1959 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Red Hickey (7-5)
Location: San Francisco, California
1959 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.
San Francisco chalked up 255 points, while the defensive unit conceded 237. J.D. Smith carried the ball for a team-leading 1,036 yards for the 49ers.
Y.A. Tittle tossed for 1,331 yards. Billy Wilson grabbed 44 passes for 540 yards.
Dave Baker picked off 5 opponent throws.
Red Hickey coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y.A. Tittle | 199 | 102 | 51.3 | 1331 | 6.7 | 10 | 5.0 | 15 | 7.5 | 75 | 58.0 |
John Brodie | 64 | 30 | 46.9 | 354 | 5.5 | 2 | 3.1 | 7 | 10.9 | 34 | 35.0 |
Dicky Moegle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 264 | 132 | 50.0 | 1685 | 6.4 | 12 | 4.5 | 22 | 8.3 | 75 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.D. Smith | 207 | 1036 | 5.0 | 73 | 10 |
Joe Perry | 139 | 602 | 4.3 | 40 | 3 |
C.R. Roberts | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 46 | 1 |
Hugh McElhenny | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 18 | 1 |
Lenny Lyles | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 13 | 1 |
Y.A. Tittle | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 22 | 0 |
Dicky Moegle | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
John Brodie | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 |
R.C. Owens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 407 | 1839 | 4.5 | 73 | 16 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Wilson | 44 | 540 | 12.3 | 57 | 4 |
Hugh McElhenny | 22 | 329 | 15.0 | 62 | 3 |
R.C. Owens | 17 | 347 | 20.4 | 75 | 3 |
Clyde Conner | 13 | 162 | 12.5 | 37 | 1 |
J.D. Smith | 13 | 133 | 10.2 | 21 | 1 |
Joe Perry | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
Fred Dugan | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
Lenny Lyles | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
Dicky Moegle | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Y.A. Tittle | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 132 | 1685 | 12.8 | 75 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy Davis | 59 | 2694 | 45.7 | 71 |
Totals | 59 | 2694 | 45.7 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abe Woodson | 15 | 143 | 9.5 | 65 | 0 |
Eddie Dove | 22 | 126 | 5.7 | 62 | 0 |
Totals | 37 | 269 | 7.3 | 65 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lenny Lyles | 25 | 565 | 22.6 | 46 | 0 |
Abe Woodson | 13 | 382 | 29.4 | 105 | 1 |
Matt Hazeltine | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 |
Bill Herchman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 41 | 980 | 23.9 | 105 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Baker | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 29 | 0 |
Abe Woodson | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
Jerry Mertens | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 30 | 1 |
Jerry Tubbs | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 |
Eddie Dove | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 14 | 189 | 13.5 | 30 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Henke | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Y.A. Tittle | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Abe Woodson | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jerry Tubbs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Karl Rubke | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Dove | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Baker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Leo Nomellini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Wittenborn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Clancy Osborne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
J.D. Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lenny Lyles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Gonzaga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Mertens | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Perry | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Monte Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Morze | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Dugan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bruce Bosley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
C.R. Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 36 | 42 | 1 | 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 |
Tommy Davis | 12 | 31 | 0 | 67 | ||||||||||
J.D. Smith | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
Billy Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
R.C. Owens | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Joe Perry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
C.R. Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Lenny Lyles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Jerry Mertens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Clyde Conner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Abe Woodson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Charlie Krueger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 255 |