1951 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 2nd place National Conference 7-4-1 .636 |
| Head Coach: Buck Shaw |
| Phil Bengston | Assistant Coach |
| Jim Lawson | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/19/1951 | H | Washington Redskins | 45-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27280 | |
| Sun | 8/26/1951 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 38836 | |
| Fri | 9/7/1951 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-7 | W | Syracuse, NY | Archbold Stadium | 18000 | |
| Wed | 9/12/1951 | N | Green Bay Packers | 20-0 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Parade Stadium | 19021 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1951 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 37-17 | W | Omaha, NE | Creighton Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1951 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-10 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 48263 | |
| Sat | 10/6/1951 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-21 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 23432 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1951 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-24 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27124 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1951 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-13 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 43727 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1951 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 44-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 51987 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1951 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 16-23 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54346 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1951 | H | New York Yanks | 19-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 25538 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1951 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 21-27 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 19658 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1951 | A | New York Yanks | 10-10 | T | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 10184 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1951 | A | Detroit Lions | 20-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 45757 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1951 | H | Green Bay Packers | 31-19 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 15121 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1951 | H | Detroit Lions | 21-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 26465 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 63 | Frankie Albert | QB-P | 5-9 | 160 | 31 | Stanford | 12 | 11 |
| 82 | Joe Arenas | LOH | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Nebraska-Omaha | 12 | 0 |
| 33 | Bruno Banducci | ROG | 5-11 | 216 | 30 | Stanford | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | Al Beals | LOE-ROE | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | Santa Clara | 10 | 4 |
| 83 | Rex Berry | LDH-OHB | 5-11 | 181 | 27 | Carbon JC; Brigham Young | 10 | 9 |
| 73 | Hardy Brown | MLB | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | Southern Methodist; Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| 54 | Gail Bruce | RDE | 6-1 | 206 | 28 | Washington | 12 | 12 |
| 38 | Don Burke | LOG-RLB | 6-0 | 235 | 25 | Hartnell JC; Southern California | 12 | 4 |
| 45 | Al Carapella | RDT | 6-0 | 235 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 12 |
| 93 | Jim Cason | S-LOH | 6-0 | 171 | 24 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 43 | Ray Collins | LOT-ROT | 5-11 | 238 | 24 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 32 | Bob Downs | MLB | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | Southern California | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Nick Feher | LOG | 6-0 | 224 | 25 | Georgia | 11 | 9 |
| 34 | Visco Grgich | MG | 5-11 | 217 | 28 | Santa Clara | 12 | 12 |
| 47 | Ed Henke | LDE-LOE | 6-3 | 227 | 24 | Ventura JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 55 | Billy Jessup | ROE | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Long Beach CC; Southern California | 12 | 0 |
| 23 | Bill Johnson | C | 6-3 | 228 | 25 | Texas A&M; Tyler JC | 12 | 12 |
| 81 | Verl Lillywhite | LOH-RLB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Modesto JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 99 | Jim Monachino | LOH-ROH | 5-10 | 187 | 22 | California | 10 | 0 |
| 42 | Leo Nomellini | ROT-LDT | 6-3 | 259 | 27 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
| 74 | Joe Perry | FB | 6-0 | 203 | 24 | Compton JC | 11 | 11 |
| 62 | Jim Powers | LDH-LLB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 88 | Pete Schabarum | ROH | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | California | 12 | 4 |
| 51 | Gordy Soltau | LOE-K | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Minnesota | 12 | 11 |
| 39 | Dave Sparks | ROG-LOG | 6-1 | 229 | 23 | South Carolina | 7 | 0 |
| 72 | Norm Standlee | RLB-LLB-FB | 6-1 | 238 | 32 | Stanford | 12 | 11 |
| 75 | Bishop Strickland | FB-DB | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | South Carolina | 12 | 0 |
| 91 | Johnny Strzykalski | ROH | 5-9 | 190 | 30 | Marquette | 10 | 8 |
| 46 | Hamp Tanner | LDT-RDT | 6-2 | 273 | 24 | Georgia | 12 | 0 |
| 64 | Y.A. Tittle | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 25 | Louisiana State | 12 | 1 |
| 92 | Lowell Wagner | RDH | 6-0 | 194 | 28 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 85 | Bobby White | ROH-LOH-FB | 5-11 | 176 | 22 | Glendale CC; Stanford | 12 | 12 |
| 58 | Billy Wilson | ROE | 6-3 | 191 | 24 | San Jose State | 11 | 9 |
| 22 | Pete Wismann | RLB | 6-0 | 218 | 29 | Miami (Ohio); Washington-St. Louis; St. Louis | 9 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Y.A. Tittle | QB | Louisiana State |
| 2 | 17 | Pete Schabarum | B | California |
| 3 | 28 | Billy Mixon | B | Georgia |
| 5 | 53 | Dick Steere | T | Drake |
| 5 | 54 | Al Carapella | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 6 | 64 | Bishop Strickland | B | South Carolina |
| 7 | 75 | Dick Forbes | E | St. Ambrose |
| 8 | 89 | Joe Arenas | B | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 9 | 100 | Bruce Van Alstyne | E | Stanford |
| 10 | 112 | Nick Feher | G | Georgia |
| 11 | 126 | Billy Jessup | E | Southern California |
| 12 | 137 | Jim Monachino | B | California |
| 13 | 148 | Dick Harvin | E | Georgia Tech |
| 14 | 162 | Rex Berry | B | Brigham Young |
| 15 | 173 | Dave Sparks | G | South Carolina |
| 16 | 184 | Bobby White | B | Stanford |
| 17 | 198 | Art Michalik | G | St. Ambrose |
| 18 | 209 | Jim Murphy | T | Xavier |
| 19 | 220 | John Phillips | B | Southern Mississippi |
| 20 | 234 | Al Tate | T | Illinois |
| 21 | 245 | Hardy Brown | B | Tulsa |
| 22 | 256 | Dwight Winslow | B | Santa Clara |
| 23 | 270 | Wally Brunswald | B | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 24 | 281 | Tommy Kingsford | B | Montana |
| 25 | 292 | Mike Peterson | E | Denver |
| 26 | 306 | Keith Carpenter | T | San Jose State |
| 27 | 317 | Ray Lung | G | Oregon |
| 28 | 328 | Jack Rohan | B | Loras |
| 29 | 342 | S.P. Garnett | T | Kansas |
| 30 | 353 | Jerry Faske | B | Iowa |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 61 | 62 | 58 | 74 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 71 | 47 | 41 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 237 | 134 | 92 | 11 | / % | / % | 75 | 694 | |
| Opponents Totals | 188 | 91 | 84 | 13 | / % | / % | 68 | 526 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 7 | 30 | 32 | 93.8 | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 0 | 90 |
| Joe Arenas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Perry | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Frankie Albert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Billy Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Verl Lillywhite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Monachino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pete Schabarum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Jessup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leo Nomellini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hamp Tanner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gail Bruce | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 31 | 34 | 91.2 | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 1 | 255 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 22 | 24 | 91.7 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 0 | 205 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 2 | 42 | 1/2 | 4/6 | 0/5 | 1/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 2 | 42 | 2/2 | 3/6 | 0/5 | 1/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 3/ | 6/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Perry | 136 | 677 | 5.0 | 58t | 3 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 67 | 397 | 5.9 | 60t | 1 |
| Pete Schabarum | 76 | 311 | 4.1 | 67 | 2 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 81 | 296 | 3.7 | 13 | 3 |
| Joe Arenas | 34 | 183 | 5.4 | 14 | 3 |
| Bishop Strickland | 34 | 165 | 4.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 35 | 146 | 4.2 | 34 | 3 |
| Jim Monachino | 21 | 74 | 3.5 | 7t | 2 |
| Norm Standlee | 16 | 65 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby White | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | 5 | 1 |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 523 | 2366 | 4.5 | 67 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 417 | 1549 | 3.7 | 61 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 114 | 63 | 63 | 42 | 808 | 7.1 | 12.8 | 48t | 8 | 7.0 | 9 | 7.9 | 137 | 671 | 68.2 | |
| Frankie Albert | 166 | 90 | 90 | 66 | 1116 | 6.7 | 12.4 | 47 | 5 | 3.0 | 10 | 6.0 | 171 | 945 | 60.2 | |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 158.3 |
| Team Totals | 281 | 154 | 154 | 108 | 1955 | 7.0 | 12.7 | 48t | 14 | 5.0 | 19 | 6.8 | 308 | 1647 | 65.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 353 | 158 | 158 | 162 | 2313 | 6.6 | 14.6 | 81t | 15 | 4.2 | 33 | 9.3 | 212 | 2101 | 41.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 59 | 826 | 14.0 | 48t | 7 |
| Billy Wilson | 18 | 268 | 14.9 | 38 | 3 |
| Joe Perry | 18 | 167 | 9.3 | 35 | 1 |
| Al Beals | 12 | 126 | 10.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 12 | 105 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 29 | 1 |
| Pete Schabarum | 10 | 162 | 16.2 | 47 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 31 | 1 |
| Bobby White | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Rex Berry | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Monachino | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Johnson | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 154 | 1955 | 12.7 | 48t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 158 | 2313 | 14.6 | 81t | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Wagner | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 8 | 147 | 18.4 | 65t | 1 |
| Rex Berry | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Jim Powers | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Pete Wismann | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Carapella | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby White | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Hardy Brown | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 498 | 15.1 | 65 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 223 | 11.7 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Albert | 34 | 1507 | 44.3 | 66 | 0 | |||||
| Verl Lillywhite | 20 | 847 | 42.4 | 75 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 54 | 2354 | 43.6 | 75 | 0 | 140 | 41.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2826 | 40.4 | 67 | 1 | 407 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Arenas | 21 | 272 | 13.0 | 51 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 13 | 115 | 8.8 | 20 | 0 | |
| Leo Nomellini | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 407 | 11.6 | 51 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 140 | 6.7 | 58 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Arenas | 21 | 542 | 25.8 | 49 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 10 | 196 | 19.6 | 41 | 0 | |
| Leo Nomellini | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Bishop Strickland | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Ray Collins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bruno Banducci | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Billy Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 820 | 21.6 | 49 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 957 | 21.3 | 63 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gail Bruce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Carapella | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Collins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Feher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Visco Grgich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Henke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Monachino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Nomellini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Schabarum | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gordy Soltau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Standlee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bishop Strickland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Wismann | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 0 |
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