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

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

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

External links

• 49ers on Pro Football Reference
• 49ers Schedule on jt-sw.com