| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 17, 1957 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 56915 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 40 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Howard Cassady 2 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Doran 65 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 22 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | John Henry Johnson 3 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 22 FG | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Steve Junker 7 pass from Tobin Rote (Bobby Layne kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Billy Wilson 20 pass from John Brodie (Gordy Soltau kick) | 10 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Billy Wilson |
| 70 | LOT | Tom Dahms |
| 77 | LOG | Bruce Bosley |
| 53 | C | Frank Morze |
| 64 | ROG | Ted Connolly |
| 78 | ROT | Bobby Cross |
| 88 | ROE | Clyde Conner |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 39 | LOH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 27 | ROH | R.C. Owens |
| 32 | FB | Gene Babb |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Ed Henke |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 72 | RDT | Bill Herchman |
| 74 | RDE | Bob Toneff |
| 55 | LLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 54 | MLB | Marv Matuszak |
| 87 | RLB | Charley Powell |
| 42 | LDH | Jim Ridlon |
| 44 | LS | Val Joe Walker |
| 47 | RS | Dicky Moegle |
| 20 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Jim Doran |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 50 | ROT | Charlie Ane |
| 88 | ROE | Steve Junker |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 40 | LOH | Howard Cassady |
| 80 | ROH | Jerry Reichow |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 70 | LDT | Ray Krouse |
| 72 | RDT | Gil Mains |
| 68 | RDE | Gene Cronin |
| 47 | LLB | Jim Martin |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 57 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 21 | RDH | Carl Karilivacz |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Babb | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Dicky Moegle | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Larry Barnes | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 14 | 1 |
| Howard Cassady | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Tobin Rote | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 20 | 14 | 70.0 | 0 | 136 | 6.8 | 19 | 0 | 57 | 88.8 | |
| John Brodie | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 1 | 71 | 11.8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 116.0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 24 | 17 | 70.8 | 1 | 250 | 10.4 | 65t | 1 | 0 | 101.0 | |
| Tobin Rote | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 1 | 126 | 6.6 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 56.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 23 | 1 |
| Gordy Soltau | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
| R.C. Owens | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Doran | 6 | 137 | 22.8 | 65t | 1 |
| John Henry Johnson | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Junker | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Leon Hart | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Val Joe Walker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dicky Moegle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Larry Barnes | 2 | 116 | 58.0 | 65 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Lou Palatella | 0 | 30 | 30L | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 | |
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