TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2016 vs Dallas Cowboys 2025
Two offensive identities side by side — any team, any season against any other — the flow of each attack and a play-calling ledger with the shift on every metric.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is San Francisco 49ers 2016 minus Dallas Cowboys 2025
| Metric | SF | Shift | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 988 | — | 1,101 |
| Pass rate | 59.6% | −2.2% | 61.9% |
| Shotgun rate | 73.0% | +12.3% | 60.7% |
| Explosive rate | 12.2% | −0.7% | 12.9% |
| Success rate | 39.6% | −6.9% | 46.5% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 76.2% | +8.5% | 67.8% |
| 12 personnel | 19.6% | +2.4% | 17.3% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −8.1% | 8.1% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −1.6% | 1.6% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −3.5% | 3.5% |
| 10 personnel | 1.6% | +1.6% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 1.2% | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.3% | −0.4% | 1.7% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
San Francisco 49ers · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 565 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 137 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 129 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 51 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 37 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 11 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 8 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| Other → Pistol | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| Other → Shotgun | 4 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 501 |
| Shotgun → Run | 220 |
| Pistol → Run | 167 |
| Empty → Pass | 49 |
| Pistol → Pass | 28 |
| Singleback → Pass | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Singleback → Run | 4 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 347 |
| Run → Failure | 250 |
| Pass → Success | 162 |
| Run → Success | 108 |
| Pass → Explosive | 80 |
| Run → Explosive | 41 |
Dallas Cowboys · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 599 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 144 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 139 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 66 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 46 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 36 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 16 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 12 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 11 |
| Other → Under Center | 9 |
| Other → Shotgun | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 527 |
| Under Center → Run | 267 |
| Under Center → Pass | 143 |
| Shotgun → Run | 141 |
| Pistol → Run | 11 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 352 |
| Run → Failure | 237 |
| Pass → Success | 226 |
| Run → Success | 144 |
| Pass → Explosive | 103 |
| Run → Explosive | 39 |