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1957 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) 1st place Western Conference 8-4-0 .667

Assistant Coach	Phil Bengtson
Defensive Backs	Mark Duncan
Assistant Coach	Red Hickey
Assistant Coach	Bill Johnson

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
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
Sun	12/22/1957	H	Detroit Lions	27-31	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	60118	Western Conference Playoff

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
22	Joe Arenas	LOH-ROH	5-11	180	32	Nebraska-Omaha	12	1
35	Larry Barnes	FB-P	6-1	228	26	Colorado State	12	1
77	Bruce Bosley	LOG-OT	6-2	241	24	West Virginia	6	3
57	Paul Carr	LDH	6-0	205	26	Citrus JC; Houston	8	1
88	Clyde Conner	LOE-ROE	6-2	193	24	Pacific	8	8
64	Ted Connolly	ROG	6-3	242	26	Santa Clara; Tulsa	10	10
78	Bobby Cross	LOT-ROT	6-4	248	26	Kilgore JC; Stephen F. Austin State	12	12
76	John Gonzaga	ROT-LOG-LOT	6-3	247	24	none	12	3
55	Matt Hazeltine	LLB-RLB	6-1	220	24	California	12	11
75	Ed Henke	LDE	6-3	227	30	Ventura JC; Southern California	12	12
72	Bill Herchman	RDT	6-2	246	24	Tyler JC; Texas Tech	12	12
40	Bobby Holladay	LS	5-11	177	25	Tulsa	7	7
85	Billy Jessup	P-ROE-ROH	6-1	195	28	Long Beach CC; Southern California	12	0
39	Hugh McElhenny	LOH-LOE	6-1	197	29	Compton CC; Washington	12	10
47	Dicky Moegle	RS-LOH	6-0	190	23	Rice	12	10
53	Frank Morze	C-LB	6-4	272	24	Boston College	12	12
73	Leo Nomellini	LDT	6-3	259	33	Minnesota	12	12
27	R.C. Owens	ROH-LOE	6-3	197	23	College of Idaho	12	12
68	Lou Palatella	LOG-ROG	6-2	230	24	Pittsburgh	12	11
34	Joe Perry	FB-LOH	6-0	203	30	Compton CC	11	5
87	Charley Powell	RLB-ROE	6-2	226	25	none	12	8
79	Bob St. Clair	ROT	6-8	263	26	San Francisco; Tulsa	6	5
50	Stan Sheriff	LLB	6-1	224	25	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	2	1
24	J.D. Smith	LDH	6-1	205	25	North Carolina A&T State	12	10
82	Gordy Soltau	K-LOE-ROE	6-2	195	32	Minnesota	12	4
20	Bill Stits	RDH	6-0	194	26	UCLA	12	12
14	Y.A. Tittle	QB	6-0	182	31	Louisiana State	12	12
74	Bob Toneff	RDE	6-2	260	27	Notre Dame	12	12
84	Billy Wilson	ROE	6-3	191	30	San Jose State	11	10
32	Gene Babb	FB-LOH-ROH	6-3	216	23	Austin	12	9
12	John Brodie	QB	6-1	198	22	Stanford	7	0
70	Tom Dahms	ROT-LOT	6-5	242	30	San Diego State	8	4
54	Marv Matuszak	MLB-LLB	6-3	232	26	Tulsa	12	12
42	Jim Ridlon	LS-LDH	6-1	181	23	Syracuse	12	2
52	Karl Rubke	MLB	6-4	240	22	Santa Rosa JC; Southern California	12	4
40	Julian Spence	DB	5-11	170	28	Sam Houston State	3	0
44	Val Joe Walker	LS-RS	6-1	179	27	Southern Methodist	12	6

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College	Notes
John Brodie	1	3	QB	Stanford
Abe Woodson	2	15	B	Illinois
Jim Ridlon	4	39	B	Syracuse
Mike Sandusky	4	46	T	Maryland	from CHIC
Karl Rubke	5	56	C	Southern California
Bill Rhodes	6	62	B	Western State (Colorado)	from PHI
Jim Hunter	6	68	B	Missouri
Fred Dugan	7	80	E	Dayton	Future
Ernie Pitts	8	92	E	Denver
Charlie Brueckman	9	104	C	Pittsburgh	Future
Jerry Hurst	10	116	E	Middle Tennessee State	Future
Tommy Davis	11	128	B	Louisiana State	Future
Fred Sington	12	140	R?	Alabama	Future
Charlie Mackey	13	152	E	Arizona State
Ron Warzeka	14	164	T	Montana State
Earl Kaiser	15	176	B	Houston	Future
Vic Kristopaitis	16	188	B	Dayton
Dave Kuhn	17	200	C	Kentucky
Dick Guy	18	212	G	Ohio State
Gene Babb	19	224	B	Austin
Sid Deloatch	20	236	G	Duke
Fred Wilcox	21	248	B	Tulane
Paul Tripp	22	260	T	Idaho State
John Thomas	23	272	E	Pacific
Jack Ladner	24	284	E	Wake Forest
Ray Meyer	25	296	B	Lamar
Tom Topping	26	308	T	Duke	Future
Don Vicic	27	320	B	Ohio State
Bill Curtis	28	332	B	Texas Christian
Vern Hallbeck	29	344	B	Texas Christian
George Parks	30	355	B	Lamar

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	37	91	59	73
Opponents Totals	49	105	42	68

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gordy Soltau	9	15	60.0	2/	1/	6/	1/	0/
Team Totals	9	15	60.0	2/	1/	6/	1/	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			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	RYDS	NET
Billy Jessup	38	1656	43.6	62
Larry Barnes	19	894	47.1	86
Team Totals	57	2550	44.7	86	205	41.1
Opponents Totals	47	1894	40.3	62	122

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Joe Arenas	25	80	3.2	26
Hugh McElhenny	10	41	4.1	13
Matt Hazeltine	1	1	1.0	1
Dicky Moegle	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	37	122	3.3	26
Opponents Totals	35	205	5.9	28

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Joe Arenas	24	657	27.4	64
J.D. Smith	14	368	26.3	38
Matt Hazeltine	1	23	23.0	23
Paul Carr	1	10	10.0	10
Billy Jessup	1	8	8.0	8
Gene Babb	1	0	0.0	0
Lou Palatella	0	30		30L
Team Totals	42	1096	26.1	64
Opponents Totals	45	928	20.6	33

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Joe Arenas	3		0	0	0	0
Gene Babb	4		1	0	1	0
Larry Barnes	2		0	0	0	0
Paul Carr	1		0	0	0	0
Bobby Cross	0	0	1	0	1	0
Matt Hazeltine	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ed Henke	0	0	1	1	2	0
Bill Herchman	0	0	0	2	2	0
Bobby Holladay	0	0	0	1	1	0
Marv Matuszak	0	0	0	4	4	17
Hugh McElhenny	8		3	0	3	0
Dicky Moegle	0	0	0	2	2	0
Leo Nomellini	0	0	0	1	1	0
Joe Perry	3		0	0	0	0
Charley Powell	0	0	0	1	1	3
J.D. Smith	0	0	1	1	2	0
Gordy Soltau	1		0	0	0	0
Bill Stits	0	0	0	2	2	0
Y.A. Tittle	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team Totals	22	14	8	16	24	20
Opponents Totals	25	16	9	14	23