| Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 25, 1953 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 54862 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 69 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 2 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 32 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Dorne Dibble 47 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Ollie Cline 24 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 34 | FB | Pat Harder |
| 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 |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 64 | LOT | Doug Hogland |
| 69 | LOG | Jerry Smith |
| 53 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 63 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 79 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bobby Layne | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 26 | 148 | 5.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 18 | 25 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Powers | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 0 | 126 | 6.0 | 47t | 2 | 8 | 94.5 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Jim Powers | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 122 | 6.1 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 69.2 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Joe Perry | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 47t | 1 |
| Gene Gedman | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24t | 1 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Billy Wilson | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Harry Babcock | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 8 | 310 | 38.8 | 49 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Powers | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rex Berry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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