1958 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 4th place Western Conference 6-6-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Frankie Albert |
| Phil Bengston | Defense |
| Mark Duncan | Defensive Halfbacks |
| Red Hickey | Offensive Backs/Offensive Ends |
| Bill Johnson | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/17/1958 | H | New York Giants | 10-19 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 25657 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1958 | N | Washington Redskins | 20-19 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 25442 | |
| Sun | 8/31/1958 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 55-31 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 23997 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1958 | H | Cleveland Browns | 21-16 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31339 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1958 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 38-40 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 62546 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1958 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-31 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33398 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1958 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23-20 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 51856 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1958 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 3-33 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59826 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1958 | A | Chicago Bears | 6-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48286 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1958 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 30-24 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 33110 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1958 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-27 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 54441 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1958 | H | Detroit Lions | 24-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59213 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1958 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-56 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 95082 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1958 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-35 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 54253 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1958 | A | Green Bay Packers | 33-12 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 19786 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1958 | A | Baltimore Colts | 27-35 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57557 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1958 | H | Green Bay Packers | 48-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 50792 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1958 | H | Baltimore Colts | 21-12 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 53344 | |
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 |
| 29 | Billy Atkins | RS-LS-P | 6-1 | 196 | 24 | Auburn | 12 | 7 |
| 32 | Gene Babb | FB | 6-3 | 216 | 24 | Austin | 12 | 0 |
| 77 | Bruce Bosley | LOG | 6-2 | 241 | 25 | West Virginia | 12 | 9 |
| 12 | John Brodie | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 23 | Stanford | 12 | 7 |
| 88 | Clyde Conner | LOE | 6-2 | 193 | 25 | Pacific | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Ted Connolly | ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 242 | 27 | Santa Clara; Tulsa | 12 | 7 |
| 87 | Fred Dugan | ROE-LOE | 6-3 | 197 | 25 | Alabama; Dayton | 12 | 1 |
| 76 | John Gonzaga | LOT-LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 25 | none | 12 | 6 |
| 55 | Matt Hazeltine | RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | California | 12 | 12 |
| 75 | Ed Henke | LDE | 6-3 | 227 | 31 | Ventura JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Bill Herchman | RDT | 6-2 | 246 | 25 | Tyler JC; Texas Tech | 12 | 12 |
| 85 | Billy Jessup | ROH-ROE-P | 6-1 | 195 | 29 | Long Beach CC; Southern California | 12 | 0 |
| 54 | Marv Matuszak | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 27 | Tulsa | 7 | 7 |
| 39 | Hugh McElhenny | LOH | 6-1 | 197 | 30 | Compton JC; Washington | 12 | 12 |
| 80 | Jerry Mertens | LDH | 6-0 | 184 | 22 | Drake | 12 | 12 |
| 47 | Dicky Moegle | RS | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Rice | 4 | 4 |
| 57 | Dennit Morris | MLB-LLB | 6-1 | 228 | 22 | Oklahoma | 12 | 6 |
| 53 | Frank Morze | C | 6-4 | 272 | 25 | Boston College | 4 | 4 |
| 73 | Leo Nomellini | LDT | 6-3 | 259 | 34 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
| 27 | R.C. Owens | ROH-ROE | 6-3 | 197 | 24 | College of Idaho | 12 | 12 |
| 43 | Jim Pace | LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Michigan | 12 | 2 |
| 68 | Lou Palatella | LOG | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 2 |
| 34 | Joe Perry | FB | 6-0 | 203 | 31 | Compton JC | 12 | 12 |
| 42 | Jim Ridlon | LS-RDH-RS | 6-1 | 181 | 24 | Syracuse | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Karl Rubke | MLB-C | 6-4 | 240 | 23 | Santa Rosa JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 79 | Bob St. Clair | ROT | 6-8 | 263 | 27 | San Francisco; Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | J.D. Smith | FB | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | North Carolina A&T State | 12 | 0 |
| 82 | Gordy Soltau | K-LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 195 | 33 | Minnesota | 12 | 1 |
| 20 | Bill Stits | RDH-RS | 6-0 | 194 | 27 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| 26 | Tony Teresa | DB | 5-9 | 185 | 25 | Hartnell JC; San Jose State | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | John Thomas | LOT | 6-4 | 246 | 23 | Pacific | 12 | 7 |
| 14 | Y.A. Tittle | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 32 | Louisiana State | 11 | 5 |
| 74 | Bob Toneff | RDE | 6-2 | 260 | 28 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 62 | Jerry Tubbs | LLB | 6-2 | 221 | 23 | Oklahoma | 4 | 2 |
| 84 | Billy Wilson | ROE | 6-3 | 191 | 31 | San Jose State | 10 | 8 |
| 66 | John Wittenborn | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 238 | 22 | Southeast Missouri State | 12 | 5 |
| 40 | Abe Woodson | LS-LOH | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | Illinois | 7 | 1 |
| 54 | Walt Yowarsky | C | 6-2 | 234 | 30 | Kentucky | 6 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Jim Pace | B | Michigan |
| 1 | 9 | Charlie Krueger | T | Texas A&M |
| 2 | 22 | Bob Newman | B | Washington State |
| 3 | 33 | Bobby Hoppe | B | Auburn |
| 4 | 46 | John Varone | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 5 | 59 | Billy Atkins | B | Auburn |
| 6 | 71 | Hank Schmidt | T | Trinity (Texas) |
| 8 | 87 | Leon Burton | B | Arizona State |
| 8 | 95 | Ron Mills | B | West Texas A&M |
| 9 | 107 | George Troutman | T | Capital |
| 10 | 119 | Vel Heckman | T | Florida |
| 11 | 131 | Hogan Wharton | T | Houston |
| 12 | 143 | Pete Williams | T | Lehigh |
| 13 | 151 | Jim Yore | B | Indiana |
| 13 | 155 | Hal Dukes | E | Michigan State |
| 14 | 167 | Max Fields | B | Whittier |
| 16 | 191 | George Shirkey | T | Stephen F. Austin State |
| 17 | 203 | John Wittenborn | T | Southeast Missouri State |
| 18 | 215 | Dennit Morris | B | Oklahoma |
| 19 | 227 | Ronnie Mushatt | C | Grambling State |
| 20 | 239 | Jerry Mertens | E | Drake |
| 21 | 251 | Don Christian | B | Arkansas |
| 22 | 263 | Bruce Hartman | T | Luther |
| 23 | 275 | Larry Fields | B | Utah |
| 24 | 287 | Dee Mackey | E | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 25 | 299 | Bill Kaczmarek | C | Missouri State |
| 26 | 311 | Hillard Hill | E | Southern California |
| 27 | 323 | Bob Witucki | E | Texas Tech |
| 28 | 335 | Garland Warren | C | North Texas |
| 29 | 347 | Herman Hodges | B | Sam Houston State |
| 30 | 358 | Ted Stahura | T | Kansas State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 84 | 71 | 33 | 69 | |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 82 | 81 | 90 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 237 | 93 | 126 | 18 | / % | / % | 58 | 619 | |
| Opponents Totals | 227 | 106 | 106 | 15 | / % | / % | 52 | 510 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 0 | 29 | 34 | 85.3 | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 0 | 53 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Clyde Conner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Joe Perry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Billy Wilson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| J.D. Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Pace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Brodie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Jessup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| R.C. Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 29 | 34 | 85.3 | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 0 | 257 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 40 | 42 | 95.2 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 1 | 324 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 4 | 39 | 2/6 | 5/5 | 1/4 | 0/4 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 4 | 39 | 2/6 | 5/5 | 1/4 | 0/4 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 1/ | 6/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Perry | 125 | 758 | 6.1 | 73t | 4 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 113 | 451 | 4.0 | 34 | 6 |
| J.D. Smith | 26 | 209 | 8.0 | 80t | 3 |
| Jim Pace | 52 | 161 | 3.1 | 34 | 2 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 22 | 35 | 1.6 | 12 | 2 |
| Abe Woodson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Babb | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Atkins | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 11 | -12 | -1.1 | 6 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 359 | 1628 | 4.5 | 80t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 380 | 2038 | 5.4 | 73t | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brodie | 172 | 103 | 103 | 56 | 1224 | 7.1 | 11.9 | 61 | 6 | 3.5 | 13 | 7.6 | 59 | 1165 | 61.8 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 208 | 120 | 120 | 73 | 1467 | 7.1 | 12.2 | 64t | 9 | 4.3 | 15 | 7.2 | 149 | 1318 | 63.9 | |
| Billy Jessup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 383 | 223 | 223 | 131 | 2691 | 7.0 | 12.1 | 64t | 15 | 3.9 | 29 | 7.6 | 208 | 2483 | 61.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 341 | 163 | 163 | 162 | 2218 | 6.5 | 13.6 | 81t | 25 | 7.3 | 16 | 4.7 | 246 | 1972 | 73.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Conner | 49 | 512 | 10.4 | 26 | 5 |
| Billy Wilson | 43 | 592 | 13.8 | 44t | 5 |
| R.C. Owens | 40 | 620 | 15.5 | 48 | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 31 | 366 | 11.8 | 59t | 2 |
| Joe Perry | 23 | 218 | 9.5 | 64t | 1 |
| Jim Pace | 10 | 59 | 5.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Fred Dugan | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 26t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 223 | 2691 | 12.1 | 64t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 163 | 2218 | 13.6 | 81t | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Ridlon | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Bill Stits | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Mertens | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Abe Woodson | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Billy Atkins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Toneff | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Marv Matuszak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 44 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 448 | 15.4 | 70t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Atkins | 25 | 983 | 39.3 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Jessup | 23 | 856 | 37.2 | 59 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 48 | 1839 | 38.3 | 59 | 0 | 132 | 35.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1995 | 40.7 | 59 | 0 | 146 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McElhenny | 24 | 93 | 3.9 | 49 | 0 | |
| Abe Woodson | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 38 | 0 | |
| Billy Jessup | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Pace | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 146 | 4.2 | 49 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 132 | 3.7 | 22 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Smith | 15 | 356 | 23.7 | 39 | 0 | |
| Abe Woodson | 11 | 239 | 21.7 | 34 | 0 | |
| Jim Pace | 8 | 134 | 16.8 | 36 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Gene Babb | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ted Connolly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 790 | 20.3 | 39 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 739 | 17.6 | 30 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brodie | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde Conner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Connolly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Henke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Herchman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Mertens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R.C. Owens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Palatella | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Ridlon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Karl Rubke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob St. Clair | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gordy Soltau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Toneff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Tubbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wittenborn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abe Woodson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 11 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 0 |
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