1966 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-6-2
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Jack Christiansen (6-6-2)
Location: San Francisco, California
1966 San Francisco 49ers RosterTeam Record: 6-6-2
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Jack Christiansen (6-6-2)
Location: San Francisco, California
1966 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 6 wins and 6 losses and 2 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.
San Francisco scored 320 points, while the defensive squad yielded 325. John Brodie tossed for 2,810 yards. Dave Parks topped all receivers, grabbing 66 passes for 974 yards, while Bernie Casey was targeted regularly, too.
Ken Willard carried the ball for a team-leading 763 yards for the 49ers.
Kermit Alexander and Jimmy Johnson each intercepted 4 opponent throws.
Jack Christiansen coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brodie | 427 | 232 | 54.3 | 2810 | 6.6 | 16 | 3.7 | 22 | 5.2 | 65 | 65.8 |
| George Mira | 53 | 22 | 41.5 | 284 | 5.4 | 5 | 9.4 | 2 | 3.8 | 29 | 74.7 |
| Billy Kilmer | 16 | 5 | 31.2 | 84 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.2 | 26 | 24.0 |
| John Crow | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 61 | 15.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 46 | 56.3 |
| Totals | 500 | 261 | 52.2 | 3239 | 6.5 | 21 | 4.2 | 26 | 5.2 | 65 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Willard | 191 | 763 | 4.0 | 49 | 5 |
| John Crow | 121 | 477 | 3.9 | 31 | 1 |
| Dave Kopay | 47 | 204 | 4.3 | 32 | 1 |
| Gary Lewis | 36 | 130 | 3.6 | 15 | 2 |
| George Mira | 10 | 103 | 10.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Tommy Davis | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Bernie Casey | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Billy Kilmer | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 7 | 3 |
| Jim Jackson | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 422 | 1790 | 4.2 | 49 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Parks | 66 | 974 | 14.8 | 65 | 5 |
| Bernie Casey | 50 | 669 | 13.4 | 32 | 1 |
| Ken Willard | 42 | 351 | 8.4 | 52 | 2 |
| John Crow | 30 | 341 | 11.4 | 54 | 3 |
| Monty Stickles | 27 | 315 | 11.7 | 38 | 2 |
| Kay McFarland | 13 | 219 | 16.8 | 43 | 1 |
| Dick Witcher | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Dave Kopay | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 26 | 1 |
| Gary Lewis | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Kent Kramer | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 24 | 3 |
| Jim Jackson | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 1 |
| Totals | 261 | 3239 | 12.4 | 65 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Davis | 63 | 2609 | 41.4 | 60 |
| Billy Kilmer | 7 | 234 | 33.4 | 45 |
| Totals | 70 | 2843 | 40.6 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 30 | 198 | 6.6 | 44 | 1 |
| Dave Kopay | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Wayne Swinford | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| George Donnelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 238 | 5.3 | 44 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 37 | 984 | 26.6 | 56 | 0 |
| Jim Jackson | 8 | 162 | 20.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Wayne Swinford | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Gary Lewis | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Mel Phillips | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Kopay | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Stan Hindman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 1326 | 23.7 | 56 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 55 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 35 | 1 |
| Al Randolph | 3 | 138 | 46.0 | 94 | 1 |
| Elbert Kimbrough | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 44 | 0 |
| George Donnelly | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Dowdle | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 379 | 21.1 | 94 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Elbert Kimbrough | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Mira | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Bosley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Brodie | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Johnson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Krueger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Hindman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Len Rohde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Randolph | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Harrison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Willard | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Thomas | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Donnelly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Kopay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bernie Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Crow | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | |||
| Gary Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Swinford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 45 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Tommy Davis | 0 | 16 | 38 | 0 | 86 | |||||||||
| Ken Willard | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Dave Parks | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| John Crow | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| John Brodie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Kent Kramer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Gary Lewis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Kermit Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Dave Kopay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Monty Stickles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bernie Casey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dick Witcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Kay McFarland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Mike Dowdle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Al Randolph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 320 |
