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1965 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 7-6-1, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 421 points (30.1/g), 1st of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 402 points (28.7/g), 13th.
 Differential of 19 points (1.4/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 7.4-6.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.7/g), 12th.

Coached by Jack Christiansen (7-6-1)

1965 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 19 box W 1-0 Chicago Bears 52 24 26 485 288 197 1 16 263 186 77 2
2 Sun September 26 box W 2-0 Pittsburgh Steelers 27 17 26 401 210 191 3 16 250 173 77 2
3 Sun October 3 box L 2-1 @ Baltimore Colts 24 27 15 352 313 39 3 20 341 231 110 3
4 Sun October 10 box L 2-2 @ Green Bay Packers 10 27 15 279 176 103 1 20 339 153 186 2
5 Sun October 17 box W 3-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 45 21 21 386 280 106 5 17 221 129 92 2
6 Sun October 24 box L 3-3 Minnesota Vikings 41 42 21 438 259 179 2 27 549 395 154 4
7 Sun October 31 box L 3-4 Baltimore Colts 28 34 26 443 329 114 3 25 418 310 108 2
8 Sun November 7 box L 3-5 @ Dallas Cowboys 31 39 26 411 238 173 5 9 242 201 41 3
9 Sun November 14 box W 4-5 @ Detroit Lions 27 21 18 324 197 127 3 17 193 104 89 3
10 Sun November 21 box W 5-5 Los Angeles Rams 30 27 19 269 214 55 3 20 354 249 105 2
11 Sun November 28 box W 6-5 @ Minnesota Vikings 45 24 20 403 209 194 3 18 287 195 92 3
12 Sun December 5 box W 7-5 Detroit Lions 17 14 20 357 209 148 1 16 300 155 145 1
13 Sun December 12 box L 7-6 @ Chicago Bears 20 61 19 330 272 58 2 21 584 401 183
14 Sun December 19 box T 7-6-1 Green Bay Packers 24 24 20 392 293 99 5 17 299 223 76 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 421 5270 901 5.8 292 272 454 3487 35 21 7.4 172 428 1783 13 4.2 97 40 19 23
Team Defense 402 4640 878 5.3 424 225 448 3105 24 13 6.6 139 405 1535 20 3.8 259 30 17 26
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 8 5 7 5 10 9
Lg Rank Defense 13 12 12 14 14 9 12 12 2 6 13 7 11 6

Passing

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Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
John Brodie* 30 QB 13 13 242 391 61.9 3112 30 7.7 16 4.1 59 8.0 6.9 12.9 239.4 95.3
George Mira 23 10 1 28 58 48.3 460 4 6.9 3 5.2 46 7.9 6.3 16.4 46.0 76.8
John David Crow* 30 LH 14 13 2 4 50.0 61 1 25.0 1 25.0 45 15.3 6.5 30.5 4.4 95.8
Ken Willard* 22 FB 14 14 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.1 14 272 454 59.9 3633 35 7.7 21 4.6 59 8.0 6.7 13.4 259.5 91.8
Opp Total 14 225 448 50.2 3105 24 5.4 13 2.9 6.9 6.2 13.8 221.8 78.6 25 197 6.6 5.4

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Ken Willard* 22 FB 14 14 189 778 5 32 4.1 55.6 13.5 32 253 7.9 4 29 2.3 18.1 1031 9 7
John David Crow* 30 LH 14 13 132 514 2 30 3.9 36.7 9.4 28 493 17.6 7 54 2.0 35.2 1007 9 5
Gary Lewis 23 14 0 52 256 3 60 4.9 18.3 3.7 10 25 2.5 0 12 0.7 1.8 281 3 3
Dave Kopay 23 12 0 28 81 2 10 2.9 6.8 2.3 11 147 13.4 1 44 0.9 12.3 228 3 1
John Brodie* 30 QB 13 13 15 60 1 13 4.0 4.6 1.2 60 1 4
Rudy Johnson 24 14 0 6 9 0 4 1.5 0.6 0.4 3 49 16.3 0 28 0.2 3.5 58 0 1
George Mira 23 10 1 5 64 0 25 12.8 6.4 0.5 64 0 2
Tommy Davis 31 P 14 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 1.5 0.1 21 0 0
Dave Parks*+ 24 SE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 80 1344 16.8 12 53 5.7 96.0 1344 12 1
Bernie Casey 26 RH 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 59 765 13.0 8 59 4.2 54.6 765 8 0
Monty Stickles 27 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 343 9.8 1 22 2.5 24.5 343 1 0
Kay McFarland 27 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 106 13.3 1 35 0.7 8.8 106 1 0
Vern Burke 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 38 19.0 1 27 0.7 12.7 38 1 0
Dale Messer 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 41 20.5 0 37 0.2 4.6 41 0 0
Bob Poole 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 29 14.5 0 15 0.2 3.2 29 0 0
Team Total 26.1 14 428 1783 13 60 4.2 127.4 30.6 272 3633 13.4 35 59 19.4 259.5 5416 48 33
Opp Total 14 405 1535 20 3.8 109.6 28.9 225 3105 13.8 24 16.1 221.8 4640 44 34

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Kermit Alexander 24 RS 14 9 35 262 0 40 7.5 32 741 0 46 23.2 1003
Gary Lewis 23 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 15 355 0 39 23.7 639
Wayne Swinford 22 14 0 2 18 0 18 9.0 4 61 0 22 15.3 79
Rudy Johnson 24 14 0 4 71 0 27 17.8 129
Joe Cerne 23 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Dave Kopay 23 12 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 249
Dale Messer 28 9 0 1 27 0 27 27.0 68
Karl Rubke 30 LDE 14 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.1 14 38 283 0 40 7.4 59 1276 0 46 21.6 6975
Opp Total 14 33 1 59 1566 1 26.5

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Tommy Davis 31 P 14 0 27 17 63.0% 53 52 98.1% 54 2471 65 0 45.8
Team Total 26.1 14 27 17 63.0% 53 52 98.1% 54 2471 65 0 45.8
Opp Total 14 27 14 51.9% 52 48 92.3% 62 2598 41.9

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Kermit Alexander 24 RS 14 9 3 23 0 15 7 8 2 0
John Brodie* 30 QB 13 13 4 1 0 0
Bernie Casey 26 RH 14 14 0 1 0 0
Jack Chapple 22 rlb 14 6 0 2 24 1
John David Crow* 30 LH 14 13 5 0 0 0
Matt Hazeltine 32 RLB 8 8 1 6 0 6
Jimmy Johnson 27 LCB 14 14 6 47 0 26
Rudy Johnson 24 14 0 1 2 0 0
Elbert Kimbrough 27 LS 14 14 2 5 0 5 0 1 0 0
Dave Kopay 23 12 0 1 2 0 1
Charlie Krueger 28 LDT 14 14 0 1 6 1
Gary Lewis 23 14 0 3 2 0 0
Clark Miller 27 RDE 14 14 0 2 75 1
George Mira 23 10 1 2 0 0 0
Dave Parks*+ 24 SE 14 14 1 1 0 0
Len Rohde 27 LT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Karl Rubke 30 LDE 14 10 0 1 0 0
Chuck Sieminski 25 14 0 0 1 0 0
Wayne Swinford 22 14 0 1 1 0 0
Dave Wilcox 23 LLB 14 14 1 16 0 16 1 3 32 1
Ken Willard* 22 FB 14 14 7 1 0 0
Team Total 26.1 14 13 97 0 26 33 31 139 5
Opp Total 14 19 34 17

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Tommy Davis 31 P 14 0 52 17 103
Dave Parks*+ 24 SE 14 14 12 72
John David Crow* 30 LH 14 13 2 7 54
Ken Willard* 22 FB 14 14 5 4 54
Bernie Casey 26 RH 14 14 8 48
Dave Kopay 23 12 0 2 1 1 24
Gary Lewis 23 14 0 3 18
John Brodie* 30 QB 13 13 1 6
Vern Burke 24 3 0 1 6
Jack Chapple 22 rlb 14 6 1 6
Charlie Krueger 28 LDT 14 14 1 6
Kay McFarland 27 12 0 1 6
Clark Miller 27 RDE 14 14 1 6
Monty Stickles 27 TE 14 14 1 6
Dave Wilcox 23 LLB 14 14 1 6
Team Total 26.1 14 13 35 5 52 17 421
Opp Total 14 20 24 1 1 48 14 402