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1949 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 9-3-0, Finished 1st in AAFC
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 416 points (34.7/g), 1st of 7 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 227 points (18.9/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 189 points (15.8/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 9.7-2.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 2nd.

Coached by Buck Shaw (9-3-0)

1949 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun August 28 box W 1-0 Baltimore Colts 31 17 17 367 140 227 3 8 201 142 59 3
2 Sun September 4 box W 2-0 Chicago Hornets 42 7 15 452 104 348 4 17 274 173 101 7
3 Sun September 18 box W 3-0 Los Angeles Dons 42 14 9 408 164 244 6 17 267 175 92 6
4 Sun September 25 box L 3-1 @ Buffalo Bills 17 28 9 230 97 133 20 445 224 221 1
5 Fri September 30 box W 4-1 N Chicago Hornets 42 24 17 483 136 347 2 10 365 274 91 5
6 Sun October 9 box W 5-1 Cleveland Browns 56 28 17 507 249 258 4 10 367 281 86 6
7 Sun October 16 box W 6-1 Buffalo Bills 51 7 16 450 140 310 3 10 178 167 11 4
8 Sun October 23 box L 6-2 @ New York Yankees 3 24 8 186 137 49 7 7 173 15 158 3
9 Sun October 30 box L 6-3 @ Cleveland Browns 28 30 19 477 253 224 17 400 271 129
10 Sun November 6 box W 7-3 @ Baltimore Colts 28 10 18 415 120 295 3 13 227 109 118 5
11 Sun November 13 box W 8-3 @ Los Angeles Dons 41 24 12 408 220 188 3 13 285 74 211 4
12 Sun November 27 box W 9-3 New York Yankees 35 14 17 408 243 165 5 7 164 54 110 4
Playoffs
Champ December 4 box W 10-3 New York Yankees 17 7
Champ December 11 box L 10-4 @ Cleveland Browns 7 21

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 416 4793 793 6.0 175 139 287 1995 28 20 7.0 53 506 2798 26 5.5 117 42 22 5
Team Defense 227 3313 719 4.6 226 137 318 1949 15 32 6.1 68 401 1364 12 3.4 150 47 15 8
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 3 4 4 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 4 7
Lg Rank Defense 3 1 3 7 4 4 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Frankie Albert 29 QB 12 9 129 260 49.6 1862 27 10.4 16 6.2 75 7.2 5.4 14.4 155.2 82.2
Bev Wallace 26 9 1 9 23 39.1 95 0 0.0 4 17.4 0 4.1 -3.7 10.6 10.6 12.3
Jim Cason 22 lh 12 6 1 2 50.0 38 1 50.0 0 0.0 38 19.0 24.0 38.0 3.2 135.4
Joe Perry 22 fb 11 5 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.1 12 139 287 48.4 1995 28 9.8 20 7.0 75 7.0 4.8 14.4 166.3 74.9
Opp Total 12 137 318 43.1 1949 15 4.7 32 10.1 6.1 2.1 14.2 162.4 39.7 0 0 6.1 2.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Joe Perry 22 fb 11 5 115 783 8 59 6.8 71.2 10.5 11 146 13.3 3 0 1.0 13.3 929 11 0
Sam Cathcart 25 12 0 69 412 1 57 6.0 34.3 5.8 12 182 15.2 0 72 1.0 15.2 594 1 0
Verl Lillywhite 23 RH 12 3 69 263 2 0 3.8 21.9 5.8 8 82 10.3 2 0 0.7 6.8 345 4 0
Johnny Strzykalski 28 7 4 66 287 3 44 4.3 41.0 9.4 6 99 16.5 1 0 0.9 14.1 386 4 0
Norm Standlee 30 FB 12 8 44 237 4 0 5.4 19.8 3.7 237 4 0
Frankie Albert 29 QB 12 9 35 249 3 0 7.1 20.8 2.9 249 3 0
Len Eshmont 32 LH 12 6 25 164 0 0 6.6 13.7 2.1 3 107 35.7 2 0 0.3 8.9 271 2 0
Don Garlin 23 11 0 21 113 1 60 5.4 10.3 1.9 6 64 10.7 0 0 0.5 5.8 177 1 0
Jim Cason 22 lh 12 6 21 70 1 0 3.3 5.8 1.8 5 38 7.6 0 0 0.4 3.2 108 1 0
Eddie Carr 26 7 2 19 120 2 0 6.3 17.1 2.7 7 165 23.6 3 0 1.0 23.6 285 5 0
Joe Vetrano 31 K 12 0 11 50 0 0 4.5 4.2 0.9 50 0 0
Alyn Beals 28 RE 12 8 4 32 0 0 8.0 2.7 0.3 44 678 15.4 12 0 3.7 56.5 710 12 0
Lowell Wagner 26 10 3 3 17 0 0 5.7 1.7 0.3 17 0 0
Paul Crowe 25 2 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 0
Bev Wallace 26 9 1 2 2 1 0 1.0 0.2 0.2 2 1 0
Paul Salata 23 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 289 12.0 4 0 2.0 24.1 289 4 0
Hal Shoener 26 LE 12 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 84 12.0 0 0 0.6 7.0 84 0 0
Nick Susoeff 28 11 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 52 10.4 1 0 0.5 4.7 52 1 0
Gail Bruce 26 12 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.8 9 0 0
Team Total 26.1 12 506 2798 26 60 5.5 233.2 42.2 139 1995 14.4 28 72 11.6 166.3 4793 54 0
Opp Total 12 401 1364 12 3.4 113.7 33.4 137 1949 14.2 15 11.4 162.4 3313 27 27

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jim Cason 22 lh 12 6 21 351 0 0 16.7 11 247 0 0 22.5 706
Sam Cathcart 25 12 0 18 306 0 0 17.0 7 138 0 0 19.7 1038
Joe Perry 22 fb 11 5 14 337 0 0 24.1 1266
Johnny Strzykalski 28 7 4 2 19 0 0 9.5 2 57 0 0 28.5 462
Hal Shoener 26 LE 12 10 1 8 0 8 8.0 1 17 0 17 17.0 109
Gail Bruce 26 12 4 1 8 0 8 8.0 17
Eddie Carr 26 7 2 1 6 0 6 6.0 291
Len Eshmont 32 LH 12 6 1 13 0 13 13.0 284
Don Garlin 23 11 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 198
Verl Lillywhite 23 RH 12 3 1 16 0 16 16.0 361
Ned Maloney 26 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Joe Vetrano 31 K 12 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 66
Lowell Wagner 26 10 3 1 2 0 2 2.0 19
Team Total 26.1 12 46 713 0 16 15.5 39 854 0 21 21.9 6360
Opp Total 12 27 0 61 1216 0 19.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Joe Vetrano 31 K 12 0 7 3 42.9% 56 56 100.0%
Frankie Albert 29 QB 12 9 1 0.0% 31 1495 0 0 48.2
Norm Standlee 30 FB 12 8 8 276 0 1 34.5
Verl Lillywhite 23 RH 12 3 4 202 0 0 50.5
Alyn Beals 28 RE 12 8 1 1 100.0%
Bev Wallace 26 9 1 1 30 30 0 30.0
Team Total 26.1 12 7 3 42.9% 58 57 98.3% 44 2003 30 1 45.5
Opp Total 12 10 6 60.0% 30 29 96.7% 75 2948 39.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Gail Bruce 26 12 4 1 5 0 5
Eddie Carr 26 7 2 7 87 1 40
Jim Cason 22 lh 12 6 9 152 0 0
Sam Cathcart 25 12 0 1 0 0 0
Don Clark 26 LG 12 10 1 16 0 16
Len Eshmont 32 LH 12 6 3 56 0 0
Don Garlin 23 11 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Johnson 23 C 12 10 1 16 1 16
Verl Lillywhite 23 RH 12 3 1 9 0 9
Lowell Wagner 26 10 3 6 121 1 66
Pete Wissman 26 12 2 1 12 0 12
Team Total 26.1 12 32 474 3 66
Opp Total 12 27 12

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Alyn Beals 28 RE 12 8 12 1 73
Joe Perry 22 fb 11 5 8 3 66
Joe Vetrano 31 K 12 0 56 3 65
Eddie Carr 26 7 2 2 3 1 1 42
Verl Lillywhite 23 RH 12 3 2 2 24
Paul Salata 23 12 1 4 24
Norm Standlee 30 FB 12 8 4 24
Johnny Strzykalski 28 7 4 3 1 24
Frankie Albert 29 QB 12 9 3 18
Len Eshmont 32 LH 12 6 2 12
Jim Cason 22 lh 12 6 1 6
Sam Cathcart 25 12 0 1 6
Don Garlin 23 11 0 1 6
Bill Johnson 23 C 12 10 1 6
Nick Susoeff 28 11 1 1 6
Lowell Wagner 26 10 3 1 6
Bev Wallace 26 9 1 1 6
Team Total 26.1 12 26 28 3 1 57 3 414
Opp Total 12 12 15 29 6 227