1973 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
3rd place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 5-9-0 .357 |
Head Coach: Dick Nolan |
Chet Franklin | Special Teams |
Mike Giddings | Linebackers |
Don Heinrich | Defensive Backs |
Doug Scovil | Offensive Backs |
Jim Shofner | Receivers |
Dick Stanfel | Offensive Line |
Paul Wiggin | Defensive Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 7/28/1973 | N | New England Patriots | 20-7 | W | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 19685 | |
Mon | 8/6/1973 | A | Cleveland Browns | 27-16 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 65707 | |
Sat | 8/11/1973 | N | New York Jets | 14-34 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 46477 | |
Sun | 8/19/1973 | H | San Diego Chargers | 19-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 54977 | |
Sun | 8/26/1973 | H | Denver Broncos | 43-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 59097 | |
Sat | 9/1/1973 | A | Oakland Raiders | 17-23 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53612 | |
Fri | 9/7/1973 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 10-38 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 57687 | |
Sun | 9/16/1973 | A | Miami Dolphins | 13-21 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 68275 | |
Sun | 9/23/1973 | A | Denver Broncos | 36-34 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51706 | |
Sun | 9/30/1973 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 20-40 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 57487 | |
Sun | 10/7/1973 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 13-9 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 51107 | |
Sun | 10/14/1973 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 13-17 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 56438 | |
Sun | 10/21/1973 | H | New Orleans Saints | 40-0 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 52881 | |
Sun | 10/28/1973 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 3-17 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 56825 | |
Sun | 11/4/1973 | A | Detroit Lions | 20-30 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 49310 | |
Sun | 11/11/1973 | A | Washington Redskins | 9-33 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 54267 | |
Sun | 11/18/1973 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 13-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 78358 | |
Mon | 11/26/1973 | H | Green Bay Packers | 20-6 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 49244 | |
Sun | 12/2/1973 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 38-28 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 51155 | |
Sun | 12/9/1973 | A | New Orleans Saints | 10-16 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 62490 | |
Sat | 12/15/1973 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-37 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 52252 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Danny Abramowicz | 46 | WR | 6-1 | 197 | 28 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 11 |
Dave Atkins | 29 | RB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Texas-El Paso | 5 | 0 |
Cas Banaszek | 79 | ROT | 6-3 | 249 | 28 | Northwestern | 9 | 9 |
Jean Barrett | 77 | LOT-ROT-C | 6-6 | 256 | 22 | Tulsa | 14 | 0 |
Randy Beisler | 65 | LOG | 6-4 | 252 | 29 | Indiana | 14 | 6 |
Bill Belk | 72 | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 248 | 27 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 13 | 3 |
Ed Beverly | 81 | WR | 5-11 | 168 | 24 | Arizona State | 2 | 0 |
Forrest Blue | 75 | C | 6-5 | 249 | 28 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
John Brodie | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 38 | Stanford | 14 | 6 |
Doug Cunningham | 42 | RB | 6-0 | 192 | 28 | Mississippi | 14 | 1 |
Bruce Gossett | 30 | K | 6-2 | 229 | 32 | Clarion; Ferrum JC; Duquesne; Richmond | 14 | 0 |
Windlan Hall | 43 | FS-LCB | 5-11 | 176 | 23 | Arizona State | 14 | 6 |
Cedrick Hardman | 86 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | North Texas | 14 | 11 |
Ed Hardy | 63 | LOG-ROG | 6-4 | 242 | 22 | Jackson State | 3 | 0 |
Willie Harper | 59 | RLB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Nebraska | 14 | 11 |
Tommy Hart | 53 | LDE | 6-3 | 234 | 29 | Morris Brown | 14 | 14 |
Bob Hoskins | 56 | RDT | 6-2 | 246 | 28 | Wichita State | 14 | 13 |
Charlie Hunt | 61 | RLB | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | Florida State | 8 | 0 |
John Isenbarger | 17 | WR | 6-3 | 196 | 26 | Indiana | 14 | 4 |
Randy Jackson | 33 | RB | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Texarkana JC; Wichita State | 2 | 0 |
Jimmy Johnson | 37 | LCB | 6-2 | 188 | 35 | Santa Monica JC; UCLA | 13 | 13 |
Charlie Krueger | 70 | LDT | 6-4 | 256 | 36 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
Rolf Krueger | 78 | RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 27 | Texas A&M | 14 | 1 |
Ted Kwalick | 82 | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
Ralph McGill | 49 | RCB-FS | 5-11 | 178 | 23 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Tulsa | 14 | 4 |
Frank Nunley | 57 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Michigan | 14 | 3 |
Dave Olerich | 84 | LLB | 6-1 | 220 | 29 | San Francisco | 14 | 0 |
Woody Peoples | 69 | ROG | 6-2 | 247 | 30 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
Mel Phillips | 32 | SS | 6-2 | 192 | 31 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
Joe Reed | 19 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Baylor; Mississippi State | 6 | 3 |
Len Rohde | 76 | LOT | 6-4 | 246 | 35 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
Larry Schreiber | 35 | RB | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Tennessee Tech | 4 | 4 |
Mike Simpson | 38 | FS | 5-11 | 172 | 26 | Houston | 13 | 7 |
Jim Sniadecki | 58 | MLB | 6-2 | 224 | 26 | Indiana | 14 | 11 |
Steve Spurrier | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 202 | 28 | Florida | 11 | 5 |
Bruce Taylor | 44 | RCB | 6-0 | 178 | 25 | Boston University | 14 | 12 |
Jimmy Thomas | 24 | RB | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Texas-Arlington | 11 | 0 |
Skip Vanderbundt | 52 | RLB | 6-3 | 226 | 27 | Oregon State | 9 | 3 |
Gene Washington | 18 | WR | 6-1 | 183 | 26 | Stanford | 13 | 13 |
Vic Washington | 22 | RB | 5-10 | 194 | 27 | Wyoming | 13 | 13 |
John Watson | 67 | LOG-ROT | 6-4 | 244 | 24 | Oklahoma | 14 | 13 |
Dave Wilcox | 64 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 31 | Boise JC; Oregon | 14 | 14 |
Ken Willard | 40 | RB | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | North Carolina | 14 | 10 |
Dick Witcher | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 204 | 29 | Bakersfield CC; UCLA | 14 | 0 |
Tom Wittum | 13 | P | 6-1 | 191 | 23 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 18 | Mike Holmes | DB | Texas Southern |
2 | 41 | Willie Harper | LB | Nebraska |
5 | 112 | Mike Fulk | LB | Indiana |
5 | 122 | Ed Beverly | WR | Arizona State |
6 | 149 | Arthur Moore | DT | Tulsa |
7 | 174 | John Mitchell | LB | Alabama |
8 | 201 | Dave Atkins | RB | Texas-El Paso |
9 | 226 | Roger Praetorius | RB | Syracuse |
10 | 253 | Charlie Hunt | LB | Florida State |
11 | 278 | Tom Dahlberg | RB | Gustavus Adolphus |
12 | 305 | Larry Pettus | T | Tennessee State |
13 | 330 | Al Kelso | C | Washington |
14 | 357 | Dennis Morrison | QB | Kansas State |
15 | 382 | Mike Bettiga | WR | Humboldt State |
16 | 409 | Mike Oven | TE | Georgia Tech |
17 | 434 | Bob Erickson | G | North Dakota State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 26 | 123 | 50 | 63 | 262 |
Opponents Totals | 72 | 89 | 56 | 102 | 319 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 251 | 97 | 127 | 27 | 60/200 30.0% | / % | 93 | 903 | |
Opponents Totals | 242 | 112 | 115 | 15 | 79/222 35.6% | / % | 77 | 754 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Gossett | 0 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 26 | 33 | 78.8 | 0 | 104 |
Vic Washington | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Ted Kwalick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Windlan Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Steve Spurrier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Gene Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Ken Willard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Dave Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
John Brodie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Doug Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jimmy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Cedrick Hardman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 26 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 26 | 33 | 78.8 | 1 | 262 |
Opponents Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 31 | 45 | 68.9 | 1 | 319 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Gossett | 26 | 33 | 78.8 | 1 | 54 | 4/4 | 9/12 | 8/9 | 4/7 | 1/1 |
Team Totals | 26 | 33 | 78.8 | 1 | 54 | 4/4 | 9/12 | 8/9 | 4/7 | 1/1 |
Opponents Totals | 31 | 45 | 68.9 | 5/ | 10/ | 11/ | 5/ | 2/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vic Washington | 151 | 534 | 3.5 | 25 | 8 |
Ken Willard | 83 | 366 | 4.4 | 33 | 1 |
Jimmy Thomas | 56 | 259 | 4.6 | 16 | 1 |
Doug Cunningham | 44 | 165 | 3.8 | 12 | 1 |
Larry Schreiber | 42 | 163 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
Joe Reed | 15 | 85 | 5.7 | 20 | 0 |
Tom Wittum | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
Ted Kwalick | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 20 | 0 |
Steve Spurrier | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 12 | 2 |
Dave Atkins | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 8 | 1 |
John Brodie | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 14 | 1 |
Randy Jackson | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
John Isenbarger | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 422 | 1743 | 4.1 | 63 | 15 |
Opponents Totals | 513 | 1963 | 3.8 | 37 | 11 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Spurrier | 157 | 83 | 52.9 | 67 | 882 | 5.6 | 10.6 | 58 | 4 | 2.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 13 | 79 | 803 | 59.5 |
John Brodie | 194 | 98 | 50.5 | 84 | 1126 | 5.8 | 11.5 | 66 | 3 | 1.5 | 12 | 6.2 | 4 | 29 | 1097 | 47.7 |
Joe Reed | 114 | 51 | 44.7 | 57 | 589 | 5.2 | 11.5 | 38 | 2 | 1.8 | 6 | 5.3 | 10 | 56 | 533 | 44.8 |
John Isenbarger | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 118.8 |
Team Totals | 466 | 233 | 50.0 | 208 | 2645 | 5.7 | 11.4 | 66 | 9 | 1.9 | 25 | 5.4 | 27 | 164 | 2481 | 51.5 |
Opponents Totals | 383 | 194 | 50.7 | 172 | 2591 | 6.8 | 13.4 | 57t | 19 | 5.0 | 17 | 4.4 | 32 | 225 | 2366 | 70.5 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Kwalick | 47 | 729 | 15.5 | 48 | 5 |
Gene Washington | 37 | 606 | 16.4 | 58 | 2 |
Danny Abramowicz | 35 | 442 | 12.6 | 54 | 1 |
Vic Washington | 33 | 238 | 7.2 | 20 | 0 |
Ken Willard | 22 | 160 | 7.3 | 26 | 1 |
Jimmy Thomas | 19 | 157 | 8.3 | 66 | 0 |
Doug Cunningham | 15 | 118 | 7.9 | 23 | 0 |
Larry Schreiber | 12 | 98 | 8.2 | 31 | 0 |
John Isenbarger | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 18 | 0 |
Randy Jackson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Dick Witcher | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Dave Atkins | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 233 | 2645 | 11.4 | 66 | 9 |
Opponents Totals | 194 | 2591 | 13.4 | 57t | 19 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Taylor | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 22 | 0 |
Jimmy Johnson | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 30 | 0 |
Dave Wilcox | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
Frank Nunley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Mel Phillips | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Jim Sniadecki | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Skip Vanderbundt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Windlan Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 17 | 134 | 7.9 | 30 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 379 | 15.2 | 71t | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Wittum | 79 | 3455 | 43.7 | 62 | 0 | 367 | ||||
Team Totals | 79 | 3455 | 43.7 | 62 | 0 | 367 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 72 | 2977 | 41.3 | 66 | 1 | 393 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Taylor | 15 | 6 | 207 | 13.8 | 61 | 0 |
Ralph McGill | 22 | 1 | 186 | 8.5 | 54 | 0 |
Mike Simpson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 37 | 11 | 393 | 10.6 | 61 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 46 | 7 | 367 | 8.0 | 43 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vic Washington | 24 | 549 | 22.9 | 38 | 0 | |
Ralph McGill | 17 | 374 | 22.0 | 43 | 0 | |
Doug Cunningham | 8 | 173 | 21.6 | 35 | 0 | |
Jimmy Thomas | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 23 | 0 | |
Dave Atkins | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 54 | 0 | |
Dave Olerich | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 | |
Windlan Hall | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
Mike Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Sniadecki | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Willard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 63 | 1301 | 20.7 | 54 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 52 | 1151 | 22.1 | 93t | 1 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Tommy Hart | 10.5 | |
Cedrick Hardman | 8.0 | |
Bob Hoskins | 8.0 | |
Bill Belk | 1.5 | |
Charlie Krueger | 1.5 | |
Dave Wilcox | 1.5 | |
Willie Harper | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 32.0 | 225.0 |
Opponents Totals | 27.0 | 164.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny Abramowicz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jean Barrett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Belk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Forrest Blue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Cunningham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Windlan Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 1 |
Cedrick Hardman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Willie Harper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
Tommy Hart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Hoskins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 0 |
John Isenbarger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Kwalick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ralph McGill | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Mel Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Reed | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Len Rohde | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Schreiber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Sniadecki | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Spurrier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jimmy Thomas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vic Washington | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
John Watson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -33 | 0 | |
Dave Wilcox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Ken Willard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Wittum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 32 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 91 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 23 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0 |
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