1979 San Francisco 49ers season

1979 San Francisco 49ers season
Head coach	Bill Walsh
General manager	Bill Walsh
Owner	Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.
Home field	Candlestick Park
Results
Record	2–14
Division place	4th NFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 1979 San Francisco 49ers season was the team's 30th year with the National Football League (NFL). The season is noted for being O. J. Simpson’s final year and Joe Montana’s first season in the NFL, as well as the first year head coaching the 49ers for Bill Walsh.

The 1979 49ers are the only team in NFL history to lose 12 games in which they held a lead at one point in the game.^[1]

Personnel

Staff

1979 San Francisco 49ers staff

Front office

Owner and President – Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.
General Manager – Bill Walsh
Director of Player Personnel – John McVay

Head coaches

Head Coach – Bill Walsh

Offensive coaches

Quarterbacks – Sam Wyche
Running Backs – Billie Matthews
Receivers – Dennis Green
Offensive Line – Bobb McKittrick
Administrative Assistant/Offensive Line – Mike White

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Chuck Studley
Linebackers – Bill McPherson
Defensive Backs – Norb Hecker

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Dennis Green

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Al Vermeil

Roster

1979 San Francisco 49ers roster

Quarterbacks

17 Steve DeBerg
16 Joe Montana

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

79 Al Cowlings DE/DT
86 Cedrick Hardman DE
78 Archie Reese DE
74 Jimmy Webb DT
66 Ted Vincent DT

Linebackers

57 Dan Bunz MLB
55 Scott Hilton OLB
59 Joe Harper OLB
54 Bob Martin OLB
66 Bob Nelson MLB
53 Tom Seabron OLB

Defensive backs

28 Charles Cornelius CB
27 Tony Dungy S
30 Tim Gray SS
22 Dwight Hicks CB
44 Charles Johnson CB
46 Melvin Morgan CB
29 Gerald Williams CB

Special teams

11 Dan Melville P
14 Ray Wersching K

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 2, 1979	at Minnesota Vikings	L 28–22	46,539
2	September 9, 1979	Dallas Cowboys	L 21–13	56,728
3	September 16, 1979	at Los Angeles Rams	L 27–24	44,303
4	September 23, 1979	New Orleans Saints	L 30–21	39,727
5	September 30, 1979	at San Diego Chargers	L 31–9	50,893
6	October 7, 1979	Seattle Seahawks	L 35–24	44,592
7	October 14, 1979	at New York Giants	L 32–16	70,352
8	October 21, 1979	Atlanta Falcons	W 20–15	33,952
9	October 28, 1979	Chicago Bears	L 28–27	42,773
10	November 4, 1979	at Oakland Raiders	L 23–10	52,764
11	November 11, 1979	at New Orleans Saints	L 31–20	65,551
12	November 18, 1979	Denver Broncos	L 38–28	42,910
13	November 25, 1979	Los Angeles Rams	L 26–20	49,282
14	December 2, 1979	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 13–10	41,593
15	December 9, 1979	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 23–7	44,506
16	December 16, 1979	at Atlanta Falcons	L 31–21	37,211

Game summaries

Week 8

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	9	0	6	15
• 49ers	7	0	7	6	20

Date: October 21
Location: Candlestick Park
Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 57°F; wind 7

Scoring summary

Q1	SF	Solomon 56 yard run (Wersching kick)	SF 7–0

Q2	ATL	Mazzetti 23 yard field goal	SF 7–3

Q2	ATL	Jenkins 7 yard pass from Bartkowski (kick failed)	ATL 9–7

Q3	SF	Hofer 2 yard run (Wersching kick)	SF 14–9

Q4	ATL	Lawrence 41 yard blocked punt return (kick failed)	ATL 15–14

Q4	SF	Hofer 3 yard run (kick failed)	SF 20–15

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Standings

NFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Rams⁽³⁾	9	7	0	.563	5–1	7–5	323	309	L1
New Orleans Saints	8	8	0	.500	4–2	8–4	370	360	W1
Atlanta Falcons	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	300	388	W1
San Francisco 49ers	2	14	0	.125	1–5	2–10	308	416	L1

References

External links

1979 San Francisco 49ers at Pro-Football-Reference.com

San Francisco 49ers
Founded in 1946 Based and headquartered in Santa Clara, California
Franchise	Franchise Team history Coaches Players Seasons Logo and uniform history Starting quarterbacks Draft history Broadcasters
Stadiums	Kezar Stadium Candlestick Park Levi's Stadium
Culture	Sourdough Sam San Francisco Gold Rush West Coast offense KGO KNBR
Lore	The Catch Joe Cool Million Dollar Backfield Snowball Game Harbaugh Bowl
Rivalries	Los Angeles Rams Seattle Seahawks Dallas Cowboys New York Giants
Key figures	Eddie DeBartolo Denise DeBartolo York Jed York John York Gideon Yu
Division championships (19)	1970 1971 1972 1981 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 2002 2011 2012
Conference championships (6)	1981 1984 1988 1989 1994 2012
League championships (5)	1981 (XVI) 1984 (XIX) 1988 (XXIII) 1989 (XXIV) 1994 (XXIX)
Retired numbers	8 12 16 34 37 39 70 58 70 80 87 BW Mr. D
Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1950–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: West Division
Former league affiliation	All-America Football Conference (1946–1949)
Seasons (72)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Championship seasons in bold

San Francisco 49ers seasons

Bold indicates Super Bowl victory
Italics indicates Super Bowl appearance

1979 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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