1970 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
Team Record: 10-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Dick Nolan (10-3-1)
Location: San Francisco, California
1970 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
On offense, the 49ers scored 352 points, best in the league. On the other side of the ball, the defense conceded 267 points. John Brodie tossed for 2,941 yards. Gene Washington topped the receiving corps, grabbing 53 balls for 1,100 yards.
Ken Willard carried the pigskin for a team-leading 789 yards.
The ball-hawking defense pounced on 42 turnovers. Rosey Taylor, Skip Vanderbundt, Frank Nunley, Bruce Taylor and Mel Phillips each intercepted 3 opponent throws.
Dick Nolan coached the team. The 1970 San Francisco 49ers lost in the Conference Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brodie | 378 | 223 | 59.0 | 2941 | 7.8 | 24 | 6.3 | 10 | 2.6 | 79 | 8 | 67 | 93.8 |
| Steve Spurrier | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 49 | 12.2 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 155.2 |
| John Isenbarger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 383 | 226 | 59.0 | 2990 | 7.8 | 25 | 6.5 | 10 | 2.6 | 79 | 8 | 67 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Willard | 236 | 789 | 3.3 | 20 | 7 |
| Doug Cunningham | 128 | 443 | 3.5 | 25 | 3 |
| Bill Tucker | 42 | 137 | 3.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 31 | 89 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Ted Kwalick | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 45 | 0 |
| John Isenbarger | 18 | 43 | 2.4 | 27 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 12 | 2 |
| Jim Strong | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Spurrier | 2 | -18 | -9.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 471 | 1580 | 3.4 | 45 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Washington | 53 | 1100 | 20.8 | 79 | 12 |
| Doug Cunningham | 35 | 209 | 6.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bob Windsor | 31 | 363 | 11.7 | 35 | 2 |
| Ken Willard | 31 | 259 | 8.4 | 32 | 3 |
| Dick Witcher | 22 | 288 | 13.1 | 28 | 2 |
| Bill Tucker | 17 | 108 | 6.4 | 28 | 1 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 12 | 221 | 18.4 | 61 | 3 |
| Ted Kwalick | 10 | 148 | 14.8 | 26 | 1 |
| John Isenbarger | 8 | 158 | 19.8 | 61 | 1 |
| Preston Riley | 7 | 136 | 19.4 | 68 | 0 |
| Totals | 226 | 2990 | 13.2 | 79 | 25 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 41 | 39 | 95.1 | 31 | 21 | 67.7 | 102 |
| Totals | 41 | 39 | 95.1 | 31 | 21 | 67.7 | 102 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Spurrier | 75 | 2877 | 38.4 | 58 |
| Totals | 75 | 2877 | 38.4 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Taylor | 43 | 516 | 12.0 | 76 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Preston Riley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 48 | 550 | 11.5 | 76 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Tucker | 25 | 577 | 23.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Bruce Taylor | 12 | 190 | 15.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 6 | 177 | 29.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Beard | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Belk | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Preston Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 967 | 19.7 | 55 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Taylor | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 70 | 0 |
| Mel Phillips | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 35 | 1 |
| Frank Nunley | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Skip Vanderbundt | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Wilcox | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 1 |
| Johnny Fuller | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Al Randolph | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 308 | 14.0 | 70 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Tucker | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Sniadecki | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Phillips | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Wilcox | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Hart | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Taylor | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Fuller | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Skip Vanderbundt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Nunley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Windsor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Spurrier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Willard | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Hoskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Collett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Krueger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roland Lakes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Beard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Thomas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Brodie | 1 | 0 | -9 | 0 | |||
| Preston Riley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Cunningham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 29 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bruce Gossett | 21 | 39 | 0 | 102 | ||||||||||
| Gene Washington | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||||
| Ken Willard | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| Doug Cunningham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Thomas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Bob Windsor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bill Tucker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Dick Witcher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| John Brodie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Mel Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Isenbarger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bruce Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Ted Kwalick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Al Randolph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 352 |
