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List of San Francisco 49ers starting quarterbacks
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These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the 49ers.
The early era of the NFL and American football in general was not conducive to passing the football, with the forward pass not being legalized until the early 1900s and not fully adopted for many more years. Although the quarterback position has historically been the one to receive the snap and thus handle the football on every offensive play, the importance of the position during this era was limited by various rules, like having to be five yards behind the line of scrimmage before a forward pass could be attempted. These rules and the tactical focus on rushing the ball limited the importance of the quarterback position while enhancing the value of different types of backs, such as the halfback and the fullback. Some of these backs were considered triple-threat men, capable of rushing, passing or kicking the football, making it common for multiple players to attempt a pass during a game.
As rules changed and the NFL began adopting a more pass-centric approach to offensive football, the importance of the quarterback position grew. Beginning in 1950, total wins and losses by a team's starting quarterback were tracked. Prior to 1950, the combination of unreliable statistics in the early era of the NFL and the differences in the early quarterback position make tracking starts by quarterbacks impractical for this timeframe.
Starting quarterbacks
The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right in parentheses.
Regular season
1982 NFL season was shorted to 9 games due to a 57-day player strike
Postseason
In the NFL era (since 1950 season)
Most games as starting quarterback
These quarterbacks have the most starts for the 49ers in regular season games in the NFL era (since 1950 season).
| Name | GP | GS | W | L | T | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games played | ||||||
| Games started | ||||||
| Number of wins as starting quarterback | ||||||
| Number of losses as starting quarterback | ||||||
| Number of ties as starting quarterback | ||||||
| Winning percentage as starting quarterback |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957–1973 | 201 | 159 | 74 | 77 | 8 | .491 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1992 | 168 | 140 | 101 | 39 | — | .721 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1999 | 150 | 124 | 91 | 33 | — | .734 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1960 | 112 | 79 | 46 | 31 | 2 | .595 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2012 | 80 | 75 | 38 | 36 | 1 | .513 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | 74 | 71 | 35 | 36 | — | .493 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | 69 | 58 | 28 | 30 | — | .483 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | 57 | 55 | 38 | 17 | — | .691 |
Team career passing records
In the NFL era (since 1950 season)
| San Francisco 49ers | border=2}};" | Name | San Francisco 49ers | border=2}};" | Comp | San Francisco 49ers | border=2}};" | Att | San Francisco 49ers | border=2}};" | % | San Francisco 49ers | border=2}};" | Yds | San Francisco 49ers | border=2}};" | TD | San Francisco 49ers | border=2}};" | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,929 | 4,600 | 63.7 | 35,124 | 244 | 123 | |||||||||||||||
| 2,469 | 4,491 | 55.0 | 31,548 | 214 | 224 | |||||||||||||||
| 2,400 | 3,648 | 65.8 | 29,907 | 221 | 86 | |||||||||||||||
| 1,449 | 2,360 | 61.4 | 16,408 | 113 | 56 | |||||||||||||||
| 1,290 | 2,177 | 59.3 | 14,280 | 81 | 63 | |||||||||||||||
| 1,226 | 2,194 | 55.9 | 16,016 | 108 | 134 | |||||||||||||||
| 1,104 | 1,632 | 67.6 | 13,599 | 82 | 42 | |||||||||||||||
| 1,011 | 1,692 | 59.8 | 12,271 | 72 | 30 | |||||||||||||||
| 919 | 1,353 | 67.9 | 11,685 | 84 | 37 | |||||||||||||||
| 831 | 1,564 | 53.1 | 10,795 | 115 | 98 |
References
References
- (July 31, 2018). "Passing Through Time, a 1930s Rule Change Started the NFL on its Way to Wide Open Offense".
- (July 12, 2023). "Quarterback". [[Netflix]].
- Hogg, Curt. (December 24, 2009). "5 Wide: The Evolution Of The Quarterback".
- Christl, Cliff. "Paul Hornung".
- "Bent but not Broken".
- "Green Bay Packers Career Passing Leaders".
- (November 16, 2015). "NFL strike ends after 57 days in 1982".
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