1973 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dick Nolan (5-9)
Location: San Francisco, California
1973 San Francisco 49ers RosterTeam Record: 5-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dick Nolan (5-9)
Location: San Francisco, California
1973 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The 49ers scored 262 points, but the defense gave up 319. John Brodie threw for 1,126 yards. Ted Kwalick topped the receiving corps, grabbing 47 passes for 729 yards. Gene Washington contributed to the receiving game also.
Vic Washington carried the ball for a team-leading 534 yards for San Francisco.
Bruce Taylor picked off 6 opponent throws.
Dick Nolan coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brodie | 194 | 98 | 50.5 | 1126 | 5.8 | 3 | 1.5 | 12 | 6.2 | 66 | 4 | 29 | 47.7 |
| Steve Spurrier | 157 | 83 | 52.9 | 882 | 5.6 | 4 | 2.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 58 | 13 | 79 | 59.5 |
| Joe Reed | 114 | 51 | 44.7 | 589 | 5.2 | 2 | 1.8 | 6 | 5.3 | 38 | 10 | 56 | 44.8 |
| John Isenbarger | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 466 | 233 | 50.0 | 2645 | 5.7 | 9 | 1.9 | 25 | 5.4 | 66 | 27 | 164 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Washington | 151 | 534 | 3.5 | 25 | 8 |
| Ken Willard | 83 | 366 | 4.4 | 33 | 1 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 56 | 259 | 4.6 | 16 | 1 |
| Doug Cunningham | 44 | 165 | 3.8 | 12 | 1 |
| Larry Schreiber | 42 | 163 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Reed | 15 | 85 | 5.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Wittum | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Ted Kwalick | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Steve Spurrier | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 12 | 2 |
| Dave Atkins | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 8 | 1 |
| John Brodie | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 14 | 1 |
| Randy Jackson | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| John Isenbarger | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Totals | 422 | 1743 | 4.1 | 63 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Kwalick | 47 | 729 | 15.5 | 48 | 5 |
| Gene Washington | 37 | 606 | 16.4 | 58 | 2 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 35 | 442 | 12.6 | 54 | 1 |
| Vic Washington | 33 | 238 | 7.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Ken Willard | 22 | 160 | 7.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 19 | 157 | 8.3 | 66 | 0 |
| Doug Cunningham | 15 | 118 | 7.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Larry Schreiber | 12 | 98 | 8.2 | 31 | 0 |
| John Isenbarger | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Randy Jackson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Witcher | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Atkins | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 233 | 2645 | 11.4 | 66 | 9 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 33 | 26 | 78.8 | 104 |
| Totals | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 33 | 26 | 78.8 | 104 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Wittum | 79 | 3455 | 43.7 | 62 |
| Totals | 79 | 3455 | 43.7 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Taylor | 15 | 207 | 13.8 | 61 | 0 |
| Ralph McGill | 22 | 186 | 8.5 | 54 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 393 | 10.6 | 61 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Washington | 24 | 549 | 22.9 | 38 | 0 |
| Ralph McGill | 17 | 374 | 22.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Doug Cunningham | 8 | 173 | 21.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Dave Atkins | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Dave Olerich | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Windlan Hall | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Willard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Sniadecki | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 63 | 1301 | 20.7 | 54 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Taylor | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Dave Wilcox | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mel Phillips | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Nunley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Sniadecki | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Skip Vanderbundt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Windlan Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 134 | 7.9 | 30 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Sniadecki | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Rohde | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Windlan Hall | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph McGill | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cedrick Hardman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Spurrier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Forrest Blue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Harper | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Isenbarger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hoskins | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Reed | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Hart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Abramowicz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Watson | 1 | 1 | -33 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Thomas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Belk | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Simpson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Wilcox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Wittum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Phillips | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Schreiber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Cunningham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ted Kwalick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Willard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 27 | 91 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bruce Gossett | 26 | 26 | 0 | 104 | ||||||||||
| Vic Washington | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Ted Kwalick | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Windlan Hall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Gene Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Ken Willard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Doug Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| John Brodie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dave Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jimmy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Cedrick Hardman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 262 |
