| Pittsburgh Steelers at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 7, 1952 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 13866 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 59 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Fran Rogel 3 run (Gary Kerkorian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 6 pass from Frankie Albert (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Kerkorian 19 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jim Finks 1 run (Gary Kerkorian kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lynn Chandnois 48 pass from Jim Finks (Gary Kerkorian kick) | 24 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LOE | Dick Hensley |
| 65 | LOT | George Hughes |
| 77 | LOG | John Schweder |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 66 | ROG | Pete Ladygo |
| 72 | ROT | Earl Murray |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 7 | QB | Jim Finks |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 49 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois |
| 39 | FB | Ed Modzelewski |
| Defense | ||
| 50 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 78 | LDT | Lou Ferry |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 33 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 63 | MLB | Darrell Hogan |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 20 | LDH | Howard Hartley |
| 24 | S | Claude Hipps |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 62 | LOT | Bob Toneff |
| 69 | LOG | Jerry Smith |
| 53 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 63 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 73 | ROT | Leo Nomellini |
| 42 | ROE | Lowell Wagner |
| 13 | QB | Frankie Albert |
| 22 | LOH | Joe Arenas |
| 39 | ROH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Ed Henke |
| 75 | LDT | Al Carapella |
| 68 | MG | Bob Momsen |
| 73 | RDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 83 | RDE | Pat O'Donahue |
| 15 | LLB | Jim Powers |
| 33 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 32 | RLB | Don Burke |
| 23 | LDH | Rex Berry |
| 43 | S | Jim Cason |
| 42 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 16 | 58 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 5 | 1 |
| Ray Mathews | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Gary Kerkorian | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 1t | 1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 37 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 0 | 145 | 5.8 | 48t | 1 | 12 | 76.2 | |
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 5 | 134 | 7.4 | 49 | 1 | 10 | 58.3 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 111 | 6.9 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 72.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 48t | 1 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 22 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| J.R. Boone | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 53 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 46 | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby White | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Butler | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Darrell Hogan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Claude Hipps | 0 | 17 | 17L | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 8 | 306 | 38.3 | 48 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frankie Albert | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| J.R. Boone | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| J.R. Boone | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
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