| San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 18, 1953 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 36909 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 85 F Humidty: 21% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bill Wightkin EZ own fumble recovery (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Billy Stone 12 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Ed Sprinkle 21 blocked punt recovery (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 51 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Arenas 60 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Billy Wilson 22 pass from Jim Powers (Gordy Soltau kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 2 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 28 | 21 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 3 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 35 | 21 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Fred Morrison 4 run (George Blanda kick) | 35 | 28 |
| 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 |
| 15 | QB | Jim Powers |
| 22 | LOH | Joe Arenas |
| 38 | ROH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Clay Matthews |
| 75 | LDT | Al Carapella |
| 62 | MG | Art Michalik |
| 73 | RDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 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 |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | LOE | Jim Dooley |
| 71 | LOT | George Connor |
| 68 | LOG | Johnny Badaczewski |
| 51 | C | Wayne Hansen |
| 72 | ROG | Bill George |
| 74 | ROT | Kline Gilbert |
| 83 | ROE | Bill McColl |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 45 | LOH | Billy Stone |
| 32 | ROH | Leon Campbell |
| 15 | FB | Fred Morrison |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Bill Wightkin |
| 75 | LDT | Fred Williams |
| 58 | MG | John Kreamcheck |
| 73 | RDT | Bill Bishop |
| 7 | RDE | Ed Sprinkle |
| 62 | LLB | Frank Dempsey |
| 84 | RLB | Gerry Weatherly |
| 48 | LDH | Howie Livingston |
| 22 | LS | S.J. Whitman |
| 6 | RS | Don Kindt |
| 46 | RDH | Billy Anderson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 20 | 113 | 5.7 | 51t | 3 |
| Joe Arenas | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 60t | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 8 | 50 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Mixon | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken Bahnsen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Powers | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Billy Stone | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 10 | 1 |
| George Blanda | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Leon Campbell | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Kayo Dottley | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Jim Powers | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 0 | 128 | 5.3 | 22t | 1 | 0 | 76.4 | |
| Hal Ledyard | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 24 | 9 | 37.5 | 0 | 194 | 8.1 | 51 | 1 | 25 | 80.9 | |
| Willie Thrower | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 27 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 7.8 | |
| Tommy O'Connell | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 11 | 1.8 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jim Dooley | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Billy Stone | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 51 | 1 |
| Fred Morrison | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Bill McColl | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 32 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Don Kindt | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Powers | 8 | 279 | 34.9 | 55 | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Fred Morrison | 8 | 317 | 39.6 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Eddie Macon | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Billy Stone | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 61 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
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