1952 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 3rd place National Conference 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Buck Shaw |
| Phil Bengston | Line |
| Jim Lawson | Assistant Coach |
| Red Strader | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/10/1952 | N | San Francisco Broncos | 79-0 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 8700 | |
| Sun | 8/17/1952 | H | Washington Redskins | 35-0 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 35234 | |
| Sun | 8/24/1952 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 38-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 34901 | |
| Wed | 9/3/1952 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 67799 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1952 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 29-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 21759 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1952 | A | Cleveland Browns | 35-31 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 30119 | |
| Fri | 9/19/1952 | A | San Jose Packers | 76-0 | W | San Jose, CA | Spartan Stadium | 6839 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1952 | H | Detroit Lions | 17-3 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 54761 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1952 | A | Dallas Texans | 37-14 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 12566 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1952 | A | Detroit Lions | 28-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 48842 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1952 | A | Chicago Bears | 40-16 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48338 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1952 | H | Dallas Texans | 48-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 26887 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1952 | H | Chicago Bears | 17-20 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 58255 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1952 | A | New York Giants | 14-23 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 50880 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1952 | A | Washington Redskins | 23-17 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 28997 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1952 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 9-35 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 64450 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1952 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 21-34 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 48731 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1952 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 13866 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1952 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 17579 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 13 | Frankie Albert | QB-P | 5-9 | 160 | 32 | Stanford | 12 | 8 |
| 38 | Bennie Aldridge | FB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 1 |
| 22 | Joe Arenas | LOH | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Nebraska-Omaha | 12 | 5 |
| 63 | Bruno Banducci | ROG | 5-11 | 216 | 31 | Stanford | 12 | 12 |
| 23 | Rex Berry | LDH-LOH | 5-11 | 181 | 28 | Carbon JC; Brigham Young | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | J.R. Boone | LOH-LOE | 5-8 | 162 | 27 | Tulsa | 12 | 7 |
| 33 | Hardy Brown | MLB | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | Southern Methodist; Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| 32 | Don Burke | RLB | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Hartnell JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Don Campora | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 268 | 25 | Pacific | 8 | 0 |
| 75 | Al Carapella | LDT-RDT-MG-RDE | 6-0 | 235 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 7 |
| 43 | Jim Cason | S | 6-0 | 171 | 25 | Louisiana State | 10 | 10 |
| 28 | Sam Cathcart | S-LOH | 6-0 | 175 | 28 | UC Santa Barbara | 12 | 2 |
| 72 | Ray Collins | LDT-RDT | 5-11 | 238 | 25 | Louisiana State | 10 | 2 |
| 85 | Al Endress | ROE | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco State | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | Nick Feher | LOG | 6-0 | 224 | 26 | Georgia | 6 | 3 |
| 64 | Visco Grgich | MG | 5-11 | 217 | 29 | Santa Clara | 2 | 2 |
| 89 | Ed Henke | LDE-LOE | 6-3 | 227 | 25 | Ventura JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 85 | Billy Jessup | ROE-LOE | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Long Beach CC; Southern California | 4 | 2 |
| 53 | Bill Johnson | C | 6-3 | 228 | 26 | Texas A&M; Tyler JC | 11 | 11 |
| 39 | Hugh McElhenny | ROH | 6-1 | 197 | 24 | Compton JC; Washington | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Bob Meyers | FB | 6-2 | 185 | 22 | Pasadena CC; Stanford | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Bob Momsen | MG | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Ohio State | 10 | 10 |
| 73 | Leo Nomellini | ROT-LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 259 | 28 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
| 83 | Pat O'Donahue | RDE | 6-1 | 208 | 22 | Wisconsin | 10 | 9 |
| 34 | Joe Perry | FB-LOH | 6-0 | 203 | 25 | Compton JC | 12 | 11 |
| 87 | Charley Powell | RDE | 6-2 | 226 | 20 | none | 10 | 3 |
| 15 | Jim Powers | LLB-QB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 69 | Jerry Smith | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | Wisconsin | 12 | 9 |
| 82 | Gordy Soltau | LOE-K | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Minnesota | 12 | 10 |
| 36 | Norm Standlee | FB | 6-1 | 238 | 33 | Stanford | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Johnny Strzykalski | ROH-FB | 5-9 | 190 | 31 | Marquette | 10 | 1 |
| 14 | Y.A. Tittle | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 26 | Louisiana State | 12 | 4 |
| 62 | Bob Toneff | LOT-RDT | 6-2 | 260 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 42 | Lowell Wagner | RDH-ROH | 6-0 | 194 | 29 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 25 | Bobby White | ROH | 5-11 | 176 | 23 | Glendale CC; Stanford | 12 | 1 |
| 84 | Billy Wilson | ROE | 6-3 | 191 | 25 | San Jose State | 10 | 10 |
| 52 | Pete Wismann | C-LB | 6-0 | 218 | 30 | Miami (Ohio); Washington-St. Louis; St. Louis | 12 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Hugh McElhenny | B | Washington |
| 2 | 22 | Bob Toneff | T | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 27 | Gene Shannon | B | Houston |
| 3 | 33 | Billy Tidwell | B | Texas A&M |
| 4 | 46 | Marion Campbell | T | Georgia |
| 5 | 57 | Pat O'Donahue | E | Wisconsin |
| 6 | 70 | Jim Beasley | C | Tulsa |
| 7 | 81 | Don Robison | B | California |
| 8 | 94 | Jerry Smith | T | Wisconsin |
| 9 | 105 | Glen Christian | B | Idaho |
| 10 | 118 | Carl West | B | Mississippi |
| 11 | 129 | J.D. Kimmel | T | Houston |
| 12 | 142 | Fred Snyder | E | Loyola Marymount |
| 13 | 153 | Rudy Yeager | T | Louisiana State |
| 14 | 166 | Frank Simon | E | Nebraska |
| 15 | 177 | Haldo Norman | E | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 16 | 190 | Bob Meyers | B | Stanford |
| 17 | 201 | Al Baldock | E | Southern California |
| 18 | 214 | Bill Carey | E | Michigan State |
| 20 | 238 | Jesse Yates | E | Louisiana State |
| 21 | 249 | Gene Offield | C | Hardin-Simmons |
| 22 | 262 | Jim Cozad | T | Santa Clara |
| 23 | 273 | Bill Glazier | E | Arizona |
| 24 | 286 | Ralph Kreuger | T | California |
| 25 | 297 | Bud Laughlin | B | Kansas |
| 26 | 310 | Dick Kane | G | Cincinnati |
| 27 | 321 | Waldo Schaaf | T | Oklahoma State |
| 28 | 334 | Joe Palumbo | G | Virginia |
| 29 | 345 | Chuck Mosher | E | Colorado |
| 30 | 358 | Dick Patrick | C | Oregon |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 76 | 58 | 51 | 100 | |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 71 | 58 | 69 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 213 | 97 | 104 | 12 | / % | / % | 79 | 628 | |
| Opponents Totals | 167 | 81 | 76 | 10 | / % | / % | 65 | 530 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 7 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 94 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Joe Perry | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Bobby White | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Billy Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Pat O'Donahue | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Frankie Albert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| J.R. Boone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Jessup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Momsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Charley Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 35 | 38 | 92.1 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 285 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 1 | 221 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 31 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 31 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 2/ | 4/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Perry | 158 | 725 | 4.6 | 78t | 8 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 98 | 684 | 7.0 | 89t | 6 |
| Joe Arenas | 44 | 183 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 22 | 87 | 4.0 | 20 | 1 |
| J.R. Boone | 24 | 72 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby White | 24 | 33 | 1.4 | 17 | 1 |
| Sam Cathcart | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rex Berry | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Leo Nomellini | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Meyers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 11 | -11 | -1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 421 | 1905 | 4.5 | 89t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 412 | 1506 | 3.7 | 51 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Albert | 129 | 71 | 55.0 | 48 | 964 | 7.5 | 13.6 | 60 | 8 | 6.2 | 10 | 7.8 | 177 | 787 | 67.5 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 208 | 106 | 51.0 | 90 | 1407 | 6.8 | 13.3 | 77 | 11 | 5.3 | 12 | 5.8 | 206 | 1201 | 66.3 | |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Jim Powers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | -13 | 39.6 | |||
| Sam Cathcart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Joe Perry | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 342 | 177 | 51.8 | 142 | 2371 | 6.9 | 13.4 | 77 | 19 | 5.6 | 23 | 6.7 | 396 | 1975 | 64.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 342 | 151 | 44.2 | 174 | 1929 | 5.6 | 12.8 | 90t | 15 | 4.4 | 17 | 5.0 | 291 | 1638 | 56.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 55 | 774 | 14.1 | 49t | 7 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 26 | 367 | 14.1 | 77 | 3 |
| J.R. Boone | 25 | 461 | 18.4 | 53 | 1 |
| Billy Wilson | 23 | 304 | 13.2 | 40 | 3 |
| Joe Perry | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Bobby White | 12 | 173 | 14.4 | 60t | 2 |
| Billy Jessup | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 58 | 1 |
| Joe Arenas | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 16t | 1 |
| Sam Cathcart | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Ed Henke | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bruno Banducci | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 177 | 2371 | 13.4 | 77 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 151 | 1929 | 12.8 | 90t | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Wagner | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Sam Cathcart | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Powers | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Rex Berry | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Burke | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Hardy Brown | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 252 | 14.8 | 35t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 299 | 13.0 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Albert | 68 | 2899 | 42.6 | 70 | 0 | 359 | 2540 | 37.4 | ||
| Team Totals | 68 | 2899 | 42.6 | 70 | 0 | 359 | 37.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 3218 | 41.3 | 66 | 0 | 436 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McElhenny | 20 | 284 | 14.2 | 94t | 1 | |
| J.R. Boone | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Joe Arenas | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 | |
| Sam Cathcart | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Pat O'Donahue | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 436 | 10.9 | 94t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 359 | 12.4 | 82t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Arenas | 11 | 291 | 26.5 | 47 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 18 | 396 | 22.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Hardy Brown | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Pat O'Donahue | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Don Burke | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Sam Cathcart | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Leo Nomellini | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 798 | 22.2 | 47 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 1242 | 23.9 | 52 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Albert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruno Banducci | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Visco Grgich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Henke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Momsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Nomellini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Powers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Smith | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Toneff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lowell Wagner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Wismann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 1 |
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