
1951 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
Team Record: 7-4-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's National Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (7-4-1)
Location: San Francisco, California
1951 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1951 season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's National Division.
San Francisco chalked up 255 points, while the defensive unit yielded 205. Joe Perry carried the ball for a team-leading 677 yards for the 49ers.
Frankie Albert threw for 1,116 yards. Gordie Soltau grabbed 59 passes for 826 yards.
Lowell Wagner intercepted 9 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 | 166 | 90 | 54.2 | 1116 | 6.7 | 5 | 3.0 | 10 | 6.0 | 47 | 60.2 |
Y.A. Tittle | 114 | 63 | 55.3 | 808 | 7.1 | 8 | 7.0 | 9 | 7.9 | 48 | 68.2 |
Joe Perry | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 158.3 |
Totals | 281 | 154 | 54.8 | 1955 | 7.0 | 14 | 5.0 | 19 | 6.8 | 48 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Perry | 136 | 677 | 5.0 | 58 | 3 |
Verl Lillywhite | 67 | 397 | 5.9 | 60 | 1 |
Pete Schabarum | 76 | 311 | 4.1 | 67 | 2 |
Johnny Strzykalski | 81 | 296 | 3.7 | 13 | 3 |
Joe Arenas | 34 | 183 | 5.4 | 14 | 3 |
Bishop Strickland | 34 | 165 | 4.9 | 15 | 0 |
Frankie Albert | 35 | 146 | 4.2 | 34 | 3 |
Jim Monachino | 21 | 74 | 3.5 | 7 | 2 |
Norm Standlee | 16 | 65 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
Bob White | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
Y.A. Tittle | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | 5 | 1 |
Jim Cason | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Gordie Soltau | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
Totals | 523 | 2366 | 4.5 | 67 | 18 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordie Soltau | 59 | 826 | 14.0 | 48 | 7 |
Billy Wilson | 18 | 268 | 14.9 | 38 | 3 |
Joe Perry | 18 | 167 | 9.3 | 35 | 1 |
Alyn Beals | 12 | 126 | 10.5 | 22 | 0 |
Johnny Strzykalski | 12 | 105 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
Verl Lillywhite | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 29 | 1 |
Pete Schabarum | 10 | 162 | 16.2 | 47 | 0 |
Bill Jessup | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 31 | 1 |
Bob White | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
Joe Arenas | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 1 |
Rex Berry | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Jim Cason | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Jim Monachino | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 154 | 1952 | 12.7 | 48 | 14 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordie Soltau | 32 | 30 | 93.8 | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 48 |
Gail Bruce | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 33 | 31 | 93.9 | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 49 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frankie Albert | 34 | 1507 | 44.3 | 66 |
Verl Lillywhite | 20 | 847 | 42.4 | 75 |
Totals | 54 | 2354 | 43.6 | 75 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Arenas | 21 | 272 | 13.0 | 51 | 0 |
Jim Cason | 13 | 115 | 8.8 | 20 | 0 |
Leo Nomellini | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 1 |
Totals | 35 | 407 | 11.6 | 51 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Arenas | 21 | 542 | 25.8 | 49 | 0 |
Jim Cason | 10 | 196 | 19.6 | 41 | 0 |
Joe Perry | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
Leo Nomellini | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 16 | 0 |
Bishop Strickland | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Ray Collins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Bruno Banducci | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Billy Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 38 | 820 | 21.6 | 49 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowell Wagner | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 40 | 0 |
Jim Cason | 8 | 147 | 18.4 | 65 | 1 |
Rex Berry | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 38 | 0 |
Jim Powers | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 28 | 0 |
Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 24 | 0 |
Pete Wissman | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
Bob White | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Al Carapella | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Hardy Brown | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 33 | 498 | 15.1 | 65 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gail Bruce | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Cason | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leo Nomellini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ed Henke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hardy Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Nick Feher | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Visco Grgich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Wissman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Carapella | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Bishop Strickland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Collins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gordie Soltau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Verl Lillywhite | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Perry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Norm Standlee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pete Schabarum | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Monachino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
Gordie Soltau | 0 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 90 | ||||||||
Joe Arenas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
Joe Perry | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Frankie Albert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Billy Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Johnny Strzykalski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Pete Schabarum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Jim Monachino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Jim Cason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Y.A. Tittle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Leo Nomellini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Bill Jessup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Hamp Tanner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Gail Bruce | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
Totals | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 255 |