1963 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 7th place • Western Conference • 2-12-0 .143 |
| Head Coach: Red Hickey (0-3-0); Jack Christiansen (2-9-0) |
| Jack Christiansen | Defensive Backs |
| Jimmy David | Defensive Backs |
| Bill Johnson | Assistant Coach |
| Jack Myers | Assistant Coach |
| Dick Voris | Assistant Coach |
| Billy Wilson | Offensive Ends |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sat | 8/10/1963 | N | Minnesota Vikings | 28 | 43 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 20837 | |
| Fri | 8/16/1963 | N | St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | 24 | L | Salt Lake City, UT | Ute Stadium | 19038 | |
| Sun | 8/25/1963 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7 | 24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 28335 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1963 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 24 | 37 | L | Bakersfield, CA | Memorial Stadium | 9927 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 34405 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1963 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 20 | 24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 30781 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 20 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31006 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1963 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 45 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 28567 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1963 | A | Detroit Lions | 3 | 26 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 44088 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | A | Baltimore Colts | 3 | 20 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 56962 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | H | Chicago Bears | 20 | 14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 35837 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21 | 28 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45532 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | H | Detroit Lions | 7 | 45 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33511 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1963 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 31 | 24 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 29563 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | A | New York Giants | 14 | 48 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62982 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1963 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 28 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 45905 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1963 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 21 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33321 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | A | Chicago Bears | 7 | 27 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45994 | |
| Sat | 12/14/1963 | H | Green Bay Packers | 17 | 21 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31031 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Kermit Alexander | 39 | LCB-RS | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Bruce Bosley | 77 | C-LOG | 6-2 | 241 | 30 | West Virginia | 14 | 9 |
| Clyde Brock | 75 | LOT-ROT | 6-5 | 268 | 23 | Utah State | 6 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 28 | Stanford | 3 | 3 |
| Bernie Casey | 30 | FL-SE | 6-4 | 213 | 24 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 14 |
| Dan Colchico | 86 | LDE | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | Diablo Valley JC; San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| Clyde Conner | 88 | SE | 6-2 | 193 | 30 | Pacific | 11 | 9 |
| Bill Cooper | 35 | MLB-RLB-LLB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Muskingum | 14 | 2 |
| Tommy Davis | 36 | K-P | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | Louisiana State | 14 | 0 |
| Leon Donohue | 72 | ROG | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| Eddie Dove | 44 | LS | 6-2 | 181 | 26 | Colorado | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Dowdle | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 226 | 26 | Texas | 13 | 13 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 55 | RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 30 | California | 13 | 13 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 37 | RS-SE | 6-2 | 188 | 25 | Santa Monica JC; UCLA | 13 | 14 |
| Elbert Kimbrough | 45 | LS-LCB | 5-11 | 193 | 25 | Northwestern | 14 | 13 |
| Gary Knafelc | 84 | TE | 6-4 | 217 | 31 | Colorado | 10 | 6 |
| Charlie Krueger | 70 | LDT | 6-4 | 256 | 26 | Texas A&M | 7 | 7 |
| Roland Lakes | 60 | RDT | 6-4 | 267 | 24 | Wichita State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Lind | 38 | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Notre Dame | 11 | 0 |
| Don Lisbon | 42 | HB | 5-11 | 194 | 22 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 8 |
| Mike Magac | 62 | ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Missouri | 10 | 0 |
| Kay McFarland | 26 | FL-SE-TE | 6-2 | 182 | 25 | Colorado State | 12 | 2 |
| Lamar McHan | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 31 | Arkansas | 12 | 9 |
| Dale Messer | 29 | LS | 5-10 | 175 | 26 | Fresno State | 14 | 2 |
| Clark Miller | 74 | RDE | 6-5 | 246 | 25 | Oakland JC; Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Leo Nomellini | 73 | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 259 | 39 | Minnesota | 14 | 7 |
| Joe Perry | 34 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 203 | 36 | Compton JC | 9 | 1 |
| Ed Pine | 54 | LLB | 6-4 | 233 | 23 | Utah | 14 | 14 |
| Walt Rock | 67 | LDE-RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 252 | 22 | Maryland | 7 | 0 |
| Len Rohde | 76 | LOT | 6-4 | 246 | 25 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Karl Rubke | 52 | C-LOG | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | Santa Rosa JC; Southern California | 14 | 7 |
| Bob St. Clair | 79 | ROT | 6-8 | 263 | 32 | San Francisco; Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Sieminski | 65 | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 262 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 24 | FB | 6-1 | 205 | 31 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 13 |
| Monty Stickles | 85 | TE-SE | 6-4 | 232 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 |
| John Thomas | 78 | LOG | 6-4 | 246 | 28 | Pacific | 14 | 12 |
| Jim Vollenweider | 33 | HB-FB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 3 |
| Bobby Waters | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 184 | 25 | Presbyterian | 7 | 2 |
| Howie Williams | 28 | DB | 6-1 | 188 | 27 | Howard | 7 | 0 |
| Roy Williams | 66 | LDT | 6-7 | 265 | 26 | Pacific | 7 | 0 |
| Lloyd Winston | 32 | HB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Santa Monica JC; Southern California | 4 | 3 |
| Abe Woodson | 40 | RCB | 5-11 | 188 | 29 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Kermit Alexander | B | UCLA |
| 2 | 21 | Walt Rock | G | Maryland |
| 3 | 36 | Don Lisbon | B | Bowling Green State |
| 4 | 46 | Hatch Rosdahl | G | Penn State |
| 4 | 50 | Hugh Campbell | E | Washington State |
| 5 | 64 | Vern Burke | E | Oregon State |
| 5 | 65 | Jim Pilot | B | New Mexico State |
| 5 | 66 | Gary Moeller | G-LB | Ohio State |
| 6 | 77 | Pat Emerick | G | Western Michigan |
| 7 | 92 | Ernest DeCourley | T | Minnesota State-Moorhead |
| 8 | 105 | Roger Locke | E | Arizona State |
| 9 | 120 | Jack Maczuzak | T | Pittsburgh |
| 10 | 133 | Dick Lopour | B | Huron |
| 11 | 148 | Steve Shafer | B | Utah State |
| 12 | 161 | Bob Benton | T | Mississippi |
| 13 | 176 | Dick Schulz | T | Ohio University |
| 14 | 189 | Bill Tobin | B | Missouri |
| 15 | 204 | Ollie Ross | B | West Texas A&M |
| 16 | 217 | Jim Bogdalek | T | Toledo |
| 17 | 232 | Kenny Reed | G | Tulsa |
| 18 | 245 | John Sellers | T | Bakersfield CC |
| 19 | 260 | Bob Price | G | North Texas |
| 20 | 273 | Don Davis | B | McMurry |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 79 | 51 | 24 | 198 |
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 121 | 85 | 102 | 391 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 183 | 87 | 87 | 9 | / % | / % | 51 | 439 | |
| Opponents Totals | 304 | 121 | 168 | 15 | / % | / % | 73 | 667 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Davis | 0 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 10 | 31 | 32.3 | 0 | 54 |
| Bernie Casey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| J.D. Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Abe Woodson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gary Knafelc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Lisbon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Vollenweider | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Kay McFarland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lloyd Winston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 24 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 10 | 31 | 32.3 | 0 | 198 |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 50 | 51 | 98.0 | 11 | 27 | 40.7 | 1 | 391 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Davis | 10 | 31 | 32.3 | 0 | 46 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 6/13 | 3/9 | 0/6 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 31 | 32.3 | 0 | 46 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 6/13 | 3/9 | 0/6 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 27 | 40.7 | 2/ | 3/ | 3/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Smith | 162 | 560 | 3.5 | 52t | 5 |
| Don Lisbon | 109 | 399 | 3.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Lloyd Winston | 27 | 127 | 4.7 | 38 | 1 |
| Jim Vollenweider | 47 | 124 | 2.6 | 12 | 2 |
| Joe Perry | 24 | 98 | 4.1 | 16 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 17 | 59 | 3.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Lind | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Waters | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 406 | 1454 | 3.6 | 52t | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 488 | 2076 | 4.3 | 51t | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar McHan | 195 | 83 | 42.6 | 101 | 1243 | 6.4 | 15.0 | 68t | 8 | 4.1 | 11 | 5.6 | 16 | 123 | 1120 | 54.3 |
| Bobby Waters | 88 | 42 | 47.7 | 40 | 435 | 4.9 | 10.4 | 42 | 1 | 1.1 | 6 | 6.8 | 18 | 135 | 300 | 37.8 |
| John Brodie | 61 | 30 | 49.2 | 27 | 367 | 6.0 | 12.2 | 44t | 3 | 4.9 | 4 | 6.6 | 1 | 5 | 362 | 57.2 |
| Don Lisbon | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 45 | 22.5 | 45.0 | 45t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 135.4 |
| Tommy Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Joe Perry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Jim Vollenweider | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 349 | 156 | 44.7 | 171 | 2090 | 6.0 | 13.4 | 68 | 13 | 3.7 | 22 | 6.3 | 35 | 263 | 1827 | 50.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 450 | 244 | 54.2 | 192 | 3581 | 8.0 | 14.7 | 70t | 27 | 6.0 | 14 | 3.1 | 25 | 210 | 3371 | 87.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Casey | 47 | 762 | 16.2 | 68t | 7 | 0 | |||
| Don Lisbon | 21 | 259 | 12.3 | 51 | 2 | ||||
| Gary Knafelc | 18 | 221 | 12.3 | 45t | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| J.D. Smith | 17 | 196 | 11.5 | 40 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Clyde Conner | 16 | 247 | 15.4 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| Monty Stickles | 11 | 152 | 13.8 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kay McFarland | 11 | 126 | 11.5 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Johnson | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Lind | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Winston | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Vollenweider | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 156 | 2090 | 13.4 | 68t | 13 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 244 | 3581 | 14.7 | 70t | 27 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Abe Woodson | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 61 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Mike Dowdle | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Elbert Kimbrough | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Ed Pine | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 221 | 15.8 | 61 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 283 | 12.9 | 52 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Davis | 73 | 3311 | 45.4 | 64 | 2 | 587 | ||||
| Team Totals | 73 | 3311 | 45.4 | 64 | 2 | 587 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 2373 | 43.1 | 68 | 0 | 99 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Woodson | 13 | 7 | 95 | 7.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Dale Messer | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 19 | 99 | 5.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 5 | 587 | 11.7 | 90t | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Woodson | 29 | 935 | 32.2 | 103t | 3 | |
| Kermit Alexander | 24 | 638 | 26.6 | 48 | 0 | |
| Jim Vollenweider | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bill Cooper | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bob St. Clair | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Monty Stickles | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 62 | 1659 | 26.8 | 103t | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 816 | 22.1 | 45 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Brodie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bernie Casey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Colchico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Conner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elbert Kimbrough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Knafelc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Krueger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Lisbon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lamar McHan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Messer | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Karl Rubke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob St. Clair | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monty Stickles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Vollenweider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Waters | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abe Woodson | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 1 |
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