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:
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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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