1973 San Francisco 49ers: 5-9-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (148 points scored, 145 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (114 points scored, 174 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Nolan
262 points scored (14th of 26 teams), 319 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL ---
Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 233 466 2,481 ( 4) 5.03 9 25 422 1,743 (21) 4.1 15 4,224 ( 8) 39
Defense: 194 383 2,366 (22) 5.70 19 17 513 1,962 (10) 3.8 11 4,328 (20) 32
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Steve Spurrier QB 11 6'2 200 28 7 Florida 12 John Brodie QB 14 6'1 203 38 17 Stanford 13 Tom Wittum P 14 6'1 185 23 1 Northern Illinois 17 John Isenbarger WR 14 6'3 196 26 4 Indiana 17 Joe Reed QB 6 6'1 182 25 2 Mississippi State 18 Gene Washington WR 13 6'1 185 26 5 Stanford 22 Vic Washington RB 13 5'10 196 27 3 Wyoming 24 Jimmy Thomas RB 11 6'1 214 26 5 Texas-Arlington 29 Dave Atkins RB 5 6'1 202 24 R Texas-El Paso 30 Bruce Gossett K 14 6'2 228 31 10 Richmond 32 Mel Phillips DB 14 6'0 190 31 8 North Carolina A&T 33 Randy Jackson RB 2 6'0 220 24 2 Wichita State 35 Larry Schreiber RB 4 6'0 210 26 3 Tennessee Tech 37 Jimmy Johnson DB 13 6'2 188 35 13 UCLA 38 Mike Simpson DB 13 5'11 170 26 4 Houston 40 Ken Willard RB 14 6'2 220 30 9 North Carolina 42 Doug Cunningham RB 14 5'11 195 28 7 Mississippi 43 Windlan Hall DB 14 5'11 175 23 2 Arizona State 44 Bruce Taylor DB 14 6'0 180 25 4 Boston University 46 Danny Abramowicz WR 12 6'1 195 28 7 Xavier 49 Ralph McGill DB 14 5'11 186 23 2 Tulsa 52 Skip Vanderbundt LB 9 6'3 224 26 5 Oregon State 53 Tommy Hart DE 14 6'3 248 28 6 Morris Brown 56 Bob Hoskins DT 14 6'2 250 28 4 Wichita State 57 Frank Nunley LB 14 6'2 230 28 7 Michigan 58 Jim Sniadecki LB 14 6'2 228 26 5 Indiana 59 Willie Harper LB 14 6'2 215 23 R Nebraska 61 Charlie Hunt LB 8 6'2 212 22 R Florida State 63 Ed Hardy OG 3 6'4 242 22 1 Jackson State 64 Dave Wilcox LB 14 6'3 234 31 10 Oregon 65 Randy Beisler OG 14 6'4 244 29 8 Indiana 67 John Watson OT 14 6'4 248 24 3 Oklahoma 69 Woody Peoples OG 14 6'2 250 30 6 Grambling 70 Charlie Krueger DT 14 6'4 254 36 15 Texas A&M 72 Bill Belk DE 13 6'3 242 27 6 Maryland Eastern Shore 75 Forrest Blue C 14 6'5 260 28 6 Auburn 76 Len Rohde OT 14 6'4 248 35 14 Utah State 77 Jean Barrett OT 14 6'6 254 22 1 Tulsa 78 Rolf Krueger DE 14 6'4 253 26 5 Texas A&M 79 Cas Banaszek OT 9 6'3 250 28 6 Northwestern 81 Ed Beverly WR 2 5'11 168 24 R Arizona State 82 Ted Kwalick TE 14 6'4 226 26 5 Penn State 84 Dave Olerich LB 14 6'1 220 28 7 San Francisco 86 Cedrick Hardman DE 14 6'3 255 25 4 North Texas State 88 Dick Witcher TE 14 6'3 204 29 8 UCLA
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
John Brodie 194 98 50.5 1,126 5.80 11.5 3 1.5 12 6.2 4 29 47.7
Steve Spurrier 157 83 52.9 882 5.62 10.6 4 2.5 7 4.5 13 79 59.5
Joe Reed 114 51 44.7 589 5.17 11.5 2 1.8 6 5.3 10 56 44.8
John Isenbarger 1 1 100.0 48 48.00 48.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ted Kwalick 47 729 15.5 5 Gene Washington 37 606 16.4 2 Danny Abramowicz 35 442 12.6 1 Vic Washington 33 238 7.2 0 Ken Willard 22 160 7.3 1 Jimmy Thomas 19 157 8.3 0 Doug Cunningham 15 118 7.9 0 Larry Schreiber 12 98 8.2 0 John Isenbarger 10 67 6.7 0 Randy Jackson 1 20 20.0 0 Dick Witcher 1 13 13.0 0 Dave Atkins 1 -3 -3.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Vic Washington 151 534 3.5 8 Ken Willard 83 366 4.4 1 Jimmy Thomas 56 259 4.6 1 Doug Cunningham 44 165 3.8 1 Larry Schreiber 42 163 3.9 0 Joe Reed 15 85 5.7 0 Tom Wittum 1 63 63.0 0 Ted Kwalick 5 37 7.4 0 Steve Spurrier 9 32 3.6 2 Dave Atkins 4 19 4.8 1 John Brodie 5 16 3.2 1 Randy Jackson 6 10 1.7 0 John Isenbarger 1 -6 -6.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Vic Washington 24 549 22.9 0 Ralph McGill 17 374 22.0 0 Doug Cunningham 8 173 21.6 0 Jimmy Thomas 5 81 16.2 0 Dave Atkins 3 93 31.0 0 Dave Olerich 2 17 8.5 0 Windlan Hall 1 14 14.0 0 Jim Sniadecki 1 0 0.0 0 Mike Simpson 1 0 0.0 0 Ken Willard 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ralph McGill 22 186 8.5 1 0 Bruce Taylor 15 207 13.8 6 0 Mike Simpson 0 0 ? 4 0 |
1973 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 18 DB Mike Holmes 31 Texas Southern 2 41 LB Willie Harper 134 Nebraska [pick acquired from NYG] 5 112 LB Mike Fulk Indiana [pick acquired from CHI] 5 122 WR Ed Beverly 2 Arizona State 6 149 DT Arthur Moore 29 Tulsa 7 174 LB John Mitchell Alabama 8 201 RB Dave Atkins 9 Texas-El Paso 9 226 RB Roger Praetorius Syracuse 10 253 LB Charlie Hunt 13 Florida State 11 278 RB Tom Dahlberg Gustavus Adolphus 12 305 OT Larry Pettus Tennessee State 13 330 C Alan Kelso Washington 14 357 QB Dennis Morrison 3 Kansas State 15 382 WR Mike Bettiga 10 Humboldt State 16 409 TE Mike Oven Georgia Tech 17 434 OG Bob Erickson North Dakota State
Traded draft picks: #2 to STL (Gary Keithley), #3 to DEN via WAS, SD (John Wood), #4 to SD via WAS (Bill Singletary)
Transactions:
| 04-16-1973 | traded Preston Riley to Saints for a draft pick |
| 06-26-1973 | traded Elmer Collett to Colts for Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1975 draft and a #5 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 07-09-1973 | traded Johnny Fuller to Saints for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 08-22-1973 | claimed J.D. Smith on waivers from Broncos |
| 08-30-1973 | Chargers claimed Otis Cooper on waivers |
| 09-03-1973 | traded Jubilee Dunbar to Saints for an undisclosed 1974 draft pick |
| 09-10-1973 | traded Earl Edwards to Bills for Randy Jackson and Buffalo's #3 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 09-25-1973 | traded San Francisco's #4 and #5 picks in the 1974 draft to Saints for Danny Abramowicz |
1973 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 at Miami Dolphins L 13-21 0-1-0 09/23/73 at Denver Broncos W 36-34 1-1-0 09/30/73 vs Los Angeles Rams L 20-40 1-2-0 10/07/73 at Atlanta Falcons W 13-9 2-2-0 10/14/73 vs Minnesota Vikings L 13-17 2-3-0 10/21/73 vs New Orleans Saints W 40-0 3-3-0 10/28/73 vs Atlanta Falcons L 3-17 3-4-0 11/04/73 at Detroit Lions L 20-30 3-5-0 11/11/73 at Washington Redskins L 9-33 3-6-0 11/18/73 at Los Angeles Rams L 13-31 3-7-0 11/26/73 vs Green Bay Packers W 20-6 4-7-0 12/02/73 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 38-28 5-7-0 12/09/73 at New Orleans Saints L 10-16 5-8-0 12/15/73 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 14-37 5-9-0
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