1977 San Francisco 49ers roster and stats

1977 San Francisco 49ers: 5-9-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (128 points scored, 125 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (92 points scored, 135 allowed) Head Coach: Ken Meyer 220 points scored (20th of 28 teams), 260 points allowed (20th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 136 277 1,508 (25) 4.82 9 17 564 2,086 (10) 3.7 16 3,594 (22) 25 Defense: 139 270 1,588 ( 4) 5.09 14 8 551 1,869 (12) 3.4 16 3,457 ( 3) 18

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 13 Tom Wittum P 14 6'1 198 27 5 Northern Illinois 14 Ray Wersching K 10 5'11 210 27 5 California 16 Jim Plunkett QB 14 6'3 207 29 7 Stanford 18 Gene Washington WR 14 6'1 180 30 9 Stanford 19 Scott Bull QB 6 6'5 215 24 2 Arkansas 22 Eddie Lewis DB 14 6'0 174 23 2 Kansas 24 Delvin Williams RB 14 6'0 195 26 4 Kansas 26 Stan Black DB 13 6'0 196 21 R Mississippi State 28 Mike Burns DB 14 6'0 181 23 R Southern California 30 Dave Williams RB 12 6'2 200 23 1 Colorado 32 Mel Phillips DB 14 6'0 185 35 12 North Carolina A&T 34 Ed Bradley LB 14 6'2 225 27 6 Wake Forest 36 Paul Hofer RB 14 6'0 193 25 2 Mississippi 38 Bob Ferrell RB 14 6'0 219 24 2 UCLA 40 Wilbur Jackson RB 14 6'1 213 25 4 Alabama 41 Mike Baldassin LB 14 6'1 218 22 R Washington 42 Anthony Leonard DB 13 5'11 165 24 2 Virginia Union 44 Bruce Taylor DB 14 6'0 178 29 8 Boston University 47 Al Matthews DB 1 5'11 190 29 8 Texas A&I 49 Ralph McGill DB 13 5'11 180 27 6 Tulsa 50 Dave Washington LB 9 6'5 230 29 8 Alcorn State 51 Randy Cross C 14 6'3 250 23 2 UCLA 52 Skip Vanderbundt LB 14 6'3 225 30 9 Oregon State 53 Tommy Hart DE 14 6'3 246 32 10 Morris Brown 55 Bruce Elia LB 13 6'1 220 24 3 Ohio State 58 Howard Stidham LB 4 6'2 214 22 1 Tennessee Tech 59 Willie Harper LB 12 6'2 205 27 5 Nebraska 64 Dale Mitchell LB 4 6'3 225 24 2 Southern California 65 Steve Lawson OG 14 6'3 257 28 7 Kansas 66 Johnny Miller OG 6 6'1 247 23 1 Livingston 67 Ron Singleton OT 1 6'7 245 25 2 Grambling 68 John Ayers OG 14 6'5 247 24 1 West Texas State 69 Woody Peoples OG 14 6'2 250 34 9 Grambling 71 Keith Fahnhorst OT 14 6'6 263 25 4 Minnesota 72 Cleveland Elam DT 14 6'4 251 25 3 Tennessee State 74 Jimmy Webb DT 14 6'5 245 25 3 Mississippi State 75 Ed Galigher DT 12 6'4 247 27 6 UCLA 76 Bill Cooke DT 14 6'5 243 26 3 Massachusetts 77 Jean Barrett OT 14 6'6 250 26 5 Tulsa 79 Cas Banaszek OT 6 6'3 252 32 10 Northwestern 80 Steve Rivera WR 1 5'11 183 23 2 California 81 Willie McGee WR 7 5'11 178 27 5 Alcorn State 82 Tony Cline DE 14 6'2 237 29 8 Miami 83 Kenny Harrison WR 14 6'0 164 23 2 Southern Methodist 84 Tom Mitchell TE 13 6'2 225 33 11 Bucknell 85 Paul Seal TE 14 6'4 223 25 4 Michigan 86 Cedrick Hardman DE 14 6'3 244 29 8 North Texas State 87 Jim Lash WR 10 6'2 200 25 5 Northwestern 88 Rick Jennings WR 3 5'9 180 24 2 Maryland 89 Jim Obradovich TE 12 6'2 227 24 3 Southern California

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Plunkett 248 128 51.6 1,693 6.83 13.2 9 3.6 14 5.6 30 242 62.1 Scott Bull 24 7 29.2 89 3.71 12.7 0 0.0 2 8.3 6 47 7.8 Tom Wittum 3 1 33.3 15 5.00 15.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 50.7 Kenny Harrison 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Delvin Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Gene Washington        32    638   19.9    5
Wilbur Jackson         22    169    7.7    0
Delvin Williams        20    179    8.9    2
Tom Mitchell           19    226   11.9    0
Kenny Harrison         15    217   14.5    1
Paul Seal              13    230   17.7    1
Paul Hofer              5     46    9.2    0
Jim Lash                3     22    7.3    0
Willie McGee            2     27   13.5    0
Bob Ferrell             2     12    6.0    0
Tony Cline              1     15   15.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Delvin Williams       268    931    3.5    7
Wilbur Jackson        179    780    4.4    7
Bob Ferrell            41    160    3.9    1
Paul Hofer             34    106    3.1    0
Jim Plunkett           28     71    2.5    1
Scott Bull              5     20    4.0    0
Kenny Harrison          6     15    2.5    0
Dave Williams           2      6    3.0    0
Willie McGee            1     -3   -3.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Paul Hofer             36    871   24.2    0
Dave Williams           4    122   30.5    1
Rick Jennings           3     60   20.0    0
Bob Ferrell             3     35   11.7    0
Anthony Leonard         1     68   68.0    0
Jim Obradovich          1      9    9.0    0
Delvin Williams         1      9    9.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Anthony Leonard        22    154    7.0    2    0
Stan Black             13     38    2.9    1    0
Rick Jennings           7     32    4.6    1    0
Steve Rivera            3      7    2.3    0    0
Dave Williams           1     60   60.0    0    0
Bruce Elia              1      1    1.0    0    0
Mike Baldassin          1      0    0.0    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Tom Wittum 77 2,801 36.4 4 10 3 47 444 28.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Ray Wersching 0/0 0/2 5/5 4/7 1/3 10/17 23/23 53 Tom Wittum 0/0 1/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/ 2 2/ 4 5 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Tony Cline 1.0 Cleveland Elam 17.5 Bruce Elia 1.0 Ed Galigher 1.5 Cedrick Hardman 12.5 Willie Harper 2.0 1 6 0 Tommy Hart 3.0 Anthony Leonard 1 0 0 Eddie Lewis 1.0 Ralph McGill 1 30 0 Mel Phillips 2 23 0 Skip Vanderbundt 1 6 0 Dave Washington 1.0 2 68 0 Jimmy Webb 1.5

1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 3 65 WR Elmo Boyd 11 Eastern Kentucky [pick acquired from HOU] 4 100 DB Stan Black 13 Mississippi State 6 141 DB Mike Burns 29 USC [pick acquired from BUF] 6 155 C Jim Harlan 14 Howard Payne 7 183 RB Jim Van Wagner 5 Michigan Tech 9 239 K David Posey 11 Florida 11 295 TE Brian Billick Brigham Young 12 323 OG Scott Martin North Dakota

Traded draft picks: #1 to NE (Raymond Clayborn), #2 to NE (Horace Ivory), #3 to NYJ (Tank Marshall), #5 to BUF (Neil O'Donoghue), #8 to NYG (Otis Rodgers), #10 to TB (Aaron Ball)

Transactions:

05-03-1977	traded Bill Sandifer to Seahawks for Ed Bradley
05-03-1977	traded San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1977 draft to Jets for a player to be named later (Ed Galigher)
08-11-1977	Lions claimed David Posey on waivers
09-01-1977	traded Steve Mike-Mayer to Lions for a #8 pick in the 1978 draft
09-02-1977	traded Andy Maurer to Broncos for Denver's #9 pick in the 1978 draft
09-02-1977	traded John Watson to Saints for Paul Seal
09-12-1977	claimed Steve DeBerg on waivers from Cowboys
09-14-1977	placed Elmo Boyd on injured reserve
09-21-1977	claimed Rick Jennings on waivers from Buccaneers
12-17-1977	placed Ralph McGill on injured reserve

1977 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/19/77    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 0-27        0-1-0
09/25/77    vs Miami Dolphins          L 15-19       0-2-0
10/02/77    at Los Angeles Rams        L 14-34       0-3-0
10/09/77    vs Atlanta Falcons         L 0-7         0-4-0
10/16/77    at New York Giants         L 17-20       0-5-0
10/23/77    vs Detroit Lions           W 28-7        1-5-0
10/30/77    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 20-10       2-5-0
11/06/77    at Atlanta Falcons         W 10-3        3-5-0
11/13/77    at New Orleans Saints      W 10-7 (OT)   4-5-0
11/20/77    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 10-23       4-6-0
11/27/77    vs New Orleans Saints      W 20-17       5-6-0
12/04/77    at Minnesota Vikings       L 27-28       5-7-0
12/12/77    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 35-42       5-8-0
12/18/77    at Green Bay Packers       L 14-16       5-9-0

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