| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 11, 1953 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 58079 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 72 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 23 pass from Doak Walker (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 23 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 5 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Arenas 10 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Hoernschemeyer 4 run (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 36 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Y.A. Tittle 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 21 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 64 | LOT | Doug Hogland |
| 69 | LOG | Jerry Smith |
| 53 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 63 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 77 | ROT | Hal Miller |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 48 | LOH | Billy Mixon |
| 38 | ROH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Clay Matthews |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 62 | MG | Art Michalik |
| 75 | RDT | Al Carapella |
| 87 | RDE | Charley Powell |
| 66 | LLB | Don Burke |
| 33 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 54 | RLB | Joe Manley |
| 23 | LDH | Rex Berry |
| 45 | S | Fred Bruney |
| 42 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Cloyce Box |
| 50 | LOT | Charlie Ane |
| 76 | LOG | Lou Creekmur |
| 51 | C | Vince Banonis |
| 63 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 78 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 82 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 82 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 32 | FB | Lew Carpenter |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Blaine Earon |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 21 | LDH | Carl Karilivacz |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Arenas | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 10t | 1 |
| Joe Perry | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 14 | 16 | 1.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Hal Ledyard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Gene Gedman | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 1 | 87 | 6.7 | 30 | 1 | 31 | 74.8 | |
| Jim Powers | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 9 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Hal Ledyard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 3 | 166 | 9.2 | 49 | 1 | 5 | 61.1 | |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Gordy Soltau | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Billy Wilson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Cloyce Box | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 49 | 1 |
| Leon Hart | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Dorne Dibble | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Rex Berry | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Powers | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 6 | 255 | 42.5 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Rex Berry | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 55 | 0 | |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65 | 0 | |
| Rex Berry | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Les Bingaman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
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