1953 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • 9-3-0 .750 |
| Head Coach: Buck Shaw |
| Phil Bengston | Line |
| Jim Lawson | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Vetrano | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | 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 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| 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 | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Soltau | 6 | 48 | 49 | 98.0 | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | 0 | 114 |
| Joe Perry | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 78 | |
| Billy Wilson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Joe Arenas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Y.A. Tittle | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Hugh McElhenny | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Rex Berry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Mixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 49 | 48 | 49 | 98.0 | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 0 | 372 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 0 | 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 |
| Joe Perry | 19 | 191 | 10.1 | 60t | 3 |
| Joe Arenas | 10 | 113 | 11.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Pete Schabarum | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Harry Babcock | 7 | 59 | 8.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Monachino | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Mixon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Doug Hogland | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 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 | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | 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 | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McElhenny | 15 | 104 | 6.9 | 25 | 0 | |
| Joe Arenas | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 50 | 0 | |
| Rex Berry | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Pete Schabarum | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 250 | 7.6 | 50 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 109 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Arenas | 16 | 551 | 34.4 | 82 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 15 | 368 | 24.5 | 55 | 0 | |
| Pete Schabarum | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Fred Bruney | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Harry Babcock | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rex Berry | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Ken Bahnsen | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Leo Nomellini | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Hardy Brown | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 1105 | 25.7 | 82 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 1264 | 21.4 | 78 | 0 |
| 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 |
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