| San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1954 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 49235 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 30% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Harlon Hill 26 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hugh McElhenny 46 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bill McColl 5 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hardy Brown 41 interception return (Gordy Soltau kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 15 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hugh McElhenny 7 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | John Henry Johnson 5 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 21 FG | 31 | 17 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jim Dooley 18 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 31 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LOE | Billy Jessup |
| 64 | LOT | Doug Hogland |
| 67 | LOG | Nick Feher |
| 53 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 63 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 78 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 35 | LOH | John Henry Johnson |
| 39 | ROH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Clay Matthews |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 75 | MG | Al Carapella |
| 78 | RDT | Marion Campbell |
| 86 | RDE | Jack Brumfield |
| 33 | LLB | Hardy Brown |
| 74 | RLB | Bob Toneff |
| 23 | LDH | Rex Berry |
| 25 | LS | Johnny Williams |
| 43 | RS | Jim Cason |
| 22 | RDH | Joe Arenas |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Harlon Hill |
| 72 | LOT | Bill Wightkin |
| 75 | LOG | Fred Williams |
| 55 | C | Larry Strickland |
| 62 | ROG | Kline Gilbert |
| 78 | ROT | Stan Jones |
| 89 | ROE | John Hoffman |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 45 | LOH | Billy Stone |
| 43 | ROH | Jim Dooley |
| 30 | FB | Harry Jagade |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Larry Brink |
| 58 | LDT | John Kreamcheck |
| 61 | MG | Bill George |
| 73 | RDT | Bill Bishop |
| 7 | RDE | Ed Sprinkle |
| 50 | LLB | Gerry Weatherly |
| 71 | RLB | George Connor |
| 80 | LDH | John Helwig |
| 29 | LS | McNeil Moore |
| 22 | RS | S.J. Whitman |
| 20 | RDH | Ray Gene Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 58 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 10 | 114 | 11.4 | 46t | 2 |
| John Henry Johnson | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Billy Mixon | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Harry Jagade | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Stone | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Perini | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 0 | 44 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 45.3 | |
| Maury Duncan | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 51 | 10.2 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 77.9 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 47 | 21 | 44.7 | 5 | 359 | 7.6 | 75 | 3 | 12 | 52.8 | |
| Ed Brown | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 40 | 13.3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 | |
| Jimmy Lesane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Jessup | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Billy Wilson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jim Dooley | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 43 | 1 |
| John Hoffman | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Harlon Hill | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 75 | 1 |
| Bill McColl | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Pete Perini | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Stone | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Kindt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Hardy Brown | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 41t | 1 |
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Rex Berry | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Williams | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Pete Brown | 11 | 418 | 38.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Zeke Bratkowski | 4 | 165 | 41.2 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Jimmy Lesane | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray Gene Smith | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| George Connor | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Lesane | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Harry Jagade | 1 | 15 | 1.0 | 15 | 0 | |
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