1977 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 3rd place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 5-9-0 .357 |
| Head Coach: Ken Meyer |
| Ed Alsman | Special Assignments |
| Ed Beard | Linebackers |
| Doug Gerhart | Offensive Backs |
| Howard Mudd | Offensive Line |
| Floyd Peters | Defensive Line |
| Jim Shofner | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/7/1977 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 24-34 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 38024 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1977 | A | San Diego Chargers | 13-32 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 26620 | |
| Sun | 8/21/1977 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 23-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 44898 | |
| Mon | 8/29/1977 | A | Houston Oilers | 3-17 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 36538 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1977 | A | Oakland Raiders | 0-33 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53442 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1977 | H | Denver Broncos | 0-20 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 36441 | |
| Mon | 9/19/1977 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-27 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 48046 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1977 | H | Miami Dolphins | 15-19 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 40503 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1977 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 55466 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1977 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 0-7 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 38009 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1977 | A | New York Giants | 17-20 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 70366 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1977 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 39392 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1977 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 20-10 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 34700 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1977 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 10-3 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 46577 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1977 | A | New Orleans Saints | 10-7 | W | OT | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 41654 |
| Sun | 11/20/1977 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 10-23 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 56779 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1977 | H | New Orleans Saints | 20-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 33702 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1977 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 27-28 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 40745 | |
| Mon | 12/12/1977 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 35-42 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 55851 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1977 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-16 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 44902 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| John Ayers | 68 | LOT-C | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Texas; West Texas A&M | 14 | 1 |
| Mike Baldassin | 41 | LLB | 6-1 | 218 | 22 | Washington | 14 | 0 |
| Cas Banaszek | 79 | ROT | 6-3 | 249 | 32 | Northwestern | 6 | 0 |
| Jean Barrett | 77 | LOT | 6-6 | 256 | 26 | Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
| Stan Black | 26 | SS-FS | 6-0 | 196 | 22 | Mississippi State | 13 | 1 |
| Ed Bradley | 54 | MLB | 6-2 | 239 | 27 | Wake Forest | 14 | 2 |
| Scott Bull | 19 | QB | 6-5 | 212 | 24 | Arkansas | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Burns | 28 | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 181 | 23 | Contra Costa JC; Southern California | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Cline | 82 | LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 237 | 29 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Cooke | 76 | LDT | 6-5 | 247 | 26 | Connecticut; Massachusetts | 14 | 1 |
| Randy Cross | 51 | C | 6-3 | 265 | 23 | UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Cleveland Elam | 72 | RDT | 6-4 | 251 | 25 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| Bruce Elia | 55 | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Ohio State | 13 | 7 |
| Keith Fahnhorst | 71 | ROT | 6-6 | 273 | 25 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Ferrell | 38 | RB | 6-0 | 219 | 25 | UCLA | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Galigher | 75 | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 247 | 27 | Chabot JC; UCLA | 12 | 0 |
| Cedrick Hardman | 86 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 29 | North Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Willie Harper | 59 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Nebraska | 12 | 10 |
| Kenny Harrison | 83 | WR | 6-0 | 170 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 11 |
| Tommy Hart | 53 | LDE | 6-3 | 234 | 33 | Morris Brown | 14 | 14 |
| Paul Hofer | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 40 | FB | 6-2 | 219 | 26 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| Rick Jennings | 88 | WR | 5-9 | 180 | 24 | Maryland | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Lash | 87 | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Northwestern | 10 | 3 |
| Steve Lawson | 65 | LOG | 6-3 | 265 | 28 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| Tony Leonard | 42 | LCB | 5-11 | 169 | 24 | Virginia Union | 13 | 13 |
| Eddie Lewis | 22 | LCB | 6-0 | 175 | 24 | Kansas | 14 | 1 |
| Al Matthews | 47 | S | 5-11 | 190 | 30 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 1 | 0 |
| Willie McGee | 81 | WR | 5-11 | 178 | 27 | Alcorn State | 7 | 0 |
| Ralph McGill | 59 | FS | 5-11 | 178 | 27 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Tulsa | 13 | 13 |
| Johnny Miller | 66 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 247 | 23 | Livingstone | 6 | 0 |
| Dale Mitchell | 64 | RLB | 6-3 | 224 | 24 | Southern California | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 84 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 33 | Bucknell | 13 | 13 |
| Jim Obradovich | 89 | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | El Camino JC; Southern California | 12 | 0 |
| Woody Peoples | 69 | ROG | 6-2 | 247 | 34 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Mel Phillips | 32 | SS | 6-2 | 192 | 35 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Plunkett | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 30 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Rivera | 80 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | California | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Seal | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 223 | 25 | Michigan | 14 | 1 |
| Ron Singleton | 67 | OT | 6-7 | 245 | 25 | Grambling State | 1 | 0 |
| Howard Stidham | 58 | LB | 6-2 | 214 | 23 | Tennessee Tech | 4 | 0 |
| Bruce Taylor | 44 | RCB | 6-0 | 178 | 29 | Boston University | 14 | 14 |
| Skip Vanderbundt | 52 | LLB-MLB | 6-3 | 226 | 31 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Washington | 50 | RLB | 6-5 | 224 | 29 | Alcorn State | 9 | 9 |
| Gene Washington | 18 | WR | 6-1 | 183 | 30 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Jimmy Webb | 74 | LDT | 6-5 | 245 | 25 | Mississippi State | 14 | 13 |
| Ray Wersching | 14 | K | 5-11 | 215 | 27 | Cerritos JC; California | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 30 | RB | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | Colorado | 12 | 0 |
| Delvin Williams | 24 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Wittum | 13 | P | 6-1 | 191 | 27 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 3 | 65 | Elmo Boyd | WR | Eastern Kentucky |
| 4 | 100 | Stan Black | DB | Mississippi State |
| 6 | 141 | Mike Burns | DB | Southern California |
| 6 | 155 | Jim Harlan | C | Howard Payne |
| 7 | 183 | Jim Van Wagner | RB | Michigan Tech |
| 9 | 239 | David Posey | K | Florida |
| 11 | 295 | Brian Billick | TE | Brigham Young |
| 12 | 323 | Scott Martin | G | North Dakota |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 58 | 71 | 41 | 3 | 220 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 106 | 40 | 85 | 3 | 260 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 219 | 126 | 81 | 12 | 91/222 41.0% | / % | 99 | 830 | |
| Opponents Totals | 221 | 107 | 94 | 20 | 79/214 36.9% | / % | 96 | 820 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delvin Williams | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Ray Wersching | 0 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 0 | 53 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Gene Washington | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Mike Baldassin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Ferrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kenny Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Plunkett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Seal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Wittum | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 25 | 27 | 92.6 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 0 | 220 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 29 | 32 | 90.6 | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 0 | 260 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Wersching | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 1 | 50 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 5/5 | 4/7 | 1/3 |
| Tom Wittum | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 28 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 1 | 50 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 5/5 | 4/7 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 0/ | 8/ | 2/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delvin Williams | 268 | 931 | 3.5 | 40 | 7 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 179 | 780 | 4.4 | 80 | 7 |
| Bobby Ferrell | 41 | 160 | 3.9 | 12 | 1 |
| Paul Hofer | 34 | 106 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Plunkett | 28 | 71 | 2.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Scott Bull | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kenny Harrison | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Willie McGee | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 564 | 2086 | 3.7 | 80 | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 551 | 1869 | 3.4 | 42t | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Plunkett | 248 | 128 | 51.6 | 106 | 1693 | 6.8 | 13.2 | 47t | 9 | 3.6 | 14 | 5.6 | 30 | 242 | 1451 | 62.1 |
| Scott Bull | 24 | 7 | 29.2 | 15 | 89 | 3.7 | 12.7 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 6 | 47 | 42 | 7.8 |
| Tom Wittum | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 15 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 50.7 |
| Kenny Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Delvin Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 277 | 136 | 49.1 | 124 | 1797 | 6.5 | 13.2 | 47t | 9 | 3.2 | 17 | 6.1 | 36 | 289 | 1508 | 55.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 270 | 139 | 51.5 | 123 | 1948 | 7.2 | 14.0 | 73t | 14 | 5.2 | 8 | 3.0 | 42 | 360 | 1588 | 80.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Washington | 32 | 638 | 19.9 | 47t | 5 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 22 | 169 | 7.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Delvin Williams | 20 | 179 | 9.0 | 17 | 2 |
| Tom Mitchell | 19 | 226 | 11.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Kenny Harrison | 15 | 217 | 14.5 | 46 | 1 |
| Paul Seal | 13 | 230 | 17.7 | 47t | 1 |
| Paul Hofer | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Lash | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Willie McGee | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Ferrell | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Cline | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 136 | 1797 | 13.2 | 47t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 139 | 1948 | 14.0 | 73t | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Washington | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Mel Phillips | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Ralph McGill | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Willie Harper | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Skip Vanderbundt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 133 | 16.6 | 50 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 298 | 17.5 | 42 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Wittum | 77 | 2801 | 36.4 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 444 | 2277 | 28.5 |
| Team Totals | 80 | 2801 | 35.0 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 444 | 2277 | 28.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 3228 | 37.5 | 62 | 1 | 292 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Leonard | 22 | 2 | 154 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Stan Black | 13 | 1 | 38 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Jennings | 7 | 1 | 32 | 4.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Rivera | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 0 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Bruce Elia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Baldassin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 5 | 292 | 6.1 | 60 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 6 | 444 | 9.4 | 63 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hofer | 36 | 871 | 24.2 | 48 | 0 | |
| Dave Williams | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 80t | 1 | |
| Rick Jennings | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ferrell | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tony Leonard | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 68 | 0 | |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Delvin Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 1174 | 24.0 | 80t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 1025 | 21.4 | 92t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Elam | 18.0 | |
| Cedrick Hardman | 12.5 | |
| Tommy Hart | 3.0 | |
| Willie Harper | 2.0 | |
| Ed Galigher | 2.0 | |
| Jimmy Webb | 1.5 | |
| Bruce Elia | 1.0 | |
| Dave Washington | 1.0 | |
| Eddie Lewis | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals INDYDS=361=11/6=76 | 42.0 | 360.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 36.0 | 289.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Baldassin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Black | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Bull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Cooke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Cross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -37 | 0 | |
| Bruce Elia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Fahnhorst | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Ferrell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cedrick Hardman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Harrison | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Hofer | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Leonard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Eddie Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Plunkett | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Skip Vanderbundt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Delvin Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Wittum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 28 | -17 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 0 |
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