1953 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/15/1953	N	Fort Ord	42-7	W	Sacramento, CA	Hughes Stadium	17000
Sun	8/23/1953	H	Cleveland Browns	7-20	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	36273
Sun	8/30/1953	H	Washington Redskins	7-0	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	25874
Thu	9/3/1953	A	Los Angeles Rams	10-35	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	30816
Mon	9/7/1953	N	Philadelphia Eagles	31-28	W	San Antonio, TX	Alamo Stadium	15378
Sun	9/13/1953	H	Chicago Cardinals	14-14	T	San Francisco, CA	Kezard Stadium	22736
Thu	9/17/1953	A	New York Giants	21-28	L	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	22551
Sun	9/27/1953	H	Philadelphia Eagles	31-21	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	27819
Sun	10/4/1953	H	Los Angeles Rams	31-30	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	43922
Sun	10/11/1953	A	Detroit Lions	21-24	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	58079
Sun	10/18/1953	A	Chicago Bears	35-28	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	36909
Sun	10/25/1953	H	Detroit Lions	10-14	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	54862
Sun	11/1/1953	H	Chicago Bears	24-14	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	26308
Sun	11/8/1953	A	Los Angeles Rams	31-27	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	85505
Sun	11/15/1953	A	Cleveland Browns	21-23	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	80698
Sun	11/22/1953	A	Green Bay Packers	37-7	W	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	16378
Sun	11/29/1953	A	Baltimore Colts	38-21	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	26005
Sun	12/6/1953	H	Green Bay Packers	48-14	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	31337
Sun	12/13/1953	H	Baltimore Colts	45-14	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	23932

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Joe Arenas	22	LOH	5-11	180	28	Nebraska-Omaha	12	11
Harry Babcock	88	ROE	6-2	193	23	Georgia	12	0
Ken Bahnsen	27	FB	5-10	200	23	Tyler JC; North Texas	7	0
Bruno Banducci	63	ROG	5-11	216	32	Stanford	12	12
Rex Berry	23	LDH	5-11	181	29	Carbon JC; Brigham Young	12	12
Hardy Brown	33	MLB	6-0	193	29	Southern Methodist; Tulsa	12	12
Pete Brown	56	C	6-2	210	23	Georgia Tech	12	0
Fred Bruney	45	S	5-10	184	22	Ohio State	12	12
Don Burke	66	LLB-MG	6-0	235	27	Hartnell JC; Southern California	10	9
Al Carapella	75	RDT-LDT	6-0	235	26	Miami (Florida)	12	12
Nick Feher	67	LOG	6-0	224	27	Georgia	12	0
Doug Hogland	64	LOT	6-3	239	22	Oregon State	12	12
Bill Johnson	53	C	6-3	228	27	Texas A&M; Tyler JC	12	12
Hal Ledyard	12	QB	6-0	185	22	Tennessee-Chattanooga	12	0
Joe Manley	54	RLB	6-3	215	24	Mississippi State; East Mississippi CC; Mississippi State	12	12
Clay Matthews	83	LDE	6-3	219	25	Georgia Tech	9	9
Hugh McElhenny	38	ROH-LOH	6-1	197	25	Compton JC; Washington	12	12
Art Michalik	62	MG	6-2	229	23	St. Ambrose	11	11
Hal Miller	77	LOT-ROT	6-4	230	23	Georgia Tech	12	2
Billy Mixon	48	RDH-LOH-ROH	5-11	191	24	Georgia	12	3
Jim Monachino	49	FB	5-10	187	24	California	5	0
John Morton	36	LLB-RLB	6-3	220	24	Compton JC; Texas Christian	12	4
Leo Nomellini	73	LDT-RDT	6-3	259	29	Minnesota	12	12
Joe Perry	34	FB-K	6-0	203	26	Compton JC	12	12
Charley Powell	87	RDE	6-2	226	21	none	12	12
Jim Powers	15	QB-P-LB	6-0	185	25	Southern California	12	2
Bob St. Clair	79	ROT	6-8	263	22	San Francisco; Tulsa	10	10
Pete Schabarum	44	LOH	5-11	185	24	California	10	0
Jerry Smith	69	LOG	6-1	230	23	Wisconsin	12	12
Gordy Soltau	82	LOE	6-2	195	28	Minnesota	12	12
Y.A. Tittle	14	QB	6-0	182	27	Louisiana State	11	10
Bob Van Doren	89	LDE-RDE	6-3	215	24	Southern California	12	3
Lowell Wagner	42	RDH-OHB	6-0	194	30	Southern California	10	10
Billy Wilson	84	ROE	6-3	191	26	San Jose State	12	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
Bonus	1	Harry Babcock	E	Georgia
1	10	Tommy Stolhandske	E	Texas
2	21	George Morris	C	Georgia Tech
3	32	Bob St. Clair	T	Tulsa
4	47	Ed Fullerton	B	Maryland
5	58	Hal Miller	T	Georgia Tech
7	83	Paul Carr	B	Houston
8	94	Doug Hogland	T	Oregon State
9	105	Hal Ledyard	B	Tennessee-Chattanooga
10	119	Pete Brown	G	Georgia Tech
11	130	Al Charlton	B	Washington State
12	141	Carson Leach	G	Duke
13	155	Bill Earley	B	Washington
14	166	Tom Fletcher	B	Arizona State
15	177	Charley Genthner	T	Texas
16	191	Fred Durig	E	Bowling Green State
17	202	Hugh Latham	T	San Diego State
18	213	Stan Wacholz	E	San Jose State
19	227	King DuCloss	T	Texas-El Paso
20	238	Ray Huizinga	T	Northwestern
21	249	Ken Bahnsen	E	North Texas
22	263	Laverne Robbins	G	Midwestern State
23	274	Travis Hunt	T	Alabama
24	285	Ed Morgan	B	Tennessee
25	299	Ernie Stockert	E	UCLA
26	310	Harley Cooper	B	Arizona State
27	321	Ralph McLeod	E	Louisiana State
28	335	Tom Novikoff	B	Oregon
29	346	Don Stillwell	E	Southern California

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	97	99	97	79	372
Opponents Totals	65	65	38	69	237

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		243	128	99	16	/ %	/ %	90	772
Opponents Totals		206	99	95	12	/ %	/ %	71	615

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Gordy Soltau	6	48	49	98.0	10	15	66.7	114
Joe Perry	13	0	0		0	3	0.0	78
Billy Wilson	10	0	0		0	0		60
Joe Arenas	7	0	0		0	0		42
Y.A. Tittle	6	0	0		0	0		36
Hugh McElhenny	5	0	0		0	0		30
Rex Berry	1	0	0		0	0		6
Billy Mixon	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	49	48	49	98.0	10	18	55.6	372
Opponents Totals	30	30	30	100.0	9	16	56.3	237

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gordy Soltau	10	15	66.7	2	39	4/5	3/4	3/6	0/0	0/0
Joe Perry	0	3	0.0	1		0/1	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/1
Team Totals	10	18	55.6	3	39	4/6	3/4	3/6	0/1	0/1
Opponents Totals	9	16	56.3			3/	5/	1/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Perry	192	1018	5.3	51t	10
Hugh McElhenny	112	503	4.5	33	3
Joe Arenas	72	380	5.3	60t	6
Billy Mixon	25	176	7.0	33	1
Pete Schabarum	18	104	5.8	23	0
Y.A. Tittle	14	41	2.9	14	6
Jim Monachino	4	10	2.5	5	0
Lowell Wagner	1	4	4.0	4	0
Hal Ledyard	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ken Bahnsen	1	1	1.0	1	0
Jim Powers	3	-10	-3.3	0	0
Team Totals	443	2230	5.0	60t	26
Opponents Totals	398	1548	3.9	48	12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Y.A. Tittle	259	149	57.5	94	2121	8.2	14.2	71	20	7.7	16	6.2		221	1900	84.1
Jim Powers	49	22	44.9	25	259	5.3	11.8	28	1	2.0	2	4.1		18	241	51.3
Hugh McElhenny	3	2	66.7	1	13	4.3	6.5	11t	1	33.3	0	0.0	0	0	13	115.3
Joe Perry	1	1	100.0	0	14	14.0	14.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	14	118.8
Joe Arenas	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Hal Ledyard	9	0	0.0	8	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	11.1	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	322	174	54.0	129	2407	7.5	13.8	71	22	6.8	19	5.9		239	2168	76.4
Opponents Totals	356	173	48.6	160	2100	5.9	12.1	66t	17	4.8	23	6.5		223	1877	56.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Wilson	51	840	16.5	61t	10
Gordy Soltau	43	620	14.4	54t	6
Hugh McElhenny	30	474	15.8	71	2			1
Joe Perry	19	191	10.1	60t	3
Joe Arenas	10	113	11.3	38	1		2	0
Pete Schabarum	10	96	9.6	31	0			0
Harry Babcock	7	59	8.4	13	0		0	0	0
Jim Monachino	2	9	4.5	9	0		0	0
Billy Mixon	1	7	7.0	7	0		0	0	0
Doug Hogland	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	174	2407	13.8	71	22
Opponents Totals	173	2100	12.1	66t	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rex Berry	7	142	20.3	29	1
Lowell Wagner	6	135	22.5	32	0
Fred Bruney	5	59	11.8	23	0
Joe Arenas	2	29	14.5	17	0
John Morton	2	16	8.0	9	0
Hardy Brown	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	23	388	16.9	32	1
Opponents Totals	19	204	10.7	30	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Jim Powers	42	1706	40.6	55	1	109
Team Totals	42	1706	40.6	55	1	109	38.0
Opponents Totals	60	2457	41.0	61	0	250

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Hugh McElhenny	15	104	6.9	25
Joe Arenas	8	93	11.6	50
Rex Berry	7	42	6.0	17
Pete Schabarum	2	0	0.0	0
Fred Bruney	1	11	11.0	11
Team Totals	33	250	7.6	50
Opponents Totals	27	109	4.0	13

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Joe Arenas	16	551	34.4	82
Hugh McElhenny	15	368	24.5	55
Pete Schabarum	2	50	25.0	27
Fred Bruney	2	46	23.0	25
Joe Perry	2	21	10.5	11
Harry Babcock	2	3	1.5	3
Rex Berry	1	37	37.0	37
Ken Bahnsen	1	21	21.0	21
Leo Nomellini	1	5	5.0	5
Hardy Brown	1	3	3.0	3
Team Totals	43	1105	25.7	82
Opponents Totals	59	1264	21.4	78

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Joe Arenas	5		3	0	3	0	0
Harry Babcock	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rex Berry	1		0	2	2	0	0
Hardy Brown	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Bruney	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Burke	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Clay Matthews	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Hugh McElhenny	6		1	0	1	0	0
Art Michalik	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Monachino	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Morton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Leo Nomellini	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Joe Perry	8		1	0	1	0	0
Charley Powell	1		1	0	1	0	0
Pete Schabarum	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gordy Soltau	1		0	1	1	0	0
Y.A. Tittle	3		2	0	2	0	0
Lowell Wagner	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Wilson	1		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	28	19	9	17	26	0	0
Opponents Totals	33	17	16	19	35		1

Phil Bengston	Line
Jim Lawson	Assistant Coach
Joe Vetrano	Assistant Coach