1947 San Francisco 49ers Statistics

All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 8-4-2
Finishing 2nd in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (8-4-2)
Location: San Francisco, California

1947 San Francisco 49ers Roster
1947 San Francisco 49ers Results

The San Francisco 49ers of the All American Football Conference ended the 1947 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses and 2 ties, finishing second in the AAFC's West Division.

San Francisco racked up 327 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 264. Johnny Strzykalski carried the ball for a team-leading 906 yards for the 49ers.

Frankie Albert passed for 1,692 yards. Alyn Beals grabbed 47 passes for 655 yards.

Len Eshmont picked off 6 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	242	128	52.9	1692	7.0	18	7.4	15	6.2	60	74.3
Jesse Freitas	33	13	39.4	215	6.5	4	12.1	2	6.1	0	76.4
Bev Wallace	16	5	31.2	48	3.0	0	0.0	2	12.5	0	1.0
Johnny Strzykalski	4	1	25.0	38	9.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	38	66.7
Ned Mathews	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	297	147	49.5	1993	6.7	22	7.4	19	6.4	60

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Johnny Strzykalski	143	906	6.3	50	5
Norm Standlee	145	585	4.0	0	8
Len Eshmont	84	381	4.5	0	0
Ned Mathews	39	238	6.1	0	2
Frankie Albert	46	179	3.9	0	5
Len Masini	38	167	4.4	0	2
Earle Parsons	33	125	3.8	0	0
Wally Yonamine	19	74	3.9	0	0
Alyn Beals	5	48	9.6	0	0
Eddie Carr	11	42	3.8	0	0
Ed Robnett	7	18	2.6	0	0
Joe Vetrano	10	11	1.1	0	0
Don Durdan	1	2	2.0	2	0
Jesse Freitas	6	-9	-1.5	0	0
Totals	587	2767	4.7	50	22

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Alyn Beals	47	655	13.9	54	10
Nick Susoeff	24	223	9.3	0	2
Len Eshmont	19	303	15.9	0	2
Johnny Strzykalski	15	258	17.2	0	3
Earle Parsons	9	163	18.1	0	2
Ed Balatti	8	98	12.2	0	1
Ned Mathews	6	51	8.5	0	2
Bill Fisk	5	39	7.8	0	0
Eddie Carr	4	41	10.2	0	0
Dick Horne	3	69	23.0	0	0
Wally Yonamine	3	40	13.3	0	0
Hank Norberg	2	31	15.5	0	0
Norm Standlee	2	22	11.0	0	0
Totals	147	1993	13.6	54	22

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Joe Vetrano	43	38	88.4	12	4	33.3	50
Ed Balatti	1	1	100.0				1
Frankie Albert	2		0.0				0
Totals	46	39	84.8	12	4	33.3	51

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
Frankie Albert	40	1759	44.0
Jesse Freitas	8	336	42.0
Bev Wallace	2	78	39.0
Totals	50	2173	43.5

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Vetrano	12	137	11.4	0	0
Earle Parsons	10	106	10.6	0	0
Johnny Strzykalski	8	70	8.8	0	0
Ned Mathews	4	44	11.0	0	0
Rupe Thornton	1	32	32.0	32	0
Garland Gregory	1	31	31.0	31	0
Wally Yonamine	2	29	14.5	0	0
Eddie Carr	1	20	20.0	20	0
Bruno Banducci	1	19	19.0	19	0
Ed Balatti	2	8	4.0	4	1
Len Eshmont	1	3	3.0	3	0
Gerry Conlee	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	44	500	11.4	32	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Len Eshmont	9	177	19.7	0
Wally Yonamine	7	127	18.1	0
Johnny Strzykalski	6	124	20.7	0
Joe Vetrano	5	117	23.4	0
Earle Parsons	4	99	24.8	0
Ned Mathews	2	46	23.0	0
Eddie Carr	2	42	21.0	0
Bruno Banducci	1	27	27.0	27
Norm Standlee	3	24	8.0	0
Frankie Albert	1	23	23.0	23
Visco Grgich	1	21	21.0	21
Ed Balatti	1	16	16.0	16
John Woudenberg	1	2	2.0	2
Totals	43	845	19.7	27

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Len Eshmont	6	72	12.0	0	0
Ned Mathews	4	149	37.2	0	1
Eddie Carr	2	59	29.5	0	0
John Schiechl	2	45	22.5	0	0
Johnny Strzykalski	2	25	12.5	0	0
Dutch Elston	2	13	6.5	0	0
Wally Yonamine	1	20	20.0	20	0
Jesse Freitas	1	11	11.0	11	0
George Smith	1	10	10.0	10	0
Tony Calvelli	1	2	2.0	2	0
Len Masini	1	0	0.0	0	0
Alyn Beals	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	24	406	16.9	20	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Alyn Beals	0	10				0			0	0	0			60
Joe Vetrano	0		0	0					4	38	0			50
Norm Standlee	8	0		0					0	0	0			48
Johnny Strzykalski	5	3	0	0		0			0	0	0			48
Ned Mathews	2	2	0	0		1			0	0	0			30
Frankie Albert	5			0					0	0	0			30
Ed Balatti		1	1	0					0	1	0			13
Len Eshmont	0	2	0	0		0			0	0	0			12
Earle Parsons	0	2	0	0					0	0	0			12
Len Masini	2					0			0	0	0			12
Nick Susoeff		2							0	0	0			12
Totals	22	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	39	0	0	0	327