TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs Dallas Cowboys 2021
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 2025 minus Dallas Cowboys 2021
| Metric | SF | Shift | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,202 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −3.2% | 62.6% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | +4.1% | 48.3% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | −1.9% | 13.4% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +1.2% | 46.5% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −24.1% | 67.6% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −13.8% | 24.5% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +35.1% | 2.2% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −1.6% | 1.6% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +7.6% | 0.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −1.9% | 1.9% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | −1.1% | 2.0% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
San Francisco 49ers · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 395 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 260 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 164 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 108 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 88 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 67 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 35 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 20 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| Other → Under Center | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 511 |
| Under Center → Run | 354 |
| Under Center → Pass | 178 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| Pistol → Run | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 9 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 337 |
| Run → Failure | 278 |
| Pass → Success | 263 |
| Run → Success | 162 |
| Pass → Explosive | 98 |
| Run → Explosive | 37 |
Dallas Cowboys · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 510 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 204 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 189 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 94 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 48 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 17 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 16 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 13 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 11 |
| Other → Empty | 11 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 10 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 9 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 8 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| Other → Shotgun | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 3 |
| Other → Jumbo | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 2 |
| Other → I_Form | 2 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 468 |
| Singleback → Run | 291 |
| Singleback → Pass | 137 |
| Empty → Pass | 121 |
| Shotgun → Run | 113 |
| Jumbo → Run | 14 |
| I_Form → Run | 13 |
| I_Form → Pass | 9 |
| Pistol → Pass | 9 |
| Pistol → Run | 9 |
| Other → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Pass | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 382 |
| Run → Failure | 261 |
| Pass → Success | 257 |
| Run → Success | 141 |
| Pass → Explosive | 113 |
| Run → Explosive | 48 |