| Baltimore Colts at San Francisco 49ers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 13, 1953 Location: San Francisco, CA Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 23932 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 66 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 40 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 3 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 4 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Billy Wilson 3 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 27 FG | 0 | 31 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Danny Edwards 12 pass from Ed Mioduszewski (Buck McPhail kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 9 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Buddy Young 5 pass from Ed Mioduszewski (Buck McPhail kick) | 14 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LOE | Monte Brethauer |
| 75 | LOT | Gino Marchetti |
| 74 | LOG | Ken Jackson |
| 50 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 66 | ROG | Bill Lange |
| 68 | ROT | Ernie Blandin |
| 82 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 26 | QB | Ed Mioduszewski |
| 22 | LOH | Buddy Young |
| 31 | ROH | Buck McPhail |
| 38 | FB | John Huzvar |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Art Spinney |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 60 | MG | Sisto Averno |
| 77 | RDT | Tom Finnin |
| 83 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 65 | LLB | Bill Pellington |
| 64 | RLB | Ed Sharkey |
| 24 | LDH | Larry Coutre |
| 21 | LS | Tom Keane |
| 23 | RS | Carl Taseff |
| 25 | RDH | Don Shula |
| 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 | ||
| 83 | LDE | Clay Matthews |
| 75 | LDT | Al Carapella |
| 66 | MG | Don Burke |
| 73 | RDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 87 | RDE | Charley Powell |
| 36 | LLB | John Morton |
| 33 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 54 | RLB | Joe Manley |
| 23 | LDH | Rex Berry |
| 45 | S | Fred Bruney |
| 48 | RDH | Billy Mixon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Ed Mioduszewski | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 25 | 0 |
| John Huzvar | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Del Bello | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Buck McPhail | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 17 | 108 | 6.4 | 40t | 2 |
| Billy Mixon | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Monachino | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Ed Mioduszewski | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 1 | 89 | 3.9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 61.7 | |
| Jack Del Bello | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 13 | 1.1 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 4.9 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 44 | 29 | 65.9 | 2 | 371 | 8.4 | 38 | 4 | 26 | 103.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Mel Embree | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Monte Brethauer | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Danny Edwards | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Buck McPhail | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Huzvar | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gino Marchetti | 0 | 19 | 19L | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 9 | 127 | 14.1 | 26 | 1 |
| Gordy Soltau | 7 | 92 | 13.1 | 26 | 2 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Jim Monachino | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Harry Babcock | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bill Pellington | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Tom Keane | 5 | 234 | 46.8 | 50 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Buddy Young | 4 | 89 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Larry Coutre | 1 | 78 | 78.0 | 78 | 0 | |
| Barney Poole | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Harry Babcock | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
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