| San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1952 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 12566 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 93 F Humidty: 23% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 14 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 37 |
| Dallas TexansDAL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 20 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hugh McElhenny 89 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Buddy Young 28 run (Pat Cannamela kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 23 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hugh McElhenny 33 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bobby White 60 pass from Frankie Albert (Gordy Soltau kick failed) | 30 | 7 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 18 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat O'Donahue pass from Frankie Albert) | 37 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Gene Felker 17 pass from Bob Celeri (Pat Cannamela kick) | 37 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 62 | LOT | Bob Toneff |
| 67 | LOG | Nick Feher |
| 52 | C | Pete Wismann |
| 63 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 73 | ROT | Leo Nomellini |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 22 | LOH | Joe Arenas |
| 39 | ROH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 38 | FB | Bennie Aldridge |
| 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 |
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Dick Wilkins |
| 71 | LOT | Jim Lansford |
| 66 | LOG | Weldon Humble |
| 50 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 65 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 74 | ROT | Ken Jackson |
| 80 | ROE | Stan Williams |
| 17 | QB | Bob Celeri |
| 20 | LOH | George Taliaferro |
| 22 | ROH | Buddy Young |
| 31 | FB | Dick Hoerner |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 60 | MG | Sisto Averno |
| 73 | RDT | Joe Campanella |
| 85 | RDE | Sonny Gandee |
| 52 | LLB | Joe Reid |
| 33 | RLB | George Robison |
| 23 | LDH | Johnny Petitbon |
| 21 | LS | Tom Keane |
| 24 | RS | Billy Baggett |
| 80 | RDH | Stan Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 7 | 170 | 24.3 | 89t | 1 |
| Joe Perry | 10 | 56 | 5.6 | 20t | 1 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Sam Cathcart | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby White | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 28t | 1 |
| Bob Celeri | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Hank Lauricella | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Baggett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 2 | 154 | 7.3 | 33t | 2 | 0 | 72.4 | |
| Frankie Albert | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 85 | 14.2 | 60t | 1 | 12 | 121.5 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 1 | 66 | 3.9 | 20 | 1 | 33 | 38.4 | |
| Chuck Ortmann | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | -7 | -1.4 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Sam Cathcart | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby White | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Billy Jessup | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Zollie Toth | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Gene Felker | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Rex Berry | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Jerry Davis | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frankie Albert | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 62 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Hank Lauricella | 8 | 326 | 40.8 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Billy Baggett | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Buddy Young | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Billy Baggett | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Keever Jankovich | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Joe Campanella | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
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