1997 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
Team Record: 13-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Steve Mariucci (13-3)
Location: San Francisco, California
1997 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 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 kept the scoreboard humming with 375 points, and the miserly defensive unit yielded 265. Steve Young threw for 3,029 yards. Terrell Owens grabbed 60 passes for 936 yards. J.J. Stokes contributed to the receiving game, too.
Garrison Hearst carried the ball for a team-leading 1,019 yards for San Francisco.
The ball-hawking defense led the way with 41 turnovers. Merton Hanks picked off 6 opponent throws. Dana Stubblefield topped pass rushers with 15 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 54 sacks.
Steve Mariucci coached the team. The 1997 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Young | 356 | 241 | 67.7 | 3029 | 8.5 | 19 | 5.3 | 6 | 1.7 | 82 | 35 | 220 | 104.7 |
| Jim Druckenmiller | 52 | 21 | 40.4 | 239 | 4.6 | 1 | 1.9 | 4 | 7.7 | 33 | 4 | 32 | 29.2 |
| Jeff Brohm | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 164 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.2 | 21 | 5 | 37 | 68.8 |
| Totals | 432 | 278 | 64.4 | 3432 | 7.9 | 20 | 4.6 | 11 | 2.5 | 82 | 44 | 289 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrison Hearst | 234 | 1019 | 4.4 | 51 | 4 |
| Terry Kirby | 125 | 418 | 3.3 | 38 | 6 |
| William Floyd | 78 | 231 | 3.0 | 22 | 3 |
| Steve Young | 50 | 199 | 4.0 | 13 | 3 |
| Chuck Levy | 16 | 90 | 5.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Jeff Brohm | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Druckenmiller | 10 | -6 | -0.6 | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Rice | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Totals | 523 | 1969 | 3.8 | 51 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrell Owens | 60 | 936 | 15.6 | 56 | 8 |
| J.J. Stokes | 58 | 733 | 12.6 | 36 | 4 |
| William Floyd | 37 | 321 | 8.7 | 44 | 1 |
| Brent Jones | 29 | 383 | 13.2 | 33 | 2 |
| Terry Kirby | 23 | 279 | 12.1 | 82 | 1 |
| Garrison Hearst | 21 | 194 | 9.2 | 69 | 2 |
| Iheanyi Uwaezuoke | 14 | 165 | 11.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Greg Clark | 8 | 96 | 12.0 | 23 | 1 |
| Jerry Rice | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 16 | 1 |
| Marc Edwards | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Chad Fann | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Chuck Levy | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Mark Harris | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 278 | 3432 | 12.3 | 82 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Anderson | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 36 | 29 | 80.6 | 125 |
| Totals | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 36 | 29 | 80.6 | 125 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Thompson | 78 | 3182 | 40.8 | 55 |
| Totals | 78 | 3182 | 40.8 | 55 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iheanyi Uwaezuoke | 34 | 373 | 11.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Chuck Levy | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 73 | 1 |
| Rod Woodson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 482 | 11.8 | 73 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Levy | 36 | 793 | 22.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Iheanyi Uwaezuoke | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Terry Kirby | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 101 | 1 |
| Terrell Owens | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tyronne Drakeford | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Chad Fann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 1133 | 22.7 | 101 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merton Hanks | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 55 | 1 |
| Tyronne Drakeford | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rod Woodson | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Darnell Walker | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Tim McDonald | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Lee Woodall | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Zack Bronson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Marquez Pope | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Brett Maxie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 366 | 14.6 | 55 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Stubblefield | 15.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Doleman | 12.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Greene | 10.5 | 0.0 | |
| Roy Barker | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Bryant Young | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Junior Bryant | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Ken Norton | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Brett Maxie | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Marvin Washington | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Darnell Walker | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 54.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Norton | 84 | 72 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tim McDonald | 56.5 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merton Hanks | 55 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Plummer | 55 | 48 | 14 | ||||||
| Dana Stubblefield | 54.5 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rod Woodson | 45.5 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Woodall | 49.5 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Doleman | 42.5 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bryant Young | 42 | 39 | 6 | ||||||
| Darnell Walker | 35.5 | 33 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Tyronne Drakeford | 32 | 31 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Roy Barker | 30.5 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Marquez Pope | 20.5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Kevin Greene | 22 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 1 | |
| Zack Bronson | 21 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Bryant | 20 | 17 | 6 | ||||||
| Frankie Smith | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marvin Washington | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Maxie | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Kevin Mitchell | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Jim Schwantz | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| James Williams | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daryl Price | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Garrison Hearst | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Terry Kirby | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| J.J. Stokes | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Iheanyi Uwaezuoke | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Young | 4 | 2 | -11 | 0 | |||||
| Curtis Buckley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Derrick Deese | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Dalman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Terrell Owens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Brent Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jeff Brohm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| William Floyd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Chuck Levy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 704 | 631 | 146 | 0 | 22 | 29 | 70 | 2 | 19 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Gary Anderson | 29 | 38 | 0 | 125 | ||||||||||
| Terry Kirby | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | ||||||
| Terrell Owens | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Garrison Hearst | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| William Floyd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| J.J. Stokes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Steve Young | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Merton Hanks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Brent Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Kevin Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jerry Rice | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Greg Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Chuck Levy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Totals | 16 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 375 |
