San Francisco 49ers

Bill Walsh



1979 San Francisco 49ers   5-11

Score By Quarter   1st  2nd  3rd  4th   OT    Tot  
1979 San Francisco
                   102  113   52   87    0    354
Opponent            50  105   76  104    3    338


                 Team           Opp             W/L   Game Scores            
     Points       354           338             0-1   20 @Minnesota 27       68ø 0-5                
First Downs       324           308             0-2   16  Dallas 31          64ø 20-30                
       Rush       105           107             0-3   24 @Los Angeles 27     70ø 
       Pass       207           190             0-4   36  New Orleans 39     69ø 0-10                
        Pen        12            11             0-5   16 @San Diego 27       87ø                
  Penalties        72            93             1-5   38  Seattle 0          72ø 10-20                
      Yards       478           580             1-6   19 @New York (N) 24    57ø 0-10                
                                                2-6   45  Atlanta 3          61ø 5-15                
Rushing Att       493           495             2-7    6  Chicago 17         65ø 
      Yards      2132          2053             2-8   22 @Oakland 28         64ø 
        Ave       4.3           4.1             3-8   48 @New Orleans 21     70ø                
         TD         8            17             3-9    7  Denver 23          62ø 0-10 
                                                3-10  13  Los Angeles 27     50ø 0-10 
Passing Att       582           488             4-10  16 @St.Louis 10        49ø 0-5 
       Comp       363           290             4-11   7  Tampa Bay 17       58ø 10-20 
          %      62.4          59.4             5-11  21 @Atlanta 17         51ø 0-10 Rain           
        Int        17            18       
          %       2.9           3.7       
         TD        34            26       
          %       5.8           5.3       
      Yards      3814          3786       
     Sacked        11            30       

Punt Return        49            32       
      Yards       213           165       
        Ave       4.3           5.2       

Kick Return        70            75 
      Yards      1449          1388 
        Ave      20.7          18.5

      Punts        63            72 
      Yards      2419          2913 
        Ave      38.4          40.5

     FG Att        23            23 
       Made        20            14 
          %      87.0          60.9

Third Downs       226           223 
       Made        97            90 
          %      42.9          40.4

Fourth Downs       36            23 
       Made        18            14 
          %      50.0          60.9

   Safeties         0             0 
    Fumbles        37            36 
       Lost        17            19 
  Turnovers        34            37 

Net Offense      5879          5643 
   Per Play       5.4           5.6



1979 San Francisco 49ers

Rushing    Att  Yds  Ave 10  FD Lg TD  Receiving   Rec Dp  Yds  Ave 25  FD Lg TD
Hofer      160  883  5.5 27  43 34  6  Solomon      62  8  944 15.2 15  46 43  6
Jackson, W 122  432  3.5 10  20 16  0  Hofer        62  4  646 10.4  4  38 37  7
Simpson, O 101  388  3.8  9  20 22  2  Jackson      52  3  483  9.3  2  29 34  6
Francis, P  41  167  4.1  3   9 14  0  Shumann      44  4  470 10.7  3  26 32  3
Elliott     36  119  3.3  2   6 12  0  Bruer        27  3  242  9.0  0  14 16  2
Solomon      4   58 14.5  2   2 47  0  Elliott      25  0  212  8.5  0  10 17  2
DeBerg      12   37  3.1  0   3  7  0  Francis      21  0  139  6.6  0   6 13  0
Shumann      1   19 19.0  1   1 19  0  Clark        20  3  224 11.2  1  10 28  2
Ferrell      4   15  3.8  0   0  8  0  MacAfee      20  1  222 11.1  2  13 31  4
Bruer        2    9  4.5  0   1  6  0  Simpson      14  2  104  7.4  0   6 12  0
Montana      3    7  2.3  0   0  6  0  Owens         8  0   57  7.1  0   4 13  1
Hogan        5    4  0.8  0   0  3  0  Hogan         6  1   45  7.5  0   3 14  1
Cross        1   -2 -2.0  0   0  0  0  Fahnhorst     1  0   14 14.0  0   1 14  0
Owens        1   -4 -4.0  0   0  0  0  Ayers         1  1   12 12.0  0   1 12  0
           493 2132  4.3 54 105 47  8              363 30 3814 10.5 27 207 43 34


Passing     Att Cmp    C%  Yds  Ave  Lg  Bd 25  In    I%   Sk  TD   TD%  Rate
Montana      27  19  70.4  190 10.0  24   2  0   0   0.0    0   1   3.7 102.4
DeBerg      555 344  62.0 3624 10.5  43  54 27  17   3.1   11  33   5.9  88.0
            582 363  62.4 3814 10.5  43  56 27  17   2.9   11  34   5.8  88.7

Kicking      XPA XPM   XP%  FGA FGM   FG%    40+   50+   Lg   Pts
Wersching     42  36  85.7   23  20  87.0   66.7   0.0   47    96

Punting        No Yards  Lg TB BK 20   Ret  Yds    Net   Gross
Melville       63  2419  54  7  1 13    32  165   33.6    38.4

Kick Returns  No Yards  Ave   Lg TD      Punt Returns No FC Yards  Ave  Lg TD
Owens         58  1257  21.7  56  0      Solomon      39  5   180  4.6  13  0
Elliott        8   163  20.4  28  0      Bruer         1  0     2  2.0   2  0
Ferrell        1    14  14.0  14  0      Dungy         9  2    31  3.4   8  0
Shumon         2    11   5.5   8  0                   49  7   213  4.3  13  0
Ceresino       1     4   4.0   4  0
Seabron        1     0   0.0   0  0
              70  1449  20.7  56  0

Fumbles                                                                        
DeBerg    5   Jackson,   5   Hofer      4   Elliott    3   Bruer      2   Francis,   1
Solomon   5   Owens      4   Simpson,   4   Montana    2   Clark, D   1   Ceresino   1

Sacks        Hurries      Stuffs       Deflections  Forced Fmb   Fumble Rec
Hardman   6  Reese    16  Reese     7  Harper   11  Williams  4  Webb      4
Vincent   5  Hardman  11  Bunz      7  Bunz      9  Board     4  Vincent   4
Webb      5  Board    11  Webb      6  Gray, T.  8  Vincent   3  Solomon   3
Board     4  Webb      8  Harper    6  Martin,   6  Harper    3  Reese     3
Bunz      3  Bunz      1  Vincent   5  Williams  6  Dungy     3  Cross     3
Reese     3  Vincent   1  Hilton    4  Hicks     4  Gray, T.  3  DeBerg    2
Harper    3               Hardman   3  Corneliu  4  Hardman   2  Bunz      2
McIntyre  1               Board     2  Nelson,   2  Hicks     2  Ayers     2
                                       Board     2  Webb      2  Jackson,  2
                                       Reese     2  Corneliu  2  Bruer     2
                                       Webb      2  Bunz      1  Board     2
                                       Hilton    1  Vaughen   1  Montana   1
                                       Hardman   1  Ceresino  1  Hicks     1
                                       Dungy     1  Martin,   1  Hofer     1
                                       Johnson,  1  Bristor   1  Harper    1
                                       Johnson,  1  Reese     1  Corneliu  1
                                       Morgan,   1  Hilton    1  Quillan   1
                                                    Morgan,   1  Shumann   1
                                                                 Owens     1
                                                                 Fahnhors  1
                                                                 Gray, T.  1

Tackles                                                                        
Harper    98  Webb       63  Dungy      43  Johnson,   13  Ceresino   10  Cowlings    6
Williams  86  Reese      59  Hilton     32  Johnson,   12  Vaughen     9  Bristor     6
Corneliu  76  Hicks      53  Board      26  Nelson,    12  McIntyre    7
Bunz      69  Hardman    46  Martin,    23  Morton,    10  Shumon      7
Gray, T.  69  Vincent    44  Morgan,    15  Seabron    10  Cross       7

Ints      No Yds  Ave  Lg TD
Williams,  5  52 10.4  28  0
Hicks      4  64 16.0  25  0
Cornelius  3  29  9.7  17  0
Bunz       2   6  3.0   6  0
Gray, T.   2  47 23.5  40  0
Morgan, M  2   0  0.0   0  0
          18 198 11.0  40  0


1979 San Francisco 49ers    Coach: Bill Walsh

      Quarterbacks        Dur   Run Sho Bkwy Special
QB    DeBerg, Steve        5     B   1   3  
QB    Montana, Joe         5     B   1   3  
QB    Owens, James         5     O   1   3  KR

      Skill Players        BkR BkP Dur  Att  Yds Lg  Ave  Rec  No  Yds Lg  Ave   Special
RB    Hofer, Paul           2   1   4   123  615 47  5.0    7  58  662 44 11.4  KR
RB    Simpson, O.J.         2   1   4   120  460 22  3.8    1   7   46 14  6.6  
RB    Jackson, Wilbur       2   1   5   114  375 16  3.3    6  53  422 34  8.0  
RB    Elliott, Lenvil       4   1   5    33  135 12  4.1    3  23  197 30  8.6  KR
RB    Francis, Phil         4   1   5    31  118 16  3.8    4  32  198 19  6.2  KR
RB    Hogan, Mike           2   1   1     9   31  6  3.4    6   9   65 27  7.2  
RB    Ferrell, Bob          2   1   5     8   33  8  4.1    1   2    4  3  2.0  KR

WR    Solomon, Freddie      0   0   4     6   85 56 14.2    7  57  807 44 14.2  PR
WR    Shumann, Mike         0   0   5     1   19 19 19.0    5  39  452 39 11.6  
WR    Clark, Dwight         0   0   5     0    0  0  0.0    2  18  232 30 12.9  

TE    Bruer, Bob            4   2   5     5   -4  6 -0.8    3  26  254 19  9.8  KR
TE    MacAfee, Ken          4   2   5     0    0  0  0.0    3  24  266 50 11.1  
TE    Seal, Paul            4   2   4     0    0  0  0.0    1   3   34 14 11.3  
TE    Ramson, Eason         4   2   1     0    0  0  0.0    0   0    0  0  0.0  

RB-WR Owens, James          0   0   5     7   33 11  4.7    1  10  121 17 12.1  KR


      Lineman              BkR  BkP    Dur  Special
C     Quillan, Fred         6    6       5     

G     Cross, Randy          6    6       5     LS
G     Ayers, John           6    6       5     

T     Fahnhorst, Keith      6    6       5     
T     Singleton, Ron        5    5       2     
T     Barrett, Jean         4    4       4     KR

C-G   Downing, Walt         4    4       5     


      Defense              Overall  Run  Pass Rush   Dur  Sacks  Int  Special
DT    Webb, Jimmy            6       6    0    2       5     4    0  
DT    Vincent, Ted           5       5    0    1       5     2    0  
DT    Vaughan, Ruben         3       3    0    1       4     0    0  
DE    Hardman, Cedrick       6       5    0    3       4     5    0  
DE    Reese, Archie          6       5    0    3       5     5    0  
DE    Board, Dwaine          5       4    0    4       5     7    0  
DE    Cowlings, Al           3       3    0    1       3     1    0  

ILB   Bunz, Dan              6       5    2    1       4     1    1  
ILB   Nelson, Bob            3       2    1    0       1     0    0  
OLB   Harper, Willie         6       5    2    1       5     2    0  
LB    Hilton, Scott          4       4    1    0       2     0    0  
LB    Martin, Bob            4       3    1    0       4     0    0  
LB    Ceresino, Gordy        3       2    1    0       5     0    0  
LB    McIntyre, Jeff         3       2    1    0       4     0    0  
LB    Morton, Dave           3       2    1    0       1     0    0  
LB    Seabron,Thomas         3       2    1    0       5     0    0  
LB    Shumon, Ron            3       2    1    0       2     0    0  

CB    Williams, Gerard       4       0    4    0       4     0    4  
CB    Cornelius, Charles     4       0    4    0       5     0    3  
CB    Morgan, Melvin         3       0    3    0       2     0    1  
CB    Johnson, Charles       3       0    3    0       1     0    0  
S     Hicks, Dwight          6       2    4    0       2     0    5  RET
S     Gray, Tim              5       1    4    0       5     0    1  
S     Dungy, Tony            4       1    3    0       4     0    0  PR
DB    Johnson, Eric          3       1    2    0       2     0    0  
DB    Bristor, John          3       1    2    0       1     0    0  

   Special Teams
K    Wersching, Ray
P    Melville, Dan



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