| Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 28, 1952 Location: San Francisco, CA Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 54761 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 67 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 21 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | J.R. Boone 46 pass from Frankie Albert (Gordy Soltau kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 12 FG | 3 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Cloyce Box |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 62 | LOG | Jim Martin |
| 51 | C | Vince Banonis |
| 63 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 70 | ROT | Gus Cifelli |
| 80 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 34 | FB | Pat Harder |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Doran |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 86 | RDE | Blaine Earon |
| 60 | LLB | Dick Flanagan |
| 53 | MLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 40 | RLB | Bob Smith |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 44 | S | Don Doll |
| 28 | RDH | Yale Lary |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LOE | Billy Jessup |
| 62 | LOT | Bob Toneff |
| 67 | LOG | Nick Feher |
| 53 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 63 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 73 | ROT | Leo Nomellini |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 13 | QB | Frankie Albert |
| 24 | LOH | J.R. Boone |
| 39 | ROH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Ed Henke |
| 72 | LDT | Ray Collins |
| 64 | MG | Visco Grgich |
| 75 | RDT | Al Carapella |
| 83 | RDE | Pat O'Donahue |
| 15 | LLB | Jim Powers |
| 33 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 32 | RLB | Don Burke |
| 23 | LDH | Rex Berry |
| 43 | S | Jim Cason |
| 42 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 19 | 80 | 4.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Meyers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 2 | 115 | 4.4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 30.1 | |
| Jim Hardy | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 34 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 27.8 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 1 | 63 | 5.3 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 44.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Cloyce Box | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| J.R. Boone | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 46t | 1 |
| Joe Perry | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Henke | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Wilson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Lowell Wagner | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Sam Cathcart | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bob Smith | 7 | 318 | 45.4 | 56 | 0 | ||||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 8 | 352 | 44.0 | 67 | 0 | ||||||
| Frankie Albert | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 0 | 119 | 7.9 | 46t | 1 | 7 | 101.8 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 69 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 4 | 37 | 15 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Blaine Earon | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
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