| San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 8, 1953 Location: Los Angeles, CA Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 85505 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 81 F Humidty: 10% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Ben Agajanian 25 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Billy Wilson 7 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 60 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 1 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Ben Agajanian kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Ben Agajanian 18 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 14 FG | 17 | 13 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dan Towler 2 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 17 | 20 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Y.A. Tittle 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 24 | 20 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tank Younger 39 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 24 | 27 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 17 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 31 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 64 | LOT | Doug Hogland |
| 69 | LOG | Jerry Smith |
| 53 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 63 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 79 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 22 | LOH | Joe Arenas |
| 38 | ROH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Van Doren |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 62 | MG | Art Michalik |
| 75 | RDT | Al Carapella |
| 87 | RDE | Charley Powell |
| 66 | LLB | Don Burke |
| 33 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 54 | RLB | Joe Manley |
| 23 | LDH | Rex Berry |
| 45 | S | Fred Bruney |
| 48 | RDH | Billy Mixon |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | LOE | Elroy Hirsch |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Fry |
| 61 | LOG | Duane Putnam |
| 50 | C | Leon McLaughlin |
| 67 | ROG | Dick Daugherty |
| 71 | ROT | Tom Dahms |
| 82 | ROE | Bob Boyd |
| 11 | QB | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 21 | LOH | Skeet Quinlan |
| 47 | ROH | Vitamin Smith |
| 32 | FB | Dan Towler |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Larry Brink |
| 70 | LDT | Charley Toogood |
| 64 | MG | Stan West |
| 79 | RDT | Frank Fuller |
| 84 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 65 | LLB | Harland Svare |
| 57 | RLB | Don Paul |
| 29 | LDH | Jack Dwyer |
| 88 | LS | Norb Hecker |
| 42 | RS | Herb Rich |
| 81 | RDH | Dick Lane |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 50 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 11 | 11 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Mixon | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 |
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Skeet Quinlan | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 48 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 12 | 101 | 8.4 | 39t | 1 |
| Dan Towler | 21 | 48 | 2.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Brad Myers | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 32 | 18 | 56.3 | 3 | 301 | 9.4 | 60t | 3 | 0 | 80.3 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 1 | 52 | 2.7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 49.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Gordy Soltau | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Billy Wilson | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 57 | 1 |
| Joe Perry | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Pete Schabarum | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Doug Hogland | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Rex Berry | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Stan West | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Jim Powers | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 46 | 0 | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 49 | 0 | ||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 1 | 52 | 2.7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 49.7 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Rex Berry | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Tom McCormick | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 44 | 0 | |
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | |
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