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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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Dan Melville 71 2,626 37.0 10 15 1 37 262 30.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Ray Wersching 2/2 6/7 7/8 5/7 0/0 20/24 32/35 92 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Dwaine Board 7.0 Dan Bunz 1.0 1 2 0 Charles Cornelius 3 54 0 Al Cowlings 1.0 Tim Gray 1 20 0 Cedrick Hardman 3.0 Willie Harper 1.0 Dwight Hicks 5 57 0 Melvin Morgan 1 0 0 Archie Reese 5.0 Thomas Seabron 1.0 Ron Shumon 1.0 Ted Vincent 6.0 Jimmy Webb 4.0 Gerard Williams 4 38 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:
07-01-1979traded a #7 pick in the 1980 draft to Bengals for Melvin Morgan
07-01-1979traded San Francisco's #7 pick in the 1981 draft to Eagles for Mike Hogan
07-24-1979Lions claimed Terry Joyce on waivers
08-20-1979traded Cleveland Elam to Lions for Detroit's #2 pick in the 1980 draft
08-21-1979placed Dan Irons on injured reserve
08-21-1979placed Ernie Hughes on injured reserve
08-21-1979placed Mike Baldassin on injured reserve
08-21-1979placed Troy Thomas on injured reserve
08-21-1979traded San Francisco's #11 pick in the 1980 draft to Dolphins for Charles Cornelius
08-21-1979traded San Francisco's #9 pick in the 1980 draft to Chiefs for Tim Gray
08-21-1979traded San Francisco's #10 pick in the 1980 draft to Steelers for Tony Dungy
08-28-1979claimed Dwaine Board on waivers from Steelers
08-28-1979traded first rights to the 49ers' waived players to Bengals for Lenvil Elliott
08-28-1979claimed Pete Woods on waivers from Chiefs
11-19-1979placed 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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