1977 San Francisco 49ers (NFL)

3rd place National Football Conference Western Division 5-9-0 .357

Head Coach: Ken Meyer

Ed Alsman	Special Assignments
Ed Beard	Linebackers
Doug Gerhart	Offensive Backs
Howard Mudd	Offensive Line
Floyd Peters	Defensive Line
Jim Shofner	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/7/1977	H	Seattle Seahawks	24-34	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	38024
Sat	8/13/1977	A	San Diego Chargers	13-32	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	26620
Sun	8/21/1977	H	Los Angeles Rams	23-14	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	44898
Mon	8/29/1977	A	Houston Oilers	3-17	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	36538
Sat	9/3/1977	A	Oakland Raiders	0-33	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53442
Sat	9/10/1977	H	Denver Broncos	0-20	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	36441
Mon	9/19/1977	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	0-27	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48046
Sun	9/25/1977	H	Miami Dolphins	15-19	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	40503
Sun	10/2/1977	A	Los Angeles Rams	14-34	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	55466
Sun	10/9/1977	H	Atlanta Falcons	0-7	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	38009
Sun	10/16/1977	A	New York Giants	17-20	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	70366
Sun	10/23/1977	H	Detroit Lions	28-7	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	39392
Sun	10/30/1977	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20-10	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	34700
Sun	11/6/1977	A	Atlanta Falcons	10-3	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	46577
Sun	11/13/1977	A	New Orleans Saints	10-7	W	OT	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	41654
Sun	11/20/1977	H	Los Angeles Rams	10-23	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	56779
Sun	11/27/1977	H	New Orleans Saints	20-17	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	33702
Sun	12/4/1977	A	Minnesota Vikings	27-28	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	40745
Mon	12/12/1977	H	Dallas Cowboys	35-42	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	55851
Sun	12/18/1977	A	Green Bay Packers	14-16	L		Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	44902

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

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
68	John Ayers	LOT-C	6-5	260	24	Texas; West Texas A&M	14	1
41	Mike Baldassin	LLB	6-1	218	22	Washington	14	0
79	Cas Banaszek	ROT	6-3	249	32	Northwestern	6	0
77	Jean Barrett	LOT	6-6	256	26	Tulsa	14	14
26	Stan Black	SS-FS	6-0	196	22	Mississippi State	13	1
54	Ed Bradley	MLB	6-2	239	27	Wake Forest	14	2
19	Scott Bull	QB	6-5	212	24	Arkansas	6	0
28	Mike Burns	RCB-LCB	6-0	181	23	Contra Costa JC; Southern California	14	0
82	Tony Cline	LDE-RDE	6-2	237	29	Miami (Florida)	14	0
76	Bill Cooke	LDT	6-5	247	26	Connecticut; Massachusetts	14	1
51	Randy Cross	C	6-3	265	23	UCLA	14	14
72	Cleveland Elam	RDT	6-4	251	25	Tennessee State	14	14
55	Bruce Elia	MLB	6-1	220	24	Ohio State	13	7
71	Keith Fahnhorst	ROT	6-6	273	25	Minnesota	14	14
38	Bobby Ferrell	RB	6-0	219	25	UCLA	14	0
75	Ed Galigher	LDT-RDT	6-5	247	27	Chabot JC; UCLA	12	0
86	Cedrick Hardman	RDE	6-4	245	29	North Texas	14	14
59	Willie Harper	LB	6-2	210	27	Nebraska	12	10
83	Kenny Harrison	WR	6-0	170	24	Southern Methodist	14	10
53	Tommy Hart	LDE	6-3	234	33	Morris Brown	14	14
36	Paul Hofer	RB	6-0	195	25	Mississippi	14	0
40	Wilbur Jackson	FB	6-2	219	26	Alabama	14	14
88	Rick Jennings	WR	5-9	180	24	Maryland	3	0
87	Jim Lash	WR	6-2	200	26	Northwestern	10	3
65	Steve Lawson	LOG	6-3	265	28	Kansas	14	14
42	Tony Leonard	LCB	5-11	169	24	Virginia Union	13	13
22	Eddie Lewis	LCB	6-0	175	24	Kansas	14	1
47	Al Matthews	S	5-11	190	30	Texas A&M-Kingsville	1	0
81	Willie McGee	WR	5-11	178	27	Alcorn State	7	0
59	Ralph McGill	FS	5-11	178	27	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Tulsa	13	13
66	Johnny Miller	LOG-ROG	6-1	247	23	Livingstone	6	0
64	Dale Mitchell	RLB	6-3	224	24	Southern California	4	0
84	Tom Mitchell	TE	6-2	230	33	Bucknell	13	13
89	Jim Obradovich	TE	6-2	225	24	El Camino JC; Southern California	12	0
69	Woody Peoples	ROG	6-2	247	34	Grambling State	14	14
32	Mel Phillips	SS	6-2	192	35	North Carolina A&T State	14	14
16	Jim Plunkett	QB	6-2	207	30	Stanford	14	14
80	Steve Rivera	WR	5-11	190	23	California	1	0
85	Paul Seal	TE	6-4	223	25	Michigan	14	2
67	Ron Singleton	OT	6-7	245	25	Grambling State	1	0
58	Howard Stidham	LB	6-2	214	23	Tennessee Tech	4	0
44	Bruce Taylor	RCB	6-0	178	29	Boston University	14	14
52	Skip Vanderbundt	LLB-MLB	6-3	226	31	Oregon State	14	14
50	Dave Washington	RLB	6-5	224	29	Alcorn State	9	9
18	Gene Washington	WR	6-1	183	30	Stanford	14	14
74	Jimmy Webb	LDT	6-5	245	25	Mississippi State	14	13
14	Ray Wersching	K	5-11	215	27	Cerritos JC; California	10	0
30	Dave Williams	RB	6-2	200	23	Colorado	12	0
24	Delvin Williams	RB	6-0	200	26	Kansas	14	14
13	Tom Wittum	P	6-1	191	27	Northern Illinois	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
3	65	Elmo Boyd	WR	Eastern Kentucky
4	100	Stan Black	DB	Mississippi State
6	141	Mike Burns	DB	Southern California
6	155	Jim Harlan	C	Howard Payne
7	183	Jim Van Wagner	RB	Michigan Tech
9	239	David Posey	K	Florida
11	295	Brian Billick	TE	Brigham Young
12	323	Scott Martin	G	North Dakota

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	47	58	71	41	3
Opponents Totals	29	106	40	85	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		219	126	81	12	91/222 41.0%	/ %	99	830
Opponents Totals		221	107	94	20	79/214 36.9%	/ %	96	820

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Delvin Williams	9	0	0		0	0		54
Ray Wersching	0	23	23	100.0	10	17	58.8	53
Wilbur Jackson	7	0	0		0	0		42
Gene Washington	5	0	0		0	0		30
Mike Baldassin	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bobby Ferrell	1	0	0		0	0		6
Kenny Harrison	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jim Plunkett	1	0	0		0	0		6
Paul Seal	1	0	0		0	0		6
Dave Williams	1	0	0		0	0		6
Tom Wittum	0	2	4	50.0	1	2	50.0	5
Team Totals	27	25	27	92.6	11	19	57.9	220
Opponents Totals	32	29	32	90.6	13	22	59.1	260

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Ray Wersching	10	17	58.8	0/0	0/2	5/5	4/7	1/3
Tom Wittum	1	2	50.0	0/0	1/2	0/0	0/0	0/0
Team Totals	11	19	57.9	0/0	1/4	5/5	4/7	1/3
Opponents Totals	13	22	59.1	0/	8/	2/	3/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Delvin Williams	268	931	3.5	40	7
Wilbur Jackson	179	780	4.4	80	7
Bobby Ferrell	41	160	3.9	12	1
Paul Hofer	34	106	3.1	10	0
Jim Plunkett	28	71	2.5	9	1
Scott Bull	5	20	4.0	8	0
Kenny Harrison	6	15	2.5	15	0
Dave Williams	2	6	3.0	6	0
Willie McGee	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	564	2086	3.7	80	16
Opponents Totals	551	1869	3.4	42t	16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Plunkett	248	128	51.6	106	1693	6.8	13.2	47t	9	3.6	14	5.6	30	242	1451	62.1
Scott Bull	24	7	29.2	15	89	3.7	12.7	26	0	0.0	2	8.3	6	47	42	7.8
Tom Wittum	3	1	33.3	2	15	5.0	15.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	15	50.7
Kenny Harrison	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Delvin Williams	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	277	136	49.1	124	1797	6.5	13.2	47t	9	3.2	17	6.1	36	289	1508	55.3
Opponents Totals	270	139	51.5	123	1948	7.2	14.0	73t	14	5.2	8	3.0	42	360	1588	80.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gene Washington	32	638	19.9	47t	5
Wilbur Jackson	22	169	7.7	24	0
Delvin Williams	20	179	9.0	17	2
Tom Mitchell	19	226	11.9	31	0
Kenny Harrison	15	217	14.5	46	1
Paul Seal	13	230	17.7	47t	1
Paul Hofer	5	46	9.2	16	0
Jim Lash	3	22	7.3	16	0
Willie McGee	2	27	13.5	14	0
Jim Obradovich	2	16	8.0	11	0
Bobby Ferrell	2	12	6.0	7	0
Tony Cline	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	136	1797	13.2	47t	9
Opponents Totals	139	1948	14.0	73t	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Washington	2	68	34.0	50	0
Mel Phillips	2	23	11.5	23	0
Ralph McGill	1	30	30.0	30	0
Willie Harper	1	6	6.0	6	0
Skip Vanderbundt	1	6	6.0	6	0
Tony Leonard	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	8	133	16.6	50	0
Opponents Totals	17	298	17.5	42	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Tom Wittum	77	2801	36.4	54	3	4	10	444	2277	28.5
Team Totals	80	2801	35.0	54	3	4	10	444	2277	28.5
Opponents Totals	86	3228	37.5	62	1			292

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Tony Leonard	22	2	154	7.0	19
Stan Black	13	1	38	2.9	11
Rick Jennings	7	1	32	4.6	13
Steve Rivera	3	0	7	2.3	3
Dave Williams	1	0	60	60.0	60
Bruce Elia	1	0	1	1.0	1
Mike Baldassin	1	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	48	5	292	6.1	60
Opponents Totals	47	6	444	9.4	63

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Hofer	36	871	24.2	48	0
Dave Williams	4	122	30.5	80t	1
Rick Jennings	3	60	20.0	24	0
Bobby Ferrell	3	35	11.7	17	0
Tony Leonard	1	68	68.0	68	0
Jim Obradovich	1	9	9.0	9	0
Delvin Williams	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	49	1174	24.0	80t	1
Opponents Totals	48	1025	21.4	92t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Cleveland Elam	18.0
Cedrick Hardman	12.5
Tommy Hart	3.0
Willie Harper	2.0
Ed Galigher	2.0
Jimmy Webb	1.5
Bruce Elia	1.0
Dave Washington	1.0
Eddie Lewis	1.0
Team Totals	42.0	360.0
Opponents Totals	36.0	289.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Mike Baldassin	1		0	0	0	0
Stan Black	1		1	0	1	0
Scott Bull	2		0	0	0	0
Bill Cooke	0	0	1	0	1	0
Randy Cross	1		0	0	0	-37
Bruce Elia	0	0	0	2	2	0
Keith Fahnhorst	0	0	1	0	1	0
Bobby Ferrell	3		1	0	1	0
Cedrick Hardman	0	0	0	1	1	0
Kenny Harrison	4		2	0	2	0
Paul Hofer	6		3	0	3	0
Wilbur Jackson	3		0	0	0	0
Jim Lash	1		0	0	0	0
Tony Leonard	0	0	0	1	1	7
Eddie Lewis	0	0	0	1	1	0
Willie McGee	0	0	1	0	1	0
Tom Mitchell	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Obradovich	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mel Phillips	0	0	0	1	1	11
Jim Plunkett	2		2	0	2	0
Skip Vanderbundt	0	0	0	1	1	2
Gene Washington	0	0	3	0	3	0
Jimmy Webb	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dave Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0
Delvin Williams	3		1	0	1	0
Tom Wittum	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team Totals	27	9	18	10	28	-17
Opponents Totals	22	10	11	8	19