| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 16, 1958 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 54253 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 48 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Howard Cassady 81 pass from Gene Gedman (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Gibbons 35 pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 2 run (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Middleton 11 pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 2 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 24 pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Clyde Conner 11 pass from John Brodie (Gordy Soltau kick) | 21 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Clyde Conner |
| 78 | LOT | John Thomas |
| 77 | LOG | Bruce Bosley |
| 54 | C | Walt Yowarsky |
| 64 | ROG | Ted Connolly |
| 79 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 27 | ROE | R.C. Owens |
| 12 | QB | John Brodie |
| 39 | LOH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 43 | ROH | Jim Pace |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Ed Henke |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 72 | RDT | Bill Herchman |
| 74 | RDE | Bob Toneff |
| 57 | LLB | Dennit Morris |
| 52 | MLB | Karl Rubke |
| 55 | RLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 80 | LDH | Jerry Mertens |
| 42 | LS | Jim Ridlon |
| 29 | RS | Billy Atkins |
| 20 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Jim Doran |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 67 | ROG | Stan Campbell |
| 73 | ROT | Ken Russell |
| 87 | ROE | Jim Gibbons |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 26 | LOH | Gene Gedman |
| 84 | ROH | Dave Middleton |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 72 | RDT | Gil Mains |
| 85 | RDE | Gene Cronin |
| 86 | LLB | Bob Long |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 57 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 28 | LS | Yale Lary |
| 24 | RS | Jack Christiansen |
| 41 | RDH | Terry Barr |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 12 | 51 | 4.3 | 26 | 2 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Pace | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tobin Rote | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Ken Webb | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 2 | 211 | 7.3 | 45 | 0 | 25 | 52.5 | |
| John Brodie | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 31 | 6.2 | 11t | 1 | 0 | 132.1 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 0 | 194 | 8.4 | 35 | 3 | 12 | 123.9 | |
| Gene Gedman | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 111 | 55.5 | 81t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Clyde Conner | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Billy Wilson | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 11 | 0 |
| R.C. Owens | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Gibbons | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 35t | 1 |
| Howard Cassady | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 81t | 1 |
| Dave Middleton | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 30 | 1 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 24t | 1 |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Terry Barr | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Abe Woodson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Abe Woodson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tom Rychlec | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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