1970 San Francisco 49ers: 10-3-1
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-1-1 (162 points scored, 142 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (190 points scored, 125 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Nolan 352 points scored (1st of 26 teams), 267 points allowed (14th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 226 383 2,923 ( 1) 7.48 25 10 471 1,580 (17) 3.4 13 4,503 ( 2) 25 Defense: 185 384 2,173 ( 9) 5.25 19 22 425 1,799 (18) 4.2 12 3,972 (13) 42
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Steve Spurrier QB 14 6'2 203 25 4 Florida 12 John Brodie QB 14 6'1 203 35 14 Stanford 17 John Isenbarger RB 13 6'3 205 23 R Indiana 18 Gene Washington WR 13 6'1 186 23 2 Stanford 23 Johnny Fuller DB 14 6'0 175 24 3 Lamar 24 Jimmy Thomas RB 14 6'1 216 23 2 Texas-Arlington 25 Rosey Taylor DB 14 5'11 186 33 10 Grambling 27 Al Randolph DB 14 6'2 200 26 5 Iowa 28 Jim Strong RB 3 6'1 204 23 R Houston 30 Bruce Gossett K 14 6'2 225 28 7 Richmond 32 Mel Phillips DB 14 6'0 192 28 5 North Carolina A&T 37 Jimmy Johnson DB 14 6'2 184 32 10 UCLA 38 Mike Simpson DB 7 5'11 175 23 1 Houston 40 Ken Willard RB 14 6'2 225 27 6 North Carolina 42 Doug Cunningham RB 12 5'11 190 25 4 Mississippi 44 Bruce Taylor DB 14 6'0 180 22 R Boston University 45 Bill Tucker RB 14 6'2 216 27 4 Tennessee State 50 Ed Beard LB 14 6'2 220 30 6 Tennessee 51 Carter Campbell LB 1 6'3 214 23 R Weber State 52 Skip Vanderbundt LB 12 6'3 234 23 2 Oregon State 53 Tommy Hart DE 14 6'3 250 25 3 Morris Brown 56 Bob Hoskins OG 14 6'2 235 25 1 Wichita State 57 Frank Nunley LB 14 6'2 230 25 4 Michigan 58 Jim Sniadecki LB 14 6'2 220 23 2 Indiana 60 Roland Lakes DT 14 6'4 268 30 10 Wichita State 64 Dave Wilcox LB 13 6'3 237 28 7 Oregon 65 Randy Beisler OG 14 6'4 255 26 5 Indiana 66 Elmer Collett OG 14 6'4 240 25 4 San Francisco State 69 Woody Peoples OG 14 6'2 247 27 3 Grambling 70 Charlie Krueger DT 14 6'4 270 33 12 Texas A&M 72 Bill Belk DE 14 6'3 254 24 3 Maryland Eastern Shore 74 Earl Edwards DT 14 6'6 265 24 2 Wichita State 75 Forrest Blue C 14 6'5 260 25 3 Auburn 76 Len Rohde OT 14 6'4 250 32 11 Utah State 78 Sam Silas DT 12 6'4 255 30 8 Southern Illinois 79 Cas Banaszek OT 13 6'3 250 25 3 Northwestern 80 Stan Hindman DE 8 6'3 235 26 5 Mississippi 81 Lee Johnson WR 7 6'1 204 26 2 Tennessee State 82 Ted Kwalick TE 14 6'4 230 23 2 Penn State 85 Preston Riley WR 14 6'0 180 23 R Memphis 86 Cedrick Hardman DE 14 6'3 255 22 R North Texas State 88 Dick Witcher WR 11 6'3 204 26 5 UCLA 89 Bob Windsor TE 14 6'4 230 27 4 Kentucky
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating John Brodie 378 223 59.0 2,941 7.78 13.2 24 6.3 10 2.6 8 67 93.8 Steve Spurrier 4 3 75.0 49 12.25 16.3 1 25.0 0 0.0 0 0 155.2 John Isenbarger 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Gene Washington 53 1,100 20.8 12 Doug Cunningham 35 209 6.0 0 Bob Windsor 31 363 11.7 2 Ken Willard 31 259 8.4 3 Dick Witcher 22 288 13.1 2 Bill Tucker 17 108 6.4 1 Jimmy Thomas 12 221 18.4 3 Ted Kwalick 10 148 14.8 1 John Isenbarger 8 158 19.8 1 Preston Riley 7 136 19.4 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ken Willard 236 789 3.3 7 Doug Cunningham 128 443 3.5 3 Bill Tucker 42 137 3.3 1 Jimmy Thomas 31 89 2.9 0 Ted Kwalick 3 65 21.7 0 John Isenbarger 18 43 2.4 0 John Brodie 9 29 3.2 2 Jim Strong 2 3 1.5 0 Steve Spurrier 2 -18 -9.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Bill Tucker 25 577 23.1 0 Bruce Taylor 12 190 15.8 0 Jimmy Thomas 6 177 29.5 0 Ed Beard 2 8 4.0 0 Johnny Fuller 1 8 8.0 0 Bill Belk 1 7 7.0 0 Preston Riley 1 0 0.0 0 Bob Windsor 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bruce Taylor 43 516 12.0 10 0 Johnny Fuller 4 29 7.2 2 0 Preston Riley 1 5 5.0 0 0 |
1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 9 DE Cedrick Hardman 171 North Texas 1 17 DB Bruce Taylor 109 Boston University [pick acquired from WAS] 2 48 RB John Isenbarger 55 Indiana [pick acquired from LA via PHI] 4 87 WR Vic Washington 67 Wyoming 5 113 OT Gary McArthur USC 6 138 QB Rusty Clark Houston 7 165 RB Jim Strong 31 Houston 8 191 LB Carter Campbell 43 Weber State 9 217 WR Preston Riley 43 Memphis 10 243 RB Larry Schreiber 74 Tennessee Tech 11 269 WR Dan Crockett Toledo 12 295 OT Bill Tant Dayton 13 321 LB Jim Vanderslice Texas Christian 14 347 OG Jack King Clemson 15 373 WR Dave Delsignore Youngstown State 16 399 DB Scott Perkins Livingstone 17 425 P Mike Culton La Verne
Traded draft picks: #2 to LA (Donnie Williams), #3 to KC (Billy Bob Barnett)
Transactions:
| 01-24-1970 | traded San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1970 draft to Chiefs for Noland Smith |
| 01-27-1970 | traded Kermit Alexander and San Francisco's #2 pick in the 1970 draft to Rams for Bruce Gossett |
| 05-01-1970 | traded Lance Olssen to Dolphins for Tom Beier |
| 05-31-1970 | traded Clifton McNeil to Giants for the Giants' #5 pick in the 1971 draft and #1 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 08-26-1970 | Colts claimed Gene Moore on waivers |
| 09-11-1970 | traded Kevin Hardy to Packers for Green Bay's #2 pick in the 1971 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/27/70 at Minnesota Vikings W 17-14 01/03/71 vs Dallas Cowboys L 10-17
1970 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/20/70 vs Washington Redskins W 26-17 1-0-0 09/27/70 vs Cleveland Browns W 34-31 2-0-0 10/04/70 at Atlanta Falcons L 20-21 2-1-0 10/11/70 at Los Angeles Rams W 20-6 3-1-0 10/18/70 vs New Orleans Saints T 20-20 3-1-1 10/25/70 vs Denver Broncos W 19-14 4-1-1 11/01/70 vs Green Bay Packers W 26-10 5-1-1 11/08/70 at Chicago Bears W 37-16 6-1-1 11/15/70 at Houston Oilers W 30-20 7-1-1 11/22/70 at Detroit Lions L 7-28 7-2-1 11/29/70 vs Los Angeles Rams L 13-30 7-3-1 12/06/70 vs Atlanta Falcons W 24-20 8-3-1 12/13/70 at New Orleans Saints W 38-27 9-3-1 12/20/70 at Oakland Raiders W 38-7 10-3-1