1948 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 12-2
Finishing 2nd in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (12-2)
Location: San Francisco, California
1948 San Francisco 49ers RosterTeam Record: 12-2
Finishing 2nd in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (12-2)
Location: San Francisco, California
1948 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the All American Football Conference ended the 1948 season with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses, finishing second in the AAFC's West Division.
The 49ers kept the scoreboard humming with 495 points, while the defensive unit conceded 248. Johnny Strzykalski carried the ball for a team-leading 915 yards for San Francisco.
Frankie Albert tossed for 1,990 yards. Alyn Beals grabbed 46 passes for 591 yards. Johnny Strzykalski provided receiving help as well.
The ball-hawking defense pounced on 52 turnovers. Eddie Carr picked off 7 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 | Frankie Albert | 264 | 154 | 58.3 | 1990 | 7.5 | 29 | 11.0 | 10 | 3.8 | 59 | 102.9 | Bev Wallace | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 114 | 5.2 | 1 | 4.5 | 3 | 13.6 | 0 | 29.5 | Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 288 | 162 | 56.2 | 2104 | 7.3 | 30 | 10.4 | 14 | 4.9 | 59 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnny Strzykalski | 141 | 915 | 6.5 | 48 | 4 | Joe Perry | 77 | 562 | 7.3 | 57 | 10 | Forrest Hall | 66 | 413 | 6.3 | 65 | 2 | Frankie Albert | 69 | 349 | 5.1 | 0 | 8 | Verl Lillywhite | 53 | 340 | 6.4 | 0 | 3 | Len Eshmont | 50 | 296 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | Norm Standlee | 52 | 261 | 5.0 | 57 | 3 | Jim Cason | 20 | 146 | 7.3 | 59 | 2 | Eddie Carr | 14 | 121 | 8.6 | 0 | 1 | Bob Sullivan | 33 | 121 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | Joe Vetrano | 12 | 71 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | Paul Crowe | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | Bev Wallace | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Gail Bruce | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 603 | 3663 | 6.1 | 65 | 35 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Alyn Beals | 46 | 591 | 12.8 | 0 | 14 | Nick Susoeff | 27 | 237 | 8.8 | 0 | 1 | Johnny Strzykalski | 26 | 485 | 18.7 | 59 | 7 | Hal Shoener | 15 | 76 | 5.1 | 0 | 3 | Len Eshmont | 14 | 214 | 15.3 | 0 | 0 | Joe Perry | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 0 | 1 | Gail Bruce | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | Jim Cason | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 0 | 1 | Forrest Hall | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 0 | 0 | Bob Sullivan | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | 1 | Eddie Carr | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | Joe Vetrano | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | Ned Maloney | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 1 | Clarence Howell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Norm Standlee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Frankie Albert | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Verl Lillywhite | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | Paul Crowe | 16 | 1 |
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| Totals | 162 | 2104 | 13.0 | 59 | 30 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Joe Vetrano | 66 | 62 | 93.9 | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 77 | Frankie Albert | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | Ned Maloney | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 69 | 64 | 92.8 | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 79 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Frankie Albert | 35 | 1568 | 44.8 | 0 | Bev Wallace | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 0 | Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | Joe Vetrano | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 |
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| Totals | 44 | 1874 | 42.6 | 38 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jim Cason | 22 | 309 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Strzykalski | 13 | 201 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | Forrest Hall | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 0 | 0 | Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 0 | Bob Bryant | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Paul Crowe | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 44 | 676 | 15.4 | 14 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Forrest Hall | 13 | 369 | 28.4 | 0 | 0 | Jim Cason | 10 | 212 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Strzykalski | 9 | 185 | 20.6 | 0 | 0 | Joe Perry | 4 | 145 | 36.2 | 87 | 1 | Bob Sullivan | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Vetrano | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | Len Eshmont | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | Norm Standlee | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | Paul Crowe | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Carr | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Nick Susoeff | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 45 | 1098 | 24.4 | 87 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eddie Carr | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 0 | 1 | Paul Crowe | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 0 | 1 | Jim Cason | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Strzykalski | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | Riley Matheson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Perry | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Don Clark | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Bob Sullivan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Clarence Howell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Len Eshmont | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Dutch Elston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 32 | 357 | 11.2 | 24 | 2 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Alyn Beals | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | Joe Vetrano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 83 | Joe Perry | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | Johnny Strzykalski | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Frankie Albert | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | Norm Standlee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jim Cason | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Hal Shoener | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Paul Crowe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Eddie Carr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Forrest Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Len Eshmont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ned Maloney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Nick Susoeff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Sullivan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 35 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 493 |
