1968 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Conference • Coastal Division • 7-6-1 .538 |
| Head Coach: Dick Nolan |
| Mike Giddings | Linebackers |
| Ed Hughes | Receivers |
| Ken Meyer | Offensive Backs |
| Joe Perry | Kickers |
| Jim Shofner | Defensive Backs |
| Y.A. Tittle | Offensive Consultant |
| Paul Wiggin | Defensive Line |
| Ernie Zwahlen | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/3/1968 | A | San Diego Chargers | 18-30 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 39553 | |
| Sun | 8/11/1968 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 14-16 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27530 | |
| Sun | 8/18/1968 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-31 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 26801 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1968 | A | Denver Broncos | 22-6 | W | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 22254 | |
| Sun | 9/1/1968 | H | Oakland Raiders | 19-26 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 57593 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1968 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 20-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 48143 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1968 | A | Baltimore Colts | 10-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 56864 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1968 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 35-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27557 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1968 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 28-13 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27741 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1968 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 10-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 69520 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-42 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 32822 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1968 | A | New York Giants | 26-10 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62958 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 53555 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | H | Cleveland Browns | 21-33 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31359 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1968 | A | Chicago Bears | 19-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46978 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 20-20 | T | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 41815 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1968 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45-28 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 21408 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1968 | H | Green Bay Packers | 27-20 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 47218 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1968 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 20-30 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 29049 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1968 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 14-12 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 44977 | |
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 | RCB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Cas Banaszek | 79 | ROT | 6-3 | 249 | 23 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Beard | 50 | MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Belk | 72 | DE | 6-3 | 248 | 22 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 10 | 4 |
| Forrest Blue | 75 | C-OT | 6-5 | 249 | 23 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
| Bruce Bosley | 77 | C | 6-2 | 241 | 35 | West Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| John Brodie | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 33 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Elmer Collett | 66 | LOG | 6-4 | 231 | 24 | San Francisco State | 14 | 14 |
| John David Crow | 44 | TE | 6-2 | 218 | 33 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Cunningham | 42 | RB | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | Mississippi | 10 | 0 |
| Clem Daniels | 33 | RB | 6-1 | 219 | 31 | Prairie View A&M | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Davis | 36 | K | 6-0 | 215 | 34 | Louisiana State | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 30 | RS | 6-0 | 182 | 22 | Lamar | 14 | 9 |
| Kevin Hardy | 86 | DE | 6-5 | 276 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 |
| Tommy Hart | 53 | LB | 6-3 | 234 | 24 | Morris Brown | 5 | 0 |
| Harold Hays | 54 | LB | 6-3 | 227 | 29 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 55 | RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 35 | California | 14 | 14 |
| Stan Hindman | 80 | LDE | 6-3 | 236 | 24 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Johnson | 72 | DT | 6-2 | 265 | 24 | Louisville | 2 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 37 | LCB | 6-2 | 188 | 30 | Santa Monica JC; UCLA | 13 | 13 |
| Charlie Krueger | 70 | LDT | 6-4 | 256 | 31 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Roland Lakes | 60 | RDT | 6-4 | 267 | 29 | Wichita State | 14 | 14 |
| Dwight Lee | 49 | RB | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Michigan State | 2 | 0 |
| Gary Lewis | 22 | HB | 6-3 | 228 | 26 | San Francisco CC; Washington State; Phoenix JC; Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| Kay McFarland | 26 | SE | 6-2 | 182 | 30 | Colorado State | 9 | 1 |
| Clifton McNeil | 85 | FL | 6-2 | 186 | 28 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Clark Miller | 74 | RDE | 6-5 | 246 | 30 | Oakland JC; Utah State | 10 | 9 |
| George Mira | 10 | QB | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 0 |
| Howard Mudd | 68 | ROG | 6-2 | 252 | 26 | Michigan State; Hillsdale | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Nunley | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Olerich | 84 | TE | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | San Francisco | 14 | 0 |
| Lance Olssen | 73 | C-OT | 6-5 | 262 | 21 | Purdue | 7 | 0 |
| Dennis Patera | 14 | K | 6-0 | 225 | 23 | Columbia Basin JC; Brigham Young | 5 | 0 |
| Woody Peoples | 69 | OG | 6-2 | 247 | 25 | Grambling State | 13 | 0 |
| Mel Phillips | 32 | RS-LCB-LS | 6-2 | 192 | 26 | North Carolina A&T State | 13 | 6 |
| Sonny Randle | 83 | FL | 6-2 | 189 | 32 | Virginia Military Institute; Virginia | 3 | 0 |
| Al Randolph | 27 | LS | 6-2 | 199 | 24 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| Len Rohde | 76 | LOT | 6-4 | 246 | 30 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Spurrier | 11 | P-QB | 6-2 | 202 | 23 | Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Tucker | 45 | RB-TE | 6-2 | 221 | 25 | Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Wilcox | 64 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Boise JC; Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Willard | 40 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Windsor | 89 | TE | 6-4 | 227 | 26 | Montgomery JC; Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Witcher | 88 | SE | 6-3 | 204 | 24 | Bakersfield CC; UCLA | 14 | 13 |
| Johnny Woitt | 48 | CB | 5-11 | 171 | 22 | Mississippi State | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 15 | Forrest Blue | C | Auburn |
| 3 | 65 | Lance Olssen | T | Purdue |
| 3 | 69 | Skip Vanderbundt | LB | Oregon State |
| 4 | 98 | Johnny Fuller | E | Lamar |
| 5 | 125 | Dwight Lee | RB | Michigan State |
| 6 | 141 | Leo Johnson | FL | Tennessee State |
| 6 | 153 | Bill Belk | DE | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 7 | 179 | Jerry Richardson | LB | Mississippi |
| 8 | 206 | Charley Brown | T | Augustana (South Dakota) |
| 8 | 207 | Tommie Gray | FL | Morehead State |
| 9 | 233 | Casey Boyette | E | Brigham Young |
| 10 | 261 | Tommy Hart | LB | Morris Brown |
| 11 | 287 | Dennis Fitzgibbons | G | Syracuse |
| 12 | 315 | Henry Johnson | QB | Fisk |
| 13 | 341 | Tom Mitrakos | C | Pittsburgh |
| 14 | 369 | Alex Moore | RB | Norfolk State |
| 15 | 395 | Clarence Spencer | FL | Louisville |
| 16 | 423 | Tom Rosenow | DT | Northern Illinois |
| 17 | 449 | Dennis Patera | K | Brigham Young |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 69 | 101 | 40 | 93 | 303 |
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 100 | 57 | 78 | 310 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 260 | 98 | 141 | 21 | / % | / % | 90 | 794 | |
| Opponents Totals | 250 | 111 | 124 | 15 | / % | / % | 71 | 646 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Davis | 0 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 0 | 53 |
| Clifton McNeil | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bill Tucker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Ken Willard | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| John David Crow | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Gary Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dennis Patera | 0 | 10 | 12 | 83.3 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Bob Windsor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Witcher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Kermit Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Belk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Stan Hindman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kay McFarland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sonny Randle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 36 | 39 | 92.3 | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 0 | 303 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 0 | 310 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Davis | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 0 | 38 | 5/5 | 0/1 | 4/5 | 0/5 | 0/0 |
| Dennis Patera | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 1 | 21 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 1 | 38 | 6/6 | 1/4 | 4/7 | 0/6 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 7/ | 8/ | 3/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Willard | 227 | 967 | 4.3 | 69t | 7 |
| Gary Lewis | 141 | 573 | 4.1 | 22 | 1 |
| Bill Tucker | 30 | 135 | 4.5 | 18 | 3 |
| John Brodie | 18 | 71 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Clem Daniels | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Cunningham | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
| George Mira | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John David Crow | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dwight Lee | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Clifton McNeil | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Steve Spurrier | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 443 | 1784 | 4.0 | 69t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 445 | 1776 | 4.0 | 32 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brodie | 404 | 234 | 234 | 149 | 3020 | 7.5 | 12.9 | 65t | 22 | 5.4 | 21 | 5.2 | 25 | 159 | 2861 | 78.0 |
| George Mira | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 43t | 1 | 9.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 41.5 |
| Clifton McNeil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 21.5 | 43.0 | 43t | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 95.8 |
| Team Totals | 417 | 239 | 239 | 155 | 3107 | 7.5 | 13.0 | 65t | 24 | 5.8 | 23 | 5.5 | 27 | 182 | 2925 | 77.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 416 | 201 | 201 | 195 | 2548 | 6.1 | 12.7 | 60 | 19 | 4.6 | 20 | 4.8 | 35 | 304 | 2244 | 63.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton McNeil | 71 | 994 | 14.0 | 65t | 7 |
| Dick Witcher | 39 | 531 | 13.6 | 59t | 1 |
| Ken Willard | 36 | 232 | 6.4 | 20 | 0 |
| John David Crow | 31 | 531 | 17.1 | 54t | 5 |
| Gary Lewis | 27 | 244 | 9.0 | 33 | 3 |
| Bill Tucker | 15 | 197 | 13.1 | 43t | 4 |
| Bob Windsor | 8 | 146 | 18.3 | 62 | 2 |
| Kay McFarland | 5 | 140 | 28.0 | 65 | 1 |
| Sonny Randle | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 29t | 1 |
| Doug Cunningham | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Clem Daniels | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 239 | 3107 | 13.0 | 65t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 201 | 2548 | 12.7 | 60 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 9 | 155 | 17.2 | 68t | 1 |
| Al Randolph | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Ed Beard | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 69 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Stan Hindman | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Belk | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 367 | 18.4 | 69 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 390 | 17.0 | 90 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Spurrier | 68 | 2651 | 39.0 | 54 | 0 | 238 | ||||
| Team Totals | 68 | 2651 | 39.0 | 54 | 0 | 238 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 2778 | 40.9 | 55 | 0 | 120 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 24 | 13 | 87 | 3.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 12 | 8 | 33 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 21 | 120 | 3.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 23 | 238 | 7.7 | 27 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Cunningham | 14 | 286 | 20.4 | 38 | 0 | |
| Kermit Alexander | 20 | 360 | 18.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Clem Daniels | 10 | 206 | 20.6 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bill Tucker | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dwight Lee | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Harold Hays | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Frank Nunley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Fuller | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Cas Banaszek | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Dave Olerich | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tommy Hart | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Woody Peoples | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1064 | 17.7 | 38 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1163 | 20.8 | 96t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cas Banaszek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Belk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Cunningham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Fuller | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Krueger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Roland Lakes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Lewis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clifton McNeil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 |
| George Mira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 | |
| Frank Nunley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Randolph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Spurrier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Tucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Windsor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Witcher | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
| Johnny Woitt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 60 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 1 |
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