| San Francisco 49ers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 26, 1948 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: Civic Stadium Attendance: 31103 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 73 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | RDH | Eddie Carr | ||
| 72 | LLB | Norm Standlee | ||
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | George Ratterman 1 run (Vic Kulbitski kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Al Beals 29 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bob Steuber 47 run (Vic Kulbitski kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Jim Cason 59 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Chet Mutryn 30 pass from George Ratterman (Vic Kulbitski kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Vetrano 28 FG | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Johnny Strzykalski 1 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 24 | 21 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Verl Lillywhite 4 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 31 | 21 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Al Baldwin 14 pass from George Ratterman (Bob Steuber kick) | 31 | 28 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Frankie Albert 20 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 38 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Nick Susoeff |
| 42 | LOT | Bob Bryant |
| 31 | LOG | Don Clark |
| 22 | C | Joel Williams |
| 34 | ROG | Visco Grgich |
| 41 | ROT | John Woudenberg |
| 53 | ROE | Al Beals |
| 63 | QB | Frankie Albert |
| 84 | LOH | Eddie Carr |
| 91 | ROH | Johnny Strzykalski |
| 72 | FB | Norm Standlee |
| Defense | ||
| 59 | LDE | Norm Maloney |
| 42 | LDT | Bob Bryant |
| 34 | MG | Visco Grgich |
| 41 | RDT | John Woudenberg |
| 54 | RDE | Gail Bruce |
| 72 | LLB | Norm Standlee |
| 37 | MLB | Riley Matheson |
| 71 | RLB | Verl Lillywhite |
| 92 | LDH | Paul Crowe |
| 84 | RDH | Eddie Carr |
| 93 | S | Jim Cason |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Al Baldwin |
| 43 | LOT | Graham Armstrong |
| 32 | LOG | Hal Lahar |
| 21 | C | Felto Prewitt |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | ROT | John Kerns |
| 55 | ROE | Bill O'Connor |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 83 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 80 | ROH | Bob Steuber |
| 75 | FB | Vic Kulbitski |
| Defense | ||
| 58 | LDE | Vince Mazza |
| 47 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 37 | MG | Vince Scott |
| 45 | RDT | Jack Carpenter |
| 53 | RDE | Marty Comer |
| 25 | LLB | Ed Hirsch |
| 33 | MLB | John Wyhonic |
| 23 | RLB | Bob Callahan |
| 82 | LDH | Rex Bumgardner |
| 74 | S | Carl Schuette |
| 90 | RDH | Al Akins |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 17 | 85 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Frankie Albert | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| Norm Standlee | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sullivan | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Forrest Hall | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Eddie Carr | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bob Steuber | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 1 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 0 | 164 | 6.6 | 1 | 89.4 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 35 | 23 | 65.7 | 2 | 299 | 8.5 | 2 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Al Beals | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 1 | |
| Nick Susoeff | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Gail Bruce | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Sullivan | 0 | 16 | 16L | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Chet Mutryn | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 1 | |
| Al Baldwin | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Bill O'Connor | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Gibson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| George Kisiday | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Marty Comer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Verl Lillywhite | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | |
| Frankie Albert | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jim Still | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jim Cason | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Forrest Hall | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 0 | ||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
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