1954 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 3rd place Western Conference 7-4-1 .636 |
| Head Coach: Buck Shaw |
| Phil Bengston | Line |
| Jim Lawson | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Vetrano | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/8/1954 | H | Fort Ord | 42-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 12889 | |
| Sun | 8/15/1954 | H | New York Giants | 43-35 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 29296 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1954 | H | Washington Redskins | 30-7 | W | Sacramento, CA | Hughes Stadium | 23389 | |
| Sun | 8/29/1954 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 42-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 24559 | |
| Sun | 9/5/1954 | H | Cleveland Browns | 38-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 46877 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1954 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 28-27 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 84572 | |
| Wed | 9/15/1954 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 37-14 | W | Tucson, AZ | Arizona Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1954 | H | Washington Redskins | 41-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 32085 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1954 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 24-24 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 79208 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1954 | A | Green Bay Packers | 23-17 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 15571 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1954 | A | Chicago Bears | 31-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 49235 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1954 | H | Detroit Lions | 37-31 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 58891 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1954 | H | Chicago Bears | 27-31 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 49833 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1954 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 34-42 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 58758 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1954 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-48 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 58431 | |
| Sat | 11/20/1954 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31-3 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35520 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1954 | A | Baltimore Colts | 13-17 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 23875 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1954 | H | Green Bay Packers | 35-0 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 32012 | |
| Sat | 12/11/1954 | H | Baltimore Colts | 10-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 25426 | |
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 |
| 22 | Joe Arenas | RCB-LOH-RS | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | Nebraska-Omaha | 12 | 11 |
| 88 | Harry Babcock | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 193 | 24 | Georgia | 12 | 0 |
| 63 | Bruno Banducci | ROG | 5-11 | 216 | 33 | Stanford | 11 | 11 |
| 23 | Rex Berry | LDH-LS-P | 5-11 | 181 | 30 | Carbon JC; Brigham Young | 8 | 8 |
| 33 | Hardy Brown | LLB | 6-0 | 193 | 30 | Southern Methodist; Tulsa | 10 | 10 |
| 56 | Pete Brown | P-LB-C | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 1 |
| 86 | Jackson Brumfield | RDE | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| 66 | Don Burke | RLB | 6-0 | 235 | 28 | Hartnell JC; Southern California | 2 | 2 |
| 78 | Marion Campbell | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Georgia | 12 | 9 |
| 75 | Al Carapella | MG-RDT | 6-0 | 235 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 12 |
| 43 | Jim Cason | RS-QB | 6-0 | 171 | 27 | Louisiana State | 10 | 10 |
| 32 | Frank Cassara | RLB | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | St. Mary's (California) | 6 | 3 |
| 63 | Ted Connolly | LOG-ROG-LOT | 6-3 | 242 | 23 | Santa Clara; Tulsa | 12 | 1 |
| 12 | Maury Duncan | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 23 | San Jose State; San Francisco State | 6 | 0 |
| 67 | Nick Feher | LOG | 6-0 | 224 | 28 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | Arnie Galiffa | QB | 6-2 | 193 | 27 | Army | 4 | 0 |
| 69 | Bob Hantla | MG | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Kansas | 12 | 1 |
| 64 | Doug Hogland | LOT | 6-3 | 239 | 23 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| 85 | Billy Jessup | LOE-ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Long Beach CC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | Bill Johnson | C | 6-3 | 228 | 28 | Texas A&M; Tyler JC | 12 | 11 |
| 35 | John Henry Johnson | LOH-LDH-LS | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | St. Mary's (California); Arizona State | 12 | 11 |
| 83 | Clay Matthews | LDE | 6-3 | 219 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 12 |
| 39 | Hugh McElhenny | ROH | 6-1 | 197 | 26 | Compton JC; Washington | 6 | 6 |
| 62 | Art Michalik | MG | 6-2 | 229 | 24 | St. Ambrose | 2 | 2 |
| 48 | Billy Mixon | LLB-RLB-FB | 5-11 | 191 | 25 | Georgia | 12 | 4 |
| 73 | Leo Nomellini | LDT | 6-3 | 259 | 30 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | Joe Perry | FB-K | 6-0 | 203 | 27 | Compton JC | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Floyd Sagely | LDH-LOE | 6-1 | 192 | 22 | Arkansas | 12 | 2 |
| 78 | Bob St. Clair | ROT | 6-8 | 263 | 23 | San Francisco; Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Pete Schabarum | RDH-ROH | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | California | 12 | 4 |
| 82 | Gordy Soltau | LOE-K | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | Minnesota | 11 | 7 |
| 24 | Billy Tidwell | LOH-ROH | 5-9 | 185 | 24 | Texas A&M | 10 | 0 |
| 14 | Y.A. Tittle | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 28 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 74 | Bob Toneff | RLB-LLB-MG | 6-2 | 260 | 24 | Notre Dame | 8 | 5 |
| 25 | Johnny Williams | LS-RDH-RS | 5-11 | 177 | 27 | Compton JC; Southern California | 11 | 11 |
| 84 | Billy Wilson | ROE | 6-3 | 191 | 27 | San Jose State | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Pete Wismann | C | 6-0 | 218 | 32 | Miami (Ohio); Washington-St. Louis; St. Louis | 3 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 11 | Bernie Faloney | B | Maryland |
| 2 | 23 | Leo Rucka | C | Rice |
| 3 | 35 | Steve Korcheck | C | George Washington |
| 4 | 47 | Charlie Boxold | B | Maryland |
| 5 | 55 | Bob Hantla | G | Kansas |
| 5 | 59 | Frank Mincevich | G | South Carolina |
| 6 | 71 | Floyd Sagely | E | Arkansas |
| 7 | 83 | Sid Youngelman | T | Alabama |
| 9 | 107 | Ted Connolly | G | Tulsa |
| 11 | 131 | John Skocko | E | Southern California |
| 12 | 143 | Hal Easterwood | C | Mississippi State |
| 13 | 155 | Morgan Williams | G | Texas Christian |
| 14 | 167 | Sammy Williams | B | California |
| 15 | 171 | Ed Gossage | T | Georgia Tech |
| 15 | 179 | Sam Palumbo | G | Notre Dame |
| 16 | 191 | Bobby Fiveash | B | Florida State |
| 17 | 203 | Karl Kautz | T | Texas Tech |
| 18 | 215 | Morris Kay | E | Kansas |
| 19 | 227 | Bob Edmiston | T | Temple |
| 20 | 239 | Frank Dipietro | B | Georgia |
| 21 | 251 | Howard Alsup | T | Middle Tennessee State |
| 22 | 263 | Ralph Reynolds | B | North Texas |
| 23 | 275 | Leroy Fenstemaker | B | Rice |
| 24 | 287 | Jerry Daniels | T | Tennessee Tech |
| 25 | 299 | John Platt | B | Elon |
| 26 | 311 | Pete Bello | C | Pasadena CC |
| 27 | 323 | Ed Baker | G | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 28 | 335 | Bob Garbrecht | B | Rice |
| 29 | 347 | Ted Dunn | B | Murray State |
| 30 | 359 | Don Folks | E | Houston |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 106 | 61 | 59 | 87 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 51 | 76 | 66 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 252 | 125 | 109 | 18 | / % | / % | 73 | 614 | |
| Opponents Totals | 207 | 74 | 122 | 11 | / % | / % | 51 | 426 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 2 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 0 | 76 |
| Joe Perry | 8 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 57 |
| John Henry Johnson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Hugh McElhenny | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Billy Wilson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Y.A. Tittle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Billy Jessup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Rex Berry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hardy Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Schabarum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 37 | 40 | 92.5 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 0 | 313 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 0 | 251 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 1 | 37 | 4/5 | 6/6 | 1/3 | 0/4 | 0/0 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 14 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 1 | 37 | 6/7 | 5/6 | 1/3 | 0/4 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 3/ | 1/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Perry | 173 | 1049 | 6.1 | 58 | 8 |
| John Henry Johnson | 129 | 681 | 5.3 | 38t | 9 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 64 | 515 | 8.0 | 60t | 6 |
| Pete Schabarum | 21 | 79 | 3.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Joe Arenas | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 28 | 68 | 2.4 | 10 | 4 |
| Billy Mixon | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Frank Cassara | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Arnie Galiffa | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Tidwell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Pete Brown | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 442 | 2498 | 5.7 | 60t | 28 |
| Opponents Totals | 348 | 1371 | 3.9 | 43t | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 295 | 170 | 170 | 116 | 2205 | 7.5 | 13.0 | 70 | 9 | 3.1 | 9 | 3.1 | 185 | 2020 | 78.7 | |
| Jim Cason | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 23 | 17 | 27.7 | |
| Maury Duncan | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 82 | 5.9 | 20.5 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14.3 | 23 | 59 | 11.9 | |
| Arnie Galiffa | 12 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 4.5 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 50 | 45.8 | |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 118.8 |
| Hardy Brown | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 118.8 |
| John Henry Johnson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7 | 104.2 | |
| Pete Schabarum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Billy Tidwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 340 | 187 | 187 | 141 | 2444 | 7.2 | 13.1 | 70 | 10 | 2.9 | 12 | 3.5 | 238 | 2206 | 73.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 374 | 193 | 193 | 162 | 3015 | 8.1 | 15.6 | 78t | 24 | 6.4 | 19 | 5.1 | 366 | 2649 | 78.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wilson | 60 | 830 | 13.8 | 43 | 5 |
| Billy Jessup | 30 | 565 | 18.8 | 68t | 3 |
| John Henry Johnson | 28 | 183 | 6.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 26 | 203 | 7.8 | 70 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 22 | 316 | 14.4 | 42 | 2 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 8 | 162 | 20.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Harry Babcock | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Cassara | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 187 | 2444 | 13.1 | 68t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 193 | 3015 | 15.6 | 78t | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Berry | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Hardy Brown | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 41t | 1 |
| Johnny Williams | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Al Carapella | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Billy Mixon | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pete Brown | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Bob Toneff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 282 | 14.8 | 47 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 167 | 13.9 | 33 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Brown | 49 | 1837 | 37.5 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Hardy Brown | 10 | 384 | 38.4 | 58 | 0 | |||||
| Rex Berry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 2221 | 37.0 | 58 | 1 | 269 | 32.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 2420 | 41.0 | 60 | 0 | 205 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Arenas | 23 | 117 | 5.1 | 23 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 32 | 0 | |
| Billy Tidwell | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Schabarum | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 205 | 5.7 | 32 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 269 | 6.7 | 47 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Tidwell | 10 | 287 | 28.7 | 65 | 0 | |
| Joe Arenas | 16 | 362 | 22.6 | 41 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 8 | 210 | 26.3 | 51 | 0 | |
| John Henry Johnson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Pete Schabarum | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Bob Toneff | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Doug Hogland | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 930 | 23.8 | 65 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1145 | 20.1 | 43 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bruno Banducci | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hardy Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Brumfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Burke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marion Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Cassara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Feher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Henry Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clay Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Leo Nomellini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob St. Clair | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Tidwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Wilson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 17 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 0 |
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