| Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 3, 1957 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 59702 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 63 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 31 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Doran 34 pass from Tobin Rote (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 9 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Clyde Conner 9 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Y.A. Tittle 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hugh McElhenny 5 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gene Babb 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Doran 31 pass from Tobin Rote (Bobby Layne kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Steve Junker 13 pass from Tobin Rote (Bobby Layne kick) | 24 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Doran 8 pass from Tobin Rote (Bobby Layne kick) | 31 | 28 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | R.C. Owens 41 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 31 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Jim Doran |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 67 | LOG | Stan Campbell |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 50 | ROT | Charlie Ane |
| 88 | ROE | Steve Junker |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 26 | LOH | Gene Gedman |
| 40 | ROH | Howard Cassady |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 70 | LDT | Ray Krouse |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 72 | RDE | Gil Mains |
| 47 | LLB | Jim Martin |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 57 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 21 | RDH | Carl Karilivacz |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Clyde Conner |
| 78 | LOT | Bobby Cross |
| 68 | LOG | Lou Palatella |
| 53 | C | Frank Morze |
| 64 | ROG | Ted Connolly |
| 70 | ROT | Tom Dahms |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 39 | LOH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 27 | ROH | R.C. Owens |
| 32 | FB | Gene Babb |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Ed Henke |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 72 | RDT | Bill Herchman |
| 74 | RDE | Bob Toneff |
| 55 | LLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 54 | MLB | Marv Matuszak |
| 87 | RLB | Charley Powell |
| 24 | LDH | J.D. Smith |
| 40 | LS | Bobby Holladay |
| 47 | RS | Dicky Moegle |
| 20 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 16 | 75 | 4.7 | 27 | 1 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 25 | 1 |
| Gene Babb | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 6 | 1 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 0 | 212 | 9.6 | 34t | 4 | 2 | 12 | 134.8 |
| Bobby Layne | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 0 | 59 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.4 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 28 | 21 | 75.0 | 1 | 230 | 8.2 | 41t | 2 | 1 | 4 | 107.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Doran | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 34t | 3 |
| Howard Cassady | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Junker | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 13t | 1 |
| Gene Gedman | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Clyde Conner | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 33 | 1 |
| Gene Babb | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| R.C. Owens | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 41t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy David | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 57 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Jessup | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Larry Barnes | 1 | 64 | 64.0 | 64 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Carl Karilivacz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
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