1965 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-6-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Jack Christiansen (7-6-1)
Location: San Francisco, California
1965 San Francisco 49ers RosterTeam Record: 7-6-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Jack Christiansen (7-6-1)
Location: San Francisco, California
1965 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.
Offensively, San Francisco led the league with 421 points. On the other side of the ball, the leaky defense allowed 402 points. John Brodie passed for 3,112 yards. Dave Parks topped pass catchers, grabbing 80 balls for 1,344 yards.
Ken Willard carried the pigskin for a team-leading 778 yards for the 49ers.
Jimmy Johnson intercepted 6 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 | 391 | 242 | 61.9 | 3112 | 8.0 | 30 | 7.7 | 16 | 4.1 | 59 | 95.3 |
| George Mira | 58 | 28 | 48.3 | 460 | 7.9 | 4 | 6.9 | 3 | 5.2 | 46 | 76.8 |
| John Crow | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 61 | 15.2 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 45 | 95.8 |
| Ken Willard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 454 | 272 | 59.9 | 3633 | 8.0 | 35 | 7.7 | 21 | 4.6 | 59 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Willard | 189 | 778 | 4.1 | 32 | 5 |
| John Crow | 132 | 514 | 3.9 | 30 | 2 |
| Gary Lewis | 52 | 256 | 4.9 | 60 | 3 |
| Dave Kopay | 28 | 81 | 2.9 | 10 | 2 |
| George Mira | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 25 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 15 | 60 | 4.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Tommy Davis | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rudy Johnson | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 428 | 1783 | 4.2 | 60 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Parks | 80 | 1344 | 16.8 | 53 | 12 |
| Bernie Casey | 59 | 765 | 13.0 | 59 | 8 |
| Monty Stickles | 35 | 343 | 9.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Ken Willard | 32 | 253 | 7.9 | 29 | 4 |
| John Crow | 28 | 493 | 17.6 | 54 | 7 |
| Dave Kopay | 11 | 147 | 13.4 | 44 | 1 |
| Gary Lewis | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Kay McFarland | 8 | 106 | 13.2 | 35 | 1 |
| Rudy Johnson | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Dale Messer | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Vern Burke | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Bob Poole | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 272 | 3633 | 13.4 | 59 | 35 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Davis | 54 | 2471 | 45.8 | 65 |
| Totals | 54 | 2471 | 45.8 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 35 | 262 | 7.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Wayne Swinford | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Lewis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 283 | 7.4 | 40 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 32 | 741 | 23.2 | 46 | 0 |
| Gary Lewis | 15 | 355 | 23.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Rudy Johnson | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Wayne Swinford | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Dale Messer | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Dave Kopay | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Karl Rubke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Cerne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 59 | 1276 | 21.6 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Johnson | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Kermit Alexander | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Elbert Kimbrough | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Wilcox | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 13 | 97 | 7.5 | 26 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Wilcox | 0 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | |
| Clark Miller | 0 | 2 | 75 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Lewis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Chapple | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Kopay | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Swinford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Karl Rubke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Parks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Krueger | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Brodie | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Willard | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Len Rohde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elbert Kimbrough | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Sieminski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Casey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Crow | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Mira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 31 | 139 | 5 | 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 | 17 | 52 | 0 | 103 | |||||||||
| Dave Parks | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||||
| Ken Willard | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| John Crow | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Bernie Casey | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Dave Kopay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Gary Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Jack Chapple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dave Wilcox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Charlie Krueger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Clark Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Brodie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Vern Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Kay McFarland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Monty Stickles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 421 |
