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1954 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 7-4-1, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 313 points (26.1/g), 4th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 251 points (20.9/g), 5th.
 Differential of 62 points (5.2/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 7.5-4.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (1.0/g), 2nd.

Coached by Buck Shaw (7-4-1)

1954 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 26 box W 1-0 Washington Redskins 41 7 24 414 206 208 2 13 184 74 110 6
2 Sun October 3 box T 1-0-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 24 22 449 268 181 2 16 370 222 148 4
3 Sun October 10 box W 2-0-1 @ Green Bay Packers 23 17 21 372 101 271 3 9 146 94 52 3
4 Sun October 17 box W 3-0-1 @ Chicago Bears 31 24 12 356 62 294 2 19 437 387 50 8
5 Sun October 24 box W 4-0-1 Detroit Lions 37 31 23 424 154 270 1 27 443 339 104 2
6 Sun October 31 box L 4-1-1 Chicago Bears 27 31 21 388 241 147 2 21 469 342 127 2
7 Sun November 7 box L 4-2-1 Los Angeles Rams 34 42 23 414 193 221 1 21 454 276 178 1
8 Sun November 14 box L 4-3-1 @ Detroit Lions 7 48 16 349 245 104 6 17 474 302 172 1
9 Sat November 20 box W 5-3-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 31 3 25 472 210 262 1 13 202 84 118 3
10 Sun November 28 box L 5-4-1 @ Baltimore Colts 13 17 22 325 120 205 2 15 297 136 161 3
11 Sun December 5 box W 6-4-1 Green Bay Packers 35 0 25 449 212 237 19 271 216 55 2
12 Sat December 11 box W 7-4-1 Baltimore Colts 10 7 18 292 194 98 3 17 273 177 96 2

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 313 4704 812 5.8 252 187 340 2206 10 12 6.0 109 442 2498 28 5.7 125 25 13 18
Team Defense 251 4020 768 5.2 340 193 374 2649 24 19 6.3 122 348 1371 8 3.9 207 37 18 11
Lg Rank Offense 4 2 2 7 7 10 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 4
Lg Rank Defense 5 6 6 9 10 10 10 5 1 4 2 7 8 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%
Y.A. Tittle* 28 QB 12 11 170 295 57.6 2205 9 3.1 9 3.1 70 7.5 6.4 13.0 183.8 78.7
Maury Duncan 23 6 0 4 14 28.6 82 0 0.0 2 14.3 29 5.9 -0.6 20.5 13.7 11.9
Jim Cason* 27 RS 9 0 7 13 53.8 40 0 0.0 1 7.7 25 3.1 -0.4 5.7 4.4 27.7
Arnie Galiffa 27 4 0 3 12 25.0 54 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 4.5 4.5 18.0 13.5 45.8
John Henry Johnson* 25 LH 12 0 1 2 50.0 10 1 50.0 0 0.0 10 5.0 10.0 10.0 0.8 104.2
Pete Brown 24 P 12 0 1 1 100.0 19 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 19.0 19.0 19.0 1.6 118.7
Joe Perry*+ 27 FB 12 0 1 1 100.0 34 0 0.0 0 0.0 34 34.0 34.0 34.0 2.8 118.7
Pete Schabarum 25 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Billy Tidwell 24 10 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.2 12 187 340 55.0 2444 10 2.9 12 3.5 70 7.2 5.9 13.1 203.7 73.0
Opp Total 12 193 374 51.6 2649 24 6.4 19 5.1 7.1 5.4 13.7 220.8 74.8 46 366 6.3 4.0

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*+ 27 FB 12 0 173 1049 8 58 6.1 87.4 14.4 26 203 7.8 0 70 2.2 16.9 1252 8 6
John Henry Johnson* 25 LH 12 0 129 681 9 38 5.3 56.8 10.8 28 183 6.5 0 34 2.3 15.3 864 9 5
Hugh McElhenny 26 RH 6 0 64 515 6 60 8.0 85.8 10.7 8 162 20.3 0 53 1.3 27.0 677 6 4
Y.A. Tittle* 28 QB 12 11 28 68 4 10 2.4 5.7 2.3 68 4 4
Pete Schabarum 25 12 0 21 79 1 16 3.8 6.6 1.8 4 70 17.5 0 42 0.3 5.8 149 1 0
Joe Arenas 29 RDH 12 0 11 77 0 26 7.0 6.4 0.9 2 12 6.0 0 12 0.2 1.0 89 0 3
Billy Mixon 25 10 0 7 19 0 7 2.7 1.9 0.7 19 0 0
Frank Cassara 26 6 0 3 17 0 10 5.7 2.8 0.5 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.2 2.0 29 0 1
Jim Cason* 27 RS 9 0 2 1 0 3 0.5 0.1 0.2 1 0 1
Bill Jessup 25 le 12 0 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.4 0.1 30 565 18.8 3 68 2.5 47.1 560 3 2
Pete Brown 24 P 12 0 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -0.5 0.1 -6 0 0
Arnie Galiffa 27 4 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.5 0.3 2 0 0
Billy Tidwell 24 10 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 1
Billy Wilson* 27 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 60 830 13.8 5 43 5.0 69.2 830 5 1
Gordie Soltau 29 LE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 316 14.4 2 42 2.0 28.7 316 2 2
Harry Babcock 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 91 15.2 0 33 0.5 7.6 91 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 442 2498 28 60 5.7 208.2 36.8 187 2444 13.1 10 70 15.6 203.7 4942 38 30
Opp Total 12 348 1371 8 3.9 114.3 29.0 193 2649 13.7 24 16.1 220.8 4020 32 29

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 29 RDH 12 0 23 117 0 23 5.1 16 362 0 41 22.6 568
Hugh McElhenny 26 RH 6 0 8 78 0 32 9.8 8 210 0 51 26.3 965
Billy Tidwell 24 10 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 10 287 0 65 28.7 288
Pete Schabarum 25 12 0 2 10 0 10 5.0 1 34 0 34 34.0 193
John Henry Johnson* 25 LH 12 0 2 25 0 19 12.5 889
Doug Hogland 23 LT 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Bob Toneff 24 10 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Team Total 26.2 12 36 205 0 32 5.7 39 930 0 65 23.8 6077
Opp Total 12 40 0 57 1145 0 20.1

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 29 LE 11 0 18 11 61.1% 33 31 93.9%
Pete Brown 24 P 12 0 49 1837 51 0 37.5
Hardy Brown 30 LLB 11 0 10 384 58 0 38.4
Joe Perry*+ 27 FB 12 0 3 1 33.3% 7 6 85.7%
Rex Berry 30 LDH 8 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
Team Total 26.2 12 21 12 57.1% 40 37 92.5% 60 2221 58 1 37.0
Opp Total 12 19 9 47.4% 32 32 100.0% 59 2419 41.0

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 29 RDH 12 0 3 26 0 26 3 3 4 0
Bruno Banducci*+ 34 RG 11 0 0 2 0 0
Rex Berry 30 LDH 8 0 3 69 1 34 0 2 0 0
Hardy Brown 30 LLB 11 0 3 42 1 41 0 2 0 0
Pete Brown 24 P 12 0 1 47 0 47
Jack Brumfield 23 RDE 12 0 0 3 0 0
Don Burke 28 2 0 0 1 0 0
Marion Campbell 25 RDT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Al Carapella* 27 MG 12 0 2 40 0 27
Jim Cason* 27 RS 9 0 1 1 0 0
Frank Cassara 26 6 0 1 0 0 0
Nick Feher 28 LG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Jessup 25 le 12 0 2 1 0 0
John Henry Johnson* 25 LH 12 0 5 0 0 0
Clay Matthews 26 LDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Hugh McElhenny 26 RH 6 0 4 2 4 0
Billy Mixon 25 10 0 2 6 0 3
Leo Nomellini+ 30 LDT 12 12 0 1 0 0
Joe Perry*+ 27 FB 12 0 6 2 0 0
Pete Schabarum 25 12 0 1 9 0 9 0 3 0 0
Gordie Soltau 29 LE 11 0 2 0 0 0
Bob St. Clair 23 RT 12 0 0 2 9 0
Billy Tidwell 24 10 0 1 0 0 0
Y.A. Tittle* 28 QB 12 11 4 2 0 0
Bob Toneff 24 10 0 1 15 0 15
Johnny Williams 27 LS 11 0 3 28 0 15 0 2 0 0
Billy Wilson* 27 RE 12 0 1 2 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 19 282 2 47 30 35 17 0
Opp Total 12 30 29 11

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 29 LE 11 0 2 31 11 76
Joe Perry*+ 27 FB 12 0 8 6 1 57
John Henry Johnson* 25 LH 12 0 9 54
Hugh McElhenny 26 RH 6 0 6 36
Billy Wilson* 27 RE 12 0 5 30
Y.A. Tittle* 28 QB 12 11 4 24
Bill Jessup 25 le 12 0 3 18
Rex Berry 30 LDH 8 0 1 6
Hardy Brown 30 LLB 11 0 1 6
Pete Schabarum 25 12 0 1 6
Team Total 26.2 12 28 10 2 37 12 313
Opp Total 12 8 24 32 9 251