| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 8, 1950 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 17337 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 58 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 23 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 1 run (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 23 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 28 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 52 | LOE | Hal Shoener |
| 40 | LOT | Harley Dow |
| 37 | LOG | Homer Hobbs |
| 23 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 31 | ROG | Charlie Shaw |
| 46 | ROT | Clay Matthews |
| 53 | ROE | Al Beals |
| 63 | QB | Frankie Albert |
| 82 | LOH | Emil Sitko |
| 91 | ROH | Johnny Strzykalski |
| 74 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Hal Shoener |
| 42 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 34 | MG | Visco Grgich |
| 43 | RDT | Ray Collins |
| 54 | RDE | Gail Bruce |
| 72 | LLB | Norm Standlee |
| 22 | RLB | Pete Wismann |
| 62 | LDH | Jim Powers |
| 83 | LS | Sam Cathcart |
| 92 | RS | Lowell Wagner |
| 93 | RDH | Jim Cason |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Cloyce Box |
| 71 | LOT | Chet Bulger |
| 76 | LOG | Lou Creekmur |
| 53 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 64 | ROG | Howie Brown |
| 72 | ROT | Floyd Jaszewski |
| 82 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 18 | ROH | Wally Triplett |
| 14 | FB | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Barney Hafen |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 82 | LLB | Leon Hart |
| 57 | MLB | Jack Lininger |
| 36 | RLB | Bill Schroll |
| 44 | LDH | Don Doll |
| 11 | S | Clarence Self |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | / | / | 6 | 60 | 2 | 1 | |
| DET | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | / | / | 11 | 140 | 2 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Emil Sitko | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Royal Cathcart | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Powers | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Cathcart | 3 | -11 | -3.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 59 | 1.9 | 27 | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry Krall | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Lindy Pearson | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 92 | 2.8 | 16 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Jim Powers | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 2 | 108 | 5.4 | 50 | 0 | 14 | 22.5 | |
| Frankie Albert | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 2 | 33 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 16.7 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 4 | 141 | 4.4 | 50 | 0 | 30 | 19.9 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 0 | 205 | 6.4 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 88.7 | |
| Fred Enke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 0 | 205 | 6.2 | 37 | 2 | 13 | 86.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Gordy Soltau | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Nix | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 50 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Emil Sitko | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 141 | 9.4 | 50 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 28t | 1 |
| Cloyce Box | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 23t | 1 |
| Wally Triplett | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| John Greene | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Rifenburg | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 205 | 13.7 | 37 | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Don Doll | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Clarence Self | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 27 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Verl Lillywhite | 6 | 263 | 43.8 | 57 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 3 | 150 | 50.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 413 | 45.9 | 58 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 57 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 248 | 41.3 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jim Cason | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Sam Cathcart | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 33 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Don Doll | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 11 | 0 | |
| Wally Triplett | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jerry Krall | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Sam Cathcart | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 21 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Wally Triplett | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |