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1968 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 7-6-1, Finished 3rd in NFL Coastal Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 303 points (21.6/g), 6th of 16 in the NFL.
 Allowed 310 points (22.1/g), 9th.
 Differential of -7 points (-0.5/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 6.8-7.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 11th.

Coached by Dick Nolan (7-6-1)

1968 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 15 box L 0-1 @ Baltimore Colts 10 27 15 272 189 83 3 22 346 185 161 1
2 Sun September 22 box W 1-1 St. Louis Cardinals 35 17 22 395 263 132 3 13 228 123 105 4
3 Sun September 29 box W 2-1 Atlanta Falcons 28 13 24 374 185 189 1 14 227 156 71 1
4 Sun October 6 box L 2-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 10 24 12 158 96 62 1 19 275 154 121 2
5 Sun October 13 box L 2-3 Baltimore Colts 14 42 28 392 236 156 4 18 278 182 96 1
6 Sun October 20 box W 3-3 @ New York Giants 26 10 22 393 179 214 1 19 272 116 156 3
7 Sun October 27 box W 4-3 @ Detroit Lions 14 7 16 332 216 116 2 10 219 141 78 4
8 Sun November 3 box L 4-4 Cleveland Browns 21 33 21 311 241 70 5 22 362 138 224 2
9 Sun November 10 box L 4-5 @ Chicago Bears 19 27 11 255 199 56 4 26 449 234 215 1
10 Sun November 17 box T 4-5-1 Los Angeles Rams 20 20 18 338 171 167 4 22 399 270 129 3
11 Sun November 24 box W 5-5-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 45 28 18 399 269 130 1 22 351 280 71 5
12 Sun December 1 box W 6-5-1 Green Bay Packers 27 20 17 352 292 60 1 17 217 44 173 1
13 Sun December 8 box L 6-6-1 Minnesota Vikings 20 30 15 280 179 101 3 15 247 122 125 1
14 Sun December 15 box W 7-6-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 14 12 21 458 210 248 4 11 150 99 51 2

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 303 4709 887 5.3 260 239 417 2925 24 23 6.6 141 443 1784 11 4.0 98 37 14 21
Team Defense 310 4020 896 4.5 389 201 416 2244 19 20 5.0 124 445 1776 12 4.0 250 31 11 15
Lg Rank Offense 6 3 2 3 2 4 12 4 10 9 10 6 10 7
Lg Rank Defense 9 7 11 13 7 8 8 4 11 8 8 9 11 13

Passing

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Age Pos G GS QBrec 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 33 QB 14 14 7-6-1 234 404 57.9 3020 22 5.4 21 5.2 65 7.5 5.7 12.9 215.7 78.0
George Mira 26 13 0 4 11 36.4 44 1 9.1 1 9.1 43 4.0 0.8 11.0 3.4 41.5
Clifton McNeil*+ 28 FL 14 14 1 2 50.0 43 1 50.0 1 50.0 43 21.5 4.0 43.0 3.1 95.8
Team Total 26.6 14 7-6-1 239 417 57.3 3107 24 5.8 23 5.5 65 7.5 5.5 13.0 221.9 77.1
Opp Total 14 201 416 48.3 2244 19 4.6 20 4.8 5.4 3.7 11.2 160.3 60.0 35 304 5.0 2.7

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* 25 FB 14 14 227 967 7 69 4.3 69.1 16.2 36 232 6.4 0 20 2.6 16.6 1199 7 4
Gary Lewis 26 HB 14 14 141 573 1 22 4.1 40.9 10.1 27 244 9.0 3 33 1.9 17.4 817 4 3
Bill Tucker 25 14 0 30 135 3 18 4.5 9.6 2.1 15 197 13.1 4 43 1.1 14.1 332 7 2
John Brodie 33 QB 14 14 18 71 0 15 3.9 5.1 1.3 71 0 4
Clem Daniels 31 9 0 12 37 0 11 3.1 4.1 1.3 2 23 11.5 0 16 0.2 2.6 60 0 0
Doug Cunningham 23 10 0 6 7 0 5 1.2 0.7 0.6 2 25 12.5 0 16 0.2 2.5 32 0 2
John David Crow 33 TE 14 14 4 4 0 3 1.0 0.3 0.3 31 531 17.1 5 54 2.2 37.9 535 5 0
Dwight Lee 23 2 0 2 1 0 1 0.5 0.5 1.0 1 0 0
Clifton McNeil*+ 28 FL 14 14 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 71 994 14.0 7 65 5.1 71.0 993 7 1
George Mira 26 13 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 5 0 1
Steve Spurrier 23 P 14 0 1 -15 0 -15 -15.0 -1.1 0.1 -15 0 1
Dick Witcher 24 SE 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 39 531 13.6 1 59 2.8 37.9 531 1 1
Bob Windsor 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 146 18.3 2 62 0.6 10.4 146 2 0
Kay McFarland 30 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 140 28.0 1 65 0.6 15.6 140 1 0
Sonny Randle 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 44 14.7 1 29 1.0 14.7 44 1 0
Team Total 26.6 14 443 1784 11 69 4.0 127.4 31.6 239 3107 13.0 24 65 17.1 221.9 4891 35 26
Opp Total 14 445 1776 12 4.0 126.9 31.8 201 2244 11.2 19 14.4 160.3 4020 31 22

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* 27 RCB 14 14 24 87 0 26 3.6 20 360 0 35 18.0 447
Doug Cunningham 23 10 0 14 286 0 38 20.4 318
Johnny Fuller 22 RS 14 10 12 33 0 9 2.8 1 23 0 23 23.0 56
Clem Daniels 31 9 0 10 206 0 29 20.6 266
Bill Tucker 25 14 0 5 103 0 30 20.6 435
Harold Hays 29 14 0 2 21 0 13 10.5 21
Dwight Lee 23 2 0 2 43 0 22 21.5 44
Frank Nunley 23 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0
Cas Banaszek 23 RT 14 14 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Tommy Hart 24 5 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Dave Olerich 24 14 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Woody Peoples 25 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.6 14 36 120 0 26 3.3 60 1064 0 38 17.7 6075
Opp Total 14 31 0 56 1163 1 20.8

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
Steve Spurrier 23 P 14 0 68 2651 54 0 39.0
Tommy Davis 34 K 9 0 5 5 1 5 4 5 16 9 56.3% 26 26 100.0%
Dennis Patera 23 5 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 8 2 25.0% 13 10 76.9%
Team Total 26.6 14 6 6 4 1 7 4 6 1 24 11 45.8% 39 36 92.3% 68 2651 54 0 39.0
Opp Total 14 32 22 68.8% 35 34 97.1% 68 2781 40.9

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* 27 RCB 14 14 9 155 1 66 4 1 0 0
Cas Banaszek 23 RT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Ed Beard 29 MLB 14 14 2 93 0 69
Bill Belk 22 10 4 1 6 1 6 0 1 0 0
John Brodie 33 QB 14 14 4 3 0 0
Doug Cunningham 23 10 0 2 2 0 0
Johnny Fuller 22 RS 14 10 2 3 0 3 2 2 0 0
Matt Hazeltine 35 RLB 14 14 0 1 0 0
Stan Hindman 24 LDE 14 14 1 25 1 25
Jimmy Johnson 30 LCB 13 13 1 25 0 25
Charlie Krueger 31 LDT 14 14 0 1 22 0
Roland Lakes 29 RDT 14 14 0 2 0 0
Gary Lewis 26 HB 14 14 3 1 0 0
Clifton McNeil*+ 28 FL 14 14 1 0 0 0
Clark Miller 30 RDE 10 10 0 2 33 0
George Mira 26 13 0 1 1 -7 0
Frank Nunley 23 14 0 1 0 0 0
Al Randolph 24 LS 14 14 4 60 0 40 0 1 0 0
Steve Spurrier 23 P 14 0 1 1 0 0
Bill Tucker 25 14 0 2 0 0 0
Ken Willard* 25 FB 14 14 4 0 0 0
Bob Windsor 26 14 0 0 1 0 0
Dick Witcher 24 SE 14 13 1 1 12 1
John Woitt 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.6 14 20 367 3 69 26 23 60 1
Opp Total 14 27 22 11

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 34 K 9 0 26 9 53
Clifton McNeil*+ 28 FL 14 14 7 42
Bill Tucker 25 14 0 3 4 42
Ken Willard* 25 FB 14 14 7 42
John David Crow 33 TE 14 14 5 30
Gary Lewis 26 HB 14 14 1 3 24
Dennis Patera 23 5 0 10 2 16
Bob Windsor 26 14 0 2 12
Dick Witcher 24 SE 14 13 1 1 12
Kermit Alexander* 27 RCB 14 14 1 6
Bill Belk 22 10 4 1 6
Stan Hindman 24 LDE 14 14 1 6
Kay McFarland 30 9 0 1 6
Sonny Randle 32 3 0 1 6
Team Total 26.6 14 11 24 1 3 36 11 303
Opp Total 14 12 19 1 34 22 310