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The 2017 season was the San Francisco 49ers' 68th in the National Football League (NFL), their 72nd overall, their fourth playing their home games at Levi's Stadium and their first under the head coach/general manager tandem of Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch.
2017 San Francisco 49ers season | |
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Owner | Jed York |
General manager | John Lynch |
Head coach | Kyle Shanahan |
Home field | Levi's Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 6–10 |
Division place | 4th NFC West |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers | FB Kyle Juszczyk OT Joe Staley |
Uniform | |
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After an 0–9 start, they won 6 of their last 7 games and finished the season 6–10, improving from their last two season records. Despite this, the 49ers were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 12.
The 49ers season largely turned around after they acquired quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo from the New England Patriots on October 30, 2017. At this point, the 49ers had a record of 0–8, dead last in the NFC. Garoppolo made his first start during Week 13 against the Chicago Bears and led them to a 15–14 win. Garoppolo won the final five games of the season for the 49ers, bringing the regular-season record to 6–10, the most wins by the team since the 2014 season. During the 5-game win streak, the 49ers won 3 straight games over teams that eventually made the playoffs (Weeks 15–17 against the Tennessee Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Los Angeles Rams). From Weeks 1–12, the 49ers scored just 187 points (17 points per game), which was in the bottom half of the league. During the 5-game win streak, the 49ers offense scored 144 points (28.8 points per game). The highlight of the year was during Week 16, the 49ers scored 44 points against the Jacksonville Jaguars, who had the NFL's top scoring defense at the time, allowing just 14.9 points per game. The 49ers finished the season by being the only team in the NFL to go undefeated in the month of December. The 49ers also became the first team in NFL history to start a season 0–9 and finish with more than three wins.[1]
Owner Jed York announced that he would hire a new general manager and the new head coach due to a bad season. On January 29, 2017, the 49ers hired John Lynch as their general manager.[2] On February 6, 2017, the 49ers hired Atlanta Falcons' offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan as the new coach of the San Francisco 49ers.[3]
The 49ers entered free agency with the following:[4]
Position | Player | Free agency tag |
Date signed | 2017 Team | Notes |
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NT | Glenn Dorsey | UFA | |||
K | Phil Dawson | UFA | March 10, 2017 | Arizona Cardinals | Agreed 2-year contract[5] |
QB | Blaine Gabbert | UFA | May 10, 2017 | Arizona Cardinals | Signed one-year contract[6][7] |
ILB | Michael Wilhoite | UFA | March 24, 2017 | Seattle Seahawks | Signed one-year contract[8] |
DE | Tony Jerod-Eddie | UFA | |||
RB | Shaun Draughn | UFA | March 22, 2017 | New York Giants | Signed one-year contract[9] |
WR | Jeremy Kerley | UFA | March 4, 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | Agreed 3-year contract[10][11] |
ILB | Nick Bellore | UFA | April 3, 2017 | Detroit Lions | Signed one-year contract[12] |
WR | Rod Streater | UFA | Buffalo Bills | ||
QB | Christian Ponder | UFA | |||
QB | Thad Lewis | UFA | Baltimore Ravens | ||
TE | Jim Dray | UFA | |||
G | Andrew Gardner | UFA | August 14, 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | Signed one-year contract[13] |
RB | DuJuan Harris | UFA | March 28, 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | Signed one-year contract[14] |
DT | Chris Jones | RFA | March 16, 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | Agreed one-year contract[15] |
ILB | Gerald Hodges | UFA | May 25, 2017 | Buffalo Bills | Signed one-year contract[16][17] |
WR | Quinton Patton | UFA | March 23, 2017 | New York Jets | Signed one-year contract[18] |
ILB | Carl Bradford | RFA | February 27, 2017 | Buffalo Bills | Declined one-year contract[19] |
FS | Marcus Cromartie | RFA | April 7, 2017 | Buffalo Bills | [20] |
G | Andrew Tiller | RFA | May 10, 2017 | Kansas City Chiefs | |
CB | Chris Davis | RFA | |||
WR | Chris Harper | ERFA | May 30, 2017 | New York Jets | |
SS | Marcus Ball | ERFA | May 25, 2017 | Toronto Argonauts | |
DE | Zach Moore | ERFA | Carolina Panthers | ||
ILB | Shayne Skov | ERFA | August 17, 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | Signed one-year contract[21] |
TE | Je'Ron Hamm | ERFA | |||
NT | Mike Purcell | RFA | February 27, 2017 | Los Angeles Rams | Declined one-year contract[19] |
CB | JaCorey Shepherd | ERFA | August 5, 2017 | Pittsburgh Steelers | |
RFA: Restricted free agent, UFA: Unrestricted free agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent
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Indicates that the player was a free agent at the end of his respective team's 2016 season. |
Round | Selection | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Traded to the Bears[e] | |||
3 | Solomon Thomas | Defensive end | Stanford | From Bears[e] | |
31 | Reuben Foster | Linebacker | Alabama | From Seahawks[f] | |
2 | 34 | Traded to the Seahawks[f] | |||
3 | 66 | Ahkello Witherspoon | Cornerback | Colorado | |
67 | Traded to the Saints[g] | From Bears[e] | |||
104 | C. J. Beathard | Quarterback | Iowa | From Vikings[h] Compensatory pick | |
4 | 109 | Traded to the Vikings[h] | |||
111 | Traded to the Seahawks[f] | From Bears[e] | |||
121 | Joe Williams | Running back | Utah | From Colts[j] | |
143 | Traded to the Colts[j] | Compensatory pick | |||
5 | 146 | George Kittle | Tight end | Iowa | |
161 | Traded to the Colts[j] | From Redskins[d] | |||
177 | Trent Taylor | Wide receiver | Louisiana Tech | From Broncos[i] Compensatory pick | |
6 | 186 | Traded to the Ravens[c] | |||
198 | D.J. Jones | Defensive tackle | Ole Miss | From Ravens[c] | |
202 | Pita Taumoepenu | Defensive end | Utah | From Broncos[a] | |
7 | 219 | Traded to the Vikings[h] | From Browns[b] | ||
220 | Traded to the Redskins[d] | ||||
229 | Adrian Colbert | Cornerback | Miami (FL) | From Saints[g] |
Notes
Position | Player | College | Notes |
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WR | Victor Bolden | Oregon State | |
WR | Kendrick Bourne | Eastern Washington | |
RB | Matt Breida | Georgia Southern | |
WR | K. D. Cannon | Baylor | Released May 8[49] |
OL | John Flynn | Montana State | |
CB | Zach Franklin | Washburn | Waived August 8[38] |
DL | Jimmie Gilbert | Colorado | Waived with injury, July 31. Now on Injured Reserve |
S | Malik Golden | Penn State | Waived June 9[35] |
OL | Evan Goodman | Arizona State | |
TE | Cole Hikutini | Louisville | |
DB | Lorenzo Jerome | Saint Francis (PA) | |
OL | Erik Magnuson | Michigan | |
FB | Tyler McCloskey | Houston | Waived September 1[52] |
QB | Nick Mullens | Southern Miss | |
LB | Donavin Newsom | Missouri | Waived with injury, Aug 16. Now on Injured Reserve |
DL | Noble Nwachukwu | West Virginia | |
OL | Bret Treadway | Lamar | Released May 8[49] |
OL | Darrell Williams Jr. | Western Kentucky | |
S | Chanceller James | Boise State | Waived August 14[13] |
WR | BJ Johnson III | Georgia Southern | Waived with injury, July 31. Now on Injured Reserve |
OL | Richard Levy | UConn | Waived August 13[61] |
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | August 11 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 27–17 | 1–0 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
2 | August 19 | Denver Broncos | L 14–33 | 1–1 | Levi's Stadium | Recap |
3 | August 27 | at Minnesota Vikings | L 31–32 | 1–2 | U.S. Bank Stadium | Recap |
4 | August 31 | Los Angeles Chargers | W 23–13 | 2–2 | Levi's Stadium | Recap |
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap | |
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1 | September 10 | Carolina Panthers | L 3–23 | 0–1 | Levi's Stadium | Recap | |
2 | September 17 | at Seattle Seahawks | L 9–12 | 0–2 | CenturyLink Field | Recap | |
3 | September 21 | Los Angeles Rams | L 39–41 | 0–3 | Levi's Stadium | Recap | |
4 | October 1 | at Arizona Cardinals | L 15–18 (OT) | 0–4 | University of Phoenix Stadium | Recap | |
5 | October 8 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 23–26 (OT) | 0–5 | Lucas Oil Stadium | Recap | |
6 | October 15 | at Washington Redskins | L 24–26 | 0–6 | FedExField | Recap | |
7 | October 22 | Dallas Cowboys | L 10–40 | 0–7 | Levi's Stadium | Recap | |
8 | October 29 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 10–33 | 0–8 | Lincoln Financial Field | Recap | |
9 | November 5 | Arizona Cardinals | L 10–20 | 0–9 | Levi's Stadium | Recap | |
10 | November 12 | New York Giants | W 31–21 | 1–9 | Levi's Stadium | Recap | |
11 | Bye | ||||||
12 | November 26 | Seattle Seahawks | L 13–24 | 1–10 | Levi's Stadium | Recap | |
13 | December 3 | at Chicago Bears | W 15–14 | 2–10 | Soldier Field | Recap | |
14 | December 10 | at Houston Texans | W 26–16 | 3–10 | NRG Stadium | Recap | |
15 | December 17 | Tennessee Titans | W 25–23 | 4–10 | Levi's Stadium | Recap | |
16 | December 24 | Jacksonville Jaguars | W 44–33 | 5–10 | Levi's Stadium | Recap | |
17 | December 31 | at Los Angeles Rams | W 34–13 | 6–10 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Panthers | 7 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
49ers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Game information | ||
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at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
With this loss, The 49ers started off the Shanahan era 0–1
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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49ers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Seahawks | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
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at CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington
With this loss, the 49ers fell to 0–2
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Rams | 14 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
49ers | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 39 |
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at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
After losing to the Seahawks on the road, the 49ers went home to take on the Rams on Thursday Night Football. In the first quarter, the Rams scored first when Todd Gurley ran for a 3-yard touchdown to make it 7–0. The Niners managed to tie it up when Brian Hoyer ran for a 9-yard touchdown to make it 7–7. The Rams moved back into the lead when Jared Goff found Gurley on a 7-yard pass to make it 14–7. In the second quarter, the Rams increased their lead when Greg Zuerlein kicked a 48-yard field goal to make it 17–7. The Niners came within 4 with two field goals of their own kicked by Robbie Gould from 36 and 48 yards out to make the score 17-10 and then 17–13. Gurley then put the Rams up by double digits at halftime when he ran for a 2-yard touchdown to make it 24–13. In the third quarter Zuerlein kicked a 19-yard field goal to make it 27–13 Rams. The Niners then came within a touchdown when Carlos Hyde ran for one from a yard out. The Rams moved up by 2 touchdowns again when Goff found Sammy Watkins on a 1-yard pass to make it 34–20. In the fourth quarter, the Niners came within 8 when Garrett Celek caught a 1-yard pass from Hoyer (with a failed PAT) to make it 34–26. The Rams again moved up by double digits when Goff and Watkins connected again on a 13-yard pass to make it 41–26. Finally, the Niners were able to come within two points with two more touchdowns: Trent Taylor caught a pass from Hoyer 3 yards out to make it 41–33 and Hyde ran for another 1-yard touchdown (with a failed 2-point conversion) to make the final score 41–39.
With the loss, the Niners fell to 0–3.
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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49ers | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
Cardinals | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
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at University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
With this loss, the 49ers fell to 0–4, as well as being 0–3 in the NFC West Division
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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49ers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 23 |
Colts | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
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at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
With this loss, the 49ers fell to 0–5
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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49ers | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
Redskins | 7 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 26 |
Game information | ||
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at FedExField, Landover, Maryland
With the loss, the 49ers fell to 0–6. With the Giants defeating the Broncos on Sunday Night Football, they became the last winless team in the NFC.
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 14 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 40 |
49ers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
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at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
With this loss, the 49ers fell to 0–7
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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49ers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Eagles | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
Game information | ||
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at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
With this loss, the 49ers secured their fourth consecutive non-winning season.
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cardinals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
49ers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
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at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
With this loss, the 49ers fell to 0–9, securing their 3 consecutive losing season
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Giants | 6 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 21 |
49ers | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
Game information | ||
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at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
After starting the season 0–9, which was never recorded in team history, the Niners left the Cleveland Browns the only winless team in the NFL for 2017. This game also ended the possibility of the Niners becoming the second NFL team to go 0–16. This also Kyle Shanahan first win as a Head Coach
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Seahawks | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
49ers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
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at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
This game saw Jimmy Garoppolo's first play that resulted in a Touchdown pass to Louis Murphy Jr. The game also fall to 1–10 and 0–5 in the NFC West
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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49ers | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
Bears | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
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at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
This was Jimmy Garoppolo's first start as a 49ers quarterback. Garoppolo lead them to their 2nd win of the season as they were now 2–10
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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49ers | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
Texans | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
Game information | ||
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at NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
For the first time in 8 years, head coach Kyle Shanahan made his first return to Houston since leaving the Texans in 2010 to become the offensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins under his father, head coach Mike Shanahan. Kyle previously served as Houston's wide receivers coach in 2006, quarterbacks coach in 2007, and the offensive coordinator from 2008 to 2009 under then-head coach Gary Kubiak. The 49ers were now 3–10
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Titans | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
49ers | 6 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 25 |
Game information | ||
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Gould's kick sent the 49ers to 4–10
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Jaguars | 0 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 33 |
49ers | 10 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 44 |
Game information | ||
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at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
Jimmy G kept the momentum in Levi's Season finale and put the 49ers at 5–10
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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49ers | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
Rams | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
Game information | ||
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at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
With the win, the Niners finished their season 6–10. Jimmy Garoppolo became the first NFL quarterback to go 7–0 in his first seven starts since Ben Roethlisberger in 2004.
NFC West | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
(3) Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 4–2 | 7–5 | 478 | 329 | L1 |
Seattle Seahawks | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 4–2 | 7–5 | 366 | 332 | L1 |
Arizona Cardinals | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 3–3 | 5–7 | 295 | 361 | W2 |
San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 1–5 | 3–9 | 331 | 383 | W5 |
# | Team | Division | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | SOS | SOV | STK |
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Division leaders | |||||||||||
1[lower-alpha 1] | Philadelphia Eagles | East | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 5–1 | 10–2 | .461 | .433 | L1 |
2[lower-alpha 1] | Minnesota Vikings | North | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 5–1 | 10–2 | .492 | .447 | W3 |
3[lower-alpha 2] | Los Angeles Rams | West | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 4–2 | 7–5 | .504 | .460 | L1 |
4[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] | New Orleans Saints | South | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 4–2 | 8–4 | .535 | .483 | L1 |
Wild Cards | |||||||||||
5[lower-alpha 3] | Carolina Panthers | South | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 3–3 | 7–5 | .539 | .500 | L1 |
6 | Atlanta Falcons | South | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 4–2 | 9–3 | .543 | .475 | W1 |
Did not qualify for the postseason | |||||||||||
7[lower-alpha 4] | Detroit Lions | North | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 5–1 | 8–4 | .496 | .368 | W1 |
8[lower-alpha 4] | Seattle Seahawks | West | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 4–2 | 7–5 | .492 | .444 | L1 |
9[lower-alpha 4] | Dallas Cowboys | East | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 5–1 | 7–5 | .496 | .438 | W1 |
10 | Arizona Cardinals | West | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 3–3 | 5–7 | .488 | .406 | W2 |
11[lower-alpha 5] | Green Bay Packers | North | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 2–4 | 5–7 | .539 | .357 | L3 |
12[lower-alpha 5] | Washington Redskins | East | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 1–5 | 5–7 | .539 | .429 | L1 |
13 | San Francisco 49ers | West | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 1–5 | 3–9 | .512 | .438 | W5 |
14[lower-alpha 6] | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | South | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 1–5 | 3–9 | .555 | .375 | W1 |
15[lower-alpha 6] | Chicago Bears | North | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 0–6 | 1–11 | .559 | .500 | L1 |
16 | New York Giants | East | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 1–5 | 1–11 | .531 | .458 | W1 |
Tiebreakers[lower-alpha 7] | |||||||||||
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