1963 San Francisco 49ers season

1963 San Francisco 49ers season
Head coach	Red Hickey (0–3) Jack Christiansen (2–9)
Owner	Victor Morabito
Home field	Kezar Stadium
Results
Record	2–12
Division place	7th NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	8	Kermit Alexander	Back	UCLA
2	21	Walt Rock	Guard	Maryland
3	36	Don Lisbon	Back	Bowling Green
4	46	Harrison Rosdahl	Guard	Penn State (Choice from Philadelphia)
4	49	Choice to Chicago
4	50	Hugh Campbell	End	Washington State (Choice from Washington)
5	64	Vern Burke	End	Oregon State
5	65	Jim Pilot	Back	New Mexico State (Choice from Cleveland)
5	66	Gary Moeller	Guard	Ohio State (Choice from Chicago)

Preseason

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Record	Location	Attendance
August 10	Minnesota Vikings	L	28–43	0–1	Portland, Oregon	20,837
August 16	St. Louis Cardinals	L	22–24	0–2	Salt Lake City	19,038
August 25	Cleveland Browns	L	7–24	0–3	Kezar Stadium	28,335
August 30	Dallas Cowboys	L	24–37	0–4	Bakersfield, California	9,927
September 7	at Los Angeles Rams	L	0–17	0–5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	34,405

Regular season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	49ers points	Opponents	Record	Streak	Attendance
1	September 15	Minnesota Vikings	L	20	24	0–1	L3 (from 1962)	30,781
2	September 22	Baltimore Colts	L	14	20	0–2	L4 (from 1962)	31,006
3	September 29	at Minnesota Vikings	L	14	45	0–3	L5 (from (1962)	28,567
4	October 6	at Detroit Lions	L	3	26	0–4	L6 (from 1962)	44,088
5	October 13	at Baltimore Colts	L	3	20	0–5	L7 (from 1962)	56,962
6	October 20	Chicago Bears	W	20	14	1–5	W1	35,837
7	October 27	at Los Angeles Rams	L	21	28	1–6	L1	45,532
8	November 3	Detroit Lions	L	7	45	1–7	L2	33,511
9	November 10	Dallas Cowboys	W	31	24	2–7	W1	29,563
10	November 17	at New York Giants	L	14	48	2–8	L1	62,982
11	November 24	at Green Bay Packers	L	10	28	2–9	L2	45,905
12	December 1	Los Angeles Rams	L	17	21	2–10	L3	33,321
13	December 8	at Chicago Bears	L	7	27	2–11	L4	46,994
14	December 14	Green Bay Packers	L	17	21	2–12	L5	31,031

Notes

• In the September 29 game at Minnesota, John Brodie suffered a season-ending injury. After the game Red Hickey resigned as head coach.
• The following week at Detroit, Bob Waters makes his first career start at quarterback.
• On October 20 against Chicago, Lamar McHan takes over as starting quarterback for the Niners, and leads them to their first victory since December 2, 1962.

Standings

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	11	1	2	.917	10–1–1	301	144	W2
Green Bay Packers	11	2	1	.846	9–2–1	369	206	W2
Baltimore Colts	8	6	0	.571	7–5	316	285	W3
Detroit Lions	5	8	1	.385	4–7–1	326	265	L1
Minnesota Vikings	5	8	1	.385	4–7–1	309	390	W1
Los Angeles Rams	5	9	0	.357	5–7	210	350	L2
San Francisco 49ers	2	12	0	.143	1–11	198	391	L5

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

Awards, records, and honors

Tommy Davis: Pro Bowl selection
Abe Woodson: Pro Bowl selection

References

External links

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