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1966 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 6-6-2, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 320 points (22.9/g), 6th of 15 in the NFL.
 Allowed 325 points (23.2/g), 10th.
 Differential of -5 points (-0.4/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 6.9-7.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 11th.

Coached by Jack Christiansen (6-6-2)

1966 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 11 box T 0-0-1 Minnesota Vikings 20 20 18 307 203 104 1 20 298 72 226 1
2 Sun September 25 box L 0-1-1 @ Baltimore Colts 14 36 14 250 155 95 1 23 379 211 168 2
3 Fri September 30 box L 0-2-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 3 34 15 251 198 53 5 20 356 193 163 1
4 Sun October 9 box W 1-2-1 Green Bay Packers 21 20 17 248 94 154 1 17 368 262 106 2
5 Sun October 16 box W 2-2-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 44 7 29 504 328 176 1 14 215 156 59 4
6 Sun October 23 box W 3-2-1 Detroit Lions 27 24 23 359 188 171 4 17 314 202 112 2
7 Sun October 30 box L 3-3-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 3 28 10 154 105 49 3 29 559 313 246 2
8 Sun November 6 box W 4-3-1 Los Angeles Rams 21 13 21 358 277 81 2 11 142 116 26 1
9 Sun November 13 box T 4-3-2 @ Chicago Bears 30 30 28 423 311 112 3 12 220 120 100 1
10 Sun November 20 box L 4-4-2 Philadelphia Eagles 34 35 24 404 238 166 5 15 289 169 120 5
11 Thu November 24 box W 5-4-2 @ Detroit Lions 41 14 22 487 273 214 3 10 196 149 47 2
12 Sun December 4 box L 5-5-2 @ Green Bay Packers 7 20 17 321 181 140 4 20 311 204 107 1
13 Sun December 11 box W 6-5-2 Chicago Bears 41 14 25 411 262 149 2 9 129 64 65 4
14 Sun December 18 box L 6-6-2 Baltimore Colts 14 30 19 305 179 126 3 21 403 319 84 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 320 4782 952 5.0 282 261 500 2992 21 26 5.6 153 422 1790 12 4.2 101 38 12 28
Team Defense 325 4179 868 4.8 388 206 414 2550 22 18 5.6 126 414 1629 15 3.9 238 29 11 24
Lg Rank Offense 6 3 2 1 3 5 11 6 8 6 8 3 9 3
Lg Rank Defense 10 8 9 11 11 11 11 7 6 5 10 8 13 11

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 31 QB 14 13 232 427 54.3 2810 16 3.7 22 5.2 65 6.6 4.6 12.1 200.7 65.8
George Mira 24 14 1 22 53 41.5 284 5 9.4 2 3.8 29 5.4 4.6 12.9 20.3 74.7
Billy Kilmer 27 6 0 5 16 31.3 84 0 0.0 1 6.3 26 5.3 2.4 16.8 14.0 24.0
John David Crow 31 HB 14 14 2 4 50.0 61 0 0.0 1 25.0 46 15.3 4.0 30.5 4.4 56.2
Team Total 26.0 14 261 500 52.2 3239 21 4.2 26 5.2 65 6.5 4.6 12.4 231.4 64.9
Opp Total 14 206 414 49.8 2550 22 5.3 18 4.3 6.2 4.7 12.4 182.1 68.8 40 345 5.6 3.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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* 23 FB 14 14 191 763 5 49 4.0 54.5 13.6 42 351 8.4 2 52 3.0 25.1 1114 7 7
John David Crow 31 HB 14 14 121 477 1 31 3.9 34.1 8.6 30 341 11.4 3 54 2.1 24.4 818 4 1
Dave Kopay 24 14 0 47 204 1 32 4.3 14.6 3.4 10 67 6.7 1 26 0.7 4.8 271 2 1
Gary Lewis 24 14 0 36 130 2 15 3.6 9.3 2.6 7 44 6.3 1 18 0.5 3.1 174 3 1
George Mira 24 14 1 10 103 0 38 10.3 7.4 0.7 103 0 3
John Brodie 31 QB 14 13 5 18 3 7 3.6 1.3 0.4 18 3 4
Jim Jackson 22 10 0 4 7 0 4 1.8 0.7 0.4 1 63 63.0 1 63 0.1 6.3 70 1 1
Tommy Davis 32 P 14 0 3 43 0 22 14.3 3.1 0.2 43 0 0
Billy Kilmer 27 6 0 3 23 0 13 7.7 3.8 0.5 23 0 0
Dave Parks* 25 SE 13 13 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 66 974 14.8 5 65 5.1 74.9 973 5 0
Bernie Casey 27 FL 13 13 1 23 0 23 23.0 1.8 0.1 50 669 13.4 1 32 3.8 51.5 692 1 1
Monty Stickles 28 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 315 11.7 2 38 1.9 22.5 315 2 0
Kay McFarland 28 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 219 16.8 1 43 1.1 18.3 219 1 0
Dick Witcher 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 115 11.5 1 24 0.7 8.2 115 1 0
Kent Kramer 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 81 16.2 3 24 0.4 5.8 81 3 0
Team Total 26.0 14 422 1790 12 49 4.2 127.9 30.1 261 3239 12.4 21 65 18.6 231.4 5029 33 26
Opp Total 14 414 1629 15 3.9 116.4 29.6 206 2550 12.4 22 14.7 182.1 4179 37 24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Kermit Alexander 25 RCB 14 14 30 198 1 44 6.6 37 984 0 56 26.6 1182
Wayne Swinford 23 7 0 8 12 0 7 1.5 4 73 0 21 18.3 85
Jim Jackson 22 10 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 8 162 0 28 20.3 232
Dave Kopay 24 14 0 4 28 0 10 7.0 2 20 0 11 10.0 319
Gary Lewis 24 14 0 3 65 0 32 21.7 239
George Donnelly 24 RS 7 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Stan Hindman 22 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Mel Phillips 24 11 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 20
Team Total 26.0 14 45 238 1 44 5.3 56 1326 0 56 23.7 6593
Opp Total 14 33 1 59 1343 0 22.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 32 P 14 0 8 8 4 3 7 2 12 3 31 16 51.6% 39 38 97.4% 63 2609 60 0 41.4
Billy Kilmer 27 6 0 7 234 45 0 33.4
Team Total 26.0 14 8 8 4 3 7 2 12 3 31 16 51.6% 39 38 97.4% 70 2843 60 0 40.6
Opp Total 14 31 16 51.6% 40 37 92.5% 76 3131 41.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Kermit Alexander 25 RCB 14 14 4 73 0 55 4 4 14 1
Bruce Bosley* 33 C 14 14 0 2 0 0
John Brodie 31 QB 14 13 4 2 0 0
Bernie Casey 27 FL 13 13 1 0 0 0
John David Crow 31 HB 14 14 1 0 -3 0
George Donnelly 24 RS 7 7 2 16 0 16 1 1 0 0
Mike Dowdle 29 14 0 1 27 1 27
Bob L. Harrison 29 14 0 0 1 0 0
Matt Hazeltine 33 RLB 14 12 1 8 0 8 0 1 22 1
Stan Hindman 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Jackson 22 10 0 1 1 0 0
Jimmy Johnson 28 LCB 14 14 4 57 1 35 0 2 5 0
Elbert Kimbrough 28 LS 14 14 3 60 0 44 1 2 3 0
Dave Kopay 24 14 0 1 1 0 0
Charlie Krueger 29 LDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Gary Lewis 24 14 0 1 0 0 0
George Mira 24 14 1 3 2 0 0
Al Randolph 22 rs 13 5 3 138 1 94 0 1 0 0
Len Rohde 28 LT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Wayne Swinford 23 7 0 1 0 0 0
John Thomas*+ 31 LG 14 14 0 1 4 0
Ken Willard* 23 FB 14 14 7 1 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 18 379 3 94 26 25 45 2
Opp Total 14 30 24 13

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 32 P 14 0 38 16 86
Ken Willard* 23 FB 14 14 5 2 42
Dave Parks* 25 SE 13 13 5 30
John David Crow 31 HB 14 14 1 3 24
John Brodie 31 QB 14 13 3 18
Kent Kramer 22 14 0 3 18
Gary Lewis 24 14 0 2 1 18
Kermit Alexander 25 RCB 14 14 1 1 12
Dave Kopay 24 14 0 1 1 12
Monty Stickles 28 TE 14 14 2 12
Bernie Casey 27 FL 13 13 1 6
Mike Dowdle 29 14 0 1 6
Matt Hazeltine 33 RLB 14 12 1 6
Jim Jackson 22 10 0 1 6
Jimmy Johnson 28 LCB 14 14 1 6
Kay McFarland 28 12 0 1 6
Al Randolph 22 rs 13 5 1 6
Dick Witcher 22 14 0 1 6
Team Total 26.0 14 12 21 1 2 3 38 16 320
Opp Total 14 15 22 1 37 16 325