| Buffalo Bills at San Francisco 49ers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: August 29, 1948 Location: San Francisco, CA Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 33946 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 77 F Humidty: 43% Wind: mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hal Shoener 2 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Jim Cason 2 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Chet Mutryn 5 run (Graham Armstrong kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Johnny Strzykalski 48 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 57 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bill O'Connor 5 pass from George Ratterman (Graham Armstrong kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Jim Cason 36 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 14 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Al Baldwin |
| 43 | LOT | Graham Armstrong |
| 32 | LOG | Hal Lahar |
| 21 | C | Felto Prewitt |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | ROT | John Kerns |
| 52 | ROE | Paul Gibson |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 83 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 80 | ROH | Bob Steuber |
| 75 | FB | Vic Kulbitski |
| Defense | ||
| 58 | LDE | Vince Mazza |
| 47 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 37 | MG | Vince Scott |
| 45 | RDT | Jack Carpenter |
| 53 | RDE | Marty Comer |
| 25 | LLB | Ed Hirsch |
| 33 | MLB | John Wyhonic |
| 22 | RLB | Art Statuto |
| 82 | LDH | Rex Bumgardner |
| 74 | S | Carl Schuette |
| 85 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 52 | LOE | Hal Shoener |
| 42 | LOT | Bob Bryant |
| 31 | LOG | Don Clark |
| 22 | C | Joel Williams |
| 34 | ROG | Visco Grgich |
| 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 | ||
| 59 | LDE | Norm Maloney |
| 42 | LDT | Bob Bryant |
| 34 | MG | Visco Grgich |
| 41 | RDT | John Woudenberg |
| 54 | RDE | Gail Bruce |
| 72 | LLB | Norm Standlee |
| 37 | MLB | Riley Matheson |
| 71 | RLB | Verl Lillywhite |
| 84 | LDH | Eddie Carr |
| 81 | RDH | Len Eshmont |
| 93 | S | Jim Cason |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | / | / | 8 | 60 | 3 | 3 | |
| SF | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | / | / | 4 | 20 | 6 | 5 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Chet Mutryn | 14 | 114 | 8.1 | 1 | |
| Bob Steuber | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Gompers | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Vic Kulbitski | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Don Schneider | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 271 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 1 | |
| Joe Perry | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 57t | 1 |
| Frankie Albert | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Norm Standlee | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Len Eshmont | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Eddie Carr | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Vetrano | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Forrest Hall | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 36 | 227 | 6.3 | 3 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 2 | 196 | 5.4 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 50.2 |
| George Terlep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Team Totals | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 2 | 196 | 5.4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 50.2 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 0 | 186 | 10.3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 142.4 | |
| Bev Wallace | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Totals | 20 | 13 | 65.0 | 1 | 186 | 9.3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 107.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bill O'Connor | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| Al Baldwin | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Paul Gibson | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 196 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Hal Shoener | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| Al Beals | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Len Eshmont | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 186 | 14.3 | 2 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Eddie Carr | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Bob Sullivan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bob Smith | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frankie Albert | 2 | 113 | 56.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 113 | 56.5 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jim Cason | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Gompers | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jim Cason | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | ||