| Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 1, 1959 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 59064 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 67 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 14 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | J.D. Smith 73 run (Tommy Davis kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hugh McElhenny 10 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Tommy Davis kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Ken Webb 1 run (Gerry Perry kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hugh McElhenny 62 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Tommy Davis kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Safety, Tobin Rote tackled in end zone by Charlie Krueger | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Tommy Davis 17 FG | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | J.D. Smith 2 run (Tommy Davis kick) | 7 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Dave Middleton |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 60 | LOG | Bob Grottkau |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 76 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 80 | ROE | Jim Gibbons |
| 14 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 40 | LOH | Howard Cassady |
| 45 | ROH | Danny Lewis |
| 34 | FB | Ken Webb |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 72 | RDT | Gil Mains |
| 53 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 86 | LLB | Bob Long |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 47 | RLB | Jim Martin |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 43 | LS | Gary Lowe |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 41 | RDH | Terry Barr |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Clyde Conner |
| 78 | LOT | John Thomas |
| 77 | LOG | Bruce Bosley |
| 53 | C | Frank Morze |
| 64 | ROG | Ted Connolly |
| 79 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 24 | LOH | J.D. Smith |
| 39 | ROH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Ed Henke |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 63 | RDT | Monte Clark |
| 70 | RDE | Charlie Krueger |
| 52 | LLB | Karl Rubke |
| 50 | MLB | Jerry Tubbs |
| 55 | RLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 80 | LDH | Jerry Mertens |
| 25 | LS | Dave Baker |
| 44 | RS | Eddie Dove |
| 40 | RDH | Abe Woodson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 2 | 1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| J.D. Smith | 19 | 115 | 6.1 | 73t | 2 |
| Joe Perry | 14 | 79 | 5.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Lenny Lyles | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 1 | 129 | 5.9 | 31 | 0 | 62 | 41.7 | |
| Earl Morrall | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 45 | 6.4 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 64.6 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 4 | 198 | 8.3 | 62t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.3 |
| Dicky Moegle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Doran | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| R.C. Owens | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 62t | 2 |
| Clyde Conner | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Martin | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jimmy David | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dave Baker | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jerry Mertens | 0 | 23 | 23L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 7 | 356 | 50.9 | 59 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tommy Davis | 3 | 148 | 49.3 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Eddie Dove | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Abe Woodson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Abe Woodson | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
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