| San Francisco 49ers at New York Yanks Game Statistics |
| Date: November 25, 1951 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 10184 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 42 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| New York YanksNYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NYY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Johnny Strzykalski 8 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 21 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | Sherman Howard 11 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | Harvey Johnson 23 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 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 |
| 42 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 34 | MG | Visco Grgich |
| 45 | RDT | Al Carapella |
| 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 |
| New York Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | LOE | Dan Garza |
| 47 | LOT | Paul Mitchell |
| 21 | LOG | Johnny Clowes |
| 22 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 7 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 71 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 4 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 25 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 76 | LOH | Buddy Young |
| 20 | ROH | George Taliaferro |
| 46 | FB | Sherman Howard |
| Defense | ||
| 51 | LDE | Art Tait |
| 39 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 35 | MG | Jim Champion |
| 36 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 84 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 62 | LLB | Harvey Johnson |
| 16 | RLB | Breck Stroschein |
| 31 | LDH | Bennie Aldridge |
| 33 | LS | Darrel Meisenheimer |
| 10 | RS | Joe Golding |
| 3 | RDH | Paul Crowe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 16 | 82 | 5.1 | 11 | 1 |
| Joe Perry | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Bishop Strickland | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 13 | 63 | 4.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 1 | 105 | 6.6 | 29 | 0 | 42 | 55.5 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 64.6 | |
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 121 | 8.1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 29.4 | |
| George Ratterman | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 2 | 16 | 1.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | |
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 74.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Gordy Soltau | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Wilson | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Buddy Young | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Dan Garza | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Danny Edwards | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Wozniak | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Rex Berry | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Powers | 1 | 5 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Darrel Meisenheimer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Verl Lillywhite | 6 | 208 | 34.7 | 64 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 41 | 41.90 | 41 | 0 | |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Billy Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 29 | 0 | |
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