1972 San Francisco 49ers roster and stats

1972 San Francisco 49ers: 8-5-1
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Home record: 4-2-1 (151 points scored, 110 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (202 points scored, 139 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Nolan 353 points scored (4th of 26 teams), 249 points allowed (9th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 217 380 2,735 ( 2) 6.80 27 24 445 1,616 (21) 3.6 11 4,351 ( 8) 37 Defense: 169 366 2,179 (15) 5.29 14 19 446 1,847 (13) 4.1 12 4,026 (14) 36

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Steve Spurrier QB 13 6'2 203 27 6 Florida 12 John Brodie QB 6 6'1 203 37 16 Stanford 13 Joe Reed QB 9 6'1 195 24 1 Mississippi State 15 Jim McCann P 13 6'2 163 23 2 Arizona State 17 John Isenbarger RB 14 6'3 205 25 3 Indiana 18 Gene Washington WR 14 6'1 185 25 4 Stanford 22 Vic Washington RB 13 5'10 196 26 2 Wyoming 23 Johnny Fuller DB 14 6'0 185 26 5 Lamar 24 Jimmy Thomas RB 14 6'1 214 25 4 Texas-Arlington 30 Bruce Gossett K 14 6'2 228 30 9 Richmond 32 Mel Phillips DB 14 6'0 194 30 7 North Carolina A&T 35 Larry Schreiber RB 14 6'0 200 25 2 Tennessee Tech 37 Jimmy Johnson DB 14 6'2 187 34 12 UCLA 38 Mike Simpson DB 13 5'11 168 25 3 Houston 40 Ken Willard RB 14 6'2 216 29 8 North Carolina 42 Doug Cunningham RB 4 5'11 190 27 6 Mississippi 43 Windlan Hall DB 14 5'11 178 22 R Arizona State 44 Bruce Taylor DB 14 6'0 187 24 3 Boston University 49 Ralph McGill DB 11 5'11 183 22 R Tulsa 50 Ed Beard LB 14 6'2 220 32 8 Tennessee 52 Skip Vanderbundt LB 14 6'3 224 25 4 Oregon State 53 Tommy Hart DE 14 6'3 248 27 5 Morris Brown 54 Marty Huff LB 3 6'2 234 23 1 Michigan 56 Bob Hoskins DT 14 6'2 253 27 3 Wichita State 57 Frank Nunley LB 13 6'2 230 27 6 Michigan 58 Jim Sniadecki LB 2 6'2 230 25 4 Indiana 64 Dave Wilcox LB 14 6'3 240 30 9 Oregon 65 Randy Beisler OG 14 6'4 250 28 7 Indiana 66 Elmer Collett OG 14 6'4 240 27 6 San Francisco State 67 John Watson OT 14 6'4 248 23 2 Oklahoma 69 Woody Peoples OG 14 6'2 258 29 5 Grambling 70 Charlie Krueger DT 14 6'4 268 35 14 Texas A&M 72 Bill Belk DE 14 6'3 253 26 5 Maryland Eastern Shore 74 Earl Edwards DT 13 6'6 262 26 4 Wichita State 75 Forrest Blue C 14 6'5 260 27 5 Auburn 76 Len Rohde OT 14 6'4 248 34 13 Utah State 78 Rolf Krueger DE 4 6'4 253 25 4 Texas A&M 79 Cas Banaszek OT 13 6'3 250 27 5 Northwestern 82 Ted Kwalick TE 14 6'4 223 25 4 Penn State 83 Terry Beasley WR 8 5'10 184 22 R Auburn 84 Dave Olerich LB 12 6'1 220 27 6 San Francisco 85 Preston Riley WR 14 6'0 180 25 3 Memphis 86 Cedrick Hardman DE 14 6'3 255 24 3 North Texas State 88 Dick Witcher TE 14 6'3 204 28 7 UCLA

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Steve Spurrier 269 147 54.6 1,983 7.37 13.5 18 6.7 16 5.9 14 114 75.9 John Brodie 110 70 63.6 905 8.23 12.9 9 8.2 8 7.3 8 39 86.4 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        46    918   20.0   12
Vic Washington         43    393    9.1    1
Ted Kwalick            40    751   18.8    9
Larry Schreiber        31    283    9.1    1
Ken Willard            24    131    5.5    1
Jimmy Thomas           15    148    9.9    0
Preston Riley          11    156   14.2    1
John Isenbarger         3     66   22.0    1
Dick Witcher            3     22    7.3    1
Terry Beasley           1     20   20.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Vic Washington        141    468    3.3    3
Larry Schreiber       118    420    3.6    2
Ken Willard           100    345    3.5    4
Jimmy Thomas           52    250    4.8    1
Steve Spurrier         11     51    4.6    0
Doug Cunningham         8     32    4.0    0
Joe Reed                4     22    5.5    0
Ted Kwalick             5     11    2.2    0
John Isenbarger         3      9    3.0    0
John Brodie             3      8    2.7    1

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Vic Washington         27    771   28.6    1
Ralph McGill           10    192   19.2    0
Larry Schreiber         2     41   20.5    0
Bob Hoskins             2     17    8.5    0
Ed Beard                2     -1   -0.5    0
Frank Nunley            1     21   21.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Ralph McGill           22    219   10.0    0    0
Bruce Taylor           21    145    6.9    8    0
Johnny Fuller           1      9    9.0    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Jim McCann 64 2,542 39.7 0 0 1 0 0 39.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bruce Gossett 4/4 4/5 4/5 5/12 1/3 18/29 41/42 95 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Ed Beard 1 10 0 Bill Belk 3.5 Earl Edwards 6.5 Johnny Fuller 1 0 0 Windlan Hall 1 0 0 Cedrick Hardman 9.0 Tommy Hart 17.0 1 0 0 Bob Hoskins 4.0 Jimmy Johnson 4 18 0 Charlie Krueger 1.0 Frank Nunley 1 12 0 Mel Phillips 1 0 0 Mike Simpson 2 32 1 Bruce Taylor 2 4 0 Skip Vanderbundt 1.0 2 58 2 Dave Wilcox 3.0 3 12 0

1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 19 WR Terry Beasley 29 Auburn 2 28 DB Ralph McGill 99 Tulsa [pick acquired from NYG] 2 44 OT Jean Barrett 93 Tulsa 3 71 WR Jubiliee Dunbar 19 Southern 4 96 DB Windlan Hall 81 Arizona State 5 123 LB Mike Greene Georgia 6 148 DB Jackie Walker Tennessee 7 175 OG Edgar Hardy 3 Jackson State 8 200 K Tom Wittum 70 Northern Illinois 9 227 DB Jerry Brown Northwestern 10 252 DT Steve Williams 12 Western Carolina 11 279 DE Tom Laputka Southern Illinois 12 304 DE Steve Setzier St. John's (Mn.) 13 331 OT Leon Pettigrew Cal State-Northridge 14 356 QB Eric Guthrie Boise State 15 383 DE Bob Maddox 28 Frostburg State 16 408 OG Ron Davis 2 Virginia State 17 435 RB Ted Alexander Langston (Ok.)

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

05-12-1972	traded Rosey Taylor and San Francisco's #3 and #4 picks in the 1973 draft to Redskins for Washington's #2 pick in the 1974 draft and #3 pick in the 1975 draft
07-07-1972	signed Rolf Krueger from Cardinals as a free agent
07-08-1972	sent San Francisco's #2 pick in the 1973 draft and #3 pick in the 1974 draft to Cardinals as compensation for free agent Rolf Krueger
07-31-1972	traded Bob Windsor to Patriots for New England's #1 pick in the 1974 draft
08-03-1972	Rams claimed Jerry Brown on waivers
09-07-1972	Bears claimed Ernie Janet on waivers
09-07-1972	Bills claimed Tony Harris on waivers
09-13-1972	Giants claimed Joe Orduna on waivers
09-13-1972	Rams claimed Willie Parker on waivers

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/23/72    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 28-30

1972 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/17/72    vs San Diego Chargers      W 34-3        1-0-0
09/24/72    at Buffalo Bills           L 20-27       1-1-0
10/01/72    at New Orleans Saints      W 37-2        2-1-0
10/08/72    at Los Angeles Rams        L 7-31        2-2-0
10/15/72    vs New York Giants         L 17-23       2-3-0
10/22/72    vs New Orleans Saints      T 20-20       2-3-1
10/29/72    at Atlanta Falcons         W 49-14       3-3-1
11/05/72    at Green Bay Packers       L 24-34       3-4-1
11/12/72    vs Baltimore Colts         W 24-21       4-4-1
11/19/72    at Chicago Bears           W 34-21       5-4-1
11/23/72    at Dallas Cowboys          W 31-10       6-4-1
12/04/72    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 16-26       6-5-1
12/10/72    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 20-0        7-5-1
12/16/72    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 20-17       8-5-1

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