1979 San Francisco 49ers: 2-14-0
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Home record: 2-6-0 (176 points scored, 200 allowed) Road record: 0-8-0 (132 points scored, 216 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Walsh
308 points scored (16th of 28 teams), 416 points allowed (27th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 361 602 3,641 ( 3) 5.88 18 21 480 1,932 (20) 4.0 17 5,573 ( 6) 39
Defense: 262 441 3,180 (24) 6.77 25 15 544 2,213 (15) 4.1 24 5,393 (20) 34
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Dan Melville P 16 6'0 185 23 1 California 14 Ray Wersching K 16 5'11 210 29 7 California 16 Joe Montana QB 16 6'2 200 23 R Notre Dame 17 Steve DeBerg QB 16 6'2 205 25 2 San Jose State 20 James Owens RB 16 5'11 186 24 R UCLA 22 Dwight Hicks DB 8 6'1 189 23 1 Michigan 22 Eddie Lewis DB 7 6'0 174 25 4 Kansas 24 Eric Johnson DB 8 6'1 192 27 3 Washington State 27 Tony Dungy DB 15 6'0 190 24 3 Minnesota 28 Charles Cornelius DB 16 5'9 178 27 3 Bethune-Cookman 29 Gerard Williams DB 15 6'1 194 27 4 Langston 29 John Bristor DB 1 6'0 188 23 1 Waynesburg 30 Tim Gray DB 16 6'1 200 26 5 Texas A&M 32 O.J. Simpson RB 13 6'2 212 32 11 Southern California 35 Lenvil Elliott RB 16 6'0 210 28 7 Northeast Missouri State 36 Paul Hofer RB 15 6'0 195 27 4 Mississippi 38 Bob Ferrell RB 16 6'0 213 26 4 UCLA 40 Wilbur Jackson RB 16 6'1 219 27 5 Alabama 44 Charles Johnson DB 4 5'10 180 23 R Grambling 45 Mike Hogan RB 2 6'2 215 24 4 Tennessee-Chattanooga 46 Melvin Morgan DB 8 6'0 180 26 4 Mississippi Valley State 48 Phil Francis RB 16 6'1 215 22 R Stanford 50 Dave Morton LB 3 6'2 224 24 1 UCLA 50 Ron Shumon LB 8 6'1 234 23 2 Wichita State 51 Randy Cross OG 16 6'3 255 25 4 UCLA 52 Jeff McIntyre LB 14 6'3 232 24 R Arizona State 53 Thomas Seabron LB 16 6'3 215 22 R Michigan 54 Bob Martin LB 13 6'1 214 25 4 Nebraska 55 Scott Hilton LB 7 6'4 225 25 1 Salem (NC) 56 Fred Quillan C 16 6'5 254 23 2 Oregon 57 Dan Bunz LB 14 6'4 230 24 2 Long Beach State 58 Gordy Ceresino LB 16 6'0 224 22 R Stanford 59 Willie Harper LB 16 6'2 215 29 6 Nebraska 62 Walt Downing OG 16 6'3 254 23 2 Michigan 66 Ted Vincent DT 16 6'4 265 23 2 Wichita State 66 Bob Nelson LB 1 6'4 230 26 3 Nebraska 67 Ron Singleton OT 16 6'7 267 27 4 Grambling 68 John Ayers OG 16 6'5 247 26 3 West Texas State 71 Keith Fahnhorst OT 16 6'6 263 27 6 Minnesota 72 Ruben Vaughan DT 13 6'2 264 23 R Colorado 74 Jimmy Webb DT 16 6'5 245 27 5 Mississippi State 76 Dwaine Board DE 16 6'5 245 22 R North Carolina A&T 77 Jean Barrett OT 13 6'6 250 28 6 Tulsa 78 Archie Reese DE 16 6'3 262 23 2 Clemson 79 Al Cowlings DE 12 6'5 222 32 9 Southern California 80 Terry LeCount WR 2 5'10 172 23 2 Florida 80 Eason Ramson TE 2 6'2 234 23 2 Washington State 81 Ken MacAfee TE 16 6'5 245 23 2 Notre Dame 82 Bob Bruer TE 16 6'5 235 26 1 Mankato State 84 Mike Shumann WR 16 6'0 175 24 2 Florida State 85 Paul Seal TE 15 6'4 227 27 6 Michigan 86 Cedrick Hardman DE 14 6'3 244 31 10 North Texas State 87 Dwight Clark WR 16 6'3 205 22 R Clemson 88 Freddie Solomon WR 15 5'11 188 26 5 Tampa
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Steve DeBerg 578 347 60.0 3,652 6.32 10.5 17 2.9 21 3.6 17 119 73.1
Joe Montana 23 13 56.5 96 4.17 7.4 1 4.3 0 0.0 0 0 81.1
Freddie Solomon 1 1 100.0 12 12.00 12.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 116.7
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Paul Hofer 58 662 11.4 2 Freddie Solomon 57 807 14.2 7 Wilbur Jackson 53 422 8.0 0 Mike Shumann 39 452 11.6 4 Phil Francis 32 198 6.2 0 Bob Bruer 26 254 9.8 1 Ken MacAfee 24 266 11.1 4 Lenvil Elliott 23 197 8.6 0 Dwight Clark 18 232 12.9 0 James Owens 10 121 12.1 0 Mike Hogan 9 65 7.2 0 O.J. Simpson 7 46 6.6 0 Paul Seal 3 34 11.3 0 Bob Ferrell 2 4 2.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Paul Hofer 123 615 5.0 7 O.J. Simpson 120 460 3.8 3 Wilbur Jackson 114 375 3.3 2 Lenvil Elliott 33 135 4.1 3 Phil Francis 31 118 3.8 1 Freddie Solomon 6 85 14.2 1 James Owens 7 33 4.7 0 Bob Ferrell 8 33 4.1 0 Mike Hogan 9 31 3.4 0 Joe Montana 3 22 7.3 0 Mike Shumann 1 19 19.0 0 Steve DeBerg 17 10 0.6 0 Dan Melville 3 0 0.0 0 Bob Bruer 5 -4 -0.8 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD James Owens 41 1,002 24.4 1 Lenvil Elliott 9 170 18.9 0 Paul Hofer 8 124 15.5 0 Phil Francis 7 103 14.7 0 Bob Ferrell 6 78 13.0 0 Dwight Hicks 2 36 18.0 0 Bob Bruer 1 20 20.0 0 Jean Barrett 1 5 5.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Freddie Solomon 23 142 6.2 2 0 Dwight Hicks 13 120 9.2 3 0 Tony Dungy 8 52 6.5 3 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 29 WR James Owens 70 UCLA 3 82 QB Joe Montana 192 Notre Dame [pick acquired from DAL via SEA] 5 111 LB Tom Seabron 24 Michigan 5 119 RB Jerry Aldridge 1 Angelo State [pick acquired from DET] 6 138 DT Ruben Vaughan 27 Colorado 7 166 RB Phil Francis 21 Stanford 9 221 DT Steve Hamilton Missouri 10 249 WR Dwight Clark 134 Clemson 10 252 DB Howard Ballage Colorado [pick acquired from TB] 11 276 DB Billy McBride Tennessee State
Traded draft picks: #1 to BUF (Tom Cousineau), #3 to SEA (Michael Jackson), #4 to BUF (Ken Johnson), #8 to GB (Ron Cassidy)
Transactions:
| 07-01-1979 | traded a #7 pick in the 1980 draft to Bengals for Melvin Morgan |
| 07-01-1979 | traded San Francisco's #7 pick in the 1981 draft to Eagles for Mike Hogan |
| 07-24-1979 | Lions claimed Terry Joyce on waivers |
| 08-20-1979 | traded Cleveland Elam to Lions for Detroit's #2 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Dan Irons on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Ernie Hughes on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Mike Baldassin on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Troy Thomas on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | traded San Francisco's #11 pick in the 1980 draft to Dolphins for Charles Cornelius |
| 08-21-1979 | traded San Francisco's #9 pick in the 1980 draft to Chiefs for Tim Gray |
| 08-21-1979 | traded San Francisco's #10 pick in the 1980 draft to Steelers for Tony Dungy |
| 08-28-1979 | claimed Dwaine Board on waivers from Steelers |
| 08-28-1979 | traded first rights to the 49ers' waived players to Bengals for Lenvil Elliott |
| 08-28-1979 | claimed Pete Woods on waivers from Chiefs |
| 11-19-1979 | placed Melvin Morgan on injured reserve |
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 at Minnesota Vikings L 22-28 0-1-0 09/09/79 vs Dallas Cowboys L 13-21 0-2-0 09/16/79 at Los Angeles Rams L 24-27 0-3-0 09/23/79 vs New Orleans Saints L 21-30 0-4-0 09/30/79 at San Diego Chargers L 9-31 0-5-0 10/07/79 vs Seattle Seahawks L 24-35 0-6-0 10/14/79 at New York Giants L 16-32 0-7-0 10/21/79 vs Atlanta Falcons W 20-15 1-7-0 10/28/79 vs Chicago Bears L 27-28 1-8-0 11/04/79 at Oakland Raiders L 10-23 1-9-0 11/11/79 at New Orleans Saints L 20-31 1-10-0 11/18/79 vs Denver Broncos L 28-38 1-11-0 11/25/79 vs Los Angeles Rams L 20-26 1-12-0 12/02/79 at St. Louis Cardinals L 10-13 1-13-0 12/09/79 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 23-7 2-13-0 12/16/79 at Atlanta Falcons L 21-31 2-14-0
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