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1985 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 411 points (25.7/g), 5th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 263 points (16.4/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 148 points (9.2/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 11.9-4.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 11th.

Coached by Bill Walsh (10-6-0)

1985 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 8 box L 0-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 21 28 29 489 272 217 7 15 268 182 86 1
2 Sun September 15 box W 1-1 Atlanta Falcons 35 16 23 380 184 196 1 18 253 130 123 1
3 Sun September 22 box W 2-1 @ Los Angeles Raiders 34 10 17 352 237 115 2 20 280 197 83 3
4 Sun September 29 box L 2-2 New Orleans Saints 17 20 15 231 81 150 3 19 354 179 175 3
5 Sun October 6 box W 3-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 38 17 30 499 420 79 22 386 271 115 2
6 Sun October 13 box L 3-3 Chicago Bears 10 26 11 183 116 67 2 22 372 183 189 1
7 Sun October 20 box L 3-4 @ Detroit Lions 21 23 21 304 96 208 1 15 292 130 162 1
8 Sun October 27 box W 4-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 28 14 23 429 290 139 1 25 401 319 82 4
9 Sun November 3 box W 5-4 Philadelphia Eagles 24 13 24 364 227 137 3 20 427 366 61 5
10 Mon November 11 box L 5-5 @ Denver Broncos 16 17 16 341 203 138 18 336 215 121 1
11 Sun November 17 box W 6-5 Kansas City Chiefs 31 3 24 417 254 163 2 12 200 125 75 1
12 Mon November 25 box W 7-5 Seattle Seahawks 19 6 21 376 230 146 4 15 252 177 75 2
13 Sun December 1 box W 8-5 @ Washington Redskins 35 8 15 224 117 107 1 21 398 311 87 5
14 Mon December 9 box L 8-6 Los Angeles Rams 20 27 22 410 300 110 3 12 264 150 114 1
15 Sun December 15 box W 9-6 @ New Orleans Saints 31 19 27 500 349 151 1 14 289 214 75
16 Sun December 22 box W 10-6 Dallas Cowboys 31 16 22 421 312 109 3 25 419 359 60 4
Playoffs
WildCard Sun December 29 box L 10-7 @ New York Giants 3 17

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 411 5920 1069 5.5 340 331 550 3688 28 14 6.2 179 477 2232 20 4.7 137 34 20 24
Team Defense 263 5191 1116 4.7 497 346 621 3508 11 18 5.2 183 435 1683 10 3.9 293 35 17 21
Lg Rank Offense 5 2 7 8 5 4 4 6 14 10 4 4 6 20
Lg Rank Defense 2 14 14 28 21 1 19 5 5 7 5 8 18 12

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%
Joe Montana* 29 QB 15 15 9-6-0 303 494 61.3 3653 27 5.5 13 2.6 73 7.4 6.8 12.1 243.5 91.3 35 246 6.4 5.8 6.6
Matt Cavanaugh 29 16 1 1-0-0 28 54 51.9 334 1 1.9 1 1.9 41 6.2 5.5 11.9 20.9 69.5 7 53 4.6 4.0 11.5
Derrick Harmon 22 15 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Freddie Solomon 32 WR 16 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.5 16 10-6-0 331 550 60.2 3987 28 5.1 14 2.5 73 7.2 6.6 12.0 249.2 88.8 42 299 6.2 5.6 7.1
Opp Total 16 346 621 55.7 3508 11 1.8 18 2.9 5.6 4.5 10.1 219.3 65.9 60 457 5.2 3.5

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
Roger Craig* 25 FB 16 16 214 1050 9 62 4.9 65.6 13.4 92 1016 11.0 6 73 5.8 63.5 2066 15 5
Wendell Tyler 30 RB 13 12 171 867 6 30 5.1 66.7 13.2 20 154 7.7 2 16 1.5 11.8 1021 8 6
Joe Montana* 29 QB 15 15 42 153 3 16 3.6 10.2 2.8 153 3 5
Derrick Harmon 22 15 3 28 92 0 17 3.3 6.1 1.9 14 123 8.8 0 42 0.9 8.2 215 0 2
Bill Ring 29 10 0 8 23 1 9 2.9 2.3 0.8 2 14 7.0 0 8 0.2 1.4 37 1 0
Jerry Rice 23 16 4 6 26 1 15 4.3 1.6 0.4 49 927 18.9 3 66 3.1 57.9 953 4 1
Matt Cavanaugh 29 16 1 4 5 0 13 1.3 0.3 0.3 5 0 0
Freddie Solomon 32 WR 16 12 2 4 0 6 2.0 0.3 0.1 25 259 10.4 1 39 1.6 16.2 263 1 1
Earl Cooper 28 15 0 2 12 0 14 6.0 0.8 0.1 4 45 11.3 0 20 0.3 3.0 57 0 0
Dwight Clark 28 WR 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 54 705 13.1 10 49 3.4 44.1 705 10 0
Russ Francis 32 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 478 10.9 3 25 2.8 29.9 478 3 2
Carl Monroe 25 RET 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 51 5.1 0 9 0.7 3.6 51 0 0
Mike Wilson 27 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 165 16.5 2 52 0.6 10.3 165 2 0
John Frank 23 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 50 7.1 1 14 0.4 3.1 50 1 0
Team Total 27.5 16 477 2232 20 62 4.7 139.5 29.8 331 3987 12.0 28 73 20.7 249.2 6219 48 29
Opp Total 16 435 1683 10 3.9 105.2 27.2 346 3508 10.1 11 21.6 219.3 5191 21 31

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
Dana McLemore 25 RET 16 0 38 258 0 22 6.8 4 76 0 26 19.0 334
Carl Monroe 25 RET 14 0 28 717 1 95 25.6 768
Derrick Harmon 22 15 3 23 467 0 37 20.3 682
John Frank 23 16 3 1 1 0 1 1.0 51
Ronnie Lott 26 LCB/fs 16 16 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Jerry Rice 23 16 4 1 6 0 6 6.0 959
Team Total 27.5 16 38 258 0 22 6.8 58 1269 1 95 21.9 7746
Opp Total 16 33 1 72 1485 1 20.6

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
Max Runager 29 P 16 0 86 3422 57 1 39.8
Ray Wersching 35 K 16 0 7 5 8 5 5 3 1 21 13 61.9% 53 52 98.1%
Team Total 27.5 16 7 5 8 5 5 3 1 21 13 61.9% 53 52 98.1% 86 3422 57 1 39.8
Opp Total 16 35 27 77.1% 26 24 92.3% 92 3643 39.6

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
Dwaine Board 29 RDE 16 16 11.5 0 1 0 0
Jeff Stover 27 LDE 16 12 10.0 0 1 0 0
Ronnie Lott 26 LCB/fs 16 16 1.5 6 68 0 25 1 0 2 0 0 104
Dwight Hicks 29 FS/lcb 16 16 1.0 4 68 0 25 1 2 19 0
Dana McLemore 25 RET 16 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0
Joe Montana* 29 QB 15 15 5 3 -11 0
Keena Turner 27 ROLB 15 15 6.0 0 2 65 1
Wendell Tyler 30 RB 13 12 6 2 0 0
Michael Carter* 25 NT 12 9 7.0
Todd Shell 23 LOLB 15 13 4.0 1 33 0 33 0 1 0 0
Roger Craig* 25 FB 16 16 5 0 0 0
Fred Dean 33 16 0 3.0 0 1 0 0
Gary Johnson 33 11 0 4.0
Mike Walter 25 RILB 14 14 3.0 1 0 0 0
Riki Ellison 25 LILB 16 16 1.0 0 2 7 0
Jeff Fuller 23 16 0 2.0 1 4 0 4
Derrick Harmon 22 15 3 2 1 0 0
Jim Stuckey 27 15 1 2.0 0 1 0 0
Manu Tuiasosopo 28 nt 15 7 3.0
Carlton Williamson* 27 SS 16 16 3 137 1 82
Russ Francis 32 TE 16 16 2 0 0 0
Scott Garnett 23 3 0 1.0
Jim Leonard 28 9 0 1 0 -15 0
Milt McColl 26 16 4 0 1 28 1
Guy McIntyre 24 15 2 0 1 0 1
Jerry Rice 23 16 4 1 0 0 0
Bill Ring 29 10 0 0 1 0 0
Freddie Solomon 32 WR 16 12 1 0 0 0
Ray Wersching 35 K 16 0 0 1 0 0
Eric Wright*+ 26 RCB 16 16 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 60.0 18 310 1 82 1 29 25 93 3 104 1
Opp Total 16 42 31 14 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ray Wersching 35 K 16 0 52 13 91
Roger Craig* 25 FB 16 16 9 6 90
Dwight Clark 28 WR 16 14 10 60
Wendell Tyler 30 RB 13 12 6 2 48
Jerry Rice 23 16 4 1 3 24
Russ Francis 32 TE 16 16 3 18
Joe Montana* 29 QB 15 15 3 18
Mike Wilson 27 16 0 2 12
John Frank 23 16 3 1 6
Milt McColl 26 16 4 1 6
Guy McIntyre 24 15 2 1 6
Carl Monroe 25 RET 14 0 1 6
Bill Ring 29 10 0 1 6
Freddie Solomon 32 WR 16 12 1 6
Keena Turner 27 ROLB 15 15 1 6
Carlton Williamson* 27 SS 16 16 1 6
John Harty 27 7 3 1 2
Team Total 27.5 16 20 28 1 3 1 52 13 1 411
Opp Total 16 10 11 1 1 24 27 1 263