1950 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
5th place • National Conference • 3-9-0 .250 |
Head Coach: Buck Shaw |
Jim Lawson | Assistant Coach |
Chuck Taylor | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Mon | 8/21/1950 | H | Washington Redskins | 12-31 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 51201 | |
Sun | 8/27/1950 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-28 | L | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 17000 | |
Wed | 8/30/1950 | A | Baltimore Colts | 27-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 7500 | |
Fri | 9/1/1950 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 21-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Comsikey Park | 29207 | |
Sun | 9/10/1950 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-13 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 19733 | |
Sun | 9/17/1950 | H | New York Yanks | 17-21 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 29992 | |
Sun | 9/24/1950 | H | Chicago Bears | 20-32 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 35558 | |
Sun | 10/1/1950 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 14-35 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27262 | |
Sun | 10/8/1950 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-24 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 17337 | |
Thu | 10/12/1950 | A | New York Yanks | 24-29 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 5740 | |
Sun | 10/22/1950 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-27 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 26252 | |
Sun | 10/29/1950 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 15091 | |
Sun | 11/5/1950 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-28 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 15952 | |
Sun | 11/12/1950 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-34 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 28786 | |
Sun | 11/19/1950 | A | Chicago Bears | 0-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 38105 | |
Sun | 11/26/1950 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-25 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 13196 | |
Sun | 12/10/1950 | H | Green Bay Packers | 30-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 19204 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Frankie Albert | 63 | QB-P | 5-9 | 160 | 30 | Stanford | 12 | 12 |
Bruno Banducci | 33 | ROG | 5-11 | 216 | 29 | Stanford | 11 | 9 |
Al Beals | 53 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Santa Clara | 12 | 12 |
Gail Bruce | 54 | RDE-ROE | 6-1 | 206 | 27 | Washington | 12 | 12 |
Don Burke | 73 | LLB | 6-0 | 235 | 24 | Hartnell JC; Southern California | 7 | 1 |
Don Campora | 40 | LDT-LOT | 6-3 | 268 | 23 | Pacific | 12 | 7 |
Jim Cason | 93 | LOH-RDH-LDH | 6-0 | 171 | 23 | Louisiana State | 9 | 7 |
Royal Cathcart | 94 | ROH | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Compton JC; UC Santa Barbara | 3 | 0 |
Sam Cathcart | 83 | LS-LOH | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | UC Santa Barbara | 12 | 12 |
Ray Collins | 43 | RDT | 5-11 | 238 | 23 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
Harley Dow | 40 | LOT-ROG | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | San Jose State | 12 | 6 |
Ray Evans | 38 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Texas-El Paso | 11 | 1 |
Don Garlin | 88 | RDH-ROH | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | Southern California | 8 | 3 |
Fred Gehrke | 18 | LOH | 5-11 | 189 | 32 | Utah | 4 | 0 |
Visco Grgich | 34 | MG | 5-11 | 217 | 27 | Santa Clara | 12 | 12 |
Homer Hobbs | 37 | LOG | 5-11 | 210 | 27 | Georgia | 10 | 10 |
Bill Johnson | 23 | C | 6-3 | 228 | 24 | Texas A&M; Tyler JC | 12 | 12 |
Verl Lillywhite | 71 | LB-P | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Modesto JC; Southern California | 11 | 1 |
Howie Livingston | 94 | RDH | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Fullerton JC | 7 | 7 |
Alex Loyd | 59 | LOE | 6-3 | 198 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 2 |
Clay Matthews | 46 | ROT | 6-3 | 219 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 12 |
Jack Nix | 58 | ROE-K | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Pasadena CC; Southern California | 10 | 0 |
Leo Nomellini | 42 | LDT | 6-3 | 259 | 26 | Minnesota | 11 | 11 |
Joe Perry | 74 | FB | 6-0 | 203 | 23 | Compton JC | 12 | 10 |
Jim Powers | 62 | LDH-QB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Southern California | 11 | 11 |
Chuck Quilter | 45 | LOT | 6-0 | 240 | 26 | Stephen F. Austin State; Tyler JC | 10 | 0 |
Paul Salata | 55 | LOE | 6-2 | 191 | 24 | Southern California | 4 | 1 |
Dan Sandifer | 81 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Louisiana State | 2 | 0 |
Charlie Shaw | 31 | ROG | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 3 |
Hal Shoener | 52 | LDE-LOE | 6-3 | 200 | 27 | Iowa | 12 | 12 |
Emil Sitko | 82 | LOH-FB | 5-8 | 185 | 27 | Notre Dame | 10 | 2 |
Gordy Soltau | 51 | LOE-K | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Minnesota | 12 | 7 |
Norm Standlee | 72 | LLB-FB | 6-1 | 238 | 31 | Stanford | 11 | 11 |
Johnny Strzykalski | 91 | ROH | 5-9 | 190 | 29 | Marquette | 12 | 12 |
Lowell Wagner | 92 | RS-ROH | 6-0 | 194 | 27 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
Pete Wismann | 22 | RLB | 6-0 | 218 | 28 | Miami (Ohio); Washington-St. Louis; St. Louis | 12 | 12 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 9 | Knox Ramsey | G | William & Mary |
1 | 11 | Leo Nomellini | T | Minnesota |
2 | 23 | Don Campora | T | Pacific |
2 | 23 | Ed Henke | T | Southern California |
3 | 36 | Odell Stautzenberger | G | Texas A&M |
3 | 37 | Ray Collins | T | Louisiana State |
4 | 49 | Morris Bailey | E | Texas Christian |
4 | 53 | Earl Howell | B | Mississippi |
5 | 63 | Harry Kane | C | Pacific |
5 | 66 | John Brown | C | North Carolina Central |
6 | 75 | Don Van Pool | E | Oklahoma State |
6 | 81 | George Murphy | B | Southern California |
7 | 89 | Lindy Berry | B | Texas Christian |
7 | 94 | John Maskas | T | Virginia Tech |
8 | 101 | Ellery Williams | E | Santa Clara |
8 | 109 | Paul Cleary | E | Southern California |
9 | 115 | Pete Zinaich | B | West Virginia |
9 | 122 | Ernie Tolman | E | Southern California |
10 | 127 | Bob Celeri | B | California |
10 | 137 | Dick Lorenz | E | Oregon State |
11 | 141 | Harley Dow | T | San Jose State |
12 | 153 | Don Burke | B | Southern California |
13 | 167 | Lou Cecconi | B | Pittsburgh |
14 | 179 | Tom Payne | E | Santa Clara |
15 | 193 | Leo Crampsey | E | St. Bonaventure |
16 | 205 | Charlie Shaw | G | Oklahoma State |
17 | 219 | Cliff Van Meter | B | Tulane |
18 | 231 | Ralph Genito | B | Kentucky |
19 | 245 | Forrest Klein | G | California |
20 | 257 | Jack Nix | E | Southern California |
21 | 271 | Guerin Alker | C | Loyola Marymount |
22 | 283 | Billy Wilson | E | San Jose State |
23 | 297 | Jim Williams | E | Rice |
24 | 309 | Bill Wyman | T | Rice |
25 | 323 | Bob Dunn | G | Dayton |
26 | 335 | Jim Powers | B | Southern California |
27 | 349 | Ken Johnson | G | Pacific |
28 | 361 | Charley Hall | B | Arizona |
29 | 375 | Bob Whelan | B | Boston University |
30 | 387 | Bob Stillwell | E | Southern California |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 55 | 66 | 49 | 43 | 213 |
Opponents Totals | 65 | 72 | 90 | 73 | 300 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 201 | 107 | 83 | 11 | / % | / % | 93 | 851 | |
Opponents Totals | 204 | 111 | 81 | 12 | / % | / % | 71 | 599 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordy Soltau | 1 | 26 | 28 | 85.7 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 44 |
Joe Perry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Jim Cason | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Frankie Albert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Al Beals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Howie Livingston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Johnny Strzykalski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Fred Gehrke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Paul Salata | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Emil Sitko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Bruno Banducci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Norm Standlee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jack Nix | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Team Totals | 29 | 27 | 29 | 93.1 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 213 |
Opponents Totals | 40 | 35 | 40 | 87.5 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 2 | 300 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordy Soltau | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 26 | 1/3 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Team Totals | 4 | 8 | 57.1 | 0 | 26 | 1/3 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Opponents Totals | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 1/ | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Perry | 124 | 647 | 5.2 | 78t | 5 |
Johnny Strzykalski | 136 | 612 | 4.5 | 38 | 2 |
Frankie Albert | 53 | 272 | 5.1 | 42 | 3 |
Jim Cason | 38 | 129 | 3.4 | 24t | 1 |
Emil Sitko | 23 | 105 | 4.6 | 15 | 1 |
Sam Cathcart | 33 | 76 | 2.3 | 17 | 0 |
Fred Gehrke | 22 | 69 | 3.1 | 12 | 1 |
Norm Standlee | 12 | 23 | 1.9 | 8 | 1 |
Lowell Wagner | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
Royal Cathcart | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
Jim Powers | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
Verl Lillywhite | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 5 | 0 |
Don Garlin | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Hal Shoener | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 460 | 1955 | 4.3 | 78t | 14 |
Opponents Totals | 443 | 1662 | 3.8 | 57t | 17 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frankie Albert | 306 | 155 | 50.7 | 128 | 1767 | 5.8 | 11.4 | 43 | 14 | 4.6 | 23 | 7.5 | 311 | 1456 | 52.3 | |
Jim Powers | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 9 | 108 | 5.4 | 12.0 | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 14 | 94 | 22.5 | |
Team Totals | 326 | 164 | 50.3 | 137 | 1875 | 5.8 | 11.4 | 50 | 14 | 4.3 | 25 | 7.7 | 325 | 1550 | 50.3 | |
Opponents Totals | 347 | 164 | 47.3 | 161 | 2289 | 6.6 | 14.0 | 96t | 16 | 4.6 | 22 | 6.3 | 248 | 2041 | 57.9 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Loyd | 32 | 402 | 12.6 | 38 | 0 |
Jim Cason | 30 | 374 | 12.5 | 43 | 3 |
Johnny Strzykalski | 24 | 187 | 7.8 | 28t | 1 |
Al Beals | 22 | 315 | 14.3 | 38 | 3 |
Gordy Soltau | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 28 | 1 |
Joe Perry | 13 | 69 | 5.3 | 16 | 1 |
Jack Nix | 9 | 114 | 12.7 | 50 | 0 |
Sam Cathcart | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 24 | 0 |
Paul Salata | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 17 | 2 |
Emil Sitko | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 28t | 1 |
Fred Gehrke | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 13 | 1 |
Gail Bruce | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Bruno Banducci | 0 | 11 | 11Lt | 1 | |
Team Totals | 164 | 1875 | 11.4 | 50 | 14 |
Opponents Totals | 164 | 2289 | 14.0 | 96t | 16 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Powers | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 26 | 0 |
Howie Livingston | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 35t | 1 |
Lowell Wagner | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
Sam Cathcart | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 19 | 0 |
Visco Grgich | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
Jim Cason | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Hal Shoener | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Pete Wismann | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Gail Bruce | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 22 | 304 | 13.8 | 35t | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 429 | 17.2 | 50 | 3 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Verl Lillywhite | 26 | 1016 | 39.1 | 57 | 0 | |||||
Frankie Albert | 37 | 1424 | 38.5 | 64 | 1 | |||||
Team Totals | 63 | 2440 | 38.7 | 64 | 1 | 413 | 32.2 | |||
Opponents Totals | 62 | 2443 | 39.4 | 57 | 0 | 406 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Cason | 11 | 173 | 15.7 | 33 | 0 | |
Sam Cathcart | 16 | 185 | 11.6 | 19 | 0 | |
Fred Gehrke | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 19 | 0 | |
Lowell Wagner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 33 | 406 | 12.3 | 33 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 37 | 413 | 11.2 | 27 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sam Cathcart | 13 | 311 | 23.9 | 62 | 0 | |
Joe Perry | 12 | 223 | 18.6 | 27 | 0 | |
Hal Shoener | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 17 | 0 | |
Fred Gehrke | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 32 | 0 | |
Jim Cason | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 | |
Verl Lillywhite | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 | |
Don Garlin | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
Dan Sandifer | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
Norm Standlee | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
Clay Matthews | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
Ray Evans | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 40 | 800 | 20.0 | 62 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 41 | 1014 | 24.7 | 37 | 1 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frankie Albert | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Cason | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Sam Cathcart | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
Ray Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Harley Dow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Gehrke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Visco Grgich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Howie Livingston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Loyd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Clay Matthews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Leo Nomellini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
Joe Perry | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
Jim Powers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Hal Shoener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Emil Sitko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Norm Standlee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Johnny Strzykalski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lowell Wagner | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
Pete Wismann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 35 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 39 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 39 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 3 |
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