1969 San Francisco 49ers

1969 San Francisco 49ers season
Head Coach	Dick Nolan
Home Field	Kezar Stadium
Results
Record	4-8-2
Place	4th NFL Coastal
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Uniform
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1968	1970

The 1969 San Francisco 49ers season was their 20th in the NFL, and 24th overall. The team was attempting to improve on their previous season, but instead fell to 4-8-2.

Offseason

NFL Draft

• Main article: 1969 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	7	Ted Kwalick	Tight end	Penn St
1	16	Gene Washington	Wide receiver	Stanford
4	86	Jim Sniadecki	Linebacker	Indiana
4	94	Gene Moore	Running back	Occidental
5	120	Earl Edwards	Defensive Tackle	Wichita State
6	146	Jimmy Thomas	Running back	Texas-Arlington
7	172	Steven Van Sinderen	Tackle	Washington State
8	198	Mike Loper	Tackle	BYU
9	224	Hilton Crawford	Defensive back	Grambling
16	406	Bob Hoskins	Linebacker	Wichita State

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Record	Att.	Location
August 10	Cleveland	L	24-19	0-1	32,219	Seattle WA
August 17	Dallas	L	20-17	0-2	33,894	Kezar Stadium
August 23	at Denver	L	19-15	0-3	33,161	Mile High Stadium
August 31	at Oakland	L	42-28	0-4	52,122	Oakland Coliseum
September 7	St. Louis	L	21-10	0-5	32,506	Kezar Stadium
September 13	Los Angeles	L	31-28	0-6	39,179	Anaheim Stadium

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Record	Att.	Location
1	September 21	at Atlanta	L	24-12	0-1	45,940	Atlanta Stadium
2	September 28	at Green Bay	L	14-7	0-2	48,184	Milwaukee Cty. St.
3	October 5	Washington	T	17-17	0-2-1	35,184	Kezar Stadium
4	October 12	Los Angeles	L	27-21	0-3-1	45,995	Kezar Stadium
5	October 19	Atlanta	L	21-7	0-4-1	28,684	Kezar Stadium
6	October 26	at Baltimore	W	24-21	1-4-1	60,238	Memorial Stadium
7	November 2	Detroit	L	26-14	1-5-1	35,100	Kezar Stadium
8	November 9	at Los Angeles	L	41-30	1-6-1	73,975	LA Coliseum
9	November 16	Baltimore	W	20-17	2-6-1	38,472	Kezar Stadium
10	November 23	at New Orleans	L	43-38	2-7-1	71,448	Tulane Stadium
11	November 27 (Thu)	at Dallas	T	24-24	2-7-2	62,348	Cotton Bowl
12	December 6 (Sat)	Chicago	W	42-21	3-7-2	32,826	Kezar Stadium
13	December 14	at Minnesota	L	10-7	3-8-2	43,028	Metropolitan Stadium
14	December 21	Philadelphia	W	14-13	4-8-2	25,391	Kezar Stadium

Season summary

Week 10

See also: 1969 New Orleans Saints

Week Ten: San Francisco 49ers (2–6–1) at New Orleans Saints (2–7) 1 2 3 4 Total 49ers 7 14 7 10 38 Saints 0 7 21 15 43 at Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana Date: November 23, 1969 Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C) Game attendance: 71,448 TV: CBS Pro-Football-Reference.com Game information First quarter SF – Ken Willard 1-yard run (Momcilo Gavric kick). 49ers 7–0. Drive: Second quarter SF – Dick Witcher 8-yard pass from Doug Cunningham (Momcilo Gavric kick). 49ers 14–0. Drive: SF – Ken Willard 1-yard run (Momcilo Gavric kick). 49ers 21–0. Drive: NO – Ray Poage 22-yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Tom Dempsey kick). 49ers 21–7. Drive: Third quarter NO – Andy Livingston 12-yard run (Tom Dempsey kick). 49ers 21–14. Drive: NO – Danny Abramowicz 49-yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Tom Dempsey kick). Tie 21–21. Drive: NO – Danny Abramowicz 13-yard pass from Andy Livingston (Tom Dempsey kick). Saints 28–21. Drive: SF – Jimmy Thomas 45-yard pass from John Brodie (Momcilo Gavric kick). Tie 28–28. Drive: Fourth quarter NO – Safety, center snap out of end zone. Saints 30–28. NO – Tom Dempsey 17-yard field goal. Saints 33–28. Drive: SF – Jimmy Thomas 18-yard pass from John Brodie (Momcilo Gavric kick). 49ers 35–33. Drive: NO – Tom Dempsey 43-yard field goal. Saints 36–35. Drive: SF – Momcilo Gavric 23-yard field goal. 49ers 38–36. Drive: NO – Ernie Wheelwright 3-yard run (Tom Dempsey kick). Saints 43–38. Drive: Top passers SF – John Brodie – 15/24, 290 yards, 2 TD, INT NO – Billy Kilmer – 13/24, 235 yards, 2 TD Top rushers SF – Doug Cunningham – 14 rushes, 84 yards NO – Andy Livingston – 14 rushes, 83 yards, TD Top receivers SF – Jimmy Thomas – 3 receptions, 106 yards, 2 TD NO – Danny Abramowicz – 5 receptions, 113 yards, 2 TD

NFL Films selected this matchup as the Game of the Week.

Standings

Coastal Division
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Los Angeles Rams	11	3	0	.786	320	243
Baltimore Colts	8	5	1	.615	279	268
Atlanta Falcons	6	8	0	.429	276	268
San Francisco 49ers	4	8	2	.333	277	319

Personnel

Staff / Coaches

1969 San Francisco 49ers final staff
	Front Office Team Owner(s) - Josephine Morabito & Jane Morabito General manager / Team President – Louis Spadia Personnel Scout - Dick Gallagher Head Coaches Head coach - Dick Nolan Offensive Coaches Chief of Offense / Offensive Coordinator - Ed Hughes Offensive Consultant – Y.A. Tittle Offensive Backfied – Mike Holovak Offensive Line / Blocking – Ernie Zwahlen			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line – Paul Wiggin Linebackers – Mike Giddings Defensive Backfield / Secondary – Jim Shofner Special Teams Coaches Joe Perry - Kicking Coach / Game Scout

Roster

1969 San Francisco 49ers roster
	Quarterbacks 12 John Brodie 11 Steve Spurrier Running backs 42 Doug Cunningham 22 Gary Lewis 24 Jimmy Thomas 45 Bill Tucker 40 Ken Willard FB Wide receivers 81 Lee Johnson 85 Clifton McNeil  1 Noland Smith 18 Gene Washington 88 Dick Witcher 33 Bill Wondolowski Tight ends 82 Ted Kwalick 89 Bob Windsor		Offensive linemen 79 Cas Banaszek T 65 Randy Beisler G 75 Forrest Blue C 66 Elmer Collett G 69 Woody Peoples G 76 Len Rohde T Defensive linemen 72 Bill Belk DE 74 Earl Edwards DT 53 Tommy Hart DE 80 Stan Hindman DE 70 Charlie Krueger DT 78 Sam Silas DT		Linebackers 50 Ed Beard 59 Fritz Greenlee 54 Harold Hays 57 Frank Nunley 58 Jim Sniadecki 52 Skip Vanderbundt 64 Dave Wilcox Defensive backs 39 Kermit Alexander CB 30 Johnny Fuller SS 37 Jimmy Johnson CB 32 Mel Phillips SS 27 Al Randolph FS 48 John Woitt Special teams 17 Momcilo Gavric K 15 Jon Kilgore P		Reserve lists Practice/Taxi Squad Rookies in italics

External links

• 1969 San Francisco 49ers season article at Wikipedia
• 49ers on Pro Football Reference
• 49ers Schedule on jt-sw.com