
1948 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
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 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, and 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, while Johnny Strzykalski contributed to the receiving game 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 | 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 |
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 |
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 | 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 |