1958 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-6
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Frankie Albert (6-6)
Location: San Francisco, California
1958 San Francisco 49ers RosterTeam Record: 6-6
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Frankie Albert (6-6)
Location: San Francisco, California
1958 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1958 season with a record of 6 wins and 6 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.
San Francisco racked up 257 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 324. Y.A. Tittle threw for 1,467 yards, and John Brodie played quarterback, too. Clyde Conner grabbed 49 passes, while R.C. Owens added 620 receiving yards. Billy Wilson was targeted regularly also.
Joe Perry carried the ball for a team-leading 758 yards for the 49ers.
Jimmy Ridlon picked off 4 opponent throws.
Frankie Albert coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 208 | 120 | 57.7 | 1467 | 7.1 | 9 | 4.3 | 15 | 7.2 | 64 | 63.9 |
| John Brodie | 172 | 103 | 59.9 | 1224 | 7.1 | 6 | 3.5 | 13 | 7.6 | 61 | 61.8 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Bill Jessup | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 383 | 223 | 58.2 | 2691 | 7.0 | 15 | 3.9 | 29 | 7.6 | 64 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Perry | 125 | 758 | 6.1 | 73 | 4 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 113 | 451 | 4.0 | 34 | 6 |
| J.D. Smith | 26 | 209 | 8.0 | 80 | 3 |
| James Pace | 52 | 161 | 3.1 | 34 | 2 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 22 | 35 | 1.6 | 12 | 2 |
| Abe Woodson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Babb | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Atkins | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 11 | -12 | -1.1 | 6 | 1 |
| Totals | 359 | 1628 | 4.5 | 80 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Conner | 49 | 512 | 10.4 | 26 | 5 |
| Billy Wilson | 43 | 592 | 13.8 | 44 | 5 |
| R.C. Owens | 40 | 620 | 15.5 | 48 | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 31 | 366 | 11.8 | 59 | 2 |
| Joe Perry | 23 | 218 | 9.5 | 64 | 1 |
| James Pace | 10 | 59 | 5.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Fred Dugan | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Gordie Soltau | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Jessup | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 26 | 1 |
| Totals | 223 | 2691 | 12.1 | 64 | 15 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Atkins | 25 | 983 | 39.3 | 51 |
| Bill Jessup | 23 | 856 | 37.2 | 59 |
| Totals | 48 | 1839 | 38.3 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McElhenny | 24 | 93 | 3.9 | 49 | 0 |
| Abe Woodson | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Bill Jessup | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Pace | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 146 | 4.2 | 49 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Smith | 15 | 356 | 23.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Abe Woodson | 11 | 239 | 21.7 | 34 | 0 |
| James Pace | 8 | 134 | 16.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Gene Babb | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ted Connolly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 790 | 20.3 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Ridlon | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Bill Stits | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Mertens | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Abe Woodson | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Billy Atkins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Toneff | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Marv Matuszak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 44 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McElhenny | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Brodie | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Toneff | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Herchman | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Perry | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Abe Woodson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob St. Clair | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Ridlon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Henke | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Palatella | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Jessup | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gordie Soltau | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ted Connolly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Mertens | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.D. Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Karl Rubke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R.C. Owens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clyde Conner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Wittenborn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 31 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Gordie Soltau | 0 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 53 | |||||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| Joe Perry | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Billy Wilson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Clyde Conner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| J.D. Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| James Pace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| R.C. Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Brodie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bill Jessup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 257 |
