1978 season · Roster
1978
San Francisco 49ers
Roster (51 players)

Full roster pulled from Pro-Football-Reference: every player, position, jersey, age, games, height, weight, college, draft, and Approximate Value. Names link to Wikipedia.

Offense

QB (2)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
17Steve DeBerg24QB12112106-3San Jose St.1/19/195411Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 275th pick /1977
19Scott Bull25QB1652116-5Arkansas6/8/195322San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 177th pick /1976

Running backs (7)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
30Dave Williams24RB1602106-2Colorado3/10/195412Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 208th pick /1976
31Earl Carr23RB1402246-0Florida1/22/1955Rook0St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 124th pick /1978
32O.J. Simpson31RB10102126-2City College of San Francisco,USC7/9/194795Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick /1969
33Greg Boykin25FB1682256-0Northwestern12/8/195313New Orleans Saints / 7th / 174th pick /1977
35Elliott Walker22RB901935-11Pittsburgh9/10/1956Rook0San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 148th pick /1978
36Paul Hofer26RB1661956-0Mississippi5/13/195224San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 305th pick /1976
38Bob Ferrell26FB1682166-0UCLA11/13/195224 

WR (7)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
21Larry Jones27WR901705-10Truman St.3/4/195140New York Giants / 15th / 367th pick /1974
80Terry LeCount22WR331785-10Florida7/9/1956Rook1San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 91st pick /1978
83Kenny Harrison25WR861766-0SMU12/12/195323San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 250th pick /1976
84Elmo Boyd24WR971886-0Eastern Kentucky6/15/1954Rook1San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 65th pick /1977
84Mike Shumann23WR601786-1Florida St.10/13/1955Rook0 
87Jack Steptoe22WR601736-1Utah1/21/1956Rook0 
88Freddie Solomon25WR16151855-11Tampa1/11/195334Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 36th pick /1975

TE (3)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
81Ken MacAfee22TE13132506-4Notre Dame1/9/1956Rook2San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 7th pick /1978
82Lon Boyett25TE302406-6Cal State-Northridge12/24/1953Rook0 
85Paul Seal26TE1442226-4Michigan2/27/195243New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 36th pick /1974

Offensive line (9)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
51Randy Cross24C992596-3UCLA4/25/195423San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 42nd pick /1976
56Fred Quillan22C1472616-5Oregon1/27/1956Rook3San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 175th pick /1978
60Steve Knutson27T1512546-3USC10/5/195121Atlanta Falcons / 16th / 393rd pick /1975
62Walt Downing22RG16142596-3Michigan6/11/1956Rook5San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 47th pick /1978
64Kyle Davis26C702406-3Oklahoma10/1/195232Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 113th pick /1975
65Ernie Hughes23LG15112596-3Notre Dame1/24/1955Rook4San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 79th pick /1978
67Ron Singleton26LT1492606-7Grambling St.4/15/195223San Diego Chargers / 4th / 113th pick /1976
68John Ayers25LT16142586-5Texas,West Texas A&M4/14/195315San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 223rd pick /1976
71Keith Fahnhorst26RT15152736-6Minnesota2/6/195245San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 35th pick /1974

Defense

Defensive line (6)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
72Cleveland Elam26DE1252526-4Tennessee St.4/5/195232San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 85th pick /1975
74Jimmy Webb26LDT16162476-5Mississippi St.4/13/195236San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 10th pick /1975
75Ed Galigher28RDT15152556-4UCLA10/15/195066New York Jets / 4th / 89th pick /1972
76Willie McCray25DE1602346-5Alabama,Troy7/17/1953Rook3San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 287th pick /1978
78Archie Reese22LDE16122676-3Clemson2/4/1956Rook6San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 127th pick /1978
86Cedrick Hardman30RDE16162556-3North Texas10/4/194886San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick /1970

Linebackers (5)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
41Mike Baldassin23LB1602186-1Washington7/26/195513 
53Dean Moore23LB1602106-2Iowa1/26/1955Rook3San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 233rd pick /1978
55Bruce Elia25LB1602226-1Ohio St.1/10/195333Miami Dolphins / 4th / 100th pick /1975
57Dan Bunz23MLB16162266-4UC Riverside,Long Beach St.10/7/1955Rook7San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 24th pick /1978
58Mark Nichols22LB1502256-3Colorado St.10/23/1956Rook3Oakland Raiders / 8th / 207th pick /1978

Defensive backs (8)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
22Eddie Lewis25RCB16161776-0Kansas12/15/195326San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 57th pick /1976
23Bruce Threadgill22FS1401906-0Mississippi St.5/7/1956Rook3San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 133rd pick /1978
24Chuck Crist27SS15152056-2Penn St.1/16/195167 
25Wonder Monds26DB1602156-3Nebraska5/3/1952Rook3Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 112th pick /1976
26Bob Jury23SS1581886-1Pittsburgh10/5/1955Rook4Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 63rd pick /1978
42Ricky Odom22DB331836-0USC9/16/1956Rook1Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 168th pick /1978
42Tony Leonard25LCB12101705-11Virginia Union2/28/195325San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 140th pick /1976
49Vern Roberson26FS16121956-1Grambling St.8/3/195215 

Special teams

K (1)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
14Ray Wersching28K1602135-11Cerritos (CA),California8/21/195053 

P (1)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
10Mike Connell22P1602006-1Cincinnati3/15/1956Rook1San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 260th pick /1978

Other / unlisted

LLB, RLB (2)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
50Joe Harris26LLB16162256-1Georgia Tech12/6/195216Chicago Bears / 8th / 197th pick /1975
54Ed Bradley28RLB16162396-2Wake Forest4/22/195066Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 88th pick /1972