| San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 4, 1951 Location: Los Angeles, CA Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 54346 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 69 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 10 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 39 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 1 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 58 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 20 FG | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Frankie Albert 7 run (Gordy Soltau kick failed) | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 11 FG | 16 | 13 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 76 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 16 | 20 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 38 FG | 16 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 51 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 43 | LOT | Ray Collins |
| 37 | LOG | Nick Feher |
| 23 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 33 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 42 | ROT | Leo Nomellini |
| 58 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 63 | QB | Frankie Albert |
| 81 | LOH | Verl Lillywhite |
| 91 | ROH | Johnny Strzykalski |
| 74 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 47 | LDE | Ed Henke |
| 34 | MG | Visco Grgich |
| 45 | RDT | Al Carapella |
| 42 | RDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 54 | RDE | Gail Bruce |
| 62 | LLB | Jim Powers |
| 73 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 72 | RLB | Norm Standlee |
| 83 | LDH | Rex Berry |
| 93 | S | Jim Cason |
| 92 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | LOE | Tom Keane |
| 76 | LOT | Don Simensen |
| 67 | LOG | Dick Daugherty |
| 50 | C | Leon McLaughlin |
| 26 | ROG | Bill Lange |
| 71 | ROT | Tom Dahms |
| 40 | ROE | Elroy Hirsch |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 41 | LOH | Glenn Davis |
| 77 | ROH | Vitamin Smith |
| 32 | FB | Dan Towler |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Brink |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Winkler |
| 11 | MG | Stan West |
| 73 | RDT | Jack Halliday |
| 84 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 13 | LLB | Tank Younger |
| 57 | RLB | Don Paul |
| 80 | LDH | Bob Boyd |
| 88 | LS | Norb Hecker |
| 42 | RS | Herb Rich |
| 30 | RDH | Woodley Lewis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 12 | 115 | 9.6 | 58t | 1 |
| Frankie Albert | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Bobby White | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Monachino | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bishop Strickland | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dan Towler | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Glenn Davis | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 0 | 32 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44.9 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Bob Waterfield | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 2 | 188 | 8.5 | 76t | 1 | 0 | 56.6 | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 | |
| Glenn Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Gordy Soltau | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby White | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Monachino | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 76t | 1 |
| Tom Keane | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Glenn Davis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 5 | 221 | 44.2 | 52 | 0 | ||||||
| Frankie Albert | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 0 | 32 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44.9 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 6 | 244 | 40.7 | 49 | 0 | ||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Cason | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Glenn Davis | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Vitamin Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Glenn Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Vitamin Smith | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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