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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.

Simple Rating System: Total 1.8, Offense: 3.8, Defense: -2.0, SoS: 2.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Jack Christiansen

Training Camp: St. Mary's College (Moraga, California)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD
Team Offense 320 4782 952 5.0 38 12 28 282 261 500 2992 21 26 5.6 153 422 1790 12 4.2 101
Team Defense 325 4179 868 4.8 29 11 24 238 206 414 2550 22 18 5.6 126 414 1629 15 3.9 88
Lg Rank Offense 6 3 9 3 2 1 3 5 11 6 8 6 8 3
Lg Rank Defense 10 8 13 11 6 11 11 11 11 10 6 5 10 8

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 11 boxscore T 0-0-1 Minnesota Vikings 20 20 18 307 203 104 1 20 298 72 226 1
3 Sun September 25 boxscore L 0-1-1 @ Baltimore Colts 14 36 14 250 155 95 1 23 379 211 168 2
4 Fri September 30 boxscore L 0-2-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 3 34 15 251 198 53 5 20 356 193 163 1
4 Sun October 9 boxscore W 1-2-1 Green Bay Packers 21 20 17 248 94 154 1 17 368 262 106 2
6 Sun October 16 boxscore W 2-2-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 44 7 29 504 328 176 1 14 215 156 59 4
6 Sun October 23 boxscore W 3-2-1 Detroit Lions 27 24 23 359 188 171 4 17 314 202 112 2
7 Sun October 30 boxscore L 3-3-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 3 28 10 154 105 49 3 29 559 313 246 2
8 Sun November 6 boxscore W 4-3-1 Los Angeles Rams 21 13 21 358 277 81 2 11 142 116 26 1
9 Sun November 13 boxscore T 4-3-2 @ Chicago Bears 30 30 28 423 311 112 3 12 220 120 100 1
10 Sun November 20 boxscore L 4-4-2 Philadelphia Eagles 34 35 24 404 238 166 5 15 289 169 120 5
12 Thu November 24 boxscore W 5-4-2 @ Detroit Lions 41 14 22 487 273 214 3 10 196 149 47 2
12 Sun December 4 boxscore L 5-5-2 @ Green Bay Packers 7 20 17 321 181 140 4 20 311 204 107 1
13 Sun December 11 boxscore W 6-5-2 Chicago Bears 41 14 25 411 262 149 2 9 129 64 65 4
14 Sun December 18 boxscore L 6-6-2 Baltimore Colts 14 30 19 305 179 126 3 21 403 319 84 1

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
12 John Brodie 31 QB 14 13 5-6-2 232 427 54.3 2810 16 3.7 22 5.2 65 6.6 5.0 12.1 200.7 65.8 2 1
10 George Mira 24 qb 14 1 1-0-0 22 53 41.5 284 5 9.4 2 3.8 29 5.4 5.5 12.9 20.3 74.7
17 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
44 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 6-6-2 261 500 52.2 3239 21 4.2 26 5.2 65 6.5 5.0 12.4 231.4 64.9 2 1
Opp Total 14 206 414 49.8 2895 22 5.3 18 4.3 7.0 6.10 14.1 206.8 72.3 40 345 5.6 4.8 8.8

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
40 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
44 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
43 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
22 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
10 George Mira 24 qb 14 1 10 103 0 38 10.3 7.4 0.7 103 0 3
12 John Brodie 31 QB 14 13 5 18 3 7 3.6 1.3 0.4 18 3 4
38 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
36 Tommy Davis 32 K/P 14 0 3 43 0 22 14.3 3.1 0.2 43 0 0
17 Billy Kilmer 27 6 0 3 23 0 13 7.7 3.8 0.5 23 0 0
81 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
30 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
85 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
26 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
88 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
89 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
39 Kermit Alexander 25 KR/PR/RCB 14 14 30 198 1 44 6.6 37 984 0 56 26.6 1182
23 Wayne Swinford 23 7 0 8 12 0 7 1.5 4 73 0 21 18.3 85
38 Jim Jackson 22 10 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 8 162 0 28 20.3 232
43 Dave Kopay 24 14 0 4 28 0 10 7.0 2 20 0 11 10.0 319
22 Gary Lewis 24 14 0 3 65 0 32 21.7 239
20 George Donnelly 24 RS 7 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
80 Stan Hindman 22 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
32 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
36 Tommy Davis 32 K/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
17 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
39 Kermit Alexander 25 KR/PR/RCB 14 14 4 73 0 55 0 0 4 4 14 1
40 Ken Willard* 23 FB 14 14 0 7 1 0 0
12 John Brodie 31 QB 14 13 0 4 2 0 0
37 Jimmy Johnson 28 LCB 14 14 4 57 1 35 0 0 0 2 5 0
45 Elbert Kimbrough 28 LS 14 14 3 60 0 44 0 0 1 2 3 0
10 George Mira 24 qb 14 1 0 3 2 0 0
20 George Donnelly 24 RS 7 7 2 16 0 16 0 0 1 1 0 0
27 Al Randolph 22 rs 13 5 3 138 1 94 0 0 0 1 0 0
77 Bruce Bosley* 33 C 14 14 0 0 2 0 0
55 Matt Hazeltine 33 RLB 14 12 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 1 22 1
38 Jim Jackson 22 10 0 0 1 1 0 0
43 Dave Kopay 24 14 0 0 1 1 0 0
30 Bernie Casey 27 FL 13 13 0 1 0 0 0
44 John David Crow 31 HB 14 14 0 1 0 -3 0
53 Mike Dowdle 29 14 0 1 27 1 27 0
54 Bob L. Harrison 29 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
80 Stan Hindman 22 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
70 Charlie Krueger 29 LDT 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
22 Gary Lewis 24 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
76 Len Rohde 28 LT 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
23 Wayne Swinford 23 7 0 0 1 0 0 0
78 John Thomas*+ 31 LG 14 14 0 0 1 4 0
Team Total 26.0 14 18 379 3 94 0 0 26 25 45 2
Opp Total 14 30 24 13

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
36 Tommy Davis 32 K/P 14 0 38 16 86
40 Ken Willard* 23 FB 14 14 5 2 7 42
81 Dave Parks* 25 SE 13 13 5 5 30
44 John David Crow 31 HB 14 14 1 3 4 24
12 John Brodie 31 QB 14 13 3 3 18
89 Kent Kramer 22 14 0 3 3 18
22 Gary Lewis 24 14 0 2 1 3 18
39 Kermit Alexander 25 KR/PR/RCB 14 14 1 1 2 12
43 Dave Kopay 24 14 0 1 1 2 12
85 Monty Stickles 28 TE 14 14 2 2 12
30 Bernie Casey 27 FL 13 13 1 1 6
53 Mike Dowdle 29 14 0 1 1 6
55 Matt Hazeltine 33 RLB 14 12 1 1 6
38 Jim Jackson 22 10 0 1 1 6
37 Jimmy Johnson 28 LCB 14 14 1 1 6
26 Kay McFarland 28 12 0 1 1 6
27 Al Randolph 22 rs 13 5 1 1 6
88 Dick Witcher 22 14 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.0 14 12 21 1 2 3 39 38 16 320
Opp Total 14 15 22 1 37 16 325