
1955 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Red Strader (4-8)
Location: San Francisco, California
1955 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
The 49ers racked up 216 points, but the porous defense conceded 298, most in the circuit. Joe Perry carried the ball for a team-leading 701 yards for San Francisco.
Y.A. Tittle passed for 2,185 yards. Billy Wilson grabbed 53 passes for 831 yards.
Dicky Moegle picked off 6 opponent throws.
Red Strader coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y.A. Tittle | 287 | 147 | 51.2 | 2185 | 7.6 | 17 | 5.9 | 28 | 9.8 | 78 | 56.6 |
Maury Duncan | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 40 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 43.8 |
Joe Perry | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Dicky Moegle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 303 | 151 | 49.8 | 2225 | 7.3 | 17 | 5.6 | 28 | 9.2 | 78 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Perry | 156 | 701 | 4.5 | 42 | 2 |
Hugh McElhenny | 90 | 327 | 3.6 | 44 | 4 |
Dicky Moegle | 41 | 235 | 5.7 | 39 | 5 |
Joe Arenas | 37 | 150 | 4.1 | 30 | 0 |
Y.A. Tittle | 23 | 114 | 5.0 | 35 | 0 |
John Johnson | 19 | 69 | 3.6 | 12 | 1 |
Bud Laughlin | 20 | 58 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
Carroll Hardy | 15 | 37 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 |
Lem Harkey | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
Maury Duncan | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
Totals | 408 | 1713 | 4.2 | 44 | 12 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Wilson | 53 | 831 | 15.7 | 72 | 7 |
Gordie Soltau | 26 | 358 | 13.8 | 36 | 1 |
Joe Perry | 19 | 55 | 2.9 | 19 | 1 |
Joe Arenas | 13 | 255 | 19.6 | 53 | 2 |
Carroll Hardy | 12 | 338 | 28.2 | 78 | 4 |
Hugh McElhenny | 11 | 203 | 18.5 | 55 | 2 |
Bud Laughlin | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 27 | 0 |
Dicky Moegle | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 53 | 0 |
Harry Babcock | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
John Johnson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 151 | 2225 | 14.7 | 78 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Luna | 63 | 2558 | 40.6 | 63 |
Totals | 63 | 2558 | 40.6 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Arenas | 21 | 55 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
Dicky Moegle | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 |
Rex Berry | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Hugh McElhenny | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 10 | 0 |
John Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Al Carapella | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 39 | 118 | 3.0 | 21 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Arenas | 24 | 594 | 24.8 | 42 | 0 |
Dicky Moegle | 10 | 249 | 24.9 | 61 | 0 |
Hugh McElhenny | 9 | 189 | 21.0 | 31 | 0 |
Carroll Hardy | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 30 | 0 |
Bud Laughlin | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Bob Toneff | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Charley Powell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Lou Palatella | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 51 | 1147 | 22.5 | 61 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dicky Moegle | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 37 | 0 |
Rex Berry | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 44 | 1 |
Hardy Brown | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
George Maderos | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
Bobby Luna | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
John Johnson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
Clay Matthews | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Paul Carr | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Tom Stolhandske | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Marion Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 21 | 235 | 11.2 | 44 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clay Matthews | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Arenas | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Doug Hogland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bud Laughlin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Maderos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dicky Moegle | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Stolhandske | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lou Palatella | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hardy Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charley Powell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Toneff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marion Campbell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eldred Kraemer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Maury Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Perry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Carroll Hardy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Harry Babcock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 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 |
Billy Wilson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
Gordie Soltau | 1 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
Hugh McElhenny | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
Dicky Moegle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
Carroll Hardy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Joe Perry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Joe Arenas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
Rex Berry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
John Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Totals | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 |