| San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 9, 1955 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 41651 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 73 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hugh McElhenny 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick blocked) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 7 run (George Blanda kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 19 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Billy Wilson 1 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Billy Wilson 20 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 20 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bobby Watkins 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 20 | 17 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Safety, Y.A. Tittle tackled in end zone by John Hoffman | 20 | 19 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 73 | LOT | Leo Nomellini |
| 64 | LOG | Doug Hogland |
| 53 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 68 | ROG | Lou Palatella |
| 79 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 35 | LOH | John Henry Johnson |
| 22 | ROH | Joe Arenas |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Clay Matthews |
| 77 | LDT | Sid Youngelman |
| 75 | MG | Al Carapella |
| 76 | RDT | Marion Campbell |
| 86 | RDE | Tommy Stolhandske |
| 55 | LLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 33 | RLB | Hardy Brown |
| 40 | LDH | George Maderos |
| 23 | LS | Rex Berry |
| 47 | RS | Dicky Moegle |
| 49 | RDH | Bobby Luna |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Harlon Hill |
| 72 | LOT | Bill Wightkin |
| 61 | LOG | Bill George |
| 55 | C | Larry Strickland |
| 78 | ROG | Stan Jones |
| 62 | ROT | Kline Gilbert |
| 88 | ROE | Gene Schroeder |
| 15 | QB | Ed Brown |
| 35 | LOH | Rick Casares |
| 89 | ROH | John Hoffman |
| 30 | FB | Harry Jagade |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Jack Hoffman |
| 75 | LDT | Fred Williams |
| 65 | MG | Herman Clark |
| 73 | RDT | Bill Bishop |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 34 | LLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 71 | RLB | George Connor |
| 80 | LDH | John Helwig |
| 14 | LS | Ken Gorgal |
| 20 | RS | Ray Gene Smith |
| 6 | RDH | Don Kindt |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 10 | 78 | 7.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 30 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| John Hoffman | 18 | 135 | 7.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Rick Casares | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7t | 1 |
| Ed Brown | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 2 | 145 | 6.3 | 36 | 2 | 14 | 68.2 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 0 | 169 | 7.7 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 79.6 | |
| George Blanda | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 | 3.1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 40.1 | |
| Rick Casares | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 52.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 36 | 2 |
| Gordy Soltau | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Harlon Hill | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Gene Schroeder | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 41 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bill McColl | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| George Maderos | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Charlie Sumner | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Gorgal | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Bobby Luna | 6 | 288 | 48.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ed Brown | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 7 | 8.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Dicky Moegle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Drzewiecki | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Dicky Moegle | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Drzewiecki | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bobby Watkins | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
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