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1996 San Francisco 49ers
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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 398 points (24.9/g), 3rd of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 257 points (16.1/g), 4th.
Differential of 141 points (8.8/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 11.8-4.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.6/g), 6th.
Coached by George Seifert (12-4-0)
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1996 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Steve Young* | 35 | 11 | 12 | 214 for 316, 2,410 yards, 14 td, 6 int, & 52 rushes for 310 yards and 4 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1984 Supp |
| QB | Elvis Grbac | 26 | 2 | 4 | 122 for 197, 1,236 yards, 8 td, 10 int, & 23 rushes for 21 yards and 2 td | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 219th pick / 1993 |
| RB | Terry Kirby | 26 | 3 | 10 | 134 rushes for 559 yards, 3 td, & 52 catches for 439 yards and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 1993 |
| RB | Derek Loville | 28 | 6 | 6 | 70 rushes for 229 yards, 2 td, & 16 catches for 138 yards and 2 td | |
| FB | William Floyd | 24 | 2 | 8 | 47 rushes for 186 yards, 2 td, & 26 catches for 197 yards and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 28th pick / 1994 |
| FB | Tommy Vardell | 27 | 4 | 7 | 58 rushes for 192 yards, 2 td, & 28 catches for 179 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 9th pick / 1992 |
| WR | Terrell Owens | 23 | Rook | 10 | 35 catches for 520 yards, 4 td | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 89th pick / 1996 |
| WR | Jerry Rice*+ | 34 | 11 | 16 | 108 catches for 1,254 yards, 8 td, & 11 rushes for 77 yards and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick / 1985 |
| WR | J.J. Stokes | 24 | 1 | 6 | 18 catches for 249 yards, 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 10th pick / 1995 |
| TE | Brent Jones | 33 | 9 | 10 | 33 catches for 428 yards, 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 135th pick / 1986 |
| TE | Ted Popson | 30 | 2 | 6 | 26 catches for 301 yards, 6 td | New York Giants / 11th / 306th pick / 1991 |
| LT | Steve Wallace | 32 | 10 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 101st pick / 1986 |
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| LG | Ray Brown | 34 | 10 | 16 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1986 |
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| C | Jesse Sapolu | 35 | 13 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 289th pick / 1983 |
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| RG | Chris Dalman | 26 | 3 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 166th pick / 1993 |
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| RT | Harris Barton | 32 | 9 | 13 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1987 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Roy Barker | 27 | 4 | 16 | 12.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 98th pick / 1992 |
| LDT | Bryant Young*+ | 24 | 2 | 16 | 11.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 7th pick / 1994 |
| RDT | Dana Stubblefield | 26 | 3 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 26th pick / 1993 |
| RDE | Chris Doleman | 35 | 11 | 16 | 11.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 4th pick / 1985 |
| LLB | Lee Woodall | 27 | 2 | 13 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 182nd pick / 1994 |
| MLB | Ken Norton | 30 | 8 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 41st pick / 1988 |
| RLB | Gary Plummer | 36 | 10 | 11 | ||
| LCB | Tyronne Drakeford | 25 | 2 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 62nd pick / 1994 |
| RCB | Marquez Pope | 26 | 4 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1992 |
| SS | Tim McDonald | 31 | 9 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 34th pick / 1987 |
| FS | Merton Hanks* | 28 | 5 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 122nd pick / 1991 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jeff Wilkins | 24 | 2 | 0 | 30 of 34 field goals & 40 of 40 extra points | |
| P | Tommy Thompson | 24 | 1 | 0 | 73 punts for a 44.1 average, 2 blocked | |
| PR | Dexter Carter | 29 | 6 | 0 | 36 punt returns for a 8.8 average and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 25th pick / 1990 |
| KR | Dexter Carter | 29 | 6 | 0 | 41 kick returns for a 22.2 average and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 25th pick / 1990 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Roy Barker | 27 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 287 | 6-5 | North Carolina | 2/14/1969 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 98th pick / 1992 |
| Harris Barton | 32 | T-G | 13 | 13 | 286 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 4/19/1964 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1987 |
| Daved Benefield | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 231 | 6-4 | Cal State-Northridge | 2/16/1968 | Rook | |
| Michael Brandon | 28 | DE | 4 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Florida | 7/30/1968 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 12th / 309th pick / 1992 |
| Jeff Brohm | 25 | QB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Louisville | 4/24/1971 | Rook | |
| Dennis Brown | 29 | DE | 14 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Washington | 11/6/1967 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 47th pick / 1990 |
| Ray Brown | 34 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 318 | 6-5 | Arkansas State,Memphis | 12/12/1962 | 10 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 201st pick / 1986 |
| Junior Bryant | 25 | DT-DE | 16 | 1 | 278 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 1/16/1971 | 1 | |
| Curtis Buckley | 26 | DB-WR | 15 | 0 | 186 | 6-0 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 9/25/1970 | 3 | |
| Mike T. Caldwell | 25 | WR | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | California | 3/28/1971 | 1 | |
| Dexter Carter | 29 | RB | 16 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Florida State | 9/15/1967 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 25th pick / 1990 |
| Adrian Cooper | 28 | TE | 6 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Oklahoma | 4/27/1968 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 103rd pick / 1991 |
| Chris Dalman | 26 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 287 | 6-3 | Stanford | 3/15/1970 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 166th pick / 1993 |
| Derrick Deese | 26 | T-G | 16 | 0 | 289 | 6-3 | USC | 5/17/1970 | 2 | |
| Dedrick Dodge | 29 | DB | 16 | 3 | 184 | 6-2 | Florida State | 6/14/1967 | 5 | |
| Chris Doleman | 35 | DE-LB | 16 | 16 | 289 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 10/16/1961 | 11 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 4th pick / 1985 |
| Tyronne Drakeford | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 5-11 | Virginia Tech | 6/21/1971 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 62nd pick / 1994 |
| William Floyd | 24 | FB | 9 | 8 | 242 | 6-1 | Florida State | 2/17/1972 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 28th pick / 1994 |
| Elvis Grbac | 26 | QB | 15 | 4 | 232 | 6-5 | Michigan | 8/13/1970 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 219th pick / 1993 |
| Merton Hanks* | 28 | DB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 6-2 | Iowa | 3/12/1968 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 122nd pick / 1991 |
| Tim Hanshaw | 26 | G | 1 | 0 | 300 | 6-5 | BYU | 4/27/1970 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 127th pick / 1995 |
| Mark Harris | 26 | WR | 1 | 0 | 201 | 6-4 | Southern Utah,Stanford | 4/28/1970 | Rook | |
| Israel Ifeanyi | 26 | DE | 3 | 0 | 246 | 6-3 | USC | 11/21/1970 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 46th pick / 1996 |
| Steve Israel | 27 | DB | 14 | 2 | 194 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 3/16/1969 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 30th pick / 1992 |
| Brent Jones | 33 | TE | 11 | 10 | 230 | 6-4 | Santa Clara | 2/12/1963 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 135th pick / 1986 |
| Terry Kirby | 26 | RB | 14 | 10 | 221 | 6-1 | Virginia | 1/20/1970 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 1993 |
| Randy Kirk | 32 | LB | 16 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 12/27/1964 | 9 | |
| Kevin Lee | 25 | WR | 2 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/1/1971 | 1 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 35th pick / 1994 |
| Derek Loville | 28 | RB | 12 | 6 | 203 | 5-10 | Oregon | 7/4/1968 | 6 | |
| Anthony Lynn | 28 | RB | 16 | 1 | 230 | 6-3 | Texas Tech | 12/21/1968 | 3 | |
| Sean Manuel | 23 | TE | 11 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | New Mexico State | 12/1/1973 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 239th pick / 1996 |
| Tim McDonald | 31 | DB | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-2 | USC | 1/6/1965 | 9 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 34th pick / 1987 |
| Rod Milstead | 27 | G | 11 | 0 | 290 | 6-2 | Delaware State | 11/10/1969 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 121st pick / 1992 |
| Kevin Mitchell | 25 | LB | 12 | 3 | 258 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 1/1/1971 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1994 |
| Ken Norton | 30 | LB | 16 | 16 | 254 | 6-2 | UCLA | 9/29/1966 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 41st pick / 1988 |
| Terrell Owens | 23 | WR | 16 | 10 | 226 | 6-3 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 12/7/1973 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 89th pick / 1996 |
| Tony Peterson | 24 | LB | 13 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 1/23/1972 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 153rd pick / 1994 |
| Gary Plummer | 36 | LB | 13 | 11 | 244 | 6-2 | California | 1/26/1960 | 10 | |
| Frank Pollack | 29 | T-G | 16 | 2 | 285 | 6-5 | Northern Arizona | 11/5/1967 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 165th pick / 1990 |
| Marquez Pope | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 193 | 5-11 | Fresno State | 10/29/1970 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1992 |
| Ted Popson | 30 | TE | 15 | 6 | 250 | 6-4 | Portland State | 9/10/1966 | 2 | New York Giants / 11th / 306th pick / 1991 |
| Daryl Price | 24 | DE | 13 | 0 | 274 | 6-3 | Colorado | 10/23/1972 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 128th pick / 1996 |
| Jerry Rice*+ | 34 | WR | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-2 | Miss. Valley State | 10/13/1962 | 11 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick / 1985 |
| Jesse Sapolu | 35 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 271 | 6-4 | Hawaii | 3/10/1961 | 13 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 289th pick / 1983 |
| Kirk Scrafford | 29 | T-G | 7 | 1 | 270 | 6-6 | Montana | 3/16/1967 | 6 | |
| Nate Singleton | 28 | WR | 2 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 7/5/1968 | 3 | New York Giants / 11th / 292nd pick / 1992 |
| Frankie Smith | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 186 | 5-9 | Baylor | 10/8/1968 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 104th pick / 1992 |
| J.J. Stokes | 24 | WR | 6 | 6 | 218 | 6-4 | UCLA | 10/6/1972 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 10th pick / 1995 |
| Dana Stubblefield | 26 | DT | 15 | 15 | 300 | 6-2 | Kansas | 11/14/1970 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 26th pick / 1993 |
| Tommy Thompson | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 192 | 5-10 | Oregon | 4/27/1972 | 1 | |
| Iheanyi Uwaezuoke | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-2 | California | 7/24/1973 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 160th pick / 1996 |
| Tommy Vardell | 27 | RB | 11 | 7 | 234 | 6-2 | Stanford | 2/20/1969 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 9th pick / 1992 |
| Steve Wallace | 32 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-4 | Auburn | 12/27/1964 | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 101st pick / 1986 |
| Jeff Wilkins | 24 | K | 16 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Youngstown State | 4/19/1972 | 2 | |
| James E. Williams | 29 | DB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Fresno State | 3/30/1967 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 16th pick / 1990 |
| Lee Woodall | 27 | LB | 16 | 13 | 224 | 6-1 | West Chester | 10/31/1969 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 182nd pick / 1994 |
| Bryant Young*+ | 24 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 291 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 1/27/1972 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 7th pick / 1994 |
| Steve Young* | 35 | QB | 12 | 12 | 215 | 6-2 | BYU | 10/11/1961 | 11 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1984 Supp |
| Team Total | 27.7 | 16 | 237.5 | 6-2.2 | 4.1 |