1987 San Francisco 49ers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 13-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Bill Walsh (13-2)
Location: San Francisco, California

1987 San Francisco 49ers Roster
1987 San Francisco 49ers Results

The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 13 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

Offensively, the 49ers topped the circuit with 459 points. On the other side of the ball, the solid defense surrendered 253 points. Joe Montana passed for 3,054 yards. Roger Craig grabbed 66 balls, while Jerry Rice added 1,078 receiving yards.

Roger Craig carried the pigskin for a team-leading 815 yards.

Ronnie Lott and Don Griffin each snatched 5 opponent throws. Charles Haley dropped opposing passers 6.5 times.

Bill Walsh coached the team. The 1987 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
Joe Montana	398	266	66.8	3054	7.7	31	7.8	13	3.3	57	22	158	102.1
Steve Young	69	37	53.6	570	8.3	10	14.5	0	0.0	50	3	25	120.8
Bob Gagliano	29	16	55.2	229	7.9	1	3.4	1	3.4	50	4	22	78.1
Mark Stevens	4	2	50.0	52	13.0	1	25.0	0	0.0	39	0	0	135.4
Harry Sydney	1	1	100.0	50	50.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	50	0	0	158.3
Totals	501	322	64.3	3955	7.9	44	8.8	14	2.8	57	29	205

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Roger Craig	215	815	3.8	25	3
Joe Cribbs	70	300	4.3	20	1
Tom Rathman	62	257	4.1	35	1
Steve Young	26	190	7.3	29	1
Joe Montana	35	141	4.0	20	1
Harry Sydney	29	125	4.3	15	0
Mike Varajon	18	82	4.6	11	0
Tony Cherry	13	65	5.0	16	1
Jerry Rice	8	51	6.4	17	1
Andre Hardy	7	48	6.9	14	0
Del Rodgers	11	46	4.2	15	1
Mark Stevens	10	45	4.5	16	1
Doug DuBose	10	33	3.3	11	0
Carl Monroe	2	26	13.0	17	0
Terrence Flagler	6	11	1.8	5	0
John Frank	1	2	2.0	2	0
Ed Blount	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	524	2237	4.3	35	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Roger Craig	66	492	7.5	35	1
Jerry Rice	65	1078	16.6	57	22
Tom Rathman	30	329	11.0	29	3
Mike Wilson	29	450	15.5	46	5
John Frank	26	296	11.4	27	3
Dwight Clark	24	290	12.1	40	5
Russ Francis	22	202	9.2	19	0
Ron Heller	12	165	13.8	39	3
John Taylor	9	151	16.8	34	0
Joe Cribbs	9	70	7.8	16	0
Terry Greer	6	111	18.5	50	1
Tony Gladney	4	60	15.0	19	0
Doug DuBose	4	37	9.2	14	0
Carl Monroe	3	66	22.0	39	1
Mike Varajon	3	25	8.3	12	0
Del Rodgers	2	45	22.5	24	0
Brent Jones	2	35	17.5	22	0
Terrence Flagler	2	28	14.0	24	0
Chris Dressel	1	8	8.0	8	0
Ken Margerum	1	7	7.0	7	0
Andre Hardy	1	7	7.0	7	0
Harry Sydney	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	322	3955	12.3	57	44

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Ray Wersching	46	44	95.7	17	13	76.5	83
Jeff Brockhaus	13	11	84.6	6	3	50.0	20
Totals	59	55	93.2	23	16	69.6	103

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Max Runager	55	2157	39.2	56
Jim Asmus	12	384	32.0	51
Totals	67	2541	37.9	56

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dana McLemore	21	265	12.6	83	1
Don Griffin	9	79	8.8	29	0
Derrick Martin	2	12	6.0	9	0
John Taylor	1	9	9.0	9	0
Darryl Pollard	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	34	365	10.7	83	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Del Rodgers	17	358	21.1	50	0
Joe Cribbs	13	327	25.2	92	1
Harry Sydney	12	243	20.2	30	0
Carl Monroe	5	91	18.2	24	0
Tom Rathman	2	37	18.5	21	0
Terrence Flagler	3	31	10.3	16	0
Dana McLemore	1	23	23.0	23	0
Thomas Henley	1	21	21.0	21	0
Mike Varajon	1	13	13.0	13	0
Totals	55	1144	20.8	92	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ronnie Lott	5	62	12.4	34
Don Griffin	5	1	0.2	1
Dana McLemore	2	35	17.5	25
Tim McKyer	2	0	0.0	0
Matt Courtney	1	30	30.0	30
Carlton Williamson	1	17	17.0	17
Mike Walter	1	16	16.0	16
Keena Turner	1	15	15.0	15
Derrick Martin	1	12	12.0	12
Tom Cousineau	1	11	11.0	11
Tory Nixon	1	5	5.0	5
Todd Shell	1	1	1.0	1
Tom Holmoe	1	0	0.0	0
Jim Fahnhorst	1	0	0.0	0
Milt McColl	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	25	205	8.2	34

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Charles Haley	6.5
Pete Kugler	4.5
Jeff Stover	3.5
Keena Turner	3.0
Larry Roberts	2.5
Kevin Fagan	2.0
Jeff Fuller	2.0
Dwaine Board	2.0
Glen Collins	2.0
Clyde Glover	2.0
Mark Korff	1.5
Todd Shell	1.0
Milt McColl	1.0
Matt Courtney	1.0
Michael Carter	1.0
Keith Browner	0.5
Totals	36.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Ronnie Lott	55	55	0	0	0	2	33	0	0
Tim McKyer	35	35	0	0
Charles Haley	25	25	0		0	0	0	0	1
Don Griffin	23	23	0	0	0	1	7	0	0
Jeff Fuller					0	3	0		0
Roger Craig					5	2	0		0
Matt Courtney				0	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Montana					3	2	-5		0
Doug Mikolas					0	1	0	0	0
Ed Blount					1	1	-4	0	0
Terrence Flagler					2	1	0	0	0
Dwaine Board					0	1	0	0	0
Carl Keever					0	1	0	0	0
Jerry Rice					2	1	0		0
Harris Barton					0	1	0	0	0
Dana McLemore				0	1	1	0		0
Ron Hadley					0	1	0	0	0
John Taylor					0	1	26	1	0
Steve Wallace					0	1	0	0	0
Mike Walter				0	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Fagan					0	1	6	0	0
Carl Monroe					1	1	0		0
Joe Cribbs					1	0	0		0
Ron Heller					1	0	0		0
Harry Sydney					2	0	0	0	0
Derrick Martin				0	1	0	0	0	0
Tom Rathman					1	0	0		0
John Frank					2	0	0		0
Del Rodgers					1	0	0		0
Dwight Clark					1	0	0		0
Totals	138	138	0	0	25	26	63	1	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Jerry Rice	1	22							0	0	0			138
Ray Wersching									13	44	0			83
Mike Wilson		5							0	0	0			30
Dwight Clark		5							0	0	0			30
Tom Rathman	1	3		0					0	0	0			24
Roger Craig	3	1							0	0	0			24
Jeff Brockhaus									3	11	0			20
John Frank	0	3							0	0	0			18
Ron Heller		3							0	0	0			18
Joe Cribbs	1	0		1					0	0	0			12
Mark Stevens	1								0	0	0			6
Del Rodgers	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
John Taylor		0	0				1		0	0	0			6
Joe Montana	1								0	0	0			6
Mike Wells								1	0	0	0			6
Carl Monroe	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Terry Greer		1							0	0	0			6
Dana McLemore			1	0		0			0	0	0			6
Steve Young	1								0	0	0			6
Tony Cherry	1								0	0	0			6
Jeff Fuller									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	11	44	1	1	0	0	1	1	16	55	0	0	1	459