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1980 San Francisco 49ers: 6-10-0
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Home 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Jim Miller 77 3,152 40.9 5 11 0 48 530 32.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Ray Wersching 1/1 2/2 8/9 4/5 0/2 15/19 33/39 78 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Dwaine Board 2.0 Dan Bunz 0.5 Ricky Churchman 4 7 0 Willie Harper 1.5 Dwight Hicks 0.5 4 73 0 Charles Johnson 1 15 0 Bobby Leopold 2.5 2 23 0 Lawrence Pillers 2.5 Craig Puki 1 0 0 Archie Reese 4.5 Ray Rhodes 1 25 0 Jim Stuckey 8.5 Terry Tautolo 1.0 1 0 0 Keena Turner 2 15 0 Ted Vincent 3.0 Jimmy Webb 4.5 Gerard Williams 1 28 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:

03-20-1980traded San Francisco's #9 pick in the 1981 draft to Bengals for Scott Perry
04-1980traded Detroit's #2 pick in the 1980 draft to Vikings for Minnesota's #2 and #3 picks in the 1980 draft
04-1980traded San Francisco's #8 pick in the 1980 draft to Raiders for Oakland's #8 and #9 picks in the 1980 draft
04-28-1980traded 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
04-29-1980traded 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
04-30-1980traded Paul Seal to Buccaneers for Tampa's #9 pick in the 1981 draft (trade later voided)
04-30-1980traded San Francisco's #12 pick in the 1980 draft to Steelers for Willie Fry
05-15-1980traded San Francisco's #4 pick in the 1981 draft to Cowboys for Thomas Henderson
05-30-1980traded Cedrick Hardman to Raiders for Oakland's #6 pick in the 1982 draft and #5 pick in the 1983 draft
07-1980traded Tony Dungy and Mike Hogan to Giants for Ray Rhodes and Jimmy Robinson
08-23-1980traded Wilbur Jackson to Redskins for Washington's #2 pick in the 1981 draft and #2 pick in the 1982 draft
09-23-1980traded 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

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