| League Championship |
| San Francisco 49ers at Cleveland Browns |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 11, 1949 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 22550 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 57 F Humidty: 90% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 2 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 63 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Paul Salata 23 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dub Jones 4 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Paul Salata |
| 47 | LOT | Bob Mike |
| 31 | LOG | Don Clark |
| 22 | C | Pete Wismann |
| 34 | ROG | Visco Grgich |
| 41 | ROT | John Woudenberg |
| 53 | ROE | Alyn Beals |
| 63 | QB | Frankie Albert |
| 81 | LOH | Len Eshmont |
| 74 | ROH | Joe Perry |
| 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 |
| 81 | LDH | Len Eshmont |
| 93 | S | Jim Cason |
| 92 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 46 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 36 | LOG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 33 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 32 | ROG | Lin Houston |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 56 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 90 | LOH | Edgar Jones |
| 86 | ROH | Dub Jones |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | George Young |
| 42 | LDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 45 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 48 | RDT | Forrest Grigg |
| 50 | RDE | John Yonakor |
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle |
| 35 | MLB | Alex Agase |
| 20 | RLB | Lou Saban |
| 80 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 61 | S | Cliff Lewis |
| 82 | RDH | Tommy James |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | / | / | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| CLE | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | / | / | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frankie Albert | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Norm Standlee | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Don Garlin | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Sam Cathcart | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 122 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 63t | 1 |
| Edgar Jones | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Otto Graham | 9 | 62 | 6.9 | 0 | |
| Tommy James | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 217 | 5.3 | 3 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 24 | 9 | 37.5 | 0 | 108 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 66.0 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 9 | 36.0 | 0 | 108 | 4.3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 63.4 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 0 | 128 | 7.5 | 37 | 0 | 67.8 | ||
| Team Totals | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 0 | 128 | 7.5 | 0 | 67.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Paul Salata | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 1 | |
| Al Beals | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Hal Shoener | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Don Garlin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 108 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mac Speedie | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 128 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Team Totals | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 60 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Team Totals | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 52 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Sam Cathcart | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | ||
| Warren Lahr | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | |||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Sam Cathcart | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Warren Lahr | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Team Totals | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Team Totals | 2.0 | 17.0 |