| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 18, 1959 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 52585 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 54 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | J.D. Smith 18 run (Tommy Davis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Clyde Conner 37 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Tommy Davis kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Tommy Davis 13 FG | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Tommy Davis 21 FG | 20 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Howard Cassady 59 pass from Tobin Rote (Wayne Walker kick) | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Matt Hazeltine 40 opponents fumble recovery (Tommy Davis kick) | 27 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Nick Pietrosante 4 run (Wayne Walker kick failed) | 27 | 13 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | J.D. Smith 1 run (Tommy Davis kick) | 34 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Clyde Conner |
| 78 | LOT | John Thomas |
| 77 | LOG | Bruce Bosley |
| 53 | C | Frank Morze |
| 64 | ROG | Ted Connolly |
| 79 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 24 | LOH | J.D. Smith |
| 87 | ROH | Fred Dugan |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Ed Henke |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 63 | RDT | Monte Clark |
| 70 | RDE | Charlie Krueger |
| 52 | LLB | Karl Rubke |
| 50 | MLB | Jerry Tubbs |
| 55 | RLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 80 | LDH | Jerry Mertens |
| 25 | LS | Dave Baker |
| 44 | RS | Eddie Dove |
| 40 | RDH | Abe Woodson |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Dave Middleton |
| 75 | LOT | John Gordy |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Grottkau |
| 76 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 80 | ROE | Jim Gibbons |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 40 | LOH | Howard Cassady |
| 45 | ROH | Danny Lewis |
| 33 | FB | Nick Pietrosante |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 72 | RDT | Gil Mains |
| 53 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 86 | LLB | Bob Long |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 43 | LS | Gary Lowe |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 41 | RDH | Terry Barr |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| J.D. Smith | 23 | 152 | 6.6 | 41 | 2 |
| Joe Perry | 14 | 147 | 10.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Lenny Lyles | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Danny Lewis | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 5 | 1 |
| Tobin Rote | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 8 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 0 | 108 | 6.0 | 37t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 1 | 125 | 6.9 | 59t | 1 | 55 | 58.8 | |
| Earl Morrall | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 117 | 19.5 | 67 | 0 | 9 | 109.7 | |
| Jerry Reichow | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Clyde Conner | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 37t | 1 |
| Fred Dugan | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Howard Cassady | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 59t | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 67 | 67.0 | 67 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dave Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tommy Davis | 6 | 289 | 48.2 | 64 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 5 | 191 | 38.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Eddie Dove | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abe Woodson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Gary Lowe | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | |
| Dave Middleton | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Lenny Lyles | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 26 | 0 | |
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