| Baltimore Colts at Los Angeles Dons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 2, 1949 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 20211 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 63 F Humidty: 84% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Los Angeles Dons | 14 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 49 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles Dons | Earl Howell 8 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Dons | Glenn Dobbs 7 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | Bus Mertes 18 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Rex Grossman kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | Billy Stone 66 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Rex Grossman kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | Rex Grossman 37 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Dons | Hosea Rodgers 1 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Dons | Dick Wilkins 7 pass from George Taliaferro (Bob Nelson kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Dons | Harper Davis 4 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Dons | Billy Joe Grimes 29 pass from George Taliaferro (Bob Nelson kick) | 17 | 42 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Dons | Billy Joe Grimes 9 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 17 | 49 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Bob Pfohl | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| BAL | Herman Wedemeyer | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| BAL | Billy Stone | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| BAL | Bus Mertes | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| BAL | Paul Page | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| BAL | Lu Gambino | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| BAL | Jake Leicht | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| LA | Hosea Rodgers | 15 | 94 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| LA | George Taliaferro | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 0 | |
| LA | Earl Howell | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 1 | |
| LA | Billy Joe Grimes | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 1 | |
| LA | Glenn Dobbs | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| LA | Harper Davis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| LA | Jim Spavital | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| LA | Johnny Donaldson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| BAL | Y.A. Tittle | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 3 | 207 | 8.3 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 63.7 | |
| BAL | Charlie O'Rourke | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 12 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| LA | Glenn Dobbs | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 0 | 123 | 11.2 | 0 | 101.7 | |||
| LA | George Taliaferro | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 101 | 12.6 | 2 | 145.8 | |||
| LA | Johnny Donaldson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| LA | Hosea Rodgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Billy Stone | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 1 | |
| BAL | Lamar Davis | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| BAL | Win Williams | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| BAL | Bus Mertes | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18t | 1 |
| BAL | Wayne Kingery | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| LA | Dick Wilkins | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 1 | |
| LA | Len Ford | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | |
| LA | Billy Joe Grimes | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| LA | Lew Holder | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| LA | George Murphy | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| LA | Bob Hoffman | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| LA | Ab Wimberly | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| LA | Harper Davis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| LA | Earl Howell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LA | Tom McWilliams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| LA | Burr Baldwin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| LA | Jim Spavital | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| BAL | Charlie O'Rourke | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 51 | 0 |
| LA | Glenn Dobbs | 4 | 177 | 44.3 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Jake Leicht | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| LA | Tom McWilliams | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| LA | Jim Spavital | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Bob Pfohl | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | |
| BAL | Harry Jagade | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | |
| BAL | Jake Leicht | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| BAL | Paul Page | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| LA | George Taliaferro | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| LA | Johnny Donaldson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
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