| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 23, 1962 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 51032 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 61 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Terry Barr 19 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Clyde Conner 6 pass from Billy Kilmer (Tommy Davis kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Wayne Walker 35 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Gail Cogdill 25 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Tommy Davis 41 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Studstill 1 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Terry Barr 5 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | J.D. Smith 4 pass from John Brodie (Tommy Davis kick) | 17 | 31 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bernie Casey 43 pass from John Brodie (Tommy Davis kick) | 24 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Danny Lewis 1 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 24 | 38 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Danny Lewis 64 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 24 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Clyde Conner |
| 60 | LOT | Roland Lakes |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Magac |
| 77 | C | Bruce Bosley |
| 64 | ROG | Ted Connolly |
| 79 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 85 | TE | Monty Stickles |
| 12 | QB | John Brodie |
| 17 | HB | Billy Kilmer |
| 30 | FL | Bernie Casey |
| 24 | FB | J.D. Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Dan Colchico |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 70 | RDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 74 | RDE | Clark Miller |
| 54 | LLB | Ed Pine |
| 78 | MLB | John Thomas |
| 55 | RLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 80 | LCB | Jerry Mertens |
| 42 | LS | Jim Ridlon |
| 44 | RS | Eddie Dove |
| 40 | RCB | Abe Woodson |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 50 | LOT | Bob Scholtz |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 51 | C | Bob Whitlow |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 77 | ROT | Danny LaRose |
| 80 | TE | Jim Gibbons |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 23 | HB | Tommy Watkins |
| 41 | FL | Terry Barr |
| 33 | FB | Nick Pietrosante |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 76 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 88 | RDE | Sam Williams |
| 57 | LLB | Carl Brettschneider |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 81 | LCB | Dick Lane |
| 43 | LS | Gary Lowe |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| J.D. Smith | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Kilmer | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Waters | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Danny Lewis | 13 | 96 | 7.4 | 64t | 2 |
| Tommy Watkins | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 1 | 259 | 10.0 | 70 | 2 | 41 | 110.9 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 22 | 16 | 72.7 | 0 | 272 | 12.4 | 72 | 4 | 22 | 153.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Bernie Casey | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 43t | 1 | ||||||
| Clyde Conner | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 17 | 1 | ||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 70 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 49 | 12.3 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 134.4 | |
| J.D. Smith | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 21 | 1 | ||||||
| Monty Stickles | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Terry Barr | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 23 | 2 | ||||||
| Gail Cogdill | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 72 | 1 | ||||||
| Jim Gibbons | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 | ||||||
| Danny Lewis | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tommy Davis | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 153 | 51.0 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Abe Woodson | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pat Studstill | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Abe Woodson | 7 | 205 | 29.3 | 52 | 0 | |
| Dale Messer | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pat Studstill | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bruce Maher | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 35 | 0 | |
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