1952 - Week 1
Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers
At Kezar Stadium Sunday, September 28, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Detroit Lions 10 3 7 3 23
San Francisco 49ers 0 0 10 7 17
Scoring Plays Lions 49ers
1st Quarter
Lions 12:31 Harder 29 yd. Field Goal ( 5-31, 2:23 ) 3 0
Lions 11:30 Punt Return by Christiansen for 56 yards ( Harder Kick ) 10 0
2nd Quarter
Lions 14:51 Harder 19 yd. Field Goal ( 7-52, 4:15 ) 13 0
3rd Quarter
49ers 14:46 Wilson 9 yd. pass from Tittle ( Soltau Kick ) ( 1-9, 0:07 ) 13 7
Lions 13:37 Box 23 yd. pass from Layne ( Harder Kick ) ( 4-54, 1:09 ) 20 7
49ers 1:45 Soltau 30 yd. Field Goal ( 6-17, 3:10 ) 20 10
4th Quarter
Lions 10:00 Harder 10 yd. Field Goal ( 7-60, 4:02 ) 23 10
49ers 1:40 McElhenny 12 yd. pass from Tittle ( Soltau Kick ) ( 7-61, 0:42 ) 23 17

MVP: Jack Christiansen KR\PR\CB (Detroit)
Defense: 7 Tkl, Returns: 103 Yds, 1 TD

Unavailable
DET: B.Bailey (HB), D.Walker (HB\K\DB), P.Summerall (DE)
SFO: B.L.Johnson (C), B.Momsen (G\DB), A.Endress (DE), N.Standlee (LB)
Temp: 68°. Clear Skies. Wind 13 mph (Head/Tailwind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
Detroit Lions San Francisco 49ers
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
14:54 2:23 DET 47 5 31 Field Goal 15:00 0:06 SFO 20 1 0 Interception
9:01 0:07 DET 18 1 15 Fumble 12:31 1:01 SFO 20 3 -2 TurnoverTD
7:46 1:36 DET 25 3 3 Punt 11:30 2:29 SFO 20 5 62 Fumble
4:06 4:15 DET 36 7 52 Field Goal 8:54 1:08 DET 33 4 8 Downs
8:22 1:46 DET 20 3 -1 Punt 6:10 2:04 SFO 30 3 -3 Punt
5:19 4:19 DET 12 9 49 Punt 14:51 3:49 SFO 11 6 22 Punt
15:00 0:07 DET 20 1 0 Interception 11:02 2:40 DET 43 5 19 Missed FG
14:46 1:09 DET 46 4 54 Touchdown 6:36 1:17 DET 48 6 10 Punt
10:09 2:25 DET 20 5 36 Interception 1:00 1:00 SFO 15 3 11 End of Half
5:03 0:08 DET 38 1 2 Fumble 14:53 0:07 DET 9 1 9 Touchdown
1:45 1:08 DET 48 3 6 Punt 13:37 3:28 SFO 35 7 37 Missed FG
14:02 4:02 DET 37 7 60 Field Goal 7:44 2:41 SFO 35 5 37 Missed FG
4:06 1:44 DET 30 3 6 Punt 4:55 3:10 DET 40 6 17 Field Goal
1:40 1:40 DET 46 6 9 End of Game 0:37 1:35 SFO 20 4 10 Punt
10:00 5:54 SFO 25 13 45 Downs
2:22 0:42 SFO 39 7 61 Touchdown
26:49 DET 32 58 322 33:11 SFO 37 79 343
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Detroit Lions 8:12 6:14 4:57 7:26 26:49
San Francisco 49ers 6:48 8:46 10:03 7:34 33:11
Team Statistics Lions 49ers
Total Points 23 17
1st Downs 13 18
Rushing 5 5
Passing 7 12
Penalty 1 1
3rd-Down Conversions 2-11 7-19
4th-Down Conversions 1-1 1-3
Penalties-Yards 2-10 5-45
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 3-1
Time Of Pos. 26:49 33:11
Total Net Yards 312 352
Total Plays 58 79
Average Gain 5.4 4.5
Net Yards Rushing 130 80
Rushes 29 33
Avg. Per Rush 4.5 2.4
Net Yards Passing 182 272
Completions 14 23
Attempts 27 44
Completion % 51.9 52.3
Yards Per Completion 14.2 12.2
Times Sacked 2 2
Had Intercepted 2 1
Touchdowns 2 2
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 2
Other 1 0
Extra Points 2-2 2-2
Field Goals 3-3 1-4
Detroit Lions San Francisco 49ers
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Pat Harder 10 9 0.9 4 0 Joe Perry 15 36 2.4 7 0
Bob Hoernschemeyer 9 58 6.4 43 0 Hugh McElhenny 6 22 3.7 6 0
Bobby Layne 5 10 2.0 7 0 Y.A. Tittle 3 10 3.3 11 0
Jug Girard 3 8 2.7 7 0 J.R. Boone 3 -1 -0.3 1 0
Jim Doran 1 26 26.0 26 0 Bob W. White 3 4 1.3 2 0
Leon Hart 1 19 19.0 19 0 John Strzykalski 2 2 1.0 4 0
Joe Arenas 1 7 7.0 7 0
Totals 29 130 4.5 43 0 Totals 33 80 2.4 11 0
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Bobby Layne 27 14 199 2 17 1 30 2 58 Y.A. Tittle 44 23 281 2 9 2 56 1 78
Totals 27 14 199 2 17 1 30 2 58 Totals 44 23 281 2 9 2 56 1 78
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Jug Girard 6 75 12.5 30 0 Gordie Soltau 6 101 16.8 56 0
Pat Harder 2 34 17.0 29 0 Billy Wilson 6 96 16.0 33 1
Leon Hart 2 33 16.5 24 0 Hugh McElhenny 4 39 9.8 16 1
Bob Hoernschemeyer 2 24 12.0 20 0 J.R. Boone 3 26 8.7 16 0
Cloyce Box 1 23 23.0 23 1 Joe Perry 3 9 3.0 6 0
Jim Doran 1 10 10.0 10 0 Bob W. White 1 10 10.0 10 0
Totals 14 199 14.2 30 1 Totals 23 281 12.2 56 2
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Dick Flanagan 10 - - - - - - 2 1 Hardy Brown 11 - - - - 1 - 1 1
Jim Robert Smith 8 - - - - - - 1 - Don Burke 8 - - - 1 - - - -
Les Bingaman 7 - - - 1 1 - - - Jim Powers 7 - - - - - - - -
Jack Christiansen 7 - - - - - - 2 - Ed Henke 6 - - - - 2 - - -
Lavern Torgeson 7 - - - - - - - - Rex Berry 5 1 9 - - - - 2 -
Thurman McGraw 6 - - - - 1 - - 1 Al Carapella 4 - - - - - - - -
Jim David 5 1 - - - - - 1 - Sam Cathcart 3 - - - - - - - -
Jimmy C. Hill 5 - - - - - - 2 - Jim Cason 3 - - - - - - 1 -
Yale Lary 5 - - - - - - 1 - Lowell Wagner 2 1 27 - - - - 2 -
Jim Martin 3 - - - - - - 1 - Jerry A. Smith 2 - - - - - - - -
John Prchlik 3 - - - - - - - - Pat O`Donahue 2 - - - - - - - -
Bob Miller 2 - - - - 2 - - - John Strzykalski 1 - - - - - - 1 1
Don Doll 1 - - - - - - 1 - Pete Wissman 1 - - - - - - - -
Blaine Earon 1 - - - 1 - - - - Bob W. White 1 - - - 1 - - 1 -
Leo Nomellini 1 - - - - - - - -
Totals 70 1 - - 2 4 - 11 2 Totals 57 2 36 - 2 3 - 8 2
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Jug Girard 3 2 0 0 0 Joe Perry 2 1 0 0 0
Yale Lary 1 1 0 0 0 Lowell Wagner 1 0 0 0 0
Vince Banonis 0 0 1 1 0 Rex Berry 0 0 1 1 -1
Ed Henke 0 0 0 1 0
Jerry A. Smith 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Toneff 0 0 1 0 -4
Totals 4 3 1 1 0 Totals 3 1 2 3 -5
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Jim Robert Smith 5 211 42.2 1 1 49 Frankie Albert 5 181 36.2 0 1 43
Totals 5 211 42.2 1 1 49 Totals 5 181 36.2 0 1 43
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Yale Lary 2 23 11.5 0 19 0 Joe Arenas 2 21 10.5 1 18 0
Jack Christiansen 1 56 56.0 0 56 1 Hugh McElhenny 1 24 24.0 0 24 0
Totals 3 79 26.3 0 56 1 Totals 3 45 15.0 1 24 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Jack Christiansen 1 47 47.0 47 0 Hugh McElhenny 2 48 24.0 28 0
Yale Lary 1 30 30.0 30 0 Joe Arenas 1 5 5.0 5 0
Totals 2 77 38.5 47 0 Totals 3 53 17.7 28 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Pat Harder 3 3 29 2 2 Gordie Soltau 4 1 30 2 2
Totals 3 3 29 2 2 Totals 4 1 30 2 2