| San Francisco 49ers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 28, 1947 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: Civic Stadium Attendance: 36099 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 66 F Humidty: 29% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 41 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Julie Rykovich 14 run (Steve Juzwik kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Frankie Albert 1 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Al Baldwin 58 pass from George Ratterman (Steve Juzwik kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Steve Juzwik 19 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Chet Mutryn 87 kickoff return (Steve Juzwik kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Al Beals 14 pass from Jesse Freitas (Joe Vetrano failed) | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Frankie Albert 15 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 20 | 24 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Norm Standlee 2 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 27 | 24 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Frankie Albert 1 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 34 | 24 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Johnny Strzykalski 1 run (Frankie Albert pass failed) | 40 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 56 | LOE | Bill Fisk |
| 42 | LOT | Bob Bryant |
| 32 | LOG | Garland Gregory |
| 24 | C | Johnny Schiechl |
| 33 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 41 | ROT | John Woudenberg |
| 53 | ROE | Al Beals |
| 63 | QB | Frankie Albert |
| 81 | LOH | Len Eshmont |
| 91 | ROH | Johnny Strzykalski |
| 72 | FB | Norm Standlee |
| Defense | ||
| 56 | LDE | Bill Fisk |
| 47 | LDT | Visco Grgich |
| 34 | MG | Eddie Forrest |
| 48 | RDT | Al Satterfield |
| 57 | RDE | Ed Balatti |
| 33 | LB | Bruno Banducci |
| 36 | LB | Art Elston |
| 24 | LB | Johnny Schiechl |
| 83 | LDH | Ned Mathews |
| 82 | RDH | Joe Vetrano |
| 81 | S | Len Eshmont |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 52 | LOE | Paul Gibson |
| 43 | LOT | Graham Armstrong |
| 32 | LOG | Hal Lahar |
| 21 | C | Felto Prewitt |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 44 | ROT | George Doherty |
| 54 | ROE | Al Coppage |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 83 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 86 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 75 | FB | Vic Kulbitski |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Paul Gibson |
| 41 | LDT | Chet Kozel |
| 32 | LDG | Hal Lahar |
| 35 | RDG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | RDT | John Kerns |
| 53 | RDE | Marty Comer |
| 73 | LLB | Ed Hirsch |
| 21 | RLB | Felto Prewitt |
| 83 | LDH | Chet Mutryn |
| 84 | RDH | George Koch |
| 57 | S | Al Baldwin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 18 | 115 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| Len Eshmont | 11 | 78 | 7.1 | 0 | |
| Frankie Albert | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 3 | |
| Norm Standlee | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Earle Parsons | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Len Masini | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Wally Yonamine | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Chet Mutryn | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Vic Kulbitski | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 1 | |
| Fred Evans | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 0 | 112 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.6 | |
| Jesse Freitas | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 19 | 6.3 | 14t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 123.6 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 134 | 8.4 | 58t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.6 |
| George Terlep | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Al Beals | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 1 | |
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Nick Susoeff | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ed Balatti | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Al Baldwin | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 58t | 1 |
| Fay King | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frankie Albert | 5 | 233 | 46.6 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Albie Reisz | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Wally Yonamine | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Joe Vetrano | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Earle Parsons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Evans | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Vetrano | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Wally Yonamine | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Earle Parsons | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 2 | 116 | 58.0 | 87t | 1 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| Alex Wizbicki | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Fred Evans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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