1980 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bill Walsh (6-10)
Location: San Francisco, California
1980 San Francisco 49ers RosterTeam Record: 6-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bill Walsh (6-10)
Location: San Francisco, California
1980 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The 49ers scored 320 points, but the shaky defensive squad yielded 415. Steve DeBerg threw for 1,998 yards, and Joe Montana played quarterback, too. Earl Cooper topped all receivers, grabbing 83 passes, while Dwight Clark added 991 receiving yards.
Earl Cooper carried the ball for a team-leading 720 yards for San Francisco.
Dwight Hicks and Ricky Churchman each picked off 4 opponent throws.
Bill Walsh coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve DeBerg | 321 | 186 | 57.9 | 1998 | 6.2 | 12 | 3.7 | 17 | 5.3 | 93 | 14 | 114 | 66.7 |
| Joe Montana | 273 | 176 | 64.5 | 1795 | 6.6 | 15 | 5.5 | 9 | 3.3 | 71 | 15 | 100 | 87.8 |
| Don Woods | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 56.3 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 597 | 363 | 60.8 | 3799 | 6.4 | 27 | 4.5 | 26 | 4.4 | 93 | 30 | 222 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Cooper | 171 | 720 | 4.2 | 47 | 5 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 76 | 341 | 4.5 | 20 | 2 |
| Paul Hofer | 60 | 293 | 4.9 | 26 | 1 |
| Don Woods | 50 | 229 | 4.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 32 | 77 | 2.4 | 11 | 2 |
| Freddie Solomon | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Phil Francis | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eason Ramson | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Miller | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 415 | 1743 | 4.2 | 47 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Cooper | 83 | 567 | 6.8 | 66 | 4 |
| Dwight Clark | 82 | 991 | 12.1 | 71 | 8 |
| Freddie Solomon | 48 | 658 | 13.7 | 93 | 8 |
| Paul Hofer | 41 | 467 | 11.4 | 28 | 2 |
| Charle Young | 29 | 325 | 11.2 | 41 | 2 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 27 | 285 | 10.6 | 45 | 1 |
| Eason Ramson | 21 | 179 | 8.5 | 22 | 2 |
| Don Woods | 20 | 171 | 8.6 | 23 | 0 |
| James Owens | 9 | 133 | 14.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Phil Francis | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 363 | 3799 | 10.5 | 93 | 27 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Miller | 77 | 3152 | 40.9 | 65 |
| Totals | 77 | 3152 | 40.9 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Solomon | 27 | 298 | 11.0 | 57 | 2 |
| Dwight Hicks | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Robinson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ricky Churchman | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Ferrell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 409 | 9.1 | 57 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Owens | 31 | 726 | 23.4 | 101 | 1 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 18 | 321 | 17.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Terry Anderson | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Phil Francis | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Eason Ramson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Terry Tautolo | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Charle Young | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ernie Hughes | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Paul Hofer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 75 | 1385 | 18.5 | 101 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Hicks | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Ricky Churchman | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Leopold | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Keena Turner | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Gerard Williams | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ray Rhodes | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Terry Tautolo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Puki | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 186 | 10.9 | 44 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Solomon | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lenvil Elliott | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Leopold | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Owens | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Bunz | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Cooper | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dwight Hicks | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Tautolo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Archie Reese | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Woods | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Cornelius | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Singleton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Harper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Rhodes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Miller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerard Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Hilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Patton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Montana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve DeBerg | 4 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Churchman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Quillan | 1 | 0 | -42 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 39 | 39 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ray Wersching | 15 | 33 | 0 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| Earl Cooper | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Dwight Clark | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Paul Hofer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Lenvil Elliott | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Charle Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Eason Ramson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Joe Montana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| James Owens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Stuckey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 320 |
