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1961 San Francisco 49ers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-6-1, 5th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Red Hickey (7-6-1)

Points For: 346 (24.7/g) 4th of 14

Points Against: 272 (19.4/g) 6th of 14

Expected W-L: 8.9-5.1

SRS: 6.07 (3rd of 14), SOS: .78

Other Notable Asst.: Jack Christiansen (Defensive Backfield) and Bill Johnson (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Kezar Stadium

Co-Owner: Josephine Morabito

Co-Owner: Victor Morabito

General Manager: Louis Spadia

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: St. Mary's College (Moraga, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	346	4904	794	6.2	36	17	258	187	346	2804	15	19	8.1	132	448	2100	27	4.7	116	65	635	10
Opp. Stats	272	4181	799	5.2	31	12	234	196	380	2480	18	19	6.5	132	419	1701	13	4.1	90	56	456	12
Lg Rank Offense	4	3			4	8	4		11	2	11	3	2		6	4	1	3
Lg Rank Defense	6	8			13	12	7		6	9	4	12	7		8	8	8	6

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17		boxscore	W		1-0		Washington Redskins	35	3	23	399	287	112	3	9	135	98	37	3
2	Sun	September 24		boxscore	L		1-1	@	Green Bay Packers	10	30	15	233	96	137	3	19	275	151	124	1
3	Sun	October 1		boxscore	W		2-1	@	Detroit Lions	49	0	23	317	139	178	2	16	291	236	55	6
4	Sun	October 8		boxscore	W		3-1		Los Angeles Rams	35	0	29	521	262	259		11	166	83	83	2
5	Sun	October 15		boxscore	W		4-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	38	24	31	555	231	324	8	12	202	84	118	1
6	Sun	October 22		boxscore	L		4-2	@	Chicago Bears	0	31	6	132	40	92	6	17	305	156	149	1
7	Sun	October 29		boxscore	L		4-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	20	12	216	164	52	3	8	204	48	156	1
8	Sun	November 5		boxscore	T		4-3-1		Detroit Lions	20	20	14	326	213	113	2	22	402	265	137	3
9	Sun	November 12		boxscore	L		4-4-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	7	17	10	167	57	110	1	20	367	183	184
10	Sun	November 19		boxscore	W		5-4-1		Chicago Bears	41	31	15	536	318	218		21	428	295	133	4
11	Sun	November 26		boxscore	W		6-4-1		Minnesota Vikings	38	28	21	442	246	196	1	20	364	243	121	3
12	Sun	December 3		boxscore	L		6-5-1	@	Baltimore Colts	17	20	17	309	161	148	3	18	346	192	154	3
13	Sun	December 10		boxscore	W		7-5-1		Green Bay Packers	22	21	17	396	328	68	2	20	330	177	153	2
14	Sat	December 16		boxscore	L		7-6-1		Baltimore Colts	24	27	25	355	262	93	2	21	366	269	97	1

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	John Brodie	26	QB	14	14	7-6-1	155	283	54.8	2588	14	4.9	12	4.2	70	9.1	8.23	16.7	184.9	84.7	19	141	6.29	8.10	7.24	2	2
2	Billy Kilmer	22	QB	11	0		19	34	55.9	286	0	0.0	4	11.8	28	8.4	3.12	15.1	26.0	44.1	8	71	19.05	5.12	0.83	0	0
3	Bob Waters	23	QB	8	0		13	28	46.4	183	1	3.6	2	7.1	26	6.5	4.04	14.1	22.9	50.1	5	41	15.15	4.30	2.18	0	0
4	J.D. Smith	29	LHB/FB	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0						0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-6-1	187	346	54.0	2804	15	4.3	19	5.5	70	8.8	6.50	16.3	200.3	75.5	0	253	0.00	8.10	6.50	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	J.D. Smith	29	LHB/FB	14	14	167	823	8	33	4.9	58.8	11.9	28	343	12.3	1	57	2.0	24.5	195	6.0	1166	9	3
2	R.C. Owens	27	RHB	14	13	0	23	1	23		1.6	0.0	55	1032	18.8	5	54	3.9	73.7	55	19.2	1055	6	1
3	Monty Stickles	23	RE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	43	794	18.5	5	54	3.1	56.7	43	18.5	794	5	0
4	Billy Kilmer	22	QB	11	0	96	509	10	31	5.3	46.3	8.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	96	5.3	509	10	8
5	C.R. Roberts	25	FB	12	7	63	338	1	54	5.4	28.2	5.3	10	83	8.3	0	19	0.8	6.9	73	5.8	421	1	2
6	Aaron Thomas	24	LE	14	8	1	-15	0	-15	-15.0	-1.1	0.1	15	301	20.1	2	70	1.1	21.5	16	17.9	286	2	1
7	Bob Waters	23	QB	8	0	47	233	3	35	5.0	29.1	5.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	47	5.0	233	3	3
8	Bernie Casey	22	WR	12	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	185	18.5	1	51	0.8	15.4	10	18.5	185	1	1
9	Clyde Conner	28	LE	5	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	177	16.1	1	45	2.2	35.4	11	16.1	177	1	0
10	Abe Woodson	27	LHB/LCB	14	11	14	23	0	14	1.6	1.6	1.0	8	74	9.3	0	28	0.6	5.3	22	4.4	97	0	3	PB
11	John Brodie	26	QB	14	14	28	90	2	29	3.2	6.4	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	28	3.2	90	2	1
12	J.W. Lockett	24	FB	2	2	11	18	1	9	1.6	9.0	5.5	4	35	8.8	0	11	2.0	17.5	15	3.5	53	1	1
13	Dale Messer	24	DB	4	0	3	13	0	6	4.3	3.3	0.8	3	33	11.0	0	14	0.8	8.3	6	7.7	46	0	0
14	Don McIlhenny	27	HB	5	0	8	30	0	15	3.8	6.0	1.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	3.8	30	0	0
15	Bill Cooper	22	FB	12	1	8	17	1	6	2.1	1.4	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	2.1	17	1	0
16	Ray Norton	24	HB	6	0	2	-2	0	2	-1.0	-0.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-1.0	-2	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	448	2100	27	54	4.7	150.0	32.0	187	3057	16.3	15	70	13.4	218.4	635	8.1	5157	42	25

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Dave Baker	24	SS	14	14	6	123	0	40	0	2	5	0	0.0	0
2	John Brodie	26	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Daniel Colchico	26	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	0
4	Eddie Dove	24	FS	14	14	3	41	0	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Matt Hazeltine	28	RLB	14	14	1	26	0	26	0	3	8	0	5.5	0
6	Gorden Kelley	23	LLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
7	Leo Nomellini	37	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.5	0	PB
8	J.D. Smith	29	LHB/FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	John Thomas	26	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Charlie Krueger	24	RDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.5	1
11	R.C. Owens	27	RHB	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Bruce Bosley	28	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bob Harrison	24	MLB	14	12	2	14	0	9	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Bob St. Clair	30	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
15	Abe Woodson	27	LHB/LCB	14	11	1	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
16	Monte Clark	24	RDT	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
17	Jimmy Johnson	23	RCB	12	10	5	116	0	63	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Aaron Thomas	24	LE	14	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	C.R. Roberts	25	FB	12	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Lou Cordileone	24	DT	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	3.5	0
21	Bernie Casey	22	WR	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Carl Kammerer	24	LB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
23	Roland Lakes	22	C	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
24	J.W. Lockett	24	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Jimmy Ridlon	27	DB	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Billy Kilmer	22	QB	11	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Ray Norton	24	HB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Bob Waters	23	QB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	19	0	0		25	8	18	0	0	1

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