1979 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1979	H	San Diego Chargers	13-10	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	32275
Sat	8/11/1979	A	Oakland Raiders	10-41	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53503
Sat	8/18/1979	H	Denver Broncos	0-21	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	34133
Fri	8/24/1979	A	Seattle Seahawks	20-55	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	59941
Sun	9/2/1979	A	Minnesota Vikings	22-28	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46539
Sun	9/9/1979	H	Dallas Cowboys	13-21	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	56728
Sun	9/16/1979	A	Los Angeles Rams	24-27	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	44303
Sun	9/23/1979	H	New Orleans Saints	21-30	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	39727
Sun	9/30/1979	A	San Diego Chargers	9-31	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50893
Sun	10/7/1979	H	Seattle Seahawks	24-35	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	44592
Sun	10/14/1979	A	New York Giants	16-32	L	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	70352
Sun	10/21/1979	H	Atlanta Falcons	20-15	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	33952
Sun	10/28/1979	H	Chicago Bears	27-28	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	42773
Sun	11/4/1979	A	Oakland Raiders	10-23	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52764
Sun	11/11/1979	A	New Orleans Saints	20-31	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	65551
Sun	11/18/1979	H	Denver Broncos	28-38	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	42910
Sun	11/25/1979	H	Los Angeles Rams	20-26	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	49282
Sun	12/2/1979	A	St. Louis Cardinals	10-13	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	41593
Sun	12/9/1979	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23-7	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	44506
Sun	12/16/1979	A	Atlanta Falcons	21-31	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	37211

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
68	John Ayers	LOG	6-5	260	26	Texas; West Texas A&M	16	16
77	Jean Barrett	LOT	6-6	256	28	Tulsa	13	1
76	Dwaine Board	RDE	6-5	248	24	North Carolina A&T State	16	5
29	John Bristor	CB	6-0	188	24	California (Pennsylvania); Waynesburg	1	0
82	Bob Bruer	TE	6-5	240	26	Minnesota State	16	4
57	Dan Bunz	MLB	6-4	225	24	UC Riverside; Long Beach State	14	12
58	Gordy Ceresino	MLB-LLB	6-0	224	22	Stanford	16	3
87	Dwight Clark	WR	6-4	215	22	Clemson	16	3
28	Charles Cornelius	LCB	5-9	178	27	Bethune-Cookman	16	14
79	Al Cowlings	DE	6-5	247	32	San Francisco CC; Southern California	12	0
51	Randy Cross	ROG	6-3	265	25	UCLA	16	16
17	Steve DeBerg	QB	6-3	210	25	Fullerton JC; San Jose State	16	15
62	Walt Downing	OG	6-3	270	23	Michigan	16	0
27	Tony Dungy	FS	6-0	190	24	Minnesota	15	7
35	Lenvil Elliott	RB	6-0	207	28	Truman State	16	0
71	Keith Fahnhorst	ROT	6-6	273	27	Minnesota	16	16
38	Bobby Ferrell	RB	6-0	219	27	UCLA	16	0
48	Phil Francis	RB	6-1	215	22	Stanford	16	0
30	Tim Gray	SS	6-1	205	27	Navarro JC; Texas A&M	16	15
86	Cedrick Hardman	RDE	6-4	245	31	North Texas	14	11
59	Willie Harper	RLB	6-2	210	29	Nebraska	16	16
22	Dwight Hicks	FS	6-1	190	23	Michigan	8	4
55	Scott Hilton	LLB-MLB	6-4	233	25	Salem	7	6
36	Paul Hofer	HB	6-0	195	27	Mississippi	15	7
45	Mike Hogan	FB	6-2	215	25	Tennessee-Chattanooga	2	2
40	Wilbur Jackson	FB	6-2	219	28	Alabama	16	14
44	Charles Johnson	CB	5-11	181	23	Grambling State	4	0
24	Eric Johnson	SS	6-1	192	27	Washington State	8	1
80	Terry LeCount	WR	5-10	176	23	Florida	2	0
22	Eddie Lewis	RCB	6-0	175	26	Kansas	7	2
81	Ken MacAfee	TE	6-4	245	23	Notre Dame	16	12
54	Bob Martin	LLB	6-1	214	26	Nebraska	13	2
52	Jeff McIntyre	LLB	6-3	232	25	Los Angeles Southwest JC; Arizona State	14	3
11	Dan Melville	P	6-0	185	23	Grossmont JC; California	16	0
16	Joe Montana	QB	6-2	195	23	Notre Dame	16	1
46	Melvin Morgan	FS-LCB	6-0	186	26	Gulf Coast JC; Mississippi Valley State	8	5
50	Dave Morton	LB	6-2	224	24	Reedley JC; UCLA	3	1
66	Bob Nelson	LLB	6-4	230	26	Nebraska	1	1
20	James Owens	WR-RB-S	5-11	188	24	UCLA	16	0
56	Fred Quillan	C	6-5	266	23	Oregon	16	16
80	Eason Ramson	TE	6-2	225	23	Washington State	2	0
78	Archie Reese	LDE	6-3	262	23	Clemson	16	16
53	Tom Seabron	LB	6-3	215	22	Michigan	16	0
85	Paul Seal	TE	6-4	223	27	Michigan	15	3
84	Mike Shumann	WR	6-0	174	24	Florida State	16	14
50	Ron Shumon	LLB-MLB	6-1	227	24	Wichita State	8	3
32	O.J. Simpson	HB	6-1	210	32	San Francisco CC; Southern California	13	8
67	Ron Singleton	LOT	6-7	245	27	Grambling State	16	15
88	Freddie Solomon	WR	5-11	185	26	Tampa	15	12
72	Ruben Vaughan	DT	6-2	255	23	Colorado	13	1
75	Ted Vincent	LDT	6-4	262	23	Wichita State	16	15
74	Jimmy Webb	RDT	6-5	245	27	Mississippi State	16	15
14	Ray Wersching	K	5-11	215	29	Cerritos JC; California	16	0
29	Gerard Williams	RCB	6-1	184	27	Langston	15	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	29	James Owens	WR	UCLA
3	82	Joe Montana	QB	Notre Dame
5	111	Tom Seabron	LB	Michigan
5	119	Jerry Aldridge	RB	Angelo State
6	138	Ruben Vaughan	DT	Colorado
7	166	Phil Francis	RB	Stanford
9	221	Steve Hamilton	DT	Missouri
10	249	Dwight Clark	WR	Clemson
10	252	Howard Ballage	DB	Colorado
11	276	Billy McBride	DB	Tennessee State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	64	97	43	104
Opponents Totals	61	149	118	88

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		336	120	200	16	111/245 45.3%	/ %	95	853
Opponents Totals		326	136	160	30	107/222 48.2%	/ %	119	858

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Ray Wersching	0	32	35	91.4	20	24	83.3	0	92
Paul Hofer	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Freddie Solomon	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Ken MacAfee	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Mike Shumann	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Lenvil Elliott	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
O.J. Simpson	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Wilbur Jackson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Bruer	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Phil Francis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
James Owens	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	36	32	36	88.9	20	24	83.3	0	308
Opponents Totals	54	46	54	85.2	14	17	82.4	2	416

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Ray Wersching	20	24	83.3	2	47	2/2	6/7	7/8	5/7	0/0
Team Totals	20	24	83.3	2	47	2/2	6/7	7/8	5/7	0/0
Opponents Totals	14	17	82.4			2/	6/	2/	3/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Hofer	123	615	5.0	47	7
O.J. Simpson	120	460	3.8	22	3
Wilbur Jackson	114	375	3.3	16	2
Lenvil Elliott	33	135	4.1	12	3
Phil Francis	31	118	3.8	16	1
Freddie Solomon	6	85	14.2	56t	1
James Owens	7	33	4.7	11	0
Bobby Ferrell	8	33	4.1	8	0
Mike Hogan	9	31	3.4	6	0
Joe Montana	3	22	7.3	13	0
Mike Shumann	1	19	19.0	19	0
Steve DeBerg	17	10	0.6	8	0
Dan Melville	3	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Bruer	5	-4	-0.8	6	0
Team Totals	480	1932	4.0	56t	17
Opponents Totals	544	2213	4.1	38	24

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve DeBerg	578	347	60.0	210	3652	6.3	10.5	50	17	2.9	21	3.6	17	119	3533	73.1
Joe Montana	23	13	56.5	10	96	4.2	7.4	18	1	4.3	0	0.0	0	0	96	81.1
Freddie Solomon	1	1	100.0	0	12	12.0	12.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	12	116.7
Team Totals	602	361	60.0	220	3760	6.2	10.4	50	18	3.0	21	3.5	17	119	3641	73.5
Opponents Totals	441	262	59.4	164	3407	7.7	13.0	85	25	5.7	15	3.4	29	227	3180	88.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Hofer	58	662	11.4	44	2
Freddie Solomon	57	807	14.2	44t	7
Wilbur Jackson	53	422	8.0	34	0
Mike Shumann	39	452	11.6	39	4
Phil Francis	32	198	6.2	19	0
Bob Bruer	26	254	9.8	19	1
Ken MacAfee	24	266	11.1	50	4
Lenvil Elliott	23	197	8.6	30	0
Dwight Clark	18	232	12.9	30	0
James Owens	10	121	12.1	17	0
Mike Hogan	9	65	7.2	27	0
O.J. Simpson	7	46	6.6	14	0
Paul Seal	3	34	11.3	14	0
Bobby Ferrell	2	4	2.0	3	0
Team Totals	361	3760	10.4	50	18
Opponents Totals	262	3407	13.0	85	25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dwight Hicks	5	57	11.4	29	0
Gerard Williams	4	38	9.5	22	0
Charles Cornelius	3	54	18.0	54	0
Tim Gray	1	20	20.0	20	0
Dan Bunz	1	2	2.0	2	0
Melvin Morgan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	15	171	11.4	54	0
Opponents Totals	21	365	17.4	91t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dan Melville	71	2626	37.0	53	1	10	15	262	2164	30.1
Team Totals	72	2626	36.5	53	1	10	15	262	2164	30.1
Opponents Totals	74	2817	38.1	63	0	6	16	314	2383	32.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Freddie Solomon	23	2	142	6.2	14
Dwight Hicks	13	3	120	9.2	33
Tony Dungy	8	3	52	6.5	11
Team Totals	44	8	314	7.1	33
Opponents Totals	37	7	262	7.1	44

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Owens	41	1002	24.4	85t	1
Lenvil Elliott	9	170	18.9	33	0
Paul Hofer	8	124	15.5	23	0
Phil Francis	7	103	14.7	23	0
Bobby Ferrell	6	78	13.0	18	0
Dwight Hicks	2	36	18.0	19	0
Bob Bruer	1	20	20.0	20	0
Jean Barrett	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	75	1538	20.5	85t	1
Opponents Totals	68	1367	20.1	70	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Cedrick Hardman	4.5
Archie Reese	4.5
Jimmy Webb	3.5
Willie Harper	2.0
Dan Bunz	1.0
Gordy Ceresino	1.0
Scott Hilton	1.0
Al Cowlings	1.0
Ted Vincent	2.5
Ron Shumon	1.0
Dwaine Board	6.0
Jeff McIntyre	1.0
Team Totals	29.0	227.0
Opponents Totals	17.0	119.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Bob Bruer	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dan Bunz	1		1	4	5	5	0
Dwight Clark	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Charles Cornelius	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Randy Cross	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Steve DeBerg	6		2	0	2	-17	0
Tony Dungy	1		1	1	2	0	0
Lenvil Elliott	2		0	0	0	0	0
Phil Francis	2		0	0	0	0	0
Tim Gray	1		0	1	1	4	0
Willie Harper	0	0	0	1	1	16	0
Dwight Hicks	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Paul Hofer	3		2	0	2	0	0
Wilbur Jackson	6		2	0	2	0	0
Ken Mac Afee	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Martin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dan Melville	1		2	0	2	-2	0
Joe Montana	1		1	0	1	0	0
James Owens	4		0	0	0	0	0
Fred Quillan	2		0	0	0	-34	0
Tom Seabron	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ron Shumon	0	0	1	2	3	5	0
O.J. Simpson	3		0	0	0	0	0
Freddie Solomon	3		2	0	2	0	0
Gerard Williams	0	0	0	3	3	73	0
Team Totals	37	20	17	19	36	54	0
Opponents Totals	33	19	12	18	30		1

Dennis Green	Special Teams/Receivers
Norb Hecker	Secondary
Billie Matthews	Running Backs
Bobb McKittrick	Offensive Line
Bill McPherson	Linebackers
Chuck Studley	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
Al Vermeil	Strength-Conditioning
Mike White	Administrative Assistant/Assistant Offensive Line
Sam Wyche	Quarterbacks