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1964 San Francisco 49ers season

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1964 San Francisco 49ers season
OwnerVictor Morabito
Head coachJack Christiansen
Home fieldKezar Stadium
Results
Record4–10
Division place7th NFL Western
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

Offseason

NFL Draft

The 49ers held the first pick in the draft and selected Dave Parks from Texas Tech[1]. With their third pick, the 49ers selected linebacker Dave Wilcox, who would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000. [2]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 1 Dave Parks[3] Wide Receiver Texas Tech
2 15 George Mira Quarterback Miami (FL)
3 29 Dave Wilcox Linebacker Oregon

Regular season

Six games into his rookie season, Dave Parks set a franchise record for longest reception with an 83-yard catch, followed by the team's second longest reception, an 80-yarder, a week later. Both records stood for 13 years.[4]

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Score Record Streak Notes Attendance
1 September 13 Detroit Lions L 26–17 0–1 L-1
33,204
2 September 20 at Philadelphia Eagles W 28–24 1–1 W-1
57,352
3 September 27 St. Louis Cardinals L 23–13 1–2 L-1
30,969
4 October 4 Chicago Bears W 31–21 2–2 W-1
33,132
5 October 11 at Green Bay Packers L 24–14 2–3 L-1
47,380
6 October 18 at Los Angeles Rams L 42–14 2–4 L-2
54,355
7 October 25 Minnesota Vikings L 27–22 2–5 L-3 Jim Marshall's famous wrong way run
31,845
8 November 1 at Baltimore Colts L 37–7 2–6 L-4
60,213
9 November 8 at Minnesota Vikings L 24–7 2–7 L-5
40,408
10 November 15 Green Bay Packers W 24–14 3–7 W-1
38,483
11 November 22 at Chicago Bears L 23–21 3–8 L-1
46,772
12 November 29 Baltimore Colts L 14–3 3–9 L-2
33,642
13 December 6 Los Angeles Rams W 28–7 4–9 W-1
31,791
14 December 13 at Detroit Lions L 24–7 4–10 L-1
41,854

Standings

NFL Western Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Baltimore Colts 12 2 0 .857 10–2 428 225 W1
Green Bay Packers[a] 8 5 1 .615 6–5–1 342 245 T1
Minnesota Vikings 8 5 1 .615 6–5–1 355 296 W3
Detroit Lions 7 5 2 .583 6–4–2 280 260 W2
Los Angeles Rams 5 7 2 .417 3–7–2 283 339 T1
Chicago Bears 5 9 0 .357 5–7 260 379 L2
San Francisco 49ers 4 10 0 .286 3–9 236 330 L1
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
  1. ^ Green Bay was awarded the Playoff Bowl berth from the Western Conference
    by outscoring Minnesota 65–37 in their two meetings.

Roster

Awards, records, and honors

References

  1. ^ "Hits & Misses: 63 years of No. 1 NFL Draft Picks". newsday.com. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Linebacker "The Intimidator" Dave Wilcox". profootballhof.com. n.d. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. ^ "1964 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. n.d. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. ^ Hession, Joseph (1985). Forty Niners: Looking Back. Foghorn Press. ISBN 978-0935701494.