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1951 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 7-4-1, Finished 2nd in NFL National Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 255 points (21.2/g), 5th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 205 points (17.1/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 50 points (4.2/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 7.5-4.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 4th.

Coached by Buck Shaw (7-4-1)

1951 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 September 30 box W 1-0 Cleveland Browns 24 10 18 344 107 237 4 11 227 172 55 2
2 Sat October 6 box L 1-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 14 21 14 263 89 174 4 13 325 228 97 3
3 Sun October 14 box W 2-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 28 24 18 374 216 158 4 20 326 192 134 5
4 Sun October 21 box L 2-2 @ Chicago Bears 7 13 18 244 174 70 7 16 381 134 247 3
5 Sun October 28 box W 3-2 Los Angeles Rams 44 17 19 321 127 194 23 371 240 131 6
6 Sun November 4 box L 3-3 @ Los Angeles Rams 16 23 15 253 19 234 5 16 357 202 155 3
7 Sun November 11 box W 4-3 New York Yanks 19 14 23 468 223 245 3 12 245 139 106 2
8 Sun November 18 box L 4-4 Chicago Cardinals 21 27 26 379 148 231 3 17 437 189 248 1
9 Sun November 25 box T 4-4-1 @ New York Yanks 10 10 22 337 103 234 2 14 283 149 134 5
10 Sun December 2 box W 5-4-1 @ Detroit Lions 20 10 20 358 158 200 2 11 180 102 78 4
11 Sun December 9 box W 6-4-1 Green Bay Packers 31 19 27 407 105 302 3 16 187 145 42 4
12 Sun December 16 box W 7-4-1 Detroit Lions 21 17 17 265 178 87 2 19 331 209 122 4

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 255 4013 843 4.8 237 154 281 1647 14 19 5.1 92 523 2366 18 4.5 134 39 20 11
Team Defense 205 3650 797 4.6 285 158 353 2101 15 33 5.5 84 417 1549 9 3.7 188 42 9 13
Lg Rank Offense 5 4 3 9 8 7 2 8 3 2 4 2 6 11
Lg Rank Defense 3 5 3 9 9 5 2 7 3 4 3 4 5 12

Passing

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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 31 QB 12 11 90 166 54.2 1116 5 3.0 10 6.0 47 6.7 4.3 12.4 93.0 60.2
Y.A. Tittle 25 qb 12 1 63 114 55.3 808 8 7.0 9 7.9 48 7.1 4.2 12.8 67.3 68.2
Joe Perry 24 FB 11 0 1 1 100.0 31 1 100.0 0 0.0 31 31.0 41.0 31.0 2.8 158.3
Team Total 25.7 12 154 281 54.8 1955 14 5.0 19 6.8 48 7.0 4.4 12.7 162.9 65.2
Opp Total 12 158 353 44.8 2101 15 4.2 33 9.3 6.0 2.2 13.3 175.1 39.4 27 212 5.5 1.5

Rushing & Receiving

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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 24 FB 11 0 136 677 3 58 5.0 61.5 12.4 18 167 9.3 1 35 1.6 15.2 844 4 5
Johnny Strzykalski 30 RH 11 0 81 296 3 13 3.7 26.9 7.4 12 105 8.8 0 13 1.1 9.5 401 3 0
Pete Schabarum 22 rh 12 0 76 311 2 67 4.1 25.9 6.3 10 162 16.2 0 47 0.8 13.5 473 2 4
Verl Lillywhite 25 LH 12 0 67 397 1 60 5.9 33.1 5.6 11 125 11.4 1 29 0.9 10.4 522 2 3
Frankie Albert 31 QB 12 11 35 146 3 34 4.2 12.2 2.9 146 3 0
Joe Arenas 26 RET 12 0 34 183 3 14 5.4 15.3 2.8 1 12 12.0 1 12 0.1 1.0 195 4 1
Bishop Strickland 24 9 0 34 165 0 15 4.9 18.3 3.8 165 0 2
Jim Monachino 22 8 0 21 74 2 7 3.5 9.3 2.6 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.8 80 2 2
Norm Standlee 32 LLB 11 0 16 65 0 13 4.1 5.9 1.5 65 0 1
Y.A. Tittle 25 qb 12 1 13 18 1 5 1.4 1.5 1.1 18 1 3
Bob White 22 12 0 8 33 0 9 4.1 2.8 0.7 3 36 12.0 0 22 0.3 3.0 69 0 0
Gordie Soltau* 26 LE 12 0 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 59 826 14.0 7 48 4.9 68.8 822 7 3
Jim Cason* 24 S 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.7 13 0 1
Billy Wilson 24 RE 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 268 14.9 3 38 2.0 29.8 268 3 0
Alyn Beals 30 re 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 126 10.5 0 22 1.0 10.5 126 0 0
Bill Jessup 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 99 14.1 1 31 0.7 9.9 99 1 0
Rex Berry 27 LDH 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.2 12 0 0
Team Total 25.7 12 523 2366 18 67 4.5 197.2 43.6 154 1955 12.7 14 48 12.8 162.9 4321 32 26
Opp Total 12 417 1549 9 3.7 129.1 34.8 158 2101 13.3 15 13.2 175.1 3650 24 22

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Joe Arenas 26 RET 12 0 21 272 0 51 13.0 21 542 0 49 25.8 1009
Jim Cason* 24 S 12 0 13 115 0 20 8.8 10 196 0 41 19.6 324
Leo Nomellini*+ 27 RT/RDT 12 12 1 20 1 20 20.0 2 27 0 16 13.5 47
Bruno Banducci 31 RG 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Ray Collins* 24 LT/LDT 12 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Joe Perry 24 FB 11 0 1 32 0 32 32.0 876
Bishop Strickland 24 9 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 179
Billy Wilson 24 RE 9 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 268
Team Total 25.7 12 35 407 1 51 11.6 38 820 0 49 21.6 5548
Opp Total 12 21 0 44 957 0 21.8

Kicking & Punting

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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
Gordie Soltau* 26 LE 12 0 18 6 33.3% 32 30 93.8%
Frankie Albert 31 QB 12 11 34 1507 66 0 44.3
Verl Lillywhite 25 LH 12 0 20 847 75 0 42.4
Gail Bruce 28 RDE 12 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.7 12 18 6 33.3% 33 31 93.9% 54 2354 75 0 43.6
Opp Total 12 24 13 54.2% 24 22 91.7% 70 2828 40.4

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
Joe Arenas 26 RET 12 0 1 0 0 0
Rex Berry 27 LDH 10 0 4 77 0 38
Hardy Brown 27 MLB 12 0 1 5 0 5 0 1 0 0
Gail Bruce 28 RDE 12 0 0 2 0 0
Al Carapella 24 12 0 1 11 0 11 0 1 2 0
Jim Cason* 24 S 12 0 8 147 1 65 1 2 0 0
Ray Collins* 24 LT/LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Nick Feher 25 LG 12 0 0 1 2 0
Visco Grgich 28 MG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ed Henke 24 LDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Verl Lillywhite 25 LH 12 0 3 47 0 24 3 0 0 0
Jim Monachino 22 8 0 2 0 0 0
Leo Nomellini*+ 27 RT/RDT 12 12 0 2 0 0
Joe Perry 24 FB 11 0 5 0 0 0
Jim Powers 23 12 0 4 73 0 28
Pete Schabarum 22 rh 12 0 4 0 0 0
Gordie Soltau* 26 LE 12 0 3 0 0 0
Norm Standlee 32 LLB 11 0 1 0 0 0
Bishop Strickland 24 9 0 2 1 0 0
Y.A. Tittle 25 qb 12 1 3 1 0 0
Lowell Wagner 28 RDH 12 0 9 115 0 40
Bob White 22 12 0 1 11 0 11
Pete Wissman 28 RLB 9 0 2 12 0 10 1 1 0 0
Team Total 25.7 12 33 498 1 65 26 15 4 0 1
Opp Total 12 39 22 13

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Gordie Soltau* 26 LE 12 0 7 30 6 90
Joe Arenas 26 RET 12 0 3 1 24
Joe Perry 24 FB 11 0 3 1 24
Frankie Albert 31 QB 12 11 3 18
Johnny Strzykalski 30 RH 11 0 3 18
Billy Wilson 24 RE 9 0 3 18
Verl Lillywhite 25 LH 12 0 1 1 12
Jim Monachino 22 8 0 2 12
Pete Schabarum 22 rh 12 0 2 12
Jim Cason* 24 S 12 0 1 6
Bill Jessup 22 10 0 1 6
Leo Nomellini*+ 27 RT/RDT 12 12 1 6
Y.A. Tittle 25 qb 12 1 1 6
Hamp Tanner 24 12 0 1 2
Gail Bruce 28 RDE 12 0 1 1
Team Total 25.7 12 18 14 1 1 31 6 1 255
Opp Total 12 9 15 22 13 205