1996 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: George Seifert (12-4)
Location: San Francisco, California
1996 San Francisco 49ers RosterTeam Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: George Seifert (12-4)
Location: San Francisco, California
1996 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
San Francisco moved the ball well, scoring 398 points, while the rigid defensive squad conceded 257. Steve Young tossed for 2,410 yards, and Elvis Grbac took a significant amount of snaps, too. Jerry Rice grabbed 108 balls for 1,254 yards.
Terry Kirby carried the pigskin for a team-leading 559 yards for the 49ers.
Marquez Pope picked off 6 opponent throws. Roy Barker topped the defensive unit with 12.5 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 45 sacks.
George Seifert coached the team. The 1996 San Francisco 49ers lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Steve Young | 316 | 214 | 67.7 | 2410 | 7.6 | 14 | 4.4 | 6 | 1.9 | 52 | 34 | 160 | 97.2 | Elvis Grbac | 197 | 122 | 61.9 | 1236 | 6.3 | 8 | 4.1 | 10 | 5.1 | 40 | 6 | 30 | 72.2 | Jeff Brohm | 34 | 21 | 61.8 | 189 | 5.6 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | 2 | 10 | 86.5 | Terry Kirby | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 24 | 12.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 133.3 | Jerry Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 550 | 358 | 65.1 | 3859 | 7.0 | 24 | 4.4 | 16 | 2.9 | 52 | 42 | 200 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Terry Kirby | 134 | 559 | 4.2 | 31 | 3 | Steve Young | 52 | 310 | 6.0 | 33 | 4 | Derek Loville | 70 | 229 | 3.3 | 16 | 2 | Tommy Vardell | 58 | 192 | 3.3 | 17 | 2 | William Floyd | 47 | 186 | 4.0 | 12 | 2 | Anthony Lynn | 24 | 164 | 6.8 | 67 | 0 | Jerry Rice | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 38 | 1 | Dexter Carter | 19 | 66 | 3.5 | 18 | 1 | Jeff Brohm | 16 | 43 | 2.7 | 22 | 0 | Elvis Grbac | 23 | 21 | 0.9 | 12 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 454 | 1847 | 4.1 | 67 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jerry Rice | 108 | 1254 | 11.6 | 39 | 8 | Terry Kirby | 52 | 439 | 8.4 | 52 | 1 | Terrell Owens | 35 | 520 | 14.9 | 46 | 4 | Brent Jones | 33 | 428 | 13.0 | 39 | 1 | Tommy Vardell | 28 | 179 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 | Ted Popson | 26 | 301 | 11.6 | 39 | 6 | William Floyd | 26 | 197 | 7.6 | 24 | 1 | J.J. Stokes | 18 | 249 | 13.8 | 40 | 0 | Derek Loville | 16 | 138 | 8.6 | 44 | 2 | Iheanyi Uwaezuoke | 7 | 91 | 13.0 | 29 | 1 | Sean Manuel | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 | Anthony Lynn | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | Mike Caldwell | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | Adrian Cooper | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Nate Singleton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 358 | 3859 | 10.8 | 52 | 24 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Jeff Wilkins | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 34 | 30 | 88.2 | 130 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 34 | 30 | 88.2 | 130 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Tommy Thompson | 73 | 3217 | 44.1 | 65 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 73 | 3217 | 44.1 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dexter Carter | 36 | 317 | 8.8 | 52 | 0 | Nate Singleton | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 | Terry Kirby | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39 | 352 | 9.0 | 52 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dexter Carter | 41 | 909 | 22.2 | 71 | 0 | Derek Loville | 10 | 229 | 22.9 | 35 | 0 | Terrell Owens | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 18 | 0 | Terry Kirby | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Iheanyi Uwaezuoke | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Derrick Deese | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 | Nate Singleton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 59 | 1258 | 21.3 | 71 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Marquez Pope | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 55 | 1 | Merton Hanks | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | Dedrick Dodge | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 26 | 0 | Tim McDonald | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | Chris Doleman | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Dana Stubblefield | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Tyronne Drakeford | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Steve Israel | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 20 | 176 | 8.8 | 55 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Roy Barker | 12.5 | 0.0 | Bryant Young | 11.5 | 0.0 | Chris Doleman | 11.0 | 0.0 | Lee Woodall | 2.5 | 0.0 | Dennis Brown | 2.0 | 0.0 | Tyronne Drakeford | 2.0 | 0.0 | Dana Stubblefield | 1.0 | 0.0 | Kevin Mitchell | 1.0 | 0.0 | Tim McDonald | 1.0 | 0.0 | Junior Bryant | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 45.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Ken Norton | 116.5 | 106 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | Tim McDonald | 89.5 | 81 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bryant Young | 68.5 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 1 | Marquez Pope | 64 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Merton Hanks | 58.5 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Tyronne Drakeford | 52 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | Chris Doleman | 49.5 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 4 | Gary Plummer | 47 | 45 | 4 | 0 | Lee Woodall | 48 | 41 | 14 | 0 | Roy Barker | 40.5 | 36 | 9 | 0 | Dana Stubblefield | 29.5 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Dedrick Dodge | 17.5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Mitchell | 15.5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Brown | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Junior Bryant | 10.5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frankie Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Curtis Buckley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Daryl Price | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ted Popson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Brohm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | William Floyd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Young | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dexter Carter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terrell Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Kirby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Adrian Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 722 | 657 | 130 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 89 | 1 | 10 |
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 | Jeff Wilkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 40 | 0 | 130 | Jerry Rice | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Ted Popson | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Steve Young | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | Terry Kirby | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Terrell Owens | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Derek Loville | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | William Floyd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Elvis Grbac | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Tommy Vardell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dexter Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Marquez Pope | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Iheanyi Uwaezuoke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Brent Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Chris Doleman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bryant Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 394 |
