| San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Rockets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1948 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 14553 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 59 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | CHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | RLB | Verl Lillywhite | ||
| 81 | RDH | Len Eshmont | ||
| 72 | LLB | Norm Standlee | ||
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Al Beals 15 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Norm Standlee 10 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 14 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Ray Kuffel 46 pass from Chuck Fenenbock (Jim McCarthy kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Johnny Strzykalski 45 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Vetrano 16 FG | 31 | 7 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Floyd Simmons 1 run (Jim McCarthy kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 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 |
| 81 | LOH | Len Eshmont |
| 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 |
| 81 | RDH | Len Eshmont |
| 93 | S | Jim Cason |
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Bob Jensen |
| 42 | LOT | Jim Brutz |
| 30 | LOG | Jim Pearcy |
| 31 | C | Herb Coleman |
| 33 | ROG | George Bernhardt |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 55 | ROE | Fay King |
| 60 | QB | Jesse Freitas |
| 82 | LOH | Bobby Livingstone |
| 70 | ROH | Eddie Prokop |
| 77 | FB | Dewey Proctor |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Jim McCarthy |
| 42 | LDT | Jim Brutz |
| 33 | MG | George Bernhardt |
| 43 | RDT | Nate Johnson |
| 51 | RDE | Ike Owens |
| 34 | LLB | Joe Ruetz |
| 22 | MLB | Peter Lamana |
| 28 | RLB | Fred Negus |
| 84 | LDH | Bob Perina |
| 87 | S | Harry Clarke |
| 74/72 | RDH | Bill Kellagher |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Verl Lillywhite | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Jim Cason | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Norm Standlee | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| Forrest Hall | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Vetrano | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sullivan | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Frankie Albert | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| Len Eshmont | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Bobby Livingstone | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Dewey Proctor | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Freitas | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Floyd Simmons | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 1 |
| Eddie Prokop | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Sammy Vacanti | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 1 | 158 | 6.3 | 2 | 78.4 | |||
| Bev Wallace | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 2.8 | |||
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Sammy Vacanti | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Jesse Freitas | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 60 | 6.7 | 0 | 36.6 | |||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 46 | 46.0 | 46t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Nick Susoeff | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 1 | |
| Al Beals | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 1 | |
| Eddie Carr | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Gail Bruce | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ray Kuffel | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 1 | |
| Fay King | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim McCarthy | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Eddie Carr | 1 | 32 | 320.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Riley Matheson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Fred Negus | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frankie Albert | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Forrest Hall | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Eddie Carr | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Bobby Livingstone | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Fay King | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
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