| Chicago Hornets at San Francisco 49ers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 4, 1949 Location: San Francisco, CA Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 28311 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 73 F Humidty: 53% Wind: mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago HornetsCHI | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 28 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHI | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 3 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Frankie Albert 22 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Eddie Carr 40 interception return (Joe Vetrano kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Johnny Strzykalski 44 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | Chicago HornetsCHI | Bob Hoernschemeyer 1 run (Jim McCarthy kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Johnny Strzykalski 22 run (Al Beals pass from Frankie Albert) | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Norm Standlee 1 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 7 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Fay King |
| 40 | LOT | Homer Paine |
| 34 | LOG | Herb St. John |
| 20 | C | John Rapacz |
| 31 | ROG | Marty Wendell |
| 45 | ROT | Ziggy Czarobski |
| 51 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 64 | QB | Ernie Lewis |
| 90 | LOH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 80 | ROH | Bob Sweiger |
| 81 | FB | Ray Ramsey |
| Defense | ||
| 56 | LDE | Ray Kuffel |
| 46 | LDT | Johnny Clowes |
| 32 | MG | Ray Richeson |
| 43 | RDT | Nate Johnson |
| 52 | RDE | Jim McCarthy |
| 28 | LB | Fred Negus |
| 20 | LB | John Rapacz |
| 25 | LB | George Strohmeyer |
| 83 | DH | Paul Patterson |
| 82 | DH | Bob Smith |
| 60 | S | Hardy Brown |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Paul Salata |
| 42 | LOT | Bob Bryant |
| 31 | LOG | Don Clark |
| 22 | C | Pete Wismann |
| 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 | ||
| 52 | LDE | Hal Shoener |
| 47 | LDT | Bob Mike |
| 34 | MG | Visco Grgich |
| 41 | RDT | John Woudenberg |
| 54 | RDE | Gail Bruce |
| 72 | LLB | Norm Standlee |
| 31 | MLB | Don Clark |
| 22 | RLB | Pete Wismann |
| 85 | LDH | Eddie Carr |
| 93 | S | Jim Cason |
| 92 | RDH | Paul Crowe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | |||||
| Johnny Clement | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 1 | |
| Rip Collins | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Frank Aschenbrenner | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 2 | |
| Joe Perry | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Sam Cathcart | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Frankie Albert | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| Len Eshmont | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Carr | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Norm Standlee | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Joe Vetrano | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Don Garlin | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | |||||||||||
| Johnny Clement | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 4 | 110 | 6.1 | 0 | 20.4 | |||
| Bob Chappuis | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 31 | 7.8 | 31 | 0 | 19.8 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Bev Wallace | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 1 | 62 | 4.8 | 0 | 28.4 | |||
| Frankie Albert | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 101.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | |||||
| Danny Edwards | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Fay King | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Hank Foldberg | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Hal Shoener | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Al Beals | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Nick Susoeff | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Carr | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Salata | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | |||||
| Fred Negus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Eddie Carr | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 40t | 1 |
| Jim Cason | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Garlin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | ||||||
| Paul Patterson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Vetrano | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Sam Cathcart | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Hal Shoener | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | |||||||||||
| Bobby Livingstone | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 32 | 3.2 | 0 | 57.1 | |||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
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