1996 San Francisco 49ers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: George Seifert (12-4)
Location: San Francisco, California

1996 San Francisco 49ers Roster
1996 San Francisco 49ers Results

The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.

The 49ers moved the ball well, scoring 398 points, and the rigid defensive squad conceded 257. Steve Young tossed for 2,410 yards, and Elvis Grbac took a significant amount of snaps, too. Jerry Rice grabbed 108 balls for 1,254 yards.

Terry Kirby carried the pigskin for a team-leading 559 yards for San Francisco.

Marquez Pope picked off 6 opponent throws. Roy Barker topped the defensive unit with 12.5 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 45 sacks.

George Seifert coached the team. The 1996 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 Young	316	214	67.7	2410	7.6	14	4.4	6	1.9	52	34	160	97.2
Elvis Grbac	197	122	61.9	1236	6.3	8	4.1	10	5.1	40	6	30	72.2
Jeff Brohm	34	21	61.8	189	5.6	1	2.9	0	0.0	49	2	10	86.5
Terry Kirby	2	1	50.0	24	12.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	24	0	0	133.3
Jerry Rice	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	550	358	65.1	3859	7.0	24	4.4	16	2.9	52	42	200

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Terry Kirby	134	559	4.2	31	3
Steve Young	52	310	6.0	33	4
Derek Loville	70	229	3.3	16	2
Tommy Vardell	58	192	3.3	17	2
William Floyd	47	186	4.0	12	2
Anthony Lynn	24	164	6.8	67	0
Jerry Rice	11	77	7.0	38	1
Dexter Carter	19	66	3.5	18	1
Jeff Brohm	16	43	2.7	22	0
Elvis Grbac	23	21	0.9	12	2
Totals	454	1847	4.1	67	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jerry Rice	108	1254	11.6	39	8
Terry Kirby	52	439	8.4	52	1
Terrell Owens	35	520	14.9	46	4
Brent Jones	33	428	13.0	39	1
Tommy Vardell	28	179	6.4	22	0
Ted Popson	26	301	11.6	39	6
William Floyd	26	197	7.6	24	1
J.J. Stokes	18	249	13.8	40	0
Derek Loville	16	138	8.6	44	2
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke	7	91	13.0	29	1
Sam Manuel	3	18	6.0	7	0
Anthony Lynn	2	14	7.0	8	0
Mike Caldwell	2	9	4.5	8	0
Adrian Cooper	1	11	11.0	11	0
Nate Singleton	1	11	11.0	11	0
Totals	358	3859	10.8	52	24

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Jeff Wilkins	40	40	100.0	34	30	88.2	130
Totals	40	40	100.0	34	30	88.2	130

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tommy Thompson	73	3217	44.1	65
Totals	73	3217	44.1	65

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dexter Carter	36	317	8.8	52
Nate Singleton	2	32	16.0	21
Terry Kirby	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	39	352	9.0	52

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dexter Carter	41	909	22.2	71
Derek Loville	10	229	22.9	35
Terrell Owens	3	47	15.7	18
Terry Kirby	1	22	22.0	22
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke	1	21	21.0	21
Derrick Deese	2	20	10.0	12
Nate Singleton	1	10	10.0	10
Totals	59	1258	21.3	71

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Marquez Pope	6	98	16.3	55	1
Merton Hanks	4	7	1.8	8	0
Dedrick Dodge	3	27	9.0	26	0
Tim McDonald	2	14	7.0	14	0
Chris Doleman	2	1	0.5	1	0
Dana Stubblefield	1	15	15.0	15	0
Tyronne Drakeford	1	11	11.0	11	0
Steve Israel	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	20	176	8.8	55	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Roy Barker	12.5
Bryant Young	11.5
Chris Doleman	11.0
Lee Woodall	2.5
Dennis Brown	2.0
Tyronne Drakeford	2.0
Dana Stubblefield	1.0
Kevin Mitchell	1.0
Tim McDonald	1.0
Junior Bryant	0.5
Totals	45.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Ken Norton	116.5	106	21		0	1	21	0	0
Tim McDonald	89.5	81	17	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bryant Young	68.5	61	15		0	1	43		1
Marquez Pope	64	61	6	0	0	1	4		1
Merton Hanks	58.5	54	9	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tyronne Drakeford	52	48	8	0	0	1	8	0	1
Chris Doleman	49.5	45	9	0	0	3	13	1	4
Gary Plummer	47	45	4
Lee Woodall	48	41	14
Roy Barker	40.5	36	9
Dana Stubblefield	29.5	26	7	0	0	1	0	0	1
Dedrick Dodge	17.5	15	5	0
Kevin Mitchell	15.5	15	1		0	1	0	0	0
Dennis Brown	11	10	2		0	1	0	0	1
Junior Bryant	10.5	9	3		0	1	0	0	0
Frankie Smith	2	2	0
Curtis Buckley	1	1	0		0	2	0	0	0
Daryl Price	1	1	0		0	1	0	0	0
Ted Popson					0	1	0		0
Jeff Brohm					1	1	0	0	0
Steve Israel				0	0	1	0	0	0
William Floyd					4	1	0		0
Steve Young					3	1	0		0
Dexter Carter					5	0	0		0
Terrell Owens					1	0	0		0
Terry Kirby					1	0	0		0
Adrian Cooper					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	722	657	130	0	16	20	89	1	10

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Jeff Wilkins									30	40	0			130
Jerry Rice	1	8							0	0	0			54
Ted Popson		6							0	0	0			36
Steve Young	4								0	0	0	1		26
Terry Kirby	3	1	0	0					0	0	0			24
Terrell Owens		4		0					0	0	0			24
Derek Loville	2	2		0					0	0	0			24
William Floyd	2	1							0	0	0			18
Elvis Grbac	2								0	0	0			12
Tommy Vardell	2	0							0	0	0			12
Dexter Carter	1		0	0					0	0	0			6
Marquez Pope						1			0	0	0			6
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke		1		0					0	0	0			6
Brent Jones		1							0	0	0			6
Chris Doleman						0	1		0	0	0			6
Bryant Young									0	0	0		2	4
Totals	17	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	30	40	0	1	2	394