1977 San Francisco 49ers

The 1977 San Francisco 49ers season was the team's 28th season in the National Football League. The team was again unable to qualify for the playoffs, this time posting a record of only 5-9, including starting the season 0-5.

Before the season, the Morabito family sold 85% of the team to the DeBartolo family for $17,000,000. Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. was named president, and Joe Thomas was named general manager. Despite leading the team to a winning record in 1976, Monte Clark was fired, and replaced with Ken Meyer.