1966 San Francisco 49ers season

1966 San Francisco 49ers season
Head coach	Jack Christiansen
Owner	Josephine Morabito Jane Morabito
Home field	Kezar Stadium
Results
Record	6–6–2
Division place	4th NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1966 NFL draft

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 11	Minnesota Vikings	T 20–20	0–0–1	29,312
2	September 18	Bye
3	September 25	at Baltimore Colts	L 36–14	0–1–1	56,715
4	September 30	at Los Angeles Rams	L 34–3	0–2–1	45,642
5	October 9	Green Bay Packers	W 21–20	1–2–1	39,290
6	October 16	at Atlanta Falcons	W 44–7	2–2–1	54,788
7	October 23	Detroit Lions	W 27–24	3–2–1	36,745
8	October 30	at Minnesota Vikings	L 28–3	3–3–1	45,007
9	November 6	Los Angeles Rams	W 21–13	4–3–1	35,372
10	November 13	at Chicago Bears	T 30–30	4–3–2	47,079
11	November 20	Philadelphia Eagles	L 35–34	4–4–2	31,993
12	November 24	at Detroit Lions	W 41–14	5–4–2	53,189
13	December 4	at Green Bay Packers	L 20–7	5–5–2	48,725
14	December 11	Chicago Bears	W 41–14	6–5–2	37,170
15	December 18	Baltimore Colts	L 30–14	6–6–2	40,005

A bye week was necessary in 1966, as the league expanded to an odd-number (15) of teams (Atlanta); one team was idle each week.

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	7	10	3	20
49ers	6	14	0	0	20

Date: September 11
Location: Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA
Game weather: 60°F; wind 25

Scoring summary

Q1	SF	Davis 44 yard field goal	SF 3–0

Q1	SF	Davis 46 yard field goal	SF 6–0

Q2	SF	Stickles 9 yard pass from Brodie (Davis kick)	SF 13–0

Q2	MIN	Mason 2 yard run (Cox kick)	SF 13–7

Q2	SF	Parks 5 yard pass from Brodie (Davis kick)	SF 20–7

Q3	MIN	Brown 33 yard run (Cox kick)	SF 20–14

Q3	MIN	Cox 26 yard field goal	SF 20–17

Q4	MIN	Cox 31 yard field goal	Tie 20–20

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Standings

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	12	2	0	.857	10–2	335	163	W5
Baltimore Colts	9	5	0	.643	7–5	314	226	W1
Los Angeles Rams	8	6	0	.571	6–6	289	212	L1
San Francisco 49ers	6	6	2	.500	5–5–2	320	325	L1
Chicago Bears	5	7	2	.417	4–6–2	234	272	W1
Detroit Lions	4	9	1	.308	3–8–1	206	317	L3
Minnesota Vikings	4	9	1	.308	4–7–1	206	304	L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-15.

External links

San Francisco 49ers

Founded in 1946 Based and headquartered in Santa Clara, California

Franchise	Franchise Team history Coaches Players Seasons Logo and uniform history Starting quarterbacks Draft history

Stadiums	Kezar Stadium Candlestick Park Levi's Stadium

Culture	Sourdough Sam San Francisco Gold Rush West Coast offense

Lore	The Catch Joe Cool Million Dollar Backfield Snowball Game Harbaugh Bowl

Rivalries	Los Angeles Rams Seattle Seahawks Dallas Cowboys New York Giants

Key figures	Eddie DeBartolo Denise DeBartolo York Jed York John York Gideon Yu

Division championships (19)	1970 1971 1972 1981 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 2002 2011 2012

Conference championships (6)	1981 1984 1988 1989 1994 2012

League championships (5)	1981 (XVI) 1984 (XIX) 1988 (XXIII) 1989 (XXIV) 1994 (XXIX)

Retired numbers	8 12 16 34 37 39 70 58 70 80 87 BW Mr. D

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1950–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: West Division

Former league affiliation	All-America Football Conference (1946–1949)

Seasons (70)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

San Francisco 49ers seasons

1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Super Bowl victory Italics indicates Super Bowl appearance

1966 NFL season

Eastern Conference	Atlanta	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Los Angeles	Western Conference
	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	Chicago	Minnesota
	Dallas	St. Louis	Detroit	San Francisco
	NY Giants	Washington	Green Bay

Related: 1966 AFL Season

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