1965 San Francisco 49ers season

The 1965 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 16th season in the National Football League and their 20th overall. They improved on their 4–10 record from 1964, and finished 7–6–1. However, they failed to qualify for playoffs.

1965 San Francisco 49ers season
Owner	Josephine Morabito Jane Morabito
Head coach	Jack Christiansen
Home field	Kezar Stadium
Results
Record	7–6–1
Division place	4th NFL Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 19	Chicago Bears	W 52–24	1–0	Kezar Stadium	Recap
2	September 26	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–17	2–0	Kezar Stadium	Recap
3	October 3	at Baltimore Colts	L 24–27	2–1	Memorial Stadium	Recap
4	October 10	at Green Bay Packers	L 10–27	2–2	Lambeau Field	Recap
5	October 17	at Los Angeles Rams	W 45– 21	3–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Recap
6	October 24	Minnesota Vikings	L 41–42	3–3	Kezar Stadium	Recap
7	October 31	Baltimore Colts	L 28–34	3–4	Kezar Stadium	Recap
8	November 7	at Dallas Cowboys	L 31–39	3–5	Cotton Bowl	Recap
9	November 14	at Detroit Lions	W 27–21	4–5	Tiger Stadium	Recap
10	November 21	Los Angeles Rams	W 30–27	5–5	Kezar Stadium	Recap
11	November 28	at Minnesota Vikings	W 45–24	6–5	Metropolitan Stadium	Recap
12	December 5	Detroit Lions	W 17–14	7–5	Kezar Stadium	Recap
13	December 12	at Chicago Bears	L 20–61	7–6	Wrigley Field	Recap
14	December 19	Green Bay Packers	T 24–24	7–6–1	Kezar Stadium	Recap

Week 1

1 2 3 4 Total Bears 3 0 0 21 24 • 49ers 0 24 21 7 52 Date: September 19 Location: Kezar Stadium, San Francisco Game weather: 60°F; wind 11

Scoring summary Q1 CHI LeClerc 30 yard field goal CHI 3–0 Q2 SF Crow 18 yard run (Davis kick) SF 7–3 Q2 SF Davis 15 yard field goal SF 10–3 Q2 SF Casey 59 yard pass from Brodie (Davis kick) SF 17–3 Q2 SF Willard 20 yard pass from Brodie (Davis kick) SF 24–3 Q3 SF Casey 9 yard pass from Brodie (Davis kick) SF 31–3 Q3 SF Parks 21 yard pass from Brodie (Davis kick) SF 38–3 Q3 SF Krueger 6 yard fumble return (Davis kick) SF 45–3 Q4 CHI Livingston 2 yard run (LeClerc kick) SF 45–10 Q4 SF Lewis 60 yard run (Davis kick) SF 52–10 Q4 CHI Bivins 4 yard pass from Bukich (LeClerc kick) SF 52–17 Q4 CHI Bivins 52 yard pass from Bukich (LeClerc kick) SF 52–24

• SF: John Brodie 14/20, 269 Yds

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Standings

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	10	3	1	.769	8–3–1	316	224	T1
Baltimore Colts	10	3	1	.769	8–3–1	389	284	W1
Chicago Bears	9	5	0	.643	7–5	409	275	L1
San Francisco 49ers	7	6	1	.538	6–5–1	421	402	T1
Minnesota Vikings	7	7	0	.500	5–7	383	403	W2
Detroit Lions	6	7	1	.462	4–7–1	257	295	W1
Los Angeles Rams	4	10	0	.286	2–10	269	328	L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

1. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-12.

External links

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