| San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Dons Game Statistics |
| Date: November 13, 1949 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 17880 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 85 F Humidty: 17% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| Los Angeles DonsLA | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 3 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Len Ford 21 pass from George Taliaferro (Bob Nelson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Al Beals 12 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Billy Joe Grimes 7 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 58 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Bob Nelson 43 FG | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Don Garlin 60 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Al Beals 12 pass from Frankie Albert (Frankie Albert failed) | 34 | 17 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Len Eshmont 30 lateral from Paul Salata 8 pass from Len Eshmont (Joe Vetrano kick) | 41 | 17 |
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | John Brown 30 lateral from Bob Reinhard 41 fumble recovery (Bob Nelson kick) | 41 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Paul Salata |
| 47 | LOT | Bob Mike |
| 31 | LOG | Don Clark |
| 23 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 34 | ROG | Visco Grgich |
| 41 | ROT | John Woudenberg |
| 53 | ROE | Al Beals |
| 63 | QB | Frankie Albert |
| 81 | LOH | Len Eshmont |
| 71 | ROH | Verl Lillywhite |
| 72 | FB | Norm Standlee |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Hal Shoener |
| 47 | LDT | Bob Mike |
| 34 | MG | Visco Grgich |
| 41 | RDT | John Woudenberg |
| 54 | RDE | Gail Bruce |
| 72 | LLB | Norm Standlee |
| 31 | MLB | Don Clark |
| 22 | RLB | Pete Wismann |
| 81 | LDH | Len Eshmont |
| 93 | S | Jim Cason |
| 92 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Dick Wilkins |
| 45 | LOT | Bob Reinhard |
| 33 | LOG | Bob Dobelstein |
| 22 | C | Bob Nelson |
| 32 | ROG | Knox Ramsey |
| 48 | ROT | Buddy Tinsley |
| 50 | ROE | Len Ford |
| 60 | BB | George Murphy |
| 85 | HB | Billy Joe Grimes |
| 93 | TB | George Taliaferro |
| 73 | FB | Hosea Rodgers |
| Defense | ||
| 44 | LDE | Ed Henke |
| 45 | LDT | Bob Reinhard |
| 47 | MG | Mike Perrotti |
| 42 | RDT | Ernie Williamson |
| 55 | RDE | Ab Wimberly |
| 65 | LLB | Dan Dworsky |
| 27 | RLB | Dick Woodard |
| 97 | LDH | Earl Howell |
| 63 | S | Joyce Pipkin |
| 92 | RDH | Shorty McWilliams |
| 77 | S | Jim Spavital |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Don Garlin | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 60t | 1 |
| Joe Perry | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| Frankie Albert | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Len Eshmont | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Sam Cathcart | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Norm Standlee | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Hosea Rodgers | 13 | 63 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| George Taliaferro | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| Walt Clay | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Harper Davis | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Shorty McWilliams | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Spavital | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 19 | 14 | 73.7 | 0 | 220 | 11.6 | 58t | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151.3 |
| Bev Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||||||||
| George Taliaferro | 16 | 3 | 18.8 | 4 | 66 | 4.1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 |
| Walt Clay | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Al Beals | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 2 | |
| Joe Perry | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 58t | 1 |
| Paul Salata | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Sam Cathcart | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Len Eshmont | 0 | 30 | 30Lt | 1 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Len Ford | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 33 | 1 |
| Hosea Rodgers | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Cason | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 6 | 225 | 37.5 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Sam Cathcart | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 55 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Paul Crowe | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Hal Shoener | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Billy Joe Grimes | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | ||
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Harper Davis | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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