1986 San Francisco 49ers season

The 1986 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 37th season in the National Football League and their 41st overall. The team returned to the top of the NFC West after a one-year absence, and lost in the divisional playoffs to the Giants.

1986 San Francisco 49ers season
Head coachBill Walsh
Home fieldCandlestick Park
Results
Record10–5–1
Division place1st NFC West
Playoff finishLost Divisional Playoffs (Giants) 49–3

Joe Montana suffered a back injury in Week 1 and was lost for two months after surgery. Because the injury was so severe, doctors forced him to retire. However, Montana did return for Week 10 against the then-St. Louis Cardinals. Montana shared Comeback Player of the Year honors with Minnesota's Tommy Kramer at the end of the season.

Offseason

Personnel

Staff
1986 San Francisco 49ers staff
Front office

Head coaches

  • Head Coach – Bill Walsh

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Fred von Appen

Strength and conditioning

  • Physical Development Coordinator – Jerry Attaway

Roster
1986 San Francisco 49ers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 7, 1986 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 31–7
50,780
2 September 14, 1986 at Los Angeles Rams L 13–16
65,195
3 September 21, 1986 New Orleans Saints W 26–17
58,297
4 September 28, 1986 at Miami Dolphins W 31–16
70,264
5 October 5, 1986 Indianapolis Colts W 35–15
57,252
6 October 12, 1986 Minnesota Vikings L 24–27 (OT)
58,637
7 October 19, 1986 at Atlanta Falcons T 10–10 (OT)
55,306
8 October 26, 1986 at Green Bay Packers (at Milwaukee) W 31–17
50,557
9 November 2, 1986 at New Orleans Saints L 10–23
53,234
10 November 9, 1986 St. Louis Cardinals W 43–17
59,172
11 November 17, 1986 (Mon) at Washington Redskins L 6–14
54,774
12 November 23, 1986 Atlanta Falcons W 20–0
58,747
13 December 1, 1986 (Mon) New York Giants L 17–21
59,777
14 December 7, 1986 New York Jets W 24–10
58,091
15 December 14, 1986 at New England Patriots W 29–24
60,787
16 December 19, 1986 (Fri) Los Angeles Rams W 24–14
60,366

Standings
NFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
San Francisco 49ers(3) 10 5 1 .656 3–2–1 6–5–1 374 247 W3
Los Angeles Rams(5) 10 6 0 .625 3–3 8–4 309 267 L2
Atlanta Falcons 7 8 1 .469 2–3–1 6–5–1 280 280 W1
New Orleans Saints 7 9 0 .438 3–3 6–6 288 287 L1

Playoffs

NFC Divisional Playoff
  • San Francisco 49ers 3, New York Giants 49

January 4, 1987, at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 76,034

Awards and records

References
  1. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 142
  2. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 451
  3. Numbelivable!, p.146, Michael X. Ferraro and John Veneziano, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2007, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0
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