| Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1951 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 26465 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 52 F Humidty: 80% Wind: 1 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 14 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 1 run (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Billy Wilson 31 pass from Joe Perry (Gordy Soltau kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 26 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 28 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Y.A. Tittle 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 17 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Dorne Dibble |
| 89 | LOT | Jim Martin |
| 76 | LOG | Lou Creekmur |
| 65 | C | Les Bingaman |
| 74 | ROG | Dick Flanagan |
| 70 | ROT | Gus Cifelli |
| 82 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 34 | FB | Pat Harder |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Ed Berrang |
| 72 | LDT | Floyd Jaszewski |
| 63 | MG | Bob Momsen |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 83 | RDE | Jim Doran |
| 74 | LLB | Dick Flanagan |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 84 | LDH | Dorne Dibble |
| 44 | LS | Don Doll |
| 19 | RS | Jack Christiansen |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 10 | 56 | 5.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 19 | 55 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 5 | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2t 3? | 1 |
| Jim Monachino | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 33 | 13 | 39.4 | 4 | 231 | 7.0 | 63 | 1 | 22 | 34.6 | |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 1 | 68 | 4.3 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 30.2 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 0 | 83 | 6.9 | 26t | 1 | 0 | 107.3 | |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leon Hart | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 28t | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 63 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Martin | 0 | 10 | 10L | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Gordy Soltau | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 26t | 1 |
| Billy Wilson | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 31t | 1 |
| Al Beals | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| LaVern Torgeson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Lowell Wagner | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 4 | 183 | 45.8 | 55 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Verl Lillywhite | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Don Doll | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 51 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Don Doll | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jim Cason | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bishop Strickland | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
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