1972 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
Team Record: 8-5-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Dick Nolan (8-5-1)
Location: San Francisco, California
1972 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 8 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The 49ers moved the ball well, scoring 353 points, while the defensive squad gave up 249. Steve Spurrier passed for 1,983 yards. Gene Washington topped the receiving corps, grabbing 46 balls for 918 yards, while Vic Washington and Ted Kwalick provided receiving help, too.
Vic Washington carried the pigskin for a team-leading 468 yards for San Francisco, and Larry Schreiber additionally aided the ground game.
Jimmy Johnson intercepted 4 opponent throws.
Dick Nolan coached the team. The 1972 San Francisco 49ers lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Spurrier | 269 | 147 | 54.6 | 1983 | 7.4 | 18 | 6.7 | 16 | 5.9 | 81 | 14 | 114 | 75.9 |
| John Brodie | 110 | 70 | 63.6 | 905 | 8.2 | 9 | 8.2 | 8 | 7.3 | 53 | 8 | 39 | 86.4 |
| John Isenbarger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 380 | 217 | 57.1 | 2888 | 7.6 | 27 | 7.1 | 24 | 6.3 | 81 | 22 | 153 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Washington | 141 | 468 | 3.3 | 33 | 3 |
| Larry Schreiber | 118 | 420 | 3.6 | 20 | 2 |
| Ken Willard | 100 | 345 | 3.4 | 23 | 4 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 52 | 250 | 4.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Steve Spurrier | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Doug Cunningham | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Reed | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ted Kwalick | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 10 | 0 |
| John Isenbarger | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 1 |
| Totals | 445 | 1616 | 3.6 | 33 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Washington | 46 | 918 | 20.0 | 62 | 12 |
| Vic Washington | 43 | 393 | 9.1 | 33 | 1 |
| Ted Kwalick | 40 | 751 | 18.8 | 81 | 9 |
| Larry Schreiber | 31 | 283 | 9.1 | 64 | 1 |
| Ken Willard | 24 | 131 | 5.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 15 | 148 | 9.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Preston Riley | 11 | 156 | 14.2 | 28 | 1 |
| John Isenbarger | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 33 | 1 |
| Dick Witcher | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Terry Beasley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 217 | 2888 | 13.3 | 81 | 27 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McCann | 64 | 2542 | 39.7 | 63 |
| Totals | 64 | 2542 | 39.7 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph McGill | 22 | 219 | 10.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Bruce Taylor | 21 | 145 | 6.9 | 41 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 373 | 8.5 | 41 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Washington | 27 | 771 | 28.6 | 98 | 1 |
| Ralph McGill | 10 | 192 | 19.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Larry Schreiber | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Frank Nunley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Hoskins | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Ed Beard | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 1041 | 23.7 | 98 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Johnson | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Wilcox | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Skip Vanderbundt | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 37 | 2 |
| Mike Simpson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 32 | 1 |
| Bruce Taylor | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Nunley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Beard | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Windlan Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 146 | 7.7 | 37 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Vanderbundt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoskins | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Wilcox | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Spurrier | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Preston Riley | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ted Kwalick | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Taylor | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Edwards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Fuller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Rohde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Huff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Beard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Phillips | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Windlan Hall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Schreiber | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cedrick Hardman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Willard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph McGill | 4 | 0 | -16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 29 | 103 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bruce Gossett | 18 | 41 | 0 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Gene Washington | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||||
| Ted Kwalick | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Vic Washington | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Ken Willard | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Larry Schreiber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Skip Vanderbundt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| John Isenbarger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| John Brodie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dick Witcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Preston Riley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mike Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 353 |
