1972 San Francisco 49ers 8-5-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 San Francisco 58 114 44 80 0 296 Opponent 39 45 47 74 0 205 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 296 205 1-0 34 San Diego 22 62ø 15-25 First Downs 252 190 2-0 33 @Buffalo 28 79ø 15-25 Rush 82 72 3-0 30 @New Orleans 0 70ø Pass 155 109 4-0 28 @Los Angeles 24 78ø Pen 15 9 4-0 1 24 New York(N) 24 64ø 10-20 Penalties 65 55 4-1 1 10 New Orleans 17 74ø 0-10 Yards 534 456 5-1 1 33 @Atlanta 3 71ø 0-5 5-2 1 10 @Green Bay 13 59ø 10-20 Rushing Att 452 387 5-3 1 3 Baltimore 6 56ø 20-30 Yards 1574 1465 6-3 1 23 @Chicago 13 48ø 10-20 Ave 3.5 3.8 6-4 1 10 @Dallas 19 77ø 5-15 TD 9 6 7-4 1 10 Los Angeles 3 60ø 0-10 7-5 1 7 Atlanta 13 60ø 0-10 Passing Att 373 335 8-5 1 41 Minnesota 20 58ø 15-25 Comp 218 157 % 58.4 46.9 Int 14 18 % 3.8 5.4 TD 21 11 % 5.6 3.3 Yards 3036 2181 Sacked 18 44 Punt Return 43 26 Yards 316 91 Ave 7.3 3.5 Kick Return 54 65 Yards 1194 1378 Ave 22.1 21.2 Punts 46 69 Yards 1800 2824 Ave 39.1 40.9 FG Att 37 33 Made 20 22 % 54.1 66.7 Third Downs 192 182 Made 87 66 % 45.3 36.3 Fourth Downs 8 11 Made 1 2 % 12.5 18.2 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 29 28 Lost 13 8 Turnovers 27 26 Net Offense 4494 3332 Per Play 5.3 4.3 Challenges 32/49 1972 San Francisco 49ers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Washington 141 464 3.3 5 20 30 1 Washington 48 5 900 18.8 10 37 60 9 Schreiber 118 405 3.4 3 22 12 1 Washington 43 1 475 11.0 1 23 36 1 Willard 102 324 3.2 4 17 16 5 Kwalick 40 0 651 16.3 6 35 48 8 Thomas,J 56 300 5.4 10 18 17 1 Schreiber 31 2 317 10.2 2 18 32 1 Brodie 5 15 3.0 0 1 6 1 Willard 24 2 244 10.2 0 19 21 0 Isenbarger 6 15 2.5 0 0 8 0 Thomas 15 0 212 14.1 2 13 28 0 Spurrier 11 14 1.3 1 1 10 0 Riley 12 1 176 14.7 2 8 30 2 Cunningham 4 14 3.5 1 1 12 0 Beasley 2 0 47 23.5 1 1 33 0 Reed,J 3 11 3.7 1 1 10 0 Witcher 2 0 16 8.0 0 1 11 0 Kwalick 5 11 2.2 1 1 14 0 Brodie 1 0 -2 -2.0 0 0 0 0 McCann 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 218 11 3036 13.9 24 155 60 21 452 1574 3.5 26 82 30 9 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Brodie 116 84 72.4 1050 12.5 45 7 7 5 4.3 4 11 9.5 113.8 Spurrier 257 134 52.1 1986 14.8 60 25 17 9 3.5 14 10 3.9 76.1 373 218 58.4 3036 13.9 60 32 24 14 3.8 18 21 5.6 87.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Gossett 34 32 94.1 37 20 54.1 27.3 0.0 46 92 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Gossett 2 56 34 0 0 2 1 0 28.0 28.0 McCann 39 1579 86 3 1 12 20 36 38.0 40.5 Spurrier 5 165 38 0 0 1 5 55 22.0 33.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Washington 37 898 24.3 54 0 Taylor,B 22 8 130 5.9 13 0 McGill 10 185 18.5 31 0 McGill 21 0 186 8.9 15 0 Schreiber 3 54 18.0 25 0 43 8 316 7.3 15 0 Nunley 2 33 16.5 24 0 Hoskins 1 14 14.0 14 0 Beard 1 10 10.0 10 0 Beisler 1 0 0.0 0 0 54 1194 22.1 54 0 Fumbles Taylor,B 6 Washingt 4 Spurrier 2 Thomas,J 2 Kwalick 1 Willard 1 Schreibe 5 Riley 3 Gossett 2 McGill 2 Reed,J 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Hardman 10 Hart,T 11 Hardman 10 Phillips 9 Hardman 5 Vanderbu 3 Wilcox 8 Hardman 8 Hart,T 8 Johnson 6 Wilcox 5 Blue 2 Krueger, 7 Krueger, 6 Wilcox 8 Taylor,B 5 Phillips 3 Hart,T 2 Edwards, 6 Edwards, 2 Edwards, 7 Wilcox 5 Edwards, 3 Krueger, 2 Hart,T 6 Vanderbu 1 Nunley 6 Vanderbu 4 Sniadeck 2 Riley 2 Vanderbu 5 Vanderbu 5 Hart,T 4 Vanderbu 2 Banaszek 2 Belk 1 Krueger, 3 Simpson 3 Johnson 2 Beisler 1 Nunley 1 Belk 1 Nunley 3 Fuller 1 Johnson 1 Johnson 1 Krueger, 2 Hart,T 1 Beasley 1 Beard 1 Taylor,B 1 McGill 1 Edwards, 1 Hall,W 1 Nunley 1 Hardman 1 Nunley 1 Edwards, 1 Schreibe 1 Thomas,J 1 Hall,W 1 Washingt 1 Willard 1 Tackles Wilcox 90 Phillips 55 Nunley 38 Fuller 14 Olerich 9 Hoskins 6 Johnson 69 Edwards, 48 Krueger, 36 Beard 11 Belk 8 Huff 6 Vanderbu 66 Hart,T 43 Simpson 32 Hall,W 10 Blue 8 Beasley 1 Hardman 62 Taylor,B 39 Sniadeck 15 McGill 9 Krueger, 7 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Johnson 4 60 15.0 28 0 Vanderbun 3 164 54.7 82 2 Wilcox 3 5 1.7 5 0 Simpson 2 57 28.5 41 1 Taylor,B 2 13 6.5 13 0 Hart,T 1 0 0.0 0 0 Beard 1 13 13.0 13 0 Nunley 1 10 10.0 10 0 Phillips 1 0 0.0 0 0 18 322 17.9 82 3 1972 San Francisco 49ers Coach: Dick Nolan Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Brodie,John 2 O 2 1 QB Reed,Joe 3 O 2 1 QB Spurrier,Steve 4 O 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Washington,Vic 2 1 4 141 468 33 3.3 7 43 393 33 9.1 KR RB Schreiber,Larry 2 1 5 118 420 20 3.6 5 31 283 64 9.1 KR RB Willard,Ken 2 1 5 100 345 23 3.5 4 24 131 15 5.5 RB Thomas,Jimmy 2 1 5 52 250 22 4.8 3 15 148 29 9.9 RB Cunningham,Doug 2 1 1 8 32 12 4.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 RB Isenbarger,John 2 1 5 3 9 7 3.0 1 3 66 33 22.0 WR Washington,Gene 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 8 46 918 62 20.0 WR Riley,Preston 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 2 11 156 28 14.2 WR Beasley,Terry 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 20 20 20.0 TE Kwalick,Ted 4 2 5 5 11 10 2.2 6 40 751 81 18.8 TE Witcher,Dick 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 3 22 17 7.3 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Blue,Forrest 10 10 5 G Peoples,Woody 8 8 5 G Beisler,Randy 5 5 5 G Collett,Elmer 4 4 5 T Rohde,Len 5 5 5 T Watson,John 4 4 5 C-T Banaszek,Cas 5 5 4 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Krueger,Charlie 7 7 0 3 5 7 0 DT Edwards,Earl 5 5 0 2 4 7 0 DT Hoskins,Bob 5 5 0 1 5 2 0 KR DE Hart,Tommy 7 5 0 6 5 11 1 DE Hardman,Cedrick 6 5 0 4 5 8 0 DE Belk,Bill 5 5 0 2 5 2 0 DL Krueger,Rolf 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 ILB Nunley,Frank 5 4 2 0 4 1 1 KR ILB Beard,Ed 4 4 1 0 3 0 1 KR ILB Olerich,Dave 4 4 1 0 4 0 0 OLB Wilcox,Dave 10 8 3 3 5 5 3 OLB Vanderbundt,Skip 5 4 2 1 5 3 2 OLB Sniadecki,Jim 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 LB Huff,Marty 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 CB Johnson,Jim 10 0 10 0 5 0 4 CB Taylor,Bruce 7 0 7 0 5 0 2 PR CB McGill,Ralph 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 RET S Phillips,Mel 6 2 4 0 5 0 1 S Simpson,Mike 5 2 3 0 4 0 2 S Fuller,Johnny 4 1 3 0 4 0 1 PR DB Hall,Windlan 4 1 3 0 5 0 1 Special Teams K Gossett,Bruce P McCann,Jim