1971 San Francisco 49ers: 9-5-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-3-0 (145 points scored, 112 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (155 points scored, 104 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Nolan 300 points scored (9th of 26 teams), 216 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 209 391 2,577 ( 4) 6.41 18 24 498 2,129 ( 9) 4.3 12 4,706 ( 3) 42 Defense: 152 341 2,011 ( 7) 5.31 17 14 408 1,668 ( 9) 4.1 4 3,679 ( 6) 30
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Steve Spurrier QB 6 6'2 200 26 5 Florida 12 John Brodie QB 14 6'1 203 36 15 Stanford 15 Jim McCann P 13 6'2 170 22 R Arizona State 17 John Isenbarger RB 14 6'3 205 24 2 Indiana 18 Gene Washington WR 14 6'1 185 24 3 Stanford 20 Tony Harris DB 4 6'2 190 22 R Toledo 22 Vic Washington RB 14 5'10 196 25 1 Wyoming 23 Johnny Fuller DB 14 6'0 185 25 4 Lamar 24 Jimmy Thomas RB 10 6'1 214 24 3 Texas-Arlington 25 Rosey Taylor DB 12 5'11 186 34 11 Grambling 30 Bruce Gossett K 14 6'2 235 29 8 Richmond 32 Mel Phillips DB 13 6'0 196 29 6 North Carolina A&T 35 Larry Schreiber RB 14 6'0 200 24 1 Tennessee Tech 37 Jimmy Johnson DB 14 6'2 185 33 11 UCLA 38 Mike Simpson DB 8 5'11 175 24 2 Houston 40 Ken Willard RB 14 6'2 225 28 7 North Carolina 42 Doug Cunningham RB 14 5'11 192 26 5 Mississippi 44 Bruce Taylor DB 14 6'0 180 23 2 Boston University 50 Ed Beard LB 14 6'2 220 31 7 Tennessee 52 Skip Vanderbundt LB 14 6'3 230 24 3 Oregon State 53 Tommy Hart DE 14 6'3 257 26 4 Morris Brown 56 Bob Hoskins OG 7 6'2 235 26 2 Wichita State 57 Frank Nunley LB 14 6'2 232 26 5 Michigan 58 Jim Sniadecki LB 14 6'2 220 24 3 Indiana 64 Dave Wilcox LB 14 6'3 235 29 8 Oregon 65 Randy Beisler OG 14 6'4 255 27 6 Indiana 66 Elmer Collett OG 14 6'4 240 26 5 San Francisco State 67 John Watson OT 14 6'4 248 22 R Oklahoma 69 Woody Peoples OG 14 6'2 247 28 4 Grambling 70 Charlie Krueger DT 14 6'4 260 34 13 Texas A&M 72 Bill Belk DE 8 6'3 258 25 4 Maryland Eastern Shore 74 Earl Edwards DT 14 6'6 272 25 3 Wichita State 75 Forrest Blue C 14 6'5 260 26 4 Auburn 76 Len Rohde OT 14 6'4 250 33 12 Utah State 79 Cas Banaszek OT 14 6'3 250 26 4 Northwestern 80 Stan Hindman DE 9 6'3 235 27 6 Mississippi 82 Ted Kwalick TE 14 6'4 220 24 3 Penn State 85 Preston Riley WR 14 6'0 180 24 2 Memphis 86 Cedrick Hardman DE 14 6'3 255 23 2 North Texas State 88 Dick Witcher WR 14 6'3 204 27 6 UCLA 89 Bob Windsor TE 13 6'4 230 28 5 Kentucky
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating John Brodie 387 208 53.7 2,642 6.83 12.7 18 4.7 24 6.2 11 111 65.0 Steve Spurrier 4 1 25.0 46 11.50 46.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 75.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ted Kwalick 52 664 12.8 5 Gene Washington 46 884 19.2 4 Vic Washington 36 317 8.8 4 Ken Willard 27 202 7.5 1 Doug Cunningham 19 188 9.9 0 Dick Witcher 18 250 13.9 3 Larry Schreiber 3 79 26.3 1 Preston Riley 3 39 13.0 0 Jimmy Thomas 3 33 11.0 0 Bob Windsor 2 32 16.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ken Willard 216 855 4.0 4 Vic Washington 191 811 4.2 3 Larry Schreiber 34 180 5.3 0 Doug Cunningham 25 98 3.9 1 Ted Kwalick 6 62 10.3 0 John Brodie 14 45 3.2 3 Jimmy Thomas 3 36 12.0 1 John Isenbarger 5 34 6.8 0 Bob Windsor 1 21 21.0 0 Steve Spurrier 1 2 2.0 0 Jim McCann 2 -15 -7.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Vic Washington 33 858 26.0 0 Doug Cunningham 6 121 20.2 0 Bob Windsor 4 66 16.5 0 Ted Kwalick 2 9 4.5 0 Ed Beard 1 21 21.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bruce Taylor 34 235 6.9 10 0 Johnny Fuller 3 31 10.3 2 0 Preston Riley 1 2 2.0 0 0 Skip Vanderbundt 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 23 DB Tim Anderson 15 Ohio State 2 37 OG Ernie Janet 31 Washington [pick acquired from GB] 2 49 RB Joe Orduna 39 Nebraska 3 55 WR Sam Dickerson USC [pick acquired from PHI] 3 75 C Willie Parker 94 North Texas 4 101 RB Tony Harris 4 Toledo 5 114 OT Dean Shaternick Kansas State [pick acquired from CHI] 5 122 LB George Wells New Mexico State [pick acquired from NYG] 5 127 LB Marty Huff 3 Michigan 6 153 WR Al Bresler Auburn 7 179 OT John Watson 95 Oklahoma 8 205 K Jim McCann 31 Arizona State 9 231 LB Therman Couch Iowa State 10 236 RB Ron Cardo Wisconsin-Oshkosh [pick acquired from NO] 10 257 WR Ernie Jennings Air Force 11 283 QB Joe Reed 50 Mississippi State 12 309 DT Jim Bunch Wisconsin-Platteville 13 335 RB John Bullock Purdue 14 361 DE Bill Dunstan 80 Utah State 15 387 OT John Lennon Colgate 16 414 DT Dave Purcell Kentucky 17 438 DB Leroy Charlton Florida A&M
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 07-15-1971 | traded Roland Lakes to Giants for the Giants' #2 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-02-1971 | Saints claimed Jim Strong on waivers |
| 09-08-1971 | traded Al Randolph to Packers for Green Bay's #4 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 09-13-1971 | traded Bill Tucker to Bears for Chicago's #5 pick in the 1973 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/26/71 vs Washington Redskins W 24-20 01/02/72 at Dallas Cowboys L 3-14
1971 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 at Atlanta Falcons L 17-20 0-1-0 09/26/71 at New Orleans Saints W 38-20 1-1-0 10/03/71 at Philadelphia Eagles W 31-3 2-1-0 10/10/71 vs Los Angeles Rams L 13-20 2-2-0 10/17/71 vs Chicago Bears W 13-0 3-2-0 10/24/71 at St. Louis Cardinals W 26-14 4-2-0 10/31/71 vs New England Patriots W 27-10 5-2-0 11/07/71 at Minnesota Vikings W 13-9 6-2-0 11/14/71 vs New Orleans Saints L 20-26 6-3-0 11/21/71 at Los Angeles Rams L 6-17 6-4-0 11/28/71 at New York Jets W 24-21 7-4-0 12/06/71 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 17-26 7-5-0 12/12/71 vs Atlanta Falcons W 24-3 8-5-0 12/19/71 vs Detroit Lions W 31-27 9-5-0