1982 San Francisco 49ers season

NFL team season

1982 San Francisco 49ers season

Owner| Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.
General manager| Bill Walsh
Head coach| Bill Walsh
Defensive coordinator| Chuck Studley
Home field| Candlestick Park
Results
Record| 3–6
Division place| 11th NFC
Playoff finish| Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers| G Randy Cross
WR Dwight Clark
CB Ronnie Lott
FS Dwight Hicks

* <- 1981
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* 1983 ->

The 1982 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 33rd season in the National Football League and their 37th overall. The team was coming off a Super Bowl victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. However, 1982 was strike-shortened, and only nine games were played. The 49ers finished 3–6, thus missing the playoffs despite the expanded sixteen team format. Their .333 winning percentage was the worst ever for any defending NFL or AFL champion until the 2022 Los Angeles Rams, who only managed to get a .294 winning percentage. This season was the only one in an 18-season span in which the 49ers did not win at least ten games. This 49ers team was also the only team in history to win more than half its road games while losing all its home games.[1] The 49ers were the fifth team in NFL history to enter a season as the defending Super Bowl champion and miss the playoffs.[2] This also marked the first, and as of 2023, only time in NFL history that the defending Super Bowl champion missed the playoffs for the third year in a row.

The worst running game in the league alongside a defense that went from second overall and points in 1981 to twenty-first and twenty-third respectively were the main culprits for the losing season.

## Offseason[edit]

### NFL draft[edit]

Main article: 1982 NFL draft

1982 San Francisco 49ers draft

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | College  | Notes
2  | 29  | Bubba Paris | Tackle | Michigan | began play with 49ers in 1983
5  | 139  | Newton Williams | Running back | Arizona State |
6  | 151  | Vince Williams | Running back  | Oregon |
7  | 195  | Ron Ferrari | Linebacker | Illinois |
9  | 251  | Bryan Clark | Quarterback | Michigan State |
10  | 269  | Dana McLemore | Defensive back | Hawaii |
10  | 279  | Tim Barbian | Defensive tackle | Western Illinois |
11  | 306  | Gary Gibson | Linebacker  | Arizona |
12  | 334 | Tim Washington | Defensive back  | Fresno State |
Made roster

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## Personnel[edit]

### Staff[edit]

1982 San Francisco 49ers staff |

Front office

* Owner and President – Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.
* General manager – Bill Walsh
* Director of Football Operations – John McVay
* Director of College Scouting – Tony Razzano

Head coaches

* Head coach – Bill Walsh

Offensive coaches

* Quarterbacks – Sam Wyche
* Running Backs – Billie Matthews
* Receivers – Milt Jackson
* Offensive line – Bobb McKittrick

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* Defensive coordinator – Chuck Studley
* Defensive line – Bill McPherson
* Linebackers – Norb Hecker
* Defensive Backs – George Seifert
* Assistant Defensive Backs – Ray Rhodes

Special teams coaches

* Special teams – Milt Jackson

Strength and conditioning

* Strength and Conditioning – Al Vermeil

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### Roster[edit]

1982 San Francisco 49ers roster

| Quarterbacks

* 7 Guy Benjamin
* 16 Joe Montana

Running backs

* 20 Amos Lawrence
* 25 Jeff Moore
* 32 Ricky Patton
* 30 Bill Ring

Wide receivers

* 87 Dwight Clark
* 83 Renaldo Nehemiah
* 88 Freddie Solomon
* 85 Mike Wilson

Tight ends

* 89 Earl Cooper
* 81 Russ Francis

|  | Offensive linemen

* 61 Dan Audick T
* 68 John Ayers G
* 51 Randy Cross G
* 62 Walt Downing C
* 71 Keith Fahnhorst T
* 78 Lindsey Mason T
* 56 Fred Quillan C

Defensive linemen

* 76 Dwaine Board DE
* 74 Fred Dean DE
* 67 Pete Kugler DT
* 65 Lawrence Pillers DE
* 72 Jeff Stover DE
* 79 Jim Stuckey DE

|  | Linebackers

* 63 Terry Beeson MLB
* 57 Dan Bunz OLB
* 50 Ed Judie
* 53 Milt McColl OLB
* 64 Jack Reynolds ILB
* 58 Keena Turner OLB

Defensive backs

* 22 Dwight Hicks SS
* 42 Ronnie Lott FS
* 43 Dana McLemore CB
* 28 Lynn Thomas CB
* 27 Carlton Williamson CB
* 21 Eric Wright CB

Special teams

* 3 Jim Miller P
* 14 Ray Wersching K

|  | Reserve lists

* \-- Bryan Clark QB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)

Practice squad

Rookies in italics

## Preseason[edit]

Week  | Date  | Opponent  | Result  | Record  | Venue  | Attendance

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1  | August 14 | Los Angeles Raiders | L 14–17  | 0–1  | Candlestick Park | 61,065
2  | August 21 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 16–13  | 1–1  | Candlestick Park  | 51,931
3  | August 28 | at San Diego Chargers | L 9–23  | 1–2  | Jack Murphy Stadium | 48,697
4  | September 3 | at Seattle Seahawks | W 17–13  | 2–2  | Kingdome | 57,839

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## Regular season[edit]

### Schedule[edit]

Week  | Date  | Opponent  | Result  | Record  | Venue  | Attendance

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1  | September 12  | Los Angeles Raiders | L 17–23  | 0–1  | Candlestick Park | 59,748
2  | September 19  | at Denver Broncos | L 21–24  | 0–2  | Mile High Stadium | 73,899
| September 26  | Chicago Bears | Cancelled due to the 1982 NFL strike
| October 4  | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
| October 10  | at New Orleans Saints
| October 17  | Los Angeles Rams | Rescheduled to January 2
| October 24  | at Atlanta Falcons | Cancelled due to the 1982 NFL strike
| October 31  | at Washington Redskins
| November 7  | Minnesota Vikings
| November 14  | Dallas Cowboys
3  | November 21  | at St. Louis Cardinals | W 31–20  | 1–2  | Busch Memorial Stadium | 38,064
4  | November 28  | New Orleans Saints | L 20–23  | 1–3  | Candlestick Park  | 51,611
5  | December 2  | at Los Angeles Rams | W 30–24  | 2–3  | Anaheim Stadium | 58,574
6  | December 11  | San Diego Chargers | L 37–41  | 2–4  | Candlestick Park  | 55,988
7  | December 19  | Atlanta Falcons | L 7–17  | 2–5  | Candlestick Park  | 53,234
8  | December 26  | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 26–13  | 3–5  | Arrowhead Stadium | 24,319
9  | January 2, 1983  | Los Angeles Rams | L 20–21  | 3–6  | Candlestick Park  | 54,256
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

### Game summaries[edit]

#### Week 1: vs. Los Angeles Raiders[edit]

See also: 49ers–Raiders rivalry

Week One: Los Angeles Raiders (0–0) at San Francisco 49ers (0–0)

Period | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Raiders | 3 | 10 | 0| 10| 23
49ers | 0 | 14 | 3| 0| 17

at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California

* Date: September 12, 1982
* Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
* Game weather: 65 °F or 18.3 °C
* Game attendance: 59,748
* Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First quarter

* LA – Chris Bahr 41-yard field goal. Raiders 3–0. Drive:

Second quarter

* SF – Freddie Solomon 18-yard pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick). 49ers 7–3. Drive:
* LA – Chris Bahr 42-yard field goal. 49ers 7–6. Drive:
* SF – Dwight Clark 41-yard pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick). 49ers 14–6. Drive:
* LA – Marcus Allen 3-yard run (Chris Bahr kick). 49ers 14–13. Drive:

Third quarter

* SF – Ray Wersching 22 yard field goal. 49ers 17–13. Drive:

Fourth quarter

* LA – Todd Christensen 3-yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick). Raiders 20–17. Drive:
* LA – Chris Bahr 43-yard field goal. 'Raiders 23–17. Drive:

Top passers

* LA – Jim Plunkett – 12/20, 123 yards, TD, 2 INT
* SF – Joe Montana – 21/41, 244 yards, 2 TD, INT

Top rushers

* LA – Marcus Allen – 23 rushes, 116 yards, TD
* SF – Jeff Moore – 7 rushes, 30 yards

Top receivers

* LA – Marcus Allen – 4 receptions, 64 yards
* SF – Dwight Clark – 6 receptions, 106 yards, TD

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#### Week 3: at St. Louis Cardinals[edit]

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• 49ers | 3 | 7| 7| 14 | 31
Cardinals | 0 | 7| 6| 7 | 20

* Date: November 21
* Location: Busch Stadium
* Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 38,064
* Game weather: 53 °F or 11.7 °C; wind 10 miles per hour (16 km/h; 8.7 kn)
* Referee: Tom Dooley

| Scoring summary

Q1| | SF| Wersching 36 yard field goal| SF 3–0
Q2| | SF| Moore 1 yard run (Wersching kick)| SF 10–0
Q2| | STL| Green 17 yard pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick)| SF 10–7
Q3| | STL| O'Donoghue 30 yard field goal| Tie 10–10
Q3| | STL| O'Donoghue 32 yard field goal| STL 13–10
Q3| | SF| Francis 6 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)| SF 17–13
Q4| | SF| Clark 33 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)| SF 24–13
Q4| | SF| Cooper 17 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)| SF 31–13
Q4| | STL| Anderson 2 yard run (O'Donoghue kick)| SF 31–20

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## Standings[edit]

NFC West

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| W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK
Atlanta Falcons(5) | 5  | 4  | 0  | .556  | 3–1  | 4–3  | 183  | 199  | L2
New Orleans Saints | 4  | 5  | 0  | .444  | 2–1  | 3–5  | 129  | 160  | W1
San Francisco 49ers | 3  | 6  | 0  | .333  | 1–3  | 2–3  | 209  | 206  | L1
Los Angeles Rams | 2  | 7  | 0  | .222  | 1–2  | 1–5  | 200  | 250  | W1
National Football Conference

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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK
Washington Redskins(1) | 8  | 1  | 0  | .889  | 190  | 128  | W4
Dallas Cowboys(2) | 6  | 3  | 0  | .667  | 226  | 145  | L2
Green Bay Packers(3) | 5  | 3  | 1  | .611  | 226  | 169  | L1
Minnesota Vikings(4) | 5  | 4  | 0  | .556  | 187  | 198  | W1
Atlanta Falcons(5) | 5  | 4  | 0  | .556  | 183  | 199  | L2
St. Louis Cardinals(6) | 5  | 4  | 0  | .556  | 135  | 170  | L1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers(7) | 5  | 4  | 0  | .556  | 158  | 178  | W3
Detroit Lions(8) | 4  | 5  | 0  | .444  | 181  | 176  | W1
New Orleans Saints | 4  | 5  | 0  | .444  | 129  | 160  | W1
New York Giants | 4  | 5  | 0  | .444  | 164  | 160  | W1
San Francisco 49ers | 3  | 6  | 0  | .333  | 209  | 206  | L1
Chicago Bears | 3  | 6  | 0  | .333  | 141  | 174  | L1
Philadelphia Eagles | 3  | 6  | 0  | .333  | 191  | 195  | L1
Los Angeles Rams | 2  | 7  | 0  | .222  | 200  | 250  | W1

## References[edit]

1. ^ 1982 San Francisco 49ers
2. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 256
3. ^ "1982 San Francisco 49ers Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
4. ^ "1982 San Francisco 49ers (NFL)". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
5. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

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* Founded in 1946
* Based and headquartered in Santa Clara, California

Franchise|

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Stadiums|

* Kezar Stadium
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* State Farm Stadium
* Three games played due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Culture|

* 49er Faithful
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* Arizona Cardinals
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* Eddie DeBartolo
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Conference championships (8)|

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League championships (5)|

* 1981 (XVI)
* 1984 (XIX)
* 1988 (XXIII)
* 1989 (XXIV)
* 1994 (XXIX)

Current league affiliations|

* League: National Football League (1950–present)
* Conference: National Football Conference
* Division: West Division

Former league affiliation|

All-America Football Conference (1946–1949)

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Baltimore | Cincinnati| Denver| Dallas| Chicago| Atlanta
Buffalo | Cleveland| Kansas City| NY Giants| Detroit| LA Rams
Miami | Houston| LA Raiders| Philadelphia| Green Bay| New Orleans
New England | Pittsburgh| San Diego| St. Louis| Minnesota| San Francisco
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