1968 San Francisco 49ers season

1968 San Francisco 49ers season
Owner	Josephine Morabito Jane Morabito
Head coach	Dick Nolan
Home field	Kezar Stadium
Results
Record	7–6–1
Division place	3rd NFL Coastal
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

Offseason

NFL Draft

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
15	San Francisco 49ers NFL	Forrest Blue	Center	Auburn
98	San Francisco 49ers NFL	Johnny Fuller	Defensive Back	Lamar

Roster

1968 San Francisco 49ers roster

	Quarterbacks 12 John Brodie 10 George Mira Running backs 42 Doug Cunningham 22 Gary Lewis 40 Ken Willard FB Wide receivers 26 Kay McFarland 85 Clifton McNeil 88 Dick Witcher Tight ends 44 John David Crow 89 Bob Windsor		Offensive linemen 79 Cas Banaszek T 75 Forrest Blue C 77 Bruce Bosley C 68 Howard Mudd G 69 Woody Peoples G 76 Len Rohde T Defensive linemen 72 Bill Belk DE 53 Tommy Hart DE 80 Stan Hindman DE 70 Charlie Krueger DT 60 Roland Lakes DT 74 Clark Miller DE		Linebackers 50 Ed Beard 55 Matt Hazeltine 57 Frank Nunley 64 Dave Wilcox Defensive backs 39 Kermit Alexander CB 30 Johnny Fuller SS 37 Jimmy Johnson CB 32 Mel Phillips SS 27 Al Randolph S Special teams 36 Tommy Davis K 11 Steve Spurrier P		Reserve lists {{{reserve_lists}}} Practice squad {{{practice_squad}}} Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 15, 1968	at Baltimore Colts	L 27–10	56,864
2	September 22, 1968	St. Louis Cardinals	W 35–17	27,557
3	September 29, 1968	Atlanta Falcons	W 28–13	27,477
4	October 6, 1968	at Los Angeles Rams	L 24–10	69,520
5	October 13, 1968	Baltimore Colts	L 42–14	32,822
6	October 20, 1968	at New York Giants	W 26–10	62,958
7	October 27, 1968	at Detroit Lions	W 14–7	53,555
8	November 3, 1968	Cleveland Browns	L 33–21	31,359
9	November 10, 1968	at Chicago Bears	L 27–19	46,978
10	November 17, 1968	Los Angeles Rams	T 20–20	41,815
11	November 24, 1968	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 45–28	21,408
12	December 1, 1968	Green Bay Packers	W 27–20	47,218
13	December 8, 1968	Minnesota Vikings	L 30–20	29,049
14	December 15, 1968	at Atlanta Falcons	W 14–12	44,977

Standings

NFL Coastal
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Baltimore Colts	13	1	0	.929	6–0	10–0	402	144	W8
Los Angeles Rams	10	3	1	.769	3–2–1	6–3–1	312	200	L2
San Francisco 49ers	7	6	1	.538	2–3–1	4–5–1	303	310	W1
Atlanta Falcons	2	12	0	.143	0–6	1–9	170	389	L4

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

External links

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