| New York Yanks at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 11, 1951 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 25538 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 59 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York YanksNYY | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYY | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 5 pass from Frankie Albert (Gordy Soltau kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | Buddy Young 1 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | Danny Edwards 20 pass from Bob Celeri (Harvey Johnson kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 20 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Safety, Bob Celeri tackled in end zone by Hamp Tanner | 14 | 12 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Billy Wilson 7 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 14 | 19 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | LOE | Dan Garza |
| 47 | LOT | Paul Mitchell |
| 21 | LOG | Johnny Clowes |
| 22 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 7 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 71 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 4 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 17 | QB | Bob Celeri |
| 76 | LOH | Buddy Young |
| 46 | ROH | Sherman Howard |
| 86 | FB | Zollie Toth |
| Defense | ||
| 51 | LDE | Art Tait |
| 39 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 35 | MG | Jim Champion |
| 36 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 84 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 15 | LLB | Duke Iversen |
| 45 | RLB | Ross Nagel |
| 31 | LDH | Bennie Aldridge |
| 33 | LS | Darrel Meisenheimer |
| 10 | RS | Joe Golding |
| 3 | RDH | Paul Crowe |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 51 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 43 | LOT | Ray Collins |
| 37 | LOG | Nick Feher |
| 23 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 33 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 42 | ROT | Leo Nomellini |
| 58 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 63 | QB | Frankie Albert |
| 81 | LOH | Verl Lillywhite |
| 91 | ROH | Johnny Strzykalski |
| 72 | FB | Norm Standlee |
| Defense | ||
| 47 | LDE | Ed Henke |
| 42 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 34 | MG | Visco Grgich |
| 45 | RDT | Al Carapella |
| 54 | RDE | Gail Bruce |
| 62 | LLB | Jim Powers |
| 73 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 72 | RLB | Norm Standlee |
| 83 | LDH | Rex Berry |
| 93 | S | Jim Cason |
| 92 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Zollie Toth | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Bob Celeri | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 17 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Bishop Strickland | 14 | 78 | 5.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 2 | 168 | 6.7 | 47 | 1 | 29 | 43.4 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 2 | 125 | 6.6 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 55.7 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 9 | 8 | 88.9 | 0 | 118 | 13.1 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 155.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Danny Edwards | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dan Garza | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Gordy Soltau | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 20 | 1 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 47 | 0 |
| Bobby White | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Billy Wilson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Billy Jessup | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Bobbie Griffin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Hardy Brown | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 7 | 275 | 39.3 | 60 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frankie Albert | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Duke Iversen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Mike McCormack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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