1957 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Conference • 8-4-0 .667 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Frankie Albert |
| Phil Bengston | Assistant Coach |
| Mark Duncan | Defensive Backs |
| Red Hickey | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Johnson | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/18/1957 | H | New York Giants | 24-15 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33673 | |
| Sun | 8/25/1957 | H | Washington Redskins | 27-20 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 24781 | |
| Sun | 9/1/1957 | H | Cleveland Browns | 21-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 32840 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1957 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 27-21 | W | Seattle, WA | Husky Stadium | 28000 | |
| Fri | 9/13/1957 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 27-58 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 75172 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1957 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 21817 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1957 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 10-20 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 35743 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1957 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 23-20 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59637 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1957 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45310 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1957 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-14 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 18919 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1957 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59593 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1957 | H | Detroit Lions | 35-31 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59702 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1957 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 24-37 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 102368 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1957 | A | Detroit Lions | 10-31 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 56915 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1957 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 50073 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1957 | A | New York Giants | 27-17 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 54121 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1957 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-13 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59686 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1957 | H | Green Bay Packers | 27-20 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59522 | |
| Western Conference Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/22/1957 | H | Detroit Lions | 27-31 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 60118 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Arenas | 22 | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 180 | 32 | Nebraska-Omaha | 12 | 1 |
| Gene Babb | 32 | FB-LOH-ROH | 6-3 | 216 | 23 | Austin | 12 | 9 |
| Larry Barnes | 35 | FB-P | 6-1 | 228 | 26 | Colorado State | 12 | 1 |
| Bruce Bosley | 77 | LOG-OT | 6-2 | 241 | 24 | West Virginia | 6 | 3 |
| John Brodie | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 22 | Stanford | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Carr | 57 | LDH | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Citrus JC; Houston | 8 | 1 |
| Clyde Conner | 88 | LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 193 | 24 | Pacific | 8 | 8 |
| Ted Connolly | 64 | ROG | 6-3 | 242 | 26 | Santa Clara; Tulsa | 10 | 10 |
| Bobby Cross | 78 | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 248 | 26 | Kilgore JC; Stephen F. Austin State | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Dahms | 70 | ROT-LOT | 6-5 | 242 | 30 | San Diego State | 8 | 4 |
| John Gonzaga | 76 | ROT-LOG-LOT | 6-3 | 247 | 24 | none | 12 | 3 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 55 | LLB-RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | California | 12 | 11 |
| Ed Henke | 75 | LDE | 6-3 | 227 | 30 | Ventura JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Herchman | 72 | RDT | 6-2 | 246 | 24 | Tyler JC; Texas Tech | 12 | 12 |
| Bobby Holladay | 40 | LS | 5-11 | 177 | 25 | Tulsa | 7 | 7 |
| Billy Jessup | 85 | P-ROE-ROH | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Long Beach CC; Southern California | 12 | 0 |
| Marv Matuszak | 54 | MLB-LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 26 | Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 39 | LOH-LOE | 6-1 | 197 | 29 | Compton JC; Washington | 12 | 10 |
| Dicky Moegle | 47 | RS-LOH | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Rice | 12 | 10 |
| Frank Morze | 53 | C-LB | 6-4 | 272 | 24 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Leo Nomellini | 73 | LDT | 6-3 | 259 | 33 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
| R.C. Owens | 27 | ROH-LOE | 6-3 | 197 | 23 | College of Idaho | 12 | 12 |
| Lou Palatella | 68 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 11 |
| Joe Perry | 34 | FB-LOH | 6-0 | 203 | 30 | Compton JC | 11 | 5 |
| Charley Powell | 87 | RLB-ROE | 6-2 | 226 | 25 | none | 12 | 8 |
| Jim Ridlon | 42 | LS-LDH | 6-1 | 181 | 23 | Syracuse | 12 | 2 |
| Karl Rubke | 52 | MLB | 6-4 | 240 | 22 | Santa Rosa JC; Southern California | 12 | 4 |
| Bob St. Clair | 79 | ROT | 6-8 | 263 | 26 | San Francisco; Tulsa | 6 | 5 |
| Stan Sheriff | 50 | LLB | 6-1 | 224 | 25 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 2 | 1 |
| J.D. Smith | 24 | LDH | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | North Carolina A&T State | 12 | 10 |
| Gordy Soltau | 82 | K-LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 195 | 32 | Minnesota | 12 | 4 |
| Julian Spence | 40 | DB | 5-11 | 170 | 28 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 20 | RDH | 6-0 | 194 | 26 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 31 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Toneff | 74 | RDE | 6-2 | 260 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Val Joe Walker | 44 | LS-RS | 6-1 | 179 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 6 |
| Billy Wilson | 84 | ROE | 6-3 | 191 | 30 | San Jose State | 11 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | John Brodie | QB | Stanford |
| 2 | 15 | Abe Woodson | B | Illinois |
| 4 | 39 | Jim Ridlon | B | Syracuse |
| 4 | 46 | Mike Sandusky | T | Maryland |
| 5 | 56 | Karl Rubke | C | Southern California |
| 6 | 62 | Bill Rhodes | B | Western State (Colorado) |
| 6 | 68 | Jim Hunter | B | Missouri |
| 7 | 80 | Fred Dugan | E | Dayton |
| 8 | 92 | Ernie Pitts | E | Denver |
| 9 | 104 | Charlie Brueckman | C | Pittsburgh |
| 10 | 116 | Jerry Hurst | E | Middle Tennessee State |
| 11 | 128 | Tommy Davis | B | Louisiana State |
| 12 | 140 | Fred Sington | R? | Alabama |
| 13 | 152 | Charlie Mackey | E | Arizona State |
| 14 | 164 | Ron Warzeka | T | Montana State |
| 15 | 176 | Earl Kaiser | B | Houston |
| 16 | 188 | Vic Kristopaitis | B | Dayton |
| 17 | 200 | Dave Kuhn | C | Kentucky |
| 18 | 212 | Dick Guy | G | Ohio State |
| 19 | 224 | Gene Babb | B | Austin |
| 20 | 236 | Sid Deloatch | G | Duke |
| 21 | 248 | Fred Wilcox | B | Tulane |
| 22 | 260 | Paul Tripp | T | Idaho State |
| 23 | 272 | John Thomas | E | Pacific |
| 24 | 284 | Jack Ladner | E | Wake Forest |
| 25 | 296 | Ray Meyer | B | Lamar |
| 26 | 308 | Tom Topping | T | Duke |
| 27 | 320 | Don Vicic | B | Ohio State |
| 28 | 332 | Bill Curtis | B | Texas Christian |
| 29 | 344 | Vern Hallbeck | B | Texas Christian |
| 30 | 355 | George Parks | B | Lamar |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 91 | 59 | 73 | 260 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 105 | 42 | 68 | 264 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 223 | 92 | 115 | 16 | / % | / % | 66 | 629 | |
| Opponents Totals | 239 | 117 | 117 | 15 | / % | / % | 55 | 502 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 0 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 60 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Billy Wilson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| R.C. Owens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Clyde Conner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gene Babb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Perry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Herchman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dicky Moegle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leo Nomellini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 1 | 260 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 1 | 264 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 42 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 6/6 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 37 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 6/6 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 7/ | 4/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McElhenny | 102 | 478 | 4.7 | 61 | 1 |
| Joe Perry | 97 | 454 | 4.7 | 34 | 3 |
| Gene Babb | 102 | 330 | 3.2 | 19 | 3 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 40 | 220 | 5.5 | 45 | 6 |
| Larry Barnes | 20 | 78 | 3.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Dicky Moegle | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 18t | 1 |
| Joe Arenas | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 7t | 1 |
| John Brodie | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 377 | 1622 | 4.3 | 61 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 434 | 1847 | 4.3 | 49 | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 279 | 176 | 63.1 | 88 | 2157 | 7.7 | 12.3 | 46 | 13 | 4.7 | 15 | 5.4 | 362 | 1795 | 80.0 | |
| John Brodie | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 7 | 160 | 7.6 | 14.5 | 28 | 2 | 9.5 | 3 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 69.6 |
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 92 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 33t | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 158.3 |
| Larry Barnes | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 79.2 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Hugh McElhenny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -9 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 305 | 191 | 62.6 | 96 | 2407 | 7.9 | 12.6 | 46 | 17 | 5.6 | 18 | 5.9 | 371 | 2036 | 81.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 332 | 182 | 54.8 | 132 | 2582 | 7.8 | 14.2 | 82t | 13 | 3.9 | 18 | 5.4 | 181 | 2401 | 70.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wilson | 52 | 757 | 14.6 | 40 | 6 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 37 | 458 | 12.4 | 43 | 2 |
| Clyde Conner | 30 | 412 | 13.7 | 41 | 4 |
| R.C. Owens | 27 | 395 | 14.6 | 46t | 5 |
| Gene Babb | 20 | 141 | 7.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 15 | 130 | 8.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Charley Powell | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Barnes | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 191 | 2407 | 12.6 | 46t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 182 | 2582 | 14.2 | 82t | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dicky Moegle | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Val Joe Walker | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Herchman | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54t | 1 |
| Karl Rubke | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 264 | 14.7 | 54t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 336 | 18.7 | 75t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Jessup | 38 | 1656 | 43.6 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| Larry Barnes | 19 | 894 | 47.1 | 86 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 2550 | 44.7 | 86 | 0 | 205 | 41.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 1894 | 40.3 | 62 | 0 | 122 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Arenas | 25 | 80 | 3.2 | 26 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 | |
| Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dicky Moegle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 122 | 3.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 205 | 5.9 | 28 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Arenas | 24 | 657 | 27.4 | 64 | 0 | |
| J.D. Smith | 14 | 368 | 26.3 | 38 | 0 | |
| Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Paul Carr | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Billy Jessup | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Gene Babb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Palatella | 0 | 30 | 30L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 42 | 1096 | 26.1 | 64 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 928 | 20.6 | 33 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Babb | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Barnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Carr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Cross | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Henke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Herchman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Holladay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marv Matuszak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dicky Moegle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Nomellini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Stits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0 |
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