washington | 50 | RLB | 6-5 | 224 | 28 | Alcorn State | 14 | 14 |
Gene Washington | 18 | WR | 6-1 | 183 | 29 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
John Watson | 67 | ROG-C | 6-4 | 244 | 27 | Oklahoma | 11 | 8 |
Jimmy Webb | 74 | LDT | 6-5 | 245 | 24 | Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
Delvin Williams | 24 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Kansas | 13 | 13 |
Tom Wittum | 13 | P | 6-1 | 191 | 26 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
2 | 42 | Randy Cross | C | UCLA |
2 | 57 | Eddie Lewis | DB | Kansas |
4 | 100 | Steve Rivera | WR | California |
5 | 140 | Tony Leonard | DB | Virginia Union |
6 | 168 | Robert Pennywell | LB | Grambling State |
6 | 177 | Scott Bull | QB | Arkansas |
7 | 194 | Jay Chesley | DB | Vanderbilt |
8 | 223 | John Ayers | T | West Texas A&M |
9 | 250 | Kenny Harrison | WR | Southern Methodist |
10 | 275 | Robin Ross | T | Washington State |
11 | 305 | Paul Hofer | RB | Mississippi |
12 | 332 | Gerald Loper | G | Florida |
13 | 359 | Larry Brumfield | DB | Indiana State |
14 | 389 | Johnny Miller | LB | Livingstone |
15 | 416 | Howard Stidham | LB | Tennessee Tech |
16 | 443 | Reggie Lewis | DE | San Diego State |
17 | 473 | Darrell Jenkins | RB | San Jose State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 50 | 91 | 49 | 80 | 0 | 270 |
Opponents Totals | 35 | 52 | 44 | 50 | 9 | 190 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 242 | 131 | 91 | 20 | 68/209 32.5% | / % | 102 | 848 | |
Opponents Totals | 218 | 94 | 102 | 22 | 73/235 31.1% | / % | 94 | 906 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Mike-Mayer | 0 | 26 | 30 | 86.7 | 16 | 28 | 57.1 | 0 | 74 |
Delvin Williams | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
Gene Washington | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Willie McGee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Scott Bull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Wilbur Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Sammy Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Cleveland Elam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bobby Ferrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Paul Hofer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Kermit Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Tony Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ralph McGill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Tom Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Tommy Hart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Team Totals | 32 | 26 | 32 | 81.3 | 16 | 28 | 57.1 | 2 | 270 |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 20 | 24 | 83.3 | 6 | 21 | 28.6 | 1 | 190 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Mike-Mayer | 16 | 28 | 57.1 | 3 | 45 | 3/3 | 5/8 | 4/8 | 4/8 | 0/1 |
Team Totals | 16 | 28 | 57.1 | 3 | 45 | 3/3 | 5/8 | 4/8 | 4/8 | 0/1 |
Opponents Totals | 6 | 21 | 28.6 | 0/ | 1/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Delvin Williams | 248 | 1203 | 4.9 | 80t | 7 |
Wilbur Jackson | 200 | 792 | 4.0 | 24 | 1 |
Kermit Johnson | 32 | 99 | 3.1 | 16 | 1 |
Jim Plunkett | 19 | 95 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
Paul Hofer | 18 | 74 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 |
Scott Bull | 15 | 66 | 4.4 | 18 | 2 |
Sammy Johnson | 24 | 52 | 2.2 | 12 | 2 |
Bobby Ferrell | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 11 | 1 |
Marty Domres | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
Willie McGee | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 |
Jim Lash | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 |
Gene Washington | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 576 | 2447 | 4.2 | 80t | 14 |
Opponents Totals | 487 | 1786 | 3.7 | 29 | 10 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Plunkett | 243 | 126 | 51.9 | 101 | 1592 | 6.6 | 12.6 | 85t | 13 | 5.3 | 16 | 6.6 | 26 | 249 | 1343 | 63.0 |
Marty Domres | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 6 | 101 | 7.2 | 14.4 | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.1 | 3 | 32 | 69 | 44.0 |
Scott Bull | 48 | 21 | 43.8 | 23 | 252 | 5.3 | 12.0 | 30 | 2 | 4.2 | 4 | 8.3 | 5 | 44 | 208 | 39.6 |
Delvin Williams | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 118.8 |
Team Totals | 306 | 155 | 50.7 | 130 | 1963 | 6.4 | 12.7 | 85t | 15 | 4.9 | 21 | 6.9 | 34 | 325 | 1638 | 58.8 |
Opponents Totals | 374 | 180 | 48.1 | 185 | 2349 | 6.3 | 13.1 | 77t | 13 | 3.5 | 9 | 2.4 | 61 | 573 | 1776 | 69.9 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Washington | 33 | 457 | 13.8 | 55 | 6 |
Wilbur Jackson | 33 | 324 | 9.8 | 32 | 1 |
Delvin Williams | 27 | 283 | 10.5 | 85t | 2 |
Tom Mitchell | 20 | 240 | 12.0 | 27 | 1 |
Willie McGee | 13 | 269 | 20.7 | 52t | 4 |
Jim Lash | 13 | 190 | 14.6 | 43 | 0 |
Sammy Johnson | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 24 | 0 |
Paul Hofer | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 13t | 1 |
Kenny Harrison | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 41 | 0 |
Kermit Johnson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Jim Obradovich | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Bobby Ferrell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Steve Rivera | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 155 | 1963 | 12.7 | 85t | 15 |
Opponents Totals | 180 | 2349 | 13.1 | 77t | 13 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Rhodes | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 30 | 0 |
Mel Phillips | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
Skip Vanderbundt | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
Jimmy Johnson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Frank Nunley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Team Totals | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 30 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 21 | 253 | 12.0 | 43 | 2 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Wittum | 89 | 3634 | 40.8 | 68 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 351 | 3083 | 33.9 |
Team Totals | 91 | 3634 | 39.9 | 68 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 351 | 3083 | 33.9 |
Opponents Totals | 108 | 4327 | 40.1 | 72 | 1 | 557 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Rhodes | 16 | 2 | 142 | 8.9 | 22 | 0 |
Tony Leonard | 35 | 5 | 293 | 8.4 | 60t | 1 |
Ralph McGill | 10 | 1 | 103 | 10.3 | 50t | 1 |
Bruce Taylor | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
Steve Rivera | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 65 | 9 | 557 | 8.6 | 60t | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 52 | 2 | 351 | 6.8 | 25 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Leonard | 26 | 553 | 21.3 | 39 | 0 | |
Paul Hofer | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 23 | 0 | |
Kermit Johnson | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 40 | 0 | |
Tom Mitchell | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | |
Bobby Ferrell | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 38 | 777 | 20.4 | 40 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 46 | 924 | 20.1 | 38 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Tommy Hart | 16.0 | |
Cleveland Elam | 14.0 | |
Cedrick Hardman | 12.5 | |
Jimmy Webb | 7.5 | |
Dave Washington | 5.0 | |
Bill Cooke | 2.0 | |
Tony Cline | 1.0 | |
Willie Harper | 1.0 | |
Skip Vanderbundt | 1.0 | |
(Team) | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 61.0 | 573.0 |
Opponents Totals | 34.0 | 325.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scott Bull | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Cross | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cleveland Elam | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 69 | 1 | |
Bobby Ferrell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy Hart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Hofer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Wilbur Jackson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Kermit Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sammy Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Lawson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Tony Leonard | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Ralph McGill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | |
Tom Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Obradovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mel Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Jim Plunkett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Rhodes | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Rivera | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Sandifer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Skip Vanderbundt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Jimmy Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Delvin Williams | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 30 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 102 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 37 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 0 |
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