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1974 San Francisco 49ers: 6-8-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (118 points scored, 132 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (109 points scored, 104 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Nolan

227 points scored (19th of 26 teams), 236 points allowed (11th) NFL Averages: 18.2 points/game (254.5 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:   170   361   2,007   (19)   5.07   15   28    477   1,981   (11)    4.2   10    3,988    (14)      42
Defense:   178   339   1,931   ( 6)   5.26   14   20    503   2,033   (18)    4.0   13    3,964    (12)      40

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
10  Dennis Morrison      QB     3   6'3   211   23    1   Kansas State
11  Steve Spurrier       QB     3   6'2   198   29    8   Florida
13  Tom Wittum           P     14   6'1   190   24    2   Northern Illinois
14  Tom Owen             QB    10   6'1   194   22    R   Wichita State
16  Norm Snead           QB     3   6'4   215   35   14   Wake Forest
18  Gene Washington      WR    14   6'1   185   27    6   Stanford
19  Joe Reed             QB     6   6'1   195   26    3   Mississippi State
20  Mike Holmes          DB    13   6'2   193   23    1   Texas Southern
24  Delvin Williams      RB    13   6'0   195   23    R   Kansas
27  Al Randolph          DB     6   6'2   205   30    9   Iowa
27  Dennis Bragonier     DB     2   6'0   186   23    1   Stanford
29  Dave Atkins          RB     1   6'1   205   25    2   Texas-El Paso
30  Bruce Gossett        K     14   6'2   230   32   11   Richmond
32  Mel Phillips         DB     6   6'0   190   32    9   North Carolina A&T
33  John Saunders        DB     4   6'3   196   24    2   Toledo
35  Larry Schreiber      RB    14   6'0   210   27    4   Tennessee Tech
37  Jimmy Johnson        DB    13   6'2   185   36   14   UCLA
40  Wilbur Jackson       RB    14   6'1   215   22    R   Alabama
43  Windlan Hall         DB    13   5'11  175   24    3   Arizona State
44  Bruce Taylor         DB    14   6'0   190   26    5   Boston University
45  Manfred Moore        RB    14   6'0   194   23    R   Southern California
46  Danny Abramowicz     WR    14   6'1   193   29    8   Xavier
47  Hugo Hollas          DB     7   6'1   190   28    4   Rice
48  Sammy Johnson        RB    14   6'0   223   22    R   North Carolina
49  Ralph McGill         DB    13   5'11  183   24    3   Tulsa
50  Ceasar Belser        DB     4   6'0   205   30    5   Arkansas-Pine Bluff
52  Skip Vanderbundt     LB    14   6'3   223   27    6   Oregon State
53  Tommy Hart           DE    14   6'3   248   29    7   Morris Brown
54  Tom Hull             LB    13   6'3   230   22    R   Penn State
56  Bob Hoskins          DT    14   6'2   250   29    5   Wichita State
57  Frank Nunley         LB    13   6'2   234   29    8   Michigan
58  Bill McKoy           LB    14   6'3   226   26    4   Purdue
59  Willie Harper        LB    14   6'2   220   24    2   Nebraska
60  Bill Sandifer        DT     4   6'6   278   22    R   UCLA
64  Dave Wilcox          LB    14   6'3   240   32   11   Oregon
65  Randy Beisler        OG     9   6'4   247   30    9   Indiana
66  Bobby Penchion       OG     8   6'5   252   25    3   Alcorn State
67  John Watson          OT    13   6'4   245   25    4   Oklahoma
69  Woody Peoples        OG    10   6'2   252   31    7   Grambling
71  Keith Fahnhorst      OT    14   6'6   255   22    R   Minnesota
72  Bill Belk            DE    14   6'3   248   28    7   Maryland Eastern Shore
74  Stan Hindman         DE     8   6'3   245   30    7   Mississippi
75  Forrest Blue         C     12   6'5   265   29    7   Auburn
76  Len Rohde            OT    14   6'4   248   36   15   Utah State
77  Jean Barrett         OT    14   6'6   254   23    2   Tulsa
78  Rolf Krueger         DE     9   6'4   253   27    6   Texas A&M
79  Cas Banaszek         OT    14   6'3   255   29    7   Northwestern
80  Mike Bettiga         WR    10   6'3   193   24    1   Humboldt State
82  Ted Kwalick          TE    14   6'4   228   27    6   Penn State
84  Tom Mitchell         TE    14   6'2   215   30    8   Bucknell
85  Bob West             WR    10   6'4   218   24    3   San Diego State
86  Cedrick Hardman      DE    14   6'3   258   26    5   North Texas State
87  Mike Raines          DT     2   6'5   255   21    R   Alabama
88  Terry Beasley        WR    13   5'10  182   24    2   Auburn

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Tom Owen             184   88   47.8  1,327   7.21  15.1  10   5.4   15   8.2    25   202    56.1
Joe Reed              74   29   39.2    316   4.27  10.9   2   2.7    7   9.5     7    50    22.1
Dennis Morrison       51   21   41.2    227   4.45  10.8   1   2.0    5   9.8     0     0    21.9
Norm Snead            48   30   62.5    368   7.67  12.3   2   4.2    1   2.1     2    15    91.3
Steve Spurrier         3    1   33.3      2   0.67   2.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     1     7    42.4
Danny Abramowicz       1    1  100.0     41  41.00  41.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0   118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Larry Schreiber        30    217    7.2    1
Gene Washington        29    615   21.2    6
Danny Abramowicz       25    369   14.8    1
Wilbur Jackson         23    190    8.3    2
Tom Mitchell           19    262   13.8    0
Terry Beasley          17    253   14.9    3
Ted Kwalick            13    231   17.8    2
Sammy Johnson          11    106    9.6    0
Manfred Moore           2     29   14.5    0
Delvin Williams         1      9    9.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Wilbur Jackson        174    705    4.1    0
Larry Schreiber       174    634    3.6    3
Sammy Johnson          44    237    5.4    2
Delvin Williams        36    201    5.6    3
Joe Reed               16    107    6.7    0
Tom Owen               16     36    2.2    1
Manfred Moore          10     24    2.4    1
Tom Wittum              1     13   13.0    0
Gene Washington         2      4    2.0    0
Dennis Morrison         1      0    0.0    0
Tom Mitchell            1     -2   -2.0    0
Terry Beasley           1     -3   -3.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mike Holmes            25    612   24.5    0
Manfred Moore          18    398   22.1    0
Wilbur Jackson          5    103   20.6    0
Sammy Johnson           2     31   15.5    0
Bob West                1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Ralph McGill           20    166    8.3    3    0
Bruce Taylor           10     38    3.8    2    0
Mike Holmes             9     45    5.0    0    0
Manfred Moore           5    149   29.8    0    1
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Tom Wittum 68 2,800 41.2 0 0 1 0 0 40.6 Bruce Gossett 2 56 28.0 0 0 0 0 0 28.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bruce Gossett 2/2 5/7 2/3 2/12 0/0 11/24 25/27 58 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bill Belk 1.5 Cedrick Hardman 10.5 Willie Harper 0.5 Tommy Hart 7.0 Mike Holmes 3 26 0 Bob Hoskins 3.5 Jimmy Johnson 3 50 0 Ralph McGill 1.0 5 71 0 Bill McKoy 1.0 Frank Nunley 1.0 4 30 0 Mel Phillips 1 27 0 Bruce Taylor 0.5 1 0 0 Skip Vanderbundt 0.5 2 22 0 Dave Wilcox 1 21 1

1974 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 9 RB Wilbur Jackson 94 Alabama [pick acquired from NE] 1 10 DT Bill Sandifer 46 UCLA 2 35 TE Keith Farnhorst 193 Minnesota 2 49 RB Delvin Williams 100 Kansas [pick acquired from WAS] 4 83 WR Clint Haslerig 27 Michigan [pick acquired from NYJ via NO] 4 90 RB Sammy Johnson 62 North Carolina [pick acquired from GB] 6 138 DT Mike Raines 2 Alabama 7 166 RB Kermit Johnson 22 UCLA 8 191 OG Jim Schnietz Missouri 9 216 RB Manfred Moore 51 USC 10 244 LB Glenn Gaspard Texas 11 269 DB Greg Battle Colorado State 12 294 LB Tom Hull 25 Penn State 13 322 QB Tom Owen 26 Wichita State 14 347 DE Walt Williamson Michigan 15 372 TE Leonard Gray Long Beach State 16 400 DB Jack Conners Oregon 17 425 OG Levi Stanley Hawaii

Traded draft picks: #3 to STL (Steve George), #4 to NO (Rod McNeill), #5 to NO (Joel Parker)


Transactions:

01-1974traded Randy Jackson to Eagles for Philadelphia's #9 pick in the 1975 draft and #4 pick in the 1976 draft
03-25-1974traded Mike Simpson to Colts for Baltimore's #7 pick in the 1976 draft
04-03-1974traded Dave Olerich to Bears for an undisclosed draft pick
05-06-1974traded Ken Willard to Cardinals for St. Louis' #3 and #9 picks in the 1975 draft and their #6 pick in the 1976 draft
07-1974traded San Francisco's #7 pick in the 1975 draft to Bills for Bob Penchion
07-25-1974traded Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1975 draft and Baltimore's #7 pick in the 1976 draft to Colts for Tom Mitchell
08-14-1974traded John Isenbarger and Dick Witcher to Bears for Cecil Turner
08-15-1974traded Vic Washington to Oilers for Houston's #1 pick in the 1976 draft and #3 pick in the 1977 draft
09-09-1974traded San Francisco's #6 pick in the 1975 draft to Chiefs for Robert West
10-22-1974traded San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1975 draft and #4 pick in the 1976 draft to Giants for Norm Snead
10-22-1974traded Joe Reed to Lions for Detroit's #5 pick in the 1976 draft


1974 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/15/74 at New Orleans Saints W 17-13 1-0-0 09/22/74 at Atlanta Falcons W 16-10 2-0-0 09/29/74 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 3-21 2-1-0 10/06/74 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 9-34 2-2-0 10/14/74 at Detroit Lions L 14-17 2-3-0 10/20/74 at Los Angeles Rams L 14-37 2-4-0 10/27/74 vs Oakland Raiders L 24-35 2-5-0 11/04/74 vs Los Angeles Rams L 13-15 2-6-0 11/10/74 at Dallas Cowboys L 14-20 2-7-0 11/17/74 at Chicago Bears W 34-0 3-7-0 11/24/74 vs Atlanta Falcons W 27-0 4-7-0 12/01/74 at Cleveland Browns L 0-7 4-8-0 12/08/74 vs Green Bay Packers W 7-6 5-8-0 12/15/74 vs New Orleans Saints W 35-21 6-8-0

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