1954 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-4-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (7-4-1)
Location: San Francisco, California
1954 San Francisco 49ers RosterTeam Record: 7-4-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (7-4-1)
Location: San Francisco, California
1954 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.
San Francisco scored 313 points, while the defense allowed 251. Joe Perry carried the ball for a team-leading 1,049 yards for the 49ers.
Y.A. Tittle passed for 2,205 yards. Billy Wilson topped pass catchers, grabbing 60 passes for 830 yards.
Johnny Williams, Rex Berry, Joe Arenas and Hardy Brown each intercepted 3 opponent throws.
Buck Shaw coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 295 | 170 | 57.6 | 2205 | 7.5 | 9 | 3.1 | 9 | 3.1 | 70 | 78.7 |
| Maury Duncan | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 82 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14.3 | 29 | 11.9 |
| Arnie Galiffa | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 54 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 45.8 |
| Jim Cason | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 40 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 25 | 27.7 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 118.8 |
| Pete Brown | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 118.8 |
| John Johnson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 104.2 |
| Billy Tidwell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Pete Schabarum | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 340 | 187 | 55.0 | 2444 | 7.2 | 10 | 2.9 | 12 | 3.5 | 70 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Perry | 173 | 1049 | 6.1 | 58 | 8 |
| John Johnson | 129 | 681 | 5.3 | 38 | 9 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 64 | 515 | 8.0 | 60 | 6 |
| Pete Schabarum | 21 | 79 | 3.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Joe Arenas | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 28 | 68 | 2.4 | 10 | 4 |
| Billy Mixon | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Frank Cassara | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Arnie Galiffa | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Tidwell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Jessup | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Pete Brown | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Totals | 442 | 2498 | 5.7 | 60 | 28 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wilson | 60 | 830 | 13.8 | 43 | 5 |
| Bill Jessup | 30 | 565 | 18.8 | 68 | 3 |
| John Johnson | 28 | 183 | 6.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 26 | 203 | 7.8 | 70 | 0 |
| Gordie Soltau | 22 | 316 | 14.4 | 42 | 2 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 8 | 162 | 20.2 | 53 | 0 |
| Harry Babcock | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Cassara | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 187 | 2444 | 13.1 | 70 | 10 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Soltau | 33 | 31 | 93.9 | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 64 |
| Joe Perry | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 9 |
| Totals | 40 | 37 | 92.5 | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 73 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Brown | 49 | 1837 | 37.5 | 51 |
| Hardy Brown | 10 | 384 | 38.4 | 58 |
| Rex Berry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Totals | 60 | 2221 | 37.0 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Arenas | 23 | 117 | 5.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Tidwell | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 205 | 5.7 | 32 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Arenas | 16 | 362 | 22.6 | 41 | 0 |
| Billy Tidwell | 10 | 287 | 28.7 | 65 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 8 | 210 | 26.2 | 51 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| John Johnson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Toneff | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Doug Hogland | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 930 | 23.8 | 65 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Berry | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Hardy Brown | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 41 | 1 |
| Johnny Williams | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Al Carapella | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Billy Mixon | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pete Brown | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Bob Toneff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 282 | 14.8 | 47 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Schabarum | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Brumfield | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Arenas | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Wilson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hugh McElhenny | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Rex Berry | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruno Banducci | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardy Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Y.A. Tittle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Perry | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Williams | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob St. Clair | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marion Campbell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clay Matthews | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Feher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Jessup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Burke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Nomellini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Cassara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Soltau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Tidwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Gordie Soltau | 2 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 76 | |||||||||
| Joe Perry | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 57 | ||||||||
| John Johnson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| Billy Wilson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Bill Jessup | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Hardy Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Pete Schabarum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Rex Berry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 313 |
