1979 San Francisco 49ers

1979 San Francisco 49ers Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Steve DeBerg	578	347	60.0	3652	6.32	50	17	2.9	21	3.6	17	119	73.1
Joe Montana	23	13	56.5	96	4.17	18	1	4.3	0	0.0	0	0	81.1
Freddie Solomon	1	1	100.0	12	12.00	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	116.7
TOTALS	602	361	60.0	3760	6.25	50	18	3.0	21	3.5	0	0	73.5

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Paul Hofer 58 662 11.4 2 44 Freddie Solomon 57 807 14.2 7 44t Wilbur Jackson 53 422 8.0 0 34 Mike Shumann 39 452 11.6 4 39 Phil Francis 32 198 6.2 0 19 Bob Bruer 26 254 9.8 1 19 Ken MacAfee 24 266 11.1 4 50 Lenvil Elliott 23 197 8.6 0 30 Dwight Clark 18 232 12.9 0 30 James Owens 10 121 12.1 0 17 Mike Hogan 9 65 7.2 0 27 O.J. Simpson 7 46 6.6 0 14 Paul Seal 3 34 11.3 0 14 Bob Ferrell 2 4 2.0 0 3 TOTALS 361 3760 10.4 18 50

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Paul Hofer 123 615 5.0 7 47 O.J. Simpson 120 460 3.8 3 22 Wilbur Jackson 114 375 3.3 2 16 Lenvil Elliott 33 135 4.1 3 12 Phil Francis 31 118 3.8 1 16 Freddie Solomon 6 85 14.2 1 56t James Owens 7 33 4.7 0 11 Bob Ferrell 8 33 4.1 0 8 Mike Hogan 9 31 3.4 0 6 Joe Montana 3 22 7.3 0 13 Mike Shumann 1 19 19.0 0 19 Steve DeBerg 17 10 0.6 0 8 Dan Melville 3 0 0.0 0 0 Bob Bruer 5 -4 -0.8 0 6 TOTALS 480 1932 4.0 17 56t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg James Owens 41 1002 24.4 1 85t Lenvil Elliott 9 170 18.9 0 33 Paul Hofer 8 124 15.5 0 23 Phil Francis 7 103 14.7 0 23 Bob Ferrell 6 78 13.0 0 18 Dwight Hicks 2 36 18.0 0 19 Bob Bruer 1 20 20.0 0 20 Jean Barrett 1 5 5.0 0 5 TOTALS 75 1538 20.5 1 85t

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Freddie Solomon 23 142 6.2 2 0 14 Dwight Hicks 13 120 9.2 3 0 33 Tony Dungy 8 52 6.5 3 0 11 TOTALS 44 314 7.1 8 0 33

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Dan Melville	71	2626	37.0	53	10	15	1	37	262	30.1
TOTALS	71	2626	37.0	53	10	15	1	37	262	30.1

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Ray Wersching	2/2	6/7	7/8	5/7	0/0	20/24	47	32/35	92
TOTALS	2/2	6/7	7/8	5/7	0/0	20/24	47	32/35	92

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Dan Bunz	--	--	1	2	2.0	0	2
Charles Cornelius	--	--	3	54	18.0	0	54
Tim Gray	--	--	1	20	20.0	0	20
Dwight Hicks	--	--	5	57	11.4	0	29
Melvin Morgan	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gerard Williams	--	--	4	38	9.5	0	22
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	15	171	11.4	0	54

Players sound off for Singletary
San Francisco Chronicle | December 02, 2008
Nobody except the York family knows how the 49ers' head-coaching decision is going to be reached. Nobody but the owners know what interim coach Mike Singletary has to do to win the job. If the 49ers beat, say, Miami and St. Louis on the road, would four wins...

High praise for Niners' Strickland
San Francisco Chronicle | December 02, 2008
Playing as a nickel back and then as a regular cornerback after Walt Harris left with a hamstring injury, Donald Strickland had "an outstanding game for us" against Buffalo on Sunday, coach Mike Singletary said. Strickland was credited with two tackles and...

'Dead zone' offense doomed
Buffalo News | December 02, 2008
The red zone was a dead zone for the Buffalo Bills during their 10-3 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.