1965 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 4th place • Western Conference • 7-6-1 .538 |
| Head Coach: Jack Christiansen |
| Jimmy David | Defensive Backs |
| Bill Johnson | Assistant Coach |
| Y.A. Tittle | Assistant Coach |
| Dick Voris | Assistant Coach |
| Billy Wilson | Offensive Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/15/1965 | H | Cleveland Browns | 21-37 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 28727 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 27-7 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 24837 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1965 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-17 | T | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 29831 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23-9 | W | Providence, RI | Brown Stadium | 12020 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1965 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 29510 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | H | Chicago Bears | 52-24 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33211 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 30140 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | A | Baltimore Colts | 24-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 58609 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1965 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-27 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50852 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 45-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 38615 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 41-42 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 42680 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | H | Baltimore Colts | 28-34 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 45827 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 31-39 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 39677 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | A | Detroit Lions | 27-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 54534 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 30-27 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 39253 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 45-24 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 40306 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1965 | H | Detroit Lions | 17-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 38463 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | A | Chicago Bears | 20-61 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46278 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1965 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-24 | T | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 45710 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Kermit Alexander | 39 | RS-RCB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Beard | 50 | MLB-LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Tennessee | 12 | 4 |
| Bruce Bosley | 77 | C | 6-2 | 241 | 32 | West Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| John Brodie | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 30 | Stanford | 13 | 13 |
| Vern Burke | 84 | FL | 6-4 | 201 | 24 | Bakersfield CC; Oregon State | 3 | 0 |
| Bernie Casey | 30 | FL | 6-4 | 213 | 26 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Cerne | 56 | C | 6-2 | 238 | 23 | Northwestern | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Chapple | 58 | RLB | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Stanford | 14 | 6 |
| Dan Colchico | 86 | LDE | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | Diablo Valley JC; San Jose State | 1 | 1 |
| John David Crow | 44 | HB | 6-2 | 218 | 30 | Texas A&M | 14 | 13 |
| Tommy Davis | 36 | K-P | 6-0 | 215 | 31 | Louisiana State | 14 | 0 |
| Floyd Dean | 57 | RLB-LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Florida | 9 | 0 |
| George Donnelly | 20 | RS | 6-3 | 207 | 23 | Illinois | 14 | 5 |
| Mike Dowdle | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 226 | 28 | Texas | 10 | 10 |
| Bob Harrison | 54 | LB | 6-2 | 233 | 28 | Oklahoma | 7 | 0 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 55 | RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 32 | California | 8 | 8 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 37 | LCB | 6-2 | 188 | 27 | Santa Monica JC; UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Rudy Johnson | 32 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Nebraska | 14 | 0 |
| Elbert Kimbrough | 45 | LS | 5-11 | 193 | 27 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Kopay | 43 | HB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Marquette; Washington | 12 | 1 |
| Charlie Krueger | 70 | LDT | 6-4 | 256 | 28 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Roland Lakes | 60 | RDT-LDE | 6-4 | 267 | 26 | Wichita State | 14 | 14 |
| Danny LaRose | 87 | DE | 6-5 | 250 | 26 | Missouri | 5 | 0 |
| Gary Lewis | 22 | FB | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | San Francisco CC; Washington State; Phoenix JC; Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
| Kay McFarland | 26 | SE | 6-2 | 182 | 27 | Colorado State | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Mertens | 80 | RCB | 6-0 | 184 | 29 | Drake | 13 | 9 |
| Dale Messer | 29 | FL | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Fresno State | 9 | 0 |
| Clark Miller | 74 | RDE | 6-5 | 246 | 27 | Oakland JC; Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| George Mira | 10 | QB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 1 |
| Howard Mudd | 68 | ROG | 6-2 | 252 | 23 | Michigan State; Hillsdale | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Norton | 75 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 254 | 23 | Washington | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 81 | SE | 6-2 | 202 | 24 | Texas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Poole | 82 | TE | 6-4 | 216 | 24 | Clemson | 9 | 0 |
| Walt Rock | 67 | ROT | 6-5 | 252 | 24 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Len Rohde | 76 | LOT | 6-4 | 246 | 27 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Karl Rubke | 52 | LDE | 6-4 | 240 | 30 | Santa Rosa JC; Southern California | 14 | 7 |
| Chuck Sieminski | 65 | LDE-RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 262 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 5 |
| Monty Stickles | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Wayne Swinford | 23 | CB | 6-0 | 194 | 22 | Georgia | 14 | 0 |
| John Thomas | 78 | LOG | 6-4 | 246 | 30 | Pacific | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Wilcox | 64 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Boise JC; Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Willard | 40 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Wilson | 63 | LOG | 6-3 | 257 | 24 | Georgia | 11 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Ken Willard | FB | North Carolina |
| 1 | 13 | George Donnelly | B | Illinois |
| 2 | 16 | Joe Cerne | C | Northwestern |
| 3 | 29 | Bob Schweickert | B | Virginia Tech |
| 3 | 30 | Jim Norton | T | Washington |
| 3 | 42 | Jack Chapple | LB | Stanford |
| 4 | 44 | Larry Todd | FL | Arizona State |
| 5 | 58 | Dave McCormick | T | Louisiana State |
| 9 | 114 | Wayne Swinford | HB | Georgia |
| 10 | 128 | Bob Cappadona | FB | Northeastern |
| 11 | 142 | Steve Mass | T | Arizona |
| 12 | 156 | Dave Plump | HB | Fresno State |
| 13 | 170 | Gregg Schumacher | E | Illinois |
| 14 | 184 | Frank Andruski | HB | Utah |
| 15 | 198 | Joe Pabian | T | West Virginia |
| 16 | 212 | Dave Hettema | T | New Mexico |
| 17 | 226 | Len Frketich | E | Oregon State |
| 18 | 240 | Leon Standridge | E | San Diego State |
| 19 | 254 | Dale Ford | HB | Washington State |
| 20 | 268 | Dennis Duncan | HB | Louisiana College |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 157 | 75 | 117 | 421 |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 127 | 92 | 123 | 402 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 292 | 97 | 172 | 23 | / % | / % | 79 | 785 | |
| Opponents Totals | 259 | 94 | 139 | 26 | / % | / % | 71 | 727 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Davis | 0 | 52 | 53 | 98.1 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0 | 103 |
| Dave Parks | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| John David Crow | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Ken Willard | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Bernie Casey | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Dave Kopay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gary Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| John Brodie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Vern Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Chapple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Krueger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kay McFarland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clark Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Monty Stickles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Wilcox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 53 | 52 | 53 | 98.1 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0 | 421 |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 48 | 52 | 92.3 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 0 | 402 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Davis | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 2 | 53 | 4/5 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 1/1 | 2/7 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 2 | 53 | 4/5 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 1/3 | 2/7 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 5/ | 2/ | 7/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Willard | 189 | 778 | 4.1 | 82 | 5 |
| John David Crow | 132 | 514 | 3.9 | 30 | 2 |
| Gary Lewis | 52 | 256 | 4.9 | 60t | 3 |
| Dave Kopay | 28 | 81 | 2.9 | 10 | 2 |
| George Mira | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 25 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 15 | 60 | 4.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Tommy Davis | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rudy Johnson | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 428 | 1783 | 4.2 | 60t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 405 | 1535 | 3.8 | 50t | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brodie | 391 | 242 | 61.9 | 133 | 3112 | 8.0 | 12.9 | 59t | 30 | 7.7 | 16 | 4.1 | 14 | 101 | 3011 | 95.3 |
| George Mira | 58 | 28 | 48.3 | 27 | 460 | 7.9 | 16.4 | 46 | 4 | 6.9 | 3 | 5.2 | 5 | 45 | 415 | 76.8 |
| John David Crow | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 61 | 15.3 | 30.5 | 45t | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 95.8 |
| Ken Willard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 454 | 272 | 59.9 | 161 | 3633 | 8.0 | 13.4 | 59t | 35 | 7.7 | 21 | 4.6 | 19 | 146 | 3487 | 91.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 448 | 225 | 50.2 | 210 | 3302 | 7.4 | 14.7 | 80t | 24 | 5.4 | 13 | 2.9 | 25 | 197 | 3105 | 80.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Parks | 80 | 1344 | 16.8 | 53t | 12 |
| Bernie Casey | 59 | 765 | 13.0 | 59t | 8 |
| Monty Stickles | 35 | 343 | 9.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Ken Willard | 32 | 253 | 7.9 | 29t | 4 |
| John David Crow | 28 | 493 | 17.6 | 54 | 7 |
| Dave Kopay | 11 | 147 | 13.4 | 44 | 1 |
| Gary Lewis | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Kay McFarland | 8 | 106 | 13.3 | 35t | 1 |
| Rudy Johnson | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Dale Messer | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Vern Burke | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Bob Poole | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 272 | 3633 | 13.4 | 59t | 35 |
| Opponents Totals | 225 | 3302 | 14.7 | 80t | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Johnson | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Kermit Alexander | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Elbert Kimbrough | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Wilcox | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 97 | 7.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 232 | 11.0 | 33 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Davis | 54 | 2471 | 45.8 | 65 | 0 | 408 | ||||
| Team Totals | 54 | 2471 | 45.8 | 65 | 0 | 408 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 2599 | 41.9 | 90 | 0 | 283 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 35 | 7 | 262 | 7.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Wayne Swinford | 2 | 11 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Lewis | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 18 | 283 | 7.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 7 | 408 | 12.4 | 85t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Lewis | 15 | 355 | 23.7 | 39 | 0 | |
| Kermit Alexander | 32 | 741 | 23.2 | 46 | 0 | |
| Rudy Johnson | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 27 | 0 | |
| Wayne Swinford | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Dale Messer | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Dave Kopay | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Joe Cerne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Karl Rubke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 59 | 1276 | 21.6 | 46 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 1566 | 26.5 | 99t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Brodie | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bernie Casey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Chapple | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| John David Crow | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elbert Kimbrough | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Kopay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Charlie Krueger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Gary Lewis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 1 |
| George Mira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Parks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Rohde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl Rubke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Sieminski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Swinford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Wilcox | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 1 | |
| Ken Willard | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 139 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 3 |
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