1975 San Francisco 49ers: 5-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-5-0 (136 points scored, 145 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (119 points scored, 141 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Nolan 255 points scored (16th of 26 teams), 286 points allowed (14th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 234 450 2,560 ( 5) 5.30 15 19 422 1,598 (25) 3.8 12 4,158 (16) 44 Defense: 228 411 2,197 (12) 4.87 15 11 518 1,829 ( 9) 3.5 14 4,026 (11) 27
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Steve Mike-Mayer K 14 6'0 178 28 R Maryland 11 Steve Spurrier QB 11 6'2 198 30 9 Florida 13 Tom Wittum P 14 6'1 190 25 3 Northern Illinois 14 Tom Owen QB 4 6'1 194 23 2 Wichita State 16 Norm Snead QB 9 6'4 215 36 15 Wake Forest 18 Gene Washington WR 14 6'1 185 28 7 Stanford 20 Mike Holmes WR 14 6'2 193 24 2 Texas Southern 22 Bob Hayes WR 4 6'0 185 32 11 Florida A&M 24 Delvin Williams RB 14 6'0 195 24 2 Kansas 26 Tim Anderson DB 13 6'0 192 26 1 Ohio State 27 Nate Allen DB 14 5'10 170 27 5 Texas Southern 32 Mel Phillips DB 9 6'0 190 33 10 North Carolina A&T 33 John Saunders DB 3 6'3 196 25 3 Toledo 35 Larry Schreiber RB 14 6'0 209 28 5 Tennessee Tech 37 Jimmy Johnson DB 14 6'2 185 37 15 UCLA 40 Wilbur Jackson RB 14 6'1 215 23 2 Alabama 43 Windlan Hall DB 13 5'11 175 25 4 Arizona State 44 Bruce Taylor DB 12 6'0 190 27 6 Boston University 45 Manfred Moore RB 14 6'0 194 24 2 Southern California 47 Kermit Johnson RB 11 6'0 200 23 1 UCLA 48 Sammy Johnson RB 14 6'0 223 23 2 North Carolina 49 Ralph McGill DB 9 5'11 183 25 4 Tulsa 50 Dave Washington LB 14 6'5 223 27 6 Alcorn State 52 Skip Vanderbundt LB 14 6'3 223 28 7 Oregon State 53 Tommy Hart DE 14 6'3 244 30 8 Morris Brown 54 Bill Reid C 13 6'1 242 23 1 Stanford 55 Greg Collins LB 14 6'2 234 22 R Notre Dame 56 Bob Hoskins DT 14 6'2 250 30 6 Wichita State 57 Frank Nunley LB 14 6'2 234 30 9 Michigan 59 Willie Harper LB 13 6'2 220 25 3 Nebraska 60 Bill Sandifer DT 13 6'6 278 23 2 UCLA 63 Jeff Hart OT 14 6'5 266 22 R Oregon State 66 Bobby Penchion OG 9 6'5 252 26 4 Alcorn State 67 John Watson OT 14 6'4 245 26 5 Oklahoma 69 Woody Peoples OG 14 6'2 252 32 8 Grambling 71 Keith Fahnhorst OT 14 6'6 265 23 2 Minnesota 72 Cleveland Elam DT 14 6'3 254 23 R Tennessee State 74 Jimmy Webb DT 14 6'5 248 23 R Mississippi State 77 Jean Barrett OT 9 6'6 254 24 3 Tulsa 78 Wayne Baker DT 14 6'6 270 22 R Brigham Young 79 Cas Banaszek OT 14 6'3 255 30 8 Northwestern 82 Len Garrett TE 2 6'3 230 27 5 New Mexico Highlands 84 Tom Mitchell TE 13 6'2 215 31 9 Bucknell 85 Bill Larson TE 14 6'4 225 22 R Colorado State 86 Cedrick Hardman DE 14 6'3 258 27 6 North Texas State 88 Terry Beasley WR 8 5'10 182 25 3 Auburn
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Steve Spurrier 207 102 49.3 1,151 5.56 11.3 5 2.4 7 3.4 11 80 60.3 Norm Snead 189 108 57.1 1,337 7.07 12.4 9 4.8 10 5.3 16 109 73.0 Tom Owen 51 24 47.1 318 6.24 13.2 1 2.0 2 3.9 6 57 57.5 Sammy Johnson 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Gene Washington 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 44 735 16.7 9 Larry Schreiber 40 289 7.2 1 Delvin Williams 34 370 10.9 1 Tom Mitchell 25 366 14.6 3 Sammy Johnson 23 177 7.7 0 Terry Beasley 20 297 14.8 0 Wilbur Jackson 17 128 7.5 0 Mike Holmes 16 220 13.8 1 Bob Hayes 6 119 19.8 0 Bill Larson 5 64 12.8 0 Tom Wittum 2 29 14.5 0 Manfred Moore 1 11 11.0 0 Keith Fahnhorst 1 1 1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Delvin Williams 117 631 5.4 3 Larry Schreiber 134 337 2.5 5 Wilbur Jackson 78 303 3.9 0 Sammy Johnson 55 185 3.4 3 Steve Spurrier 15 91 6.1 0 Norm Snead 9 30 3.3 1 Kermit Johnson 4 25 6.2 0 Manfred Moore 3 10 3.3 0 Terry Beasley 1 5 5.0 0 Tom Owen 1 1 1.0 0 Bob Hayes 2 -2 -1.0 0 Mike Holmes 1 -4 -4.0 0 Gene Washington 1 -4 -4.0 0 Tom Wittum 1 -10 -10.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Manfred Moore 26 650 25.0 0 Sammy Johnson 17 400 23.5 0 Kermit Johnson 6 135 22.5 0 Wayne Baker 4 45 11.2 0 Mike Holmes 2 59 29.5 0 Jeff Hart 2 28 14.0 0 Delvin Williams 1 24 24.0 0 Windlan Hall 1 18 18.0 0 Keith Fahnhorst 1 13 13.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ralph McGill 31 290 9.4 0 0 Bruce Taylor 16 166 10.4 1 0 Manfred Moore 16 160 10.0 0 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 10 DT Jimmy Webb 106 Mississippi State 2 35 LB Greg Collins 38 Notre Dame 3 71 OT Jeff Hart 99 Oregon State [pick acquired from BUF] 3 72 K Steve Mike-Mayer 80 Maryland [pick acquired from WAS] 3 74 DT Wayne Baker 14 Brigham Young [pick acquired from STL] 4 85 DE Cleveland Elam 62 Tennessee State [pick acquired from NO] 4 87 DB Frank Oliver 18 Kentucky State 5 114 RB Wayne Bullock Notre Dame 8 191 LB Preston Kendrick Florida 9 218 DB James Johnson Tennessee State 9 223 TE Dan Natale Penn State [pick acquired from PHI] 9 230 OT Caesar Douglas Illinois Wesleyan [pick acquired from STL] 10 243 RB Donnie Layton South Carolina State 11 270 DB Gene Hernandez Texas Christian 12 295 QB Rick Worley Howard Payne 13 322 LB Dale Mitchell 17 USC 14 347 WR David Henson Abilene Christian 15 374 TE Rich Lavin Western Illinois
Traded draft picks: #3 to NYG (Danny Buggs), #6 to KC (Dave Wasick), #7 to BUF (Gil Chapman), #16 to BAL (Mike Evavold), #17 to BAL (Mike Bengard)
Transactions:
| 01-29-1975 | traded San Francisco's #16 and #17 picks in the 1975 draft to Colts for a #15 pick and Washington's #16 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 06-11-1975 | traded San Francisco's #5 pick in the 1976 draft to Bengals for Al Chandler |
| 07-18-1975 | traded San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1976 draft to Cowboys for Bob Hayes |
| 08-01-1975 | traded San Francisco's #5 pick in the 1977 draft to Bills for Dave Washington |
| 09-09-1975 | traded Randy Beisler and New Orleans' #3 pick in the 1976 draft to Chiefs for Nate Allen |
| 09-09-1975 | traded Frank Oliver to Bills for a draft pick |
| 09-15-1975 | traded Forrest Blue and #15 and #16 picks in the 1976 draft to Colts for a #2 pick in the 1977 draft and Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1978 draft |
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 at Minnesota Vikings L 17-27 0-1-0 09/28/75 vs Los Angeles Rams L 14-23 0-2-0 10/05/75 at Kansas City Chiefs W 20-3 1-2-0 10/12/75 vs Atlanta Falcons L 3-17 1-3-0 10/19/75 vs New Orleans Saints W 35-21 2-3-0 10/26/75 at New England Patriots L 16-24 2-4-0 11/02/75 vs Detroit Lions L 17-28 2-5-0 11/09/75 at Los Angeles Rams W 24-23 3-5-0 11/16/75 vs Chicago Bears W 31-3 4-5-0 11/23/75 at New Orleans Saints W 16-6 5-5-0 11/30/75 at Philadelphia Eagles L 17-27 5-6-0 12/07/75 vs Houston Oilers L 13-27 5-7-0 12/14/75 at Atlanta Falcons L 9-31 5-8-0 12/21/75 vs New York Giants L 23-26 5-9-0