1976 San Francisco 49ers: 8-6-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-3-0 (121 points scored, 91 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (149 points scored, 99 allowed) Head Coach: Monte Clark 270 points scored (13th of 28 teams), 190 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 155 306 1,638 (23) 4.82 15 21 576 2,447 ( 5) 4.2 14 4,085 (18) 33 Defense: 180 374 1,776 ( 4) 4.08 13 9 487 1,786 ( 5) 3.7 10 3,562 ( 2) 25
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Steve Mike-Mayer K 14 6'0 179 29 2 Maryland 13 Tom Wittum P 14 6'1 191 26 4 Northern Illinois 14 Jim Plunkett QB 12 6'3 219 28 6 Stanford 14 Marty Domres QB 5 6'4 220 29 8 Columbia 18 Gene Washington WR 14 6'1 187 29 8 Stanford 19 Scott Bull QB 14 6'5 211 23 R Arkansas 22 Eddie Lewis DB 14 6'0 177 22 R Kansas 23 Bruce Rhodes DB 14 6'0 187 24 1 San Francisco State 24 Delvin Williams RB 13 6'0 197 25 3 Kansas 32 Mel Phillips DB 14 6'0 184 34 11 North Carolina A&T 37 Jimmy Johnson DB 14 6'2 187 38 16 UCLA 38 Bob Ferrell RB 10 6'0 208 23 1 UCLA 40 Wilbur Jackson RB 14 6'1 219 24 3 Alabama 41 Paul Hofer RB 14 6'0 195 24 R Mississippi 42 Anthony Leonard DB 14 5'11 170 23 R Virginia Union 44 Bruce Taylor DB 13 6'0 186 28 7 Boston University 47 Kermit Johnson RB 11 6'0 202 24 2 UCLA 48 Sammy Johnson RB 6 6'0 217 24 3 North Carolina 49 Ralph McGill DB 10 5'11 178 26 5 Tulsa 50 Dave Washington LB 14 6'5 228 28 7 Alcorn State 51 Bruce Elia LB 12 6'1 217 23 2 Ohio State 52 Skip Vanderbundt LB 14 6'3 222 29 8 Oregon State 53 Tommy Hart DE 14 6'3 249 31 9 Morris Brown 57 Frank Nunley LB 13 6'2 221 31 10 Michigan 59 Willie Harper LB 14 6'2 208 26 4 Nebraska 60 Bill Sandifer DT 13 6'6 260 24 3 UCLA 61 Andy Maurer OG 13 6'3 275 28 7 Oregon 62 Randy Cross C 14 6'3 247 22 R UCLA 63 Rocky Rasley OG 1 6'3 255 29 7 Oregon State 63 Dick Enderle OG 2 6'1 250 28 8 Minnesota 64 Dale Mitchell LB 13 6'3 223 23 1 Southern California 65 Steve Lawson OG 14 6'3 265 27 6 Kansas 67 John Watson OG 11 6'4 244 27 6 Oklahoma 71 Keith Fahnhorst OT 13 6'6 256 24 3 Minnesota 72 Cleveland Elam DT 14 6'4 252 24 2 Tennessee State 74 Jimmy Webb DT 14 6'4 247 24 2 Mississippi State 76 Bill Cooke OT 9 6'5 250 25 2 Massachusetts 77 Jean Barrett OT 14 6'6 248 25 4 Tulsa 79 Cas Banaszek OT 9 6'3 247 31 9 Northwestern 80 Steve Rivera WR 11 5'11 184 22 R California 81 Willie McGee WR 6 5'11 187 26 4 Alcorn State 82 Tony Cline DE 7 6'2 244 28 7 Miami 83 Kenny Harrison WR 11 6'0 170 22 R Southern Methodist 84 Tom Mitchell TE 14 6'2 226 32 10 Bucknell 86 Cedrick Hardman DE 11 6'3 244 28 7 North Texas State 87 Jim Lash WR 8 6'2 199 24 4 Northwestern 89 Jim Obradovich TE 14 6'2 225 23 2 Southern California
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Plunkett 243 126 51.9 1,592 6.55 12.6 13 5.3 16 6.6 26 249 63.0 Scott Bull 48 21 43.8 252 5.25 12.0 2 4.2 4 8.3 5 44 39.6 Marty Domres 14 7 50.0 101 7.21 14.4 0 0.0 1 7.1 3 32 44.0 Delvin Williams 1 1 100.0 18 18.00 18.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Gene Washington 33 457 13.8 6 Wilbur Jackson 33 324 9.8 1 Delvin Williams 27 283 10.5 2 Tom Mitchell 20 240 12.0 1 Willie McGee 13 269 20.7 4 Jim Lash 13 190 14.6 0 Sammy Johnson 5 52 10.4 0 Paul Hofer 4 45 11.2 1 Kenny Harrison 3 65 21.7 0 Kermit Johnson 1 11 11.0 0 Jim Obradovich 1 11 11.0 0 Bob Ferrell 1 9 9.0 0 Steve Rivera 1 7 7.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Delvin Williams 248 1,203 4.9 7 Wilbur Jackson 200 792 4.0 1 Kermit Johnson 32 99 3.1 1 Jim Plunkett 19 95 5.0 0 Paul Hofer 18 74 4.1 0 Scott Bull 15 66 4.4 2 Sammy Johnson 24 52 2.2 2 Bob Ferrell 9 28 3.1 1 Marty Domres 4 18 4.5 0 Willie McGee 3 12 4.0 0 Jim Lash 3 5 1.7 0 Gene Washington 1 3 3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Anthony Leonard 26 553 21.3 0 Paul Hofer 5 91 18.2 0 Kermit Johnson 4 114 28.5 0 Tom Mitchell 2 7 3.5 0 Bob Ferrell 1 12 12.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Anthony Leonard 35 293 8.4 5 1 Bruce Rhodes 16 142 8.9 2 0 Ralph McGill 10 103 10.3 1 1 Bruce Taylor 3 16 5.3 1 0 Steve Rivera 1 3 3.0 0 0 |
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 42 C Randy Cross 185 UCLA 2 57 DB Eddie Lewis 73 Kansas [pick acquired from TB] 4 100 WR Steve Rivera 15 California [pick acquired from PHI] 5 140 DB Tony Leonard 43 Virginia Union [pick acquired from DET] 6 168 LB Robert Pennywell 61 Grambling 6 177 QB Scott Bull 36 Arkansas [pick acquired from STL] 7 194 DB Jay Chesley Vanderbilt 8 223 OT John Ayers 157 West Texas State 9 250 WR Kenny Harrison 42 SMU 10 275 OT Robin Ross Washington State 11 305 RB Paul Hofer 77 Mississippi 12 332 OG Gerald Loper Florida State 13 359 DB Larry Brumfield Indiana State 14 389 LB Johnny Miller 6 Livingstone 15 416 LB Howard Stidham 4 Tennessee Tech 16 443 DE Reggie Lewis 34 San Diego State 17 473 RB Darryl Jenkins San Jose State
Traded draft picks: #1 to NE (Pete Brock), #3 to DAL (Duke Ferguson), #4 to NYG (Gordon Bell), #5 to CIN (Willie Shelby)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Manfred Moore in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Bob Penchion in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Wayne Baker in expansion draft |
| 04-02-1976 | traded Steve Spurrier to Buccaneers for Bruce Elia, Willie McGee and Tampa's #2 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 04-05-1976 | traded Tom Owen, Houston's #1 pick in the 1976 draft, San Francisco's #1 picks in the 1976 and 1977 drafts and their #2 pick in the 1977 draft to Patriots for Jim Plunkett |
| 07-20-1976 | traded a #8 pick in the 1977 draft to Chargers for Kevin Nosbusch |
| 08-04-1976 | claimed Bill Lueck on waivers from Eagles |
| 08-06-1976 | traded Windlan Hall and Nate Allen to Vikings for Steve Lawson and Minnesota's #6 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 08-30-1976 | traded San Francisco's #5 pick in the 1978 draft and cash to Colts for Marty Domres |
| 09-04-1976 | traded Larry Schreiber to Bears for Houston's #5 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 09-07-1976 | traded San Francisco's #8 pick in the 1977 draft to Giants for Jim O'Bradovich |
| 10-20-1976 | traded Sammy Johnson to Vikings for Jim Lash |
1976 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 at Green Bay Packers W 26-14 1-0-0 09/19/76 vs Chicago Bears L 12-19 1-1-0 09/26/76 at Seattle Seahawks W 37-21 2-1-0 10/03/76 vs New York Jets W 17-6 3-1-0 10/11/76 at Los Angeles Rams W 16-0 4-1-0 10/17/76 vs New Orleans Saints W 33-3 5-1-0 10/23/76 vs Atlanta Falcons W 15-0 6-1-0 10/31/76 at St. Louis Cardinals L 20-23 (OT) 6-2-0 11/07/76 vs Washington Redskins L 21-24 6-3-0 11/14/76 at Atlanta Falcons L 16-21 6-4-0 11/21/76 vs Los Angeles Rams L 3-23 6-5-0 11/29/76 vs Minnesota Vikings W 20-16 7-5-0 12/05/76 at San Diego Chargers L 7-13 (OT) 7-6-0 12/12/76 at New Orleans Saints W 27-7 8-6-0