| San Francisco 49ers at Buffalo Bisons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 19, 1946 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: Civic Stadium Attendance: 6101 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 43 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Buffalo BisonsBUF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72/74 | LLB | Norm Standlee | ||
| 1 | Buffalo BisonsBUF | Lou Zontini 47 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Len Eshmont 3 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Al Beals 39 pass from Jesse Freitas (Joe Vetrano kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Buffalo BisonsBUF | Chet Mutryn 33 pass from Al Dekdebrun (Lou Zontini kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Buffalo BisonsBUF | Fay King 1 pass from Al Dekdebrun (Lou Zontini kick) | 14 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 56 | LOE | Bill Fisk |
| 45 | LOT | John Mellus |
| 36 | LOG | Dick Bassi |
| 22 | C | Gerry Conlee |
| 33 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 41 | ROT | John Woudenberg |
| 51 | ROE | Bob Titchenal |
| 63 | QB | Frankie Albert |
| 81 | LOH | Len Eshmont |
| 91 | ROH | Johnny Strzykalski |
| 72/74 | FB | Norm Standlee |
| Defense | ||
| 56 | LDE | Bill Fisk |
| 45 | LDT | John Mellus |
| 33 | LDG | Bruno Banducci |
| 36 | RDG | Dick Bassi |
| 41 | RDT | John Woudenberg |
| 51 | RDE | Bob Titchenal |
| 72/74 | LLB | Norm Standlee |
| 21 | RLB | Art Elston |
| 81 | LDH | Len Eshmont |
| 91 | RDH | Johnny Strzykalski |
| 83 | S | Ken Casanega |
| Buffalo Bisons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 56 | LOE | Nick Klutka |
| 36 | LOT | Al Klug |
| 37/33 | LOG | John Perko |
| 21 | C | Felto Prewitt |
| 34 | ROG | Elmer Jones |
| 44 | ROT | George Doherty |
| 52/55 | ROE | Herb Nelson |
| 60 | QB | Al Dekdebrun |
| 84 | LOH | Preston Johnston |
| 87 | ROH | Lou Tomasetti |
| 71 | FB | Lou Zontini |
| Defense | ||
| 56 | LDE | Nick Klutka |
| 41 | LDT | John Matisi |
| 31 | LDG | Hal Lahar |
| 35/30 | RDG | Rocco Pirro |
| 44 | RDT | George Doherty |
| 52/55 | RDE | Herb Nelson |
| 71 | LLB | Lou Zontini |
| 21 | RLB | Felto Prewitt |
| 84 | LDH | Preston Johnston |
| 60 | RDH | Al Dekdebrun |
| 87 | S | Lou Tomasetti |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Norm Standlee | 17 | 98 | 5.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Len Eshmont | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 1 | |
| Earle Parsons | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Joe Vetrano | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Parker Hall | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jesse Freitas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bisons | |||||
| Lou Zontini | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Preston Johnston | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Harry Hopp | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Juzwik | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Thibaut | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 1 | 43 | 2.4 | 0 | 28.5 | |||
| Jesse Freitas | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 45 | 15.0 | 1 | 149.3 | |||
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Buffalo Bisons | |||||||||||
| Al Dekdebrun | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 2 | 164 | 14.9 | 53 | 2 | 99.6 | ||
| George Terlep | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 9 | 1.1 | 9 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Len Eshmont | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Vetrano | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Earle Parsons | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Al Beals | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bisons | |||||
| Fay King | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 34 | 1 |
| Steve Juzwik | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Nick Klutka | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ken Casanega | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bisons | |||||
| Steve Juzwik | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frankie Albert | 6 | 202 | 33.7 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bisons | |||||
| Preston Johnston | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Lou Zontini | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Earle Parsons | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | ||
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Joe Vetrano | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bisons | ||||||
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Len Eshmont | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Frankie Albert | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bisons | ||||||
| Steve Juzwik | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
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