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 Roster
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.

San Francisco 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 the 49ers.

Frankie Albert tossed for 1,990 yards. Alyn Beals grabbed 46 passes for 591 yards, while Johnny Strzykalski was targeted regularly 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
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
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
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
Totals	44	1874	42.6	38

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jim Cason	22	309	14.0	0
Johnny Strzykalski	13	201	15.5	0
Forrest Hall	3	97	32.3	0
Verl Lillywhite	3	41	13.7	0
Bob Bryant	1	14	14.0	14
Paul Crowe	2	14	7.0	0
Totals	44	676	15.4	14

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
Totals	32	357	11.2	24	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Alyn Beals		14							0	0	0			84
Joe Vetrano	1	0		0					5	62	0			83
Joe Perry	10	1		1		0			0	0	0			72
Johnny Strzykalski	4	7	0	0		0			0	0	0			66
Frankie Albert	8	0							0	1	0			49
Norm Standlee	3	0		0					0	0	0			18
Jim Cason	2	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			18
Hal Shoener		3							0	0	0			18
Verl Lillywhite	3	0	0			0			0	0	0			18
Paul Crowe	0	1	0	0		1			0	0	0			12
Eddie Carr	1	0		0		1			0	0	0			12
Forrest Hall	2	0	0	0					0	0	0			12
Len Eshmont	1	0		0		0		1	0	0	0			12
Ned Maloney		1							0	1	0			7
Nick Susoeff		1		0					0	0	0			6
Bob Sullivan	0	1		0		0			0	0	0			6
Totals	35	30	0	1	0	2	0	1	5	64	0	0	0	493