1955 San Francisco 49ers season

American football team season March 2026 July 2023 Several names link to disambiguation pages October 2024 November 2013 San Francisco 49ers 1955 4–8 5th NFL Western Tony Morabito Louis Spadia Red Strader Kezar Stadium Did not qualify 49ers seasons thumb | right | alt=The 1955 - 1957 San Francisco 49ers uniform, both home (red) and away (white) | Shows the period uniform the team would have been seen in The 1955 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 6th season in the National Football League and their 10th overall. They were coming off a 7–4–1 record in 1954, finishing in 3rd place in the Western Conference. San Francisco replaced head coach Buck Shaw, who had been the club's only head coach since its founding. The new coach was Red Strader, who had previously been the head coach of the New York Yanks from 1950 to 1951, where he had a record of 8–14–2 in his two seasons there. The 49ers started the year with 2 losses at home but rebounded with 2 road victories and sat with a .500 record after 4 games. San Francisco split its next 2 games at home and had a 3–3 record. The team then fell into a slump and lost its next 5 games before winning its final game of the season, finishing with a 4–8 record, its worst season since the team's first season in the NFL in 1950, when it finished 3–9. Offensively, Y. A. Tittle threw for 2185 yards, completing 51.2% of his passes, and had a league-high 17 touchdown passes. However, Tittle had 28 passes that were intercepted. Billy Wilson was Tittle's favorite target, as he had a team-high 53 receptions for 831 yards and 7 touchdowns. Joe Perry led the club by rushing for 701 yards, while Dickie Moegle rushed for a team-high 5 touchdowns. Offseason NFL draft 1955 NFL draft 1955 San Francisco 49ers 1 10 Dicky Moegle Defensive back Rice yes yes 2 21 Frank Morze Center Boston College began play with 49ers in 1957. 3 34 Carroll Hardy Halfback Colorado yes 4 45 Matt Hazeltine Linebacker California yes yes 5 58 Eldred Kraemer Guard Pittsburgh yes 6 69 Bobby Luna Defensive back Alabama yes 7 82 Johnny Dean Back VPI 8 93 Freddie Meyers Back Oklahoma A&M 9 106 Fred Preziosio Tackle Purdue 10 117 Ron Ashbacker End Oregon State 11 130 Rudy Rotella End Omaha 12 141 Lou Palatella Guard Pittsburgh yes 13 154 Richie Gaskell End George Washington 14 165 Nick McKeithan Back Duke 15 178 Burdette Hess Guard Idaho signed with Calgary Stampeders (WIFU) 16 189 Jim Hall End Auburn 17 202 Bob Newton Guard San Diego State 18 213 Ron Pheister Center Oregon 19 226 John Garzoli Tackle California 20 237 Glen Dyer Back Texas 21 250 George Maderos Defensive back Chico State yes 22 261 Pete Vann Quarterback Army 23 274 Tom Gunnari End Washington State 24 285 Bob Heaston Guard Cal Poly 25 298 Dewey Wade End Kansas State 26 309 Johnny Kerr End Purdue 27 322 Dick Shockey Back Marquette 28 333 Don Sanders Back Stanford 29 346 Otto Kneidinger Tackle Penn State 30 356 Bob Gongola Back Illinois no Source:https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sfo/1955_draft.htm 1955 San Francisco 49ers Draftees Pro Football Reference February 20, 2024 Personnel Staff / Coaches 1955 San Francisco 49ers Team Owner - Tony Morabito General manager – Louis Spadia Head coach - Frankie Albert Chief of Offense / Offensive Coordinator - Red Hickey Defensive Assistant – Phil Bengtson * None - N/A Roster 1955 San Francisco 49ers roster Quarterbacks 12 Maury Duncan 14 Y. 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Tittle Running backs 32 Lem Harkey y 36 Bud Laughlin y no 39 Hugh McElhenny Receivers 88 Harry Babcock American football 27 Carroll Hardy y RB 82 Gordy Soltau K 84 Billy Wilson wide receiver Offensive linemen 54 Ed Beatty y C 69 Bob Hantla G/LB/MG/DE 64 Doug Hogland G/T 53 Bill Johnson center C 65 Eldred Kraemer y G 73 Leo Nomellini T 68 Lou Palatella y G/MG 63 Ed Sharkey G 79 Bob St. Clair T Defensive linemen 76 Marion Campbell DT 75 Al Carapella MG 83 Clay Matthews Sr. DE 87 Charley Powell DE 86 Tom Stolhandske DE/LB 74 Bob Toneff DT 77 Sid Youngelman y DT Linebackers 33 Hardy Brown 57 Paul Carr y American football CB 55 Matt Hazeltine y Defensive backs 22 Joe Arenas CB/RB 23 Rex Berry S 49 Bobby Luna y CB/S/P 47 Dicky Moegle y S/RB 42 Ernie Smith y no CB Reserve lists -- Ted Connolly G/T (Military) 85 Bill Jessup WR (IR) 7px 35 John Henry Johnson RB (IR) 7px 40 George Maderos y CB (IR) 7px 34 American football Joe Perry RB (IR) 7px -- Floyd Sagely CB/WR (Military) -- Jerry Smith American football, born 1930 G (Military) rookies in italics Source: Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue 1 August 7 Washington Redskins W 7–6 1–0 Kezar Stadium 2 August 13 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers W 60–14 2–0 Charles C. Hughes Stadium 3 August 20 vs. New York Giants L 17–28 2–1 Husky Stadium 4 August 28 Cleveland Browns W 17–14 3–1 Kezar Stadium 5 September 4 Chicago Cardinals W 43–7 4–1 Kezar Stadium 6 September 9 at Los Angeles Rams W 31–10 5–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseumhttps://www.profootballarchives.com/1955nflsf.html#gsc.tab=0 1955 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft Pro Football Archives June 5, 2026 Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 September 25 Los Angeles Rams L 14–23 0–1 Kezar Stadium 58,772 Recap 2 October 2 Cleveland Browns L 3–38 0–2 Kezar Stadium 43,595 Recap 3 October 9 at Chicago Bears W 20–19 1–2 Wrigley Field 41,651 Recap 4 October 16 at Detroit Lions W 27–24 2–2 Briggs Stadium 50,179 Recap 5 October 23 Chicago Bears L 23–34 2–3 Kezar Stadium 56,350 Recap 6 October 30 Detroit Lions W 38–21 3–3 Kezar Stadium 44,831 Recap 7 November 6 at Los Angeles Rams L 14–27 3–4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 71,832 Recap 8 November 13 at Washington Redskins L 0–7 3–5 Griffith Stadium 25,112 Recap 9 November 20 at Green Bay Packers L 21–27 3–6 Milwaukee County Stadium 19,099 Recap 10 November 27 at Baltimore Colts L 14–26 3–7 Memorial Stadium 33,485 Recap 11 December 4 Green Bay Packers L 7–28 3–8 Kezar Stadium 32,897 Recap 12 December 11 Baltimore Colts W 35–24 4–8 Kezar Stadium 33,471 Recap Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. 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