| San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Dons Game Statistics | 
| Date: December 5, 1948 Location: Los Angeles, CA | 
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 51460 | 
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 58 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 9 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 21 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 
| Los Angeles DonsLA | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | LA | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | LLB | Norm Standlee | ||
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Vetrano 30 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 7 | 0 | 
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Johnny Strzykalski 59 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 14 | 0 | 
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Al Beals 7 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 21 | 0 | 
| 2 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Len Ford 7 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Ben Agajanian kick) | 21 | 7 | 
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 7 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 28 | 7 | 
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Vetrano 47 FG | 31 | 7 | 
| 3 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Len Ford 11 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Ben Agajanian kick) | 31 | 14 | 
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Al Beals 35 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 38 | 14 | 
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | John Kimbrough 18 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Ben Agajanian kick) | 38 | 21 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Nick Susoeff | 
| 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 | 
| 92 | LDH | Paul Crowe | 
| 81 | RDH | Len Eshmont | 
| 93 | S | Jim Cason | 
| Los Angeles Dons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Joe Aguirre | 
| 45 | LOT | Bob Reinhard | 
| 35 | LOG | Len Levy | 
| 22 | C | Bob Nelson | 
| 32 | ROG | Knox Ramsey | 
| 42 | ROT | Earle Audet | 
| 50 | ROE | Len Ford | 
| 65 | BB | Dick Ottele | 
| 95 | TB | Glenn Dobbs | 
| 99 | HB | Herman Wedemeyer | 
| 76 | FB | Walt Clay | 
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Dale Gentry | 
| 45 | LDT | Bob Reinhard | 
| 30 | MG | Al Lolotai | 
| 42 | RDT | Earle Audet | 
| 50 | RDE | Len Ford | 
| 76 | LB | Walt Clay | 
| 22 | LB | Bob Nelson | 
| 32 | LB | Knox Ramsey | 
| 83 | DB | Jeff Durkota | 
| 66 | DB | Walt Heap | 
| 88 | DB | Billy Reinhard | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 9 | 160 | 17.8 | 1 | |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Frankie Albert | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| Forrest Hall | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Bob Sullivan | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Joe Vetrano | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30t | 1 | 
| Len Eshmont | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| Eddie Carr | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Norm Standlee | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 
| Jim Cason | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | 
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| John Kimbrough | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 121 | 11.0 | 3 | 133.0 | |||
| Bev Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 55 | 27 | 49.1 | 7 | 405 | 7.4 | 3 | 52.3 | |||
| Herman Wedemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Al Beals | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 35t | 2 | 
| Nick Susoeff | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59t | 1 | 
| Joe Perry | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Dale Gentry | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Aguirre | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 0 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Len Ford | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 2 | |
| Bill Fisk | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| John Kimbrough | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18t | 1 | 
| Burr Baldwin | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 
| Billy Reinhard | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 | 
| Mike Perrotti | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | |
| Jack Flagerman | 0 | 6 | 6L | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Cason | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 
| Riley Matheson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Eddie Carr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Bill Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frankie Albert | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 0 | |
| Bev Wallace | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | 
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Herman Wedemeyer | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Mike Graham | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | ||
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Dick Ottele | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| John Kimbrough | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
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