On this day (October 5) in history in 1987...
30 years ago in 49ers’ history: The night Bill Walsh ran the wishbone
Bill Walsh spent 10 seasons with the 49ers running the West Coast offense, but for one half, of one game, he made a seismic shift: He shelved his revolutionary attack for the wishbone.
No, seriously.
Thirty years ago, on Oct. 5, 1987, the 49ers played perhaps the most surreal game in the franchise’s 72-season history. And Walsh’s decision to run a decidedly non-NFL offense was among the many oddities.
In the first “Monday Night Football” game played during the 1987 players’ strike, the 49ers’ replacement players — dubbed the “Phony Niners” — beat the Giants 41-21 before more than 60,000 empty seats at 77,172-seat Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands.
It was the first nonsellout of the 11-year-old stadium after more than 40,000 tickets were refunded. One sign in the stands: “Stay On Strike. We Get Better Seats.”
Two days after the game, 12 members of the 49ers, including Joe Montana, Roger Craig and Dwight Clark, crossed the picket line and joined the team for the final two games of the 24-day strike.
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