1980 San Francisco 49ers: 6-10-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-4-0 (165 points scored, 166 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (155 points scored, 249 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Walsh 320 points scored (12th of 28 teams), 415 points allowed (26th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 363 597 3,577 ( 5) 5.70 27 26 415 1,743 (24) 4.2 10 5,320 (12) 40 Defense: 327 495 3,751 (27) 7.13 29 17 556 2,218 (23) 4.0 20 5,969 (27) 34
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Jim Miller P 16 5'11 183 23 R Mississippi 14 Ray Wersching K 16 5'11 210 30 8 California 16 Joe Montana QB 15 6'2 200 24 2 Notre Dame 17 Steve DeBerg QB 11 6'2 205 26 3 San Jose State 20 Terry Anderson WR 4 5'9 182 25 3 Bethune-Cookman 20 James Owens WR 14 5'11 188 25 2 UCLA 22 Dwight Hicks DB 16 6'1 189 24 2 Michigan 23 Herb Williams DB 9 6'0 198 22 R Southern 26 Ray Rhodes DB 14 5'11 185 30 7 Tulsa 28 Charles Cornelius DB 16 5'9 178 28 4 Bethune-Cookman 29 Gerard Williams DB 5 6'1 184 28 5 Langston 32 Scott Perry DB 11 6'0 180 26 5 Williams 33 Ricky Churchman DB 16 6'1 193 22 R Texas 35 Lenvil Elliott RB 15 6'0 210 29 8 Northeast Missouri State 36 Paul Hofer RB 6 6'0 195 28 5 Mississippi 38 Bob Ferrell RB 12 6'0 219 27 5 UCLA 42 Ricky Patton RB 9 5'11 192 26 3 Jackson State 44 Charles Johnson DB 16 5'10 180 24 2 Grambling 46 Melvin Morgan DB 6 6'0 186 27 5 Mississippi Valley State 47 Jerry Aldridge RB 1 6'2 220 24 1 Angelo State 47 Don Woods RB 10 6'1 204 29 7 New Mexico 48 Phil Francis RB 5 6'1 215 23 2 Stanford 49 Earl Cooper RB 16 6'2 227 23 R Rice 50 Terry Tautolo LB 14 6'2 235 26 5 UCLA 50 Thomas Henderson LB 1 6'2 220 27 6 Langston 51 Randy Cross OG 16 6'3 255 26 5 UCLA 52 Bobby Leopold LB 16 6'1 215 23 R Notre Dame 53 Thomas Seabron LB 6 6'3 215 23 2 Michigan 54 Craig Puki LB 16 6'1 231 23 R Tennessee 55 Scott Hilton LB 13 6'4 230 26 2 Salem (NC) 56 Fred Quillan C 16 6'5 260 24 3 Oregon 57 Dan Bunz LB 16 6'4 225 25 3 Long Beach State 58 Keena Turner LB 16 6'2 219 22 R Purdue 59 Willie Harper LB 14 6'2 215 30 7 Nebraska 60 Mike Calhoun DT 4 6'4 260 23 1 Notre Dame 60 Jerry Wilkinson DE 6 6'9 260 24 2 Oregon State 60 Ken Times DT 3 6'2 246 24 R Southern 60 Mel Land DE 3 6'3 242 24 2 Michigan State 62 Walt Downing OG 14 6'3 254 24 3 Michigan 65 Lawrence Pillers DE 13 6'3 260 27 5 Alcorn State 65 Ernie Hughes C 3 6'3 255 25 2 Notre Dame 67 Ron Singleton OT 15 6'7 267 28 5 Grambling 68 John Ayers OG 16 6'5 255 27 4 West Texas State 71 Keith Fahnhorst OT 16 6'6 263 28 7 Minnesota 72 Ken Bungarda OT 15 6'6 270 23 1 Missouri 74 Jimmy Webb DE 16 6'5 245 28 6 Mississippi State 75 Ted Vincent DT 12 6'4 265 24 3 Wichita State 76 Dwaine Board DE 3 6'5 245 23 2 North Carolina A&T 77 Jean Barrett OT 15 6'6 250 29 7 Tulsa 78 Archie Reese DT 16 6'3 262 24 3 Clemson 79 Jim Stuckey DE 16 6'4 251 22 R Clemson 80 Eason Ramson TE 16 6'2 234 24 3 Washington State 82 Lewis Gilbert TE 6 6'4 225 24 2 Florida 82 Bob Bruer TE 1 6'5 235 27 2 Mankato State 85 Jim Robinson WR 5 5'9 170 27 5 Georgia Tech 86 Charle Young TE 16 6'4 234 29 8 Southern California 87 Dwight Clark WR 16 6'3 205 23 2 Clemson 88 Freddie Solomon WR 16 5'11 188 27 6 Tampa 90 Jim Krahl DT 2 6'5 252 26 3 Texas Tech 90 George Visger DT 3 6'4 250 22 R Colorado
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Steve DeBerg 321 186 57.9 1,998 6.22 10.7 12 3.7 17 5.3 14 114 66.7 Joe Montana 273 176 64.5 1,795 6.58 10.2 15 5.5 9 3.3 15 100 87.8 Don Woods 2 1 50.0 6 3.00 6.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 8 56.3 Freddie Solomon 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Earl Cooper 83 567 6.8 4 Dwight Clark 82 991 12.1 8 Freddie Solomon 48 658 13.7 8 Paul Hofer 41 467 11.4 2 Charle Young 29 325 11.2 2 Lenvil Elliott 27 285 10.6 1 Eason Ramson 21 179 8.5 2 Don Woods 20 171 8.6 0 James Owens 9 133 14.8 0 Phil Francis 3 23 7.7 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Earl Cooper 171 720 4.2 5 Lenvil Elliott 76 341 4.5 2 Paul Hofer 60 293 4.9 1 Don Woods 50 229 4.6 0 Joe Montana 32 77 2.4 2 Freddie Solomon 8 56 7.0 0 Phil Francis 7 36 5.1 0 Steve DeBerg 6 4 0.7 0 Ricky Patton 1 1 1.0 0 Eason Ramson 2 -2 -1.0 0 Jim Miller 2 -12 -6.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD James Owens 31 726 23.4 1 Lenvil Elliott 18 321 17.8 0 Terry Anderson 6 104 17.3 0 Phil Francis 5 60 12.0 0 Freddie Solomon 4 61 15.2 0 Ricky Patton 4 43 10.8 0 Charles Johnson 2 10 5.0 0 Eason Ramson 1 18 18.0 0 Terry Tautolo 1 16 16.0 0 Charle Young 1 14 14.0 0 Ernie Hughes 1 10 10.0 0 Paul Hofer 1 2 2.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Freddie Solomon 27 298 11.0 2 2 Dwight Hicks 12 58 4.8 3 0 Jim Robinson 3 36 12.0 0 0 Ricky Churchman 2 16 8.0 0 0 Bob Ferrell 1 1 1.0 0 0 |
1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 13 RB Earl Cooper 93 Rice [pick acquired from NYJ] 1 20 DT Jim Stuckey 93 Clemson [pick acquired from DEN via NYJ] 2 39 LB Keena Turner 153 Purdue [pick acquired from MIN] 3 65 P Jim Miller 45 Mississippi [pick acquired from MIN] 3 77 LB Craig Puki 39 Tennessee [pick acquired from WAS via LA] 4 84 DB Ricky Churchman 19 Texas 4 98 LB David Hodge Houston [pick acquired from NE via LA] 5 112 DT Kenneth Times 5 Southern 6 139 DB Herb Williams 19 Southern 8 210 LB Bobby Leopold 66 Notre Dame [pick acquired from OAK] 9 237 QB Dan Hartwig California Lutheran [pick acquired from OAK]
Traded draft picks: #1 to NYJ (Lam Jones), #2 to BUF (Joe Cribbs), #3 to LA (Jewerl Thomas), #7 to CIN (Ron Simplins), #8 to OAK (Kenny Hill), #9 to DET via KC (Tom Tuinei), #10 to PIT (Woodrow Wilson), #11 to MIA (Phil Driscoll), #12 to PIT (Charles Vaclavik)
Transactions:
| 03-20-1980 | traded San Francisco's #9 pick in the 1981 draft to Bengals for Scott Perry |
| 04-1980 | traded Detroit's #2 pick in the 1980 draft to Vikings for Minnesota's #2 and #3 picks in the 1980 draft |
| 04-1980 | traded San Francisco's #8 pick in the 1980 draft to Raiders for Oakland's #8 and #9 picks in the 1980 draft |
| 04-28-1980 | traded San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1980 draft and #3 pick in the 1983 draft to Rams for Charle Young, Washington's #3 pick and New England's #4 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 04-29-1980 | traded San Francisco's #1 pick in the 1980 draft to Jets for the Jets' #1 pick in the 1980 draft and Denver's #1 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 04-30-1980 | traded Paul Seal to Buccaneers for Tampa's #9 pick in the 1981 draft (trade later voided) |
| 04-30-1980 | traded San Francisco's #12 pick in the 1980 draft to Steelers for Willie Fry |
| 05-15-1980 | traded San Francisco's #4 pick in the 1981 draft to Cowboys for Thomas Henderson |
| 05-30-1980 | traded Cedrick Hardman to Raiders for Oakland's #6 pick in the 1982 draft and #5 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 07-1980 | traded Tony Dungy and Mike Hogan to Giants for Ray Rhodes and Jimmy Robinson |
| 08-23-1980 | traded Wilbur Jackson to Redskins for Washington's #2 pick in the 1981 draft and #2 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 09-23-1980 | traded San Francisco's #10 pick in the 1981 draft to Colts for Jim Krahl |
1980 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/80 at New Orleans Saints W 26-23 1-0-0 09/14/80 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 24-21 (OT) 2-0-0 09/21/80 at New York Jets W 37-27 3-0-0 09/28/80 vs Atlanta Falcons L 17-20 3-1-0 10/05/80 at Los Angeles Rams L 26-48 3-2-0 10/12/80 at Dallas Cowboys L 14-59 3-3-0 10/19/80 vs Los Angeles Rams L 17-31 3-4-0 10/26/80 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 23-24 3-5-0 11/02/80 at Detroit Lions L 13-17 3-6-0 11/09/80 at Green Bay Packers L 16-23 3-7-0 11/16/80 at Miami Dolphins L 13-17 3-8-0 11/23/80 vs New York Giants W 12-0 4-8-0 11/30/80 vs New England Patriots W 21-17 5-8-0 12/07/80 vs New Orleans Saints W 38-35 (OT) 6-8-0 12/14/80 at Atlanta Falcons L 10-35 6-9-0 12/21/80 vs Buffalo Bills L 13-18 6-10-0