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1972 San Francisco 49ers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-5-1, 1st in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dick Nolan (8-5-1)

Points For: 353 (25.2/g) 4th of 26

Points Against: 249 (17.8/g) 9th of 26

Expected W-L: 9.7-4.3

SRS: 6.43 (5th of 26), SOS: -1.00

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 28-30 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Offensive Coordinator: Dick Stanfel

Other Notable Asst.: Chet Franklin (Special Teams), Jim Shofner (Quarterbacks/WR) and Paul Wiggin (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Candlestick Park

Co-Owner: Jane Morabito

Co-Owner: Josephine Morabito

President/General Manager: Louis Spadia

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: UC-Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, 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	353	4351	847	5.1	37	13	234	217	380	2735	27	24	6.8	129	445	1616	11	3.6	87	73	664	18
Opp. Stats	249	4026	858	4.7	36	17	221	169	366	2179	14	19	5.3	105	446	1847	12	4.1	96	81	677	20
Lg Rank Offense	4	8			19	11	16		8	2	1	23	5		20	21	18	24
Lg Rank Defense	9	14			7	6	7		20	15	9	12	9		11	13	10	15

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	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		San Diego Chargers	34	3	18	295	178	117	2	13	258	171	87	5
2	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Buffalo Bills	20	27	10	202	169	33	4	17	233	56	177	1
3	Sun	October 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	New Orleans Saints	37	2	14	318	192	126	3	8	84	77	7	7
4	Sun	October 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	7	31	13	250	131	119	2	22	513	211	302	1
5	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		New York Giants	17	23	18	342	257	85	5	18	269	129	140	2
6	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T		2-3-1		New Orleans Saints	20	20	14	340	274	66	3	19	367	273	94	2
7	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	49	14	19	348	159	189	3	13	152	97	55	4
8	Sun	November 5	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4-1	@	Green Bay Packers	24	34	16	327	306	21	3	13	338	141	197
9	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4-1		Baltimore Colts	24	21	19	310	105	205	1	18	297	213	84	1
10	Sun	November 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4-1	@	Chicago Bears	34	21	20	376	266	110		15	356	223	133	3
11	Thu	November 23	3:30PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	31	10	17	280	157	123	1	19	308	201	107	4
12	Mon	December 4	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5-1		Los Angeles Rams	16	26	19	304	246	58	3	15	313	175	138
13	Sun	December 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5-1		Atlanta Falcons	20	0	19	276	66	210		14	265	116	149	4
14	Sat	December 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5-1		Minnesota Vikings	20	17	18	383	229	154	7	17	273	96	177	2
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-6-1		Dallas Cowboys	28	30	13	255	150	105	3	22	402	237	165	5

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	Steve Spurrier	27	QB	13	9	6-2-1	147	269	54.6	1983	18	6.7	16	5.9	81	7.4	6.03	13.5	152.5	75.9	14	114	4.95	6.60	5.33	1	0
2	John Brodie	37	QB	6	5	2-3-0	70	110	63.6	905	9	8.2	8	7.3	53	8.2	6.59	12.9	150.8	86.4	8	39	6.78	7.34	5.81	1	1
3	John Isenbarger	25	WR	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	8-5-1	217	380	57.1	2735	27	7.1	24	6.3	81	7.6	5.78	13.3	195.4	78.7	22	153	5.47	6.80	5.46	2	1

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	37	QB	1	1	0-1-0	12	22	54.5	150	0	0.0	2	9.1	52	6.8	2.73	12.5	150.0	38.1	0	0	0.00	6.82	2.73	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	12	22	54.5	150	0	0.0	2	9.1	28	6.8	2.73	12.5	150.0	38.1	0	0	0.00	6.82	2.73

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	Gene Washington	25	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	46	918	20.0	12	62	3.3	65.6	46	20.0	918	12	0	PB,AP-1
2	Vic Washington	26	RB	13	13	141	468	3	33	3.3	36.0	10.8	43	393	9.1	1	33	3.3	30.2	184	4.7	861	4	7
3	Ted Kwalick	25	TE	14	14	5	11	0	10	2.2	0.8	0.4	40	751	18.8	9	81	2.9	53.6	45	16.9	762	9	2	PB,AP-1
4	Larry Schreiber	25	RB	14	3	118	420	2	20	3.6	30.0	8.4	31	283	9.1	1	64	2.2	20.2	149	4.7	703	3	4
5	Ken Willard	29	FB	14	11	100	345	4	23	3.5	24.6	7.1	24	131	5.5	1	15	1.7	9.4	124	3.8	476	5	3
6	Jimmy Thomas	25	RB	14	1	52	250	1	22	4.8	17.9	3.7	15	148	9.9	0	29	1.1	10.6	67	5.9	398	1	3
7	Preston Riley	25	WR	14	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	156	14.2	1	28	0.8	11.1	11	14.2	156	1	1
8	John Isenbarger	25	WR	14	0	3	9	0	7	3.0	0.6	0.2	3	66	22.0	1	33	0.2	4.7	6	12.5	75	1	0
9	Steve Spurrier	27	QB	13	9	11	51	0	15	4.6	3.9	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	4.6	51	0	2
10	Doug Cunningham	27	RB	4	0	8	32	0	12	4.0	8.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	4.0	32	0	0
11	Joe Reed	24	QB	9	0	4	22	0	22	5.5	2.4	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	5.5	22	0	1
12	Dick Witcher	28	WR	14	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	22	7.3	1	17	0.2	1.6	3	7.3	22	1	0
13	Terry Beasley	22	WR	8	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	20	20.0	0	20	0.1	2.5	1	20.0	20	0	0
14	John Brodie	37	QB	6	5	3	8	1	4	2.7	1.3	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	2.7	8	1	0
	Team Totals			14	14	445	1616	11	33	3.6	115.4	31.8	217	2888	13.3	27	81	15.5	206.3	662	6.8	4504	38	30

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	Gene Washington	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	76	25.3	0	52	3.0	76.0	3	25.3	76	0	0
2	Larry Schreiber	25	RB	1	1	26	52	3	6	2.0	52.0	26.0	3	20	6.7	0	8	3.0	20.0	29	2.5	72	3	1
3	Vic Washington	26	RB	1	1	10	56	0	22	5.6	56.0	10.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	1.0	8.0	11	5.8	64	0	1
4	Preston Riley	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	41	10.3	0	23	4.0	41.0	4	10.3	41	0	1
5	Ted Kwalick	25	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	1.0	5.0	1	5.0	5	0	0
6	Jimmy Thomas	25	RB	1	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-3.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-3.0	-3	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	37	105	3	16	2.8	105.0	37.0	12	150	12.5	0	52	12.0	150.0	49	5.2	255	3	5

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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	Tommy Hart	28	LDE	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	0	AP DPoY-6
2	Jimmy Johnson	34	LCB	14	14	4	18	0	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
3	Charlie Krueger	35	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
4	Ted Kwalick	25	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Mel Phillips	30	SS	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Len Rohde	34	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Bruce Taylor	24	RCB	14	14	2	4	0	2	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Skip Vanderbundt	26	RLB	14	14	2	58	2	37	0	3	73	1	1.0	0
9	Dave Wilcox	30	LLB	14	14	3	12	0	9	0	3	7	0	3.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-6
10	Vic Washington	26	RB	13	13	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0
11	Earl Edwards	26	RDT	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.5	0
12	Cedrick Hardman	24	RDE	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.0	0
13	Ken Willard	29	FB	14	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Mike Simpson	25	FS	13	9	2	32	1	32	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Steve Spurrier	27	QB	13	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Frank Nunley	27	MLB	13	8	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Preston Riley	25	WR	14	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ed Beard	33	MLB	14	6	1	10	0	10	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Johnny Fuller	26	SS	14	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	30	0	0.0	0
20	Larry Schreiber	25	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Bill Belk	26	DE	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
22	Bob Hoskins	27	DT	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0	4.0	0
23	Jimmy Thomas	25	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Windlan Hall	22	DB	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Marty Huff	24	LB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Ralph McGill	22	DB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-16	0	0.0	0
27	Joe Reed	24	QB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	19	0	3		30	17	103	1	46	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Ed Beard	33	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Windlan Hall	22	DB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
3	Cedrick Hardman	24	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0	0
4	Tommy Hart	28	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Charlie Krueger	35	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
6	Preston Riley	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Larry Schreiber	25	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Skip Vanderbundt	26	RLB	1	1	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Vic Washington	26	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Dave Wilcox	30	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Marty Huff	24	LB	1	0	0	0	0			0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Ralph McGill	22	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						5	0	0	0	5		0

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