1952 - Week 4
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears
At Wrigley Field Sunday, October 19, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
San Francisco 49ers 0 0 3 0 3
Chicago Bears 3 7 0 10 20
Scoring Plays 49ers Bears
1st Quarter
Bears 1:34 Blanda 15 yd. Field Goal ( 8-79, 3:56 ) 0 3
2nd Quarter
Bears 10:25 Schroeder 49 yd. pass from Romanik ( Blanda Kick ) ( 1-49, 0:08 ) 0 10
3rd Quarter
49ers 0:08 Soltau 15 yd. Field Goal ( 5-17, 3:07 ) 3 10
4th Quarter
Bears 13:26 Stone 10 yd. pass from Romanik ( Blanda Kick ) ( 4-63, 1:42 ) 3 17
Bears 9:45 Blanda 17 yd. Field Goal ( 6-39, 3:02 ) 3 20

MVP: Steve Romanik QB (Chi Bears)
Passing: 215 Yds, 2 TD, 61 Rating

Unavailable
SFO: A.Endress (DE), N.Standlee (LB)
CHI: K.Dottley (FB), E.Cole (T), W.White (HB\FL\K\KR\PR)
Temp: 54°. Clear Skies. Wind 12 mph (Head/Tailwind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
San Francisco 49ers Chicago Bears
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
11:55 3:40 SFO 9 6 73 Fumble 15:00 3:05 CHI 26 9 36 Punt
7:11 1:37 CHI 44 3 -3 Punt 8:15 1:04 CHI 18 3 2 Punt
1:34 1:43 SFO 20 4 9 Interception 5:34 4:00 CHI 13 8 79 Field Goal
14:31 1:07 SFO 20 3 7 Punt 14:51 0:20 SFO 33 3 0 Missed FG
11:42 1:09 SFO 20 3 2 Punt 13:24 1:42 CHI 28 4 34 Missed FG
10:25 2:28 SFO 37 5 57 Missed FG 10:33 0:08 SFO 49 1 49 Touchdown
6:15 3:02 SFO 31 6 38 Fumble 7:57 1:42 CHI 20 3 8 Punt
1:42 0:29 SFO 47 3 0 Punt 3:13 1:31 CHI 31 4 -20 Punt
0:42 0:42 SFO 15 1 1 End of Half 1:13 0:31 CHI 28 4 18 Punt
15:00 0:22 SFO 20 3 -5 Punt 14:38 0:29 50 4 20 Missed FG
14:09 4:03 SFO 20 8 33 Punt 10:06 1:43 CHI 4 3 0 Punt
8:23 1:01 SFO 46 3 4 Interception 7:22 1:36 SFO 44 3 5 Missed FG
5:46 1:37 SFO 20 3 7 Punt 4:09 0:54 CHI 32 2 3 Interception
3:15 3:07 CHI 25 5 17 Field Goal 0:08 1:42 CHI 37 4 63 Touchdown
13:26 0:39 SFO 31 3 -15 Punt 12:47 3:02 SFO 49 6 39 Field Goal
9:45 3:20 SFO 20 6 19 Punt 6:25 4:02 CHI 18 6 22 Punt
2:23 0:29 SFO 14 4 4 Interception 1:54 0:25 SFO 16 3 8 Missed FG
1:29 0:12 SFO 20 2 0 Interception 1:17 1:17 SFO 29 2 -2 End of Game
30:47 SFO 29 71 248 29:13 CHI 38 72 364
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
San Francisco 49ers 6:51 9:06 10:10 4:40 30:47
Chicago Bears 8:09 5:54 4:50 10:20 29:13
Team Statistics 49ers Bears
Total Points 3 20
1st Downs 13 15
Rushing 5 5
Passing 7 8
Penalty 1 2
3rd-Down Conversions 4-16 4-18
4th-Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-60 9-68
Fumbles-Lost 6-2 4-0
Time Of Pos. 30:47 29:13
Total Net Yards 267 400
Total Plays 71 72
Average Gain 3.8 5.6
Net Yards Rushing 127 190
Rushes 33 33
Avg. Per Rush 3.8 5.8
Net Yards Passing 140 210
Completions 11 13
Attempts 37 38
Completion % 29.7 34.2
Yards Per Completion 13.3 16.5
Times Sacked 1 1
Had Intercepted 4 1
Touchdowns 0 2
Rushing 0 0
Passing 0 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 0-0 2-2
Field Goals 1-2 2-7
San Francisco 49ers Chicago Bears
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Joe Perry 10 36 3.6 12 0 Curly Morrison 10 25 2.5 7 0
Hugh McElhenny 9 62 6.9 33 0 Chuck Hunsinger 7 14 2.0 10 0
Joe Arenas 6 21 3.5 10 0 Billy Stone 5 19 3.8 7 0
Y.A. Tittle 2 -3 -1.5 0 0 Eddie Macon 4 73 18.2 49 0
Ben Aldridge 2 2 1.0 1 0 Leon Campbell 4 1 0.2 5 0
Bob W. White 2 2 1.0 2 0 Steve Romanik 2 -2 -1.0 0 0
J.R. Boone 1 7 7.0 7 0 Babe Dimancheff 1 60 60.0 60 0
John Strzykalski 1 0 0.0 0 0
Totals 33 127 3.8 33 0 Totals 33 190 5.8 60 0
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Y.A. Tittle 37 11 146 1 6 0 26 4 4 Steve Romanik 38 13 215 1 5 2 49 1 61
Totals 37 11 146 1 6 0 26 4 4 Totals 38 13 215 1 5 2 49 1 61
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Gordie Soltau 5 100 20.0 26 0 Gene Schroeder 6 139 23.2 49 1
Billy Wilson 3 31 10.3 15 0 Billy Stone 3 44 14.7 18 1
Joe Arenas 1 4 4.0 4 0 Bill McColl 2 19 9.5 14 0
Bob W. White 1 7 7.0 7 0 Chuck Hunsinger 1 7 7.0 7 0
J.R. Boone 1 4 4.0 4 0 Leon Campbell 1 6 6.0 6 0
Totals 11 146 13.3 26 0 Totals 13 215 16.5 49 2
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Rex Berry 7 - - - - - - 1 - Don Kindt Sr. 8 1 13 - - - - - 1
Don Burke 5 - - - - - - 1 - Bill Bishop 7 - - - - - - - -
Jim Powers 5 - - - - - - 2 1 Jimmy Lesane 6 - - - - - - 2 -
Leo Nomellini 5 - - - - 2 1 - - Frank Dempsey 6 - - - - - - - -
Al Carapella 4 - - - 1 - - - - George Connor 6 - - - - - - - -
Sam Cathcart 4 - - - - - 1 - - John Hoffman 5 - - - - - - - -
Bob Momsen 3 - - - - - - - - Bones Weatherly 5 1 1 - - - - 2 1
Hardy Brown 3 - - - - - - - - Jim Dooley 4 2 11 - - - - 3 -
Jerry A. Smith 3 - - - - - - 1 - Billy Stone 4 - - - - - - 1 1
Lowell Wagner 3 1 15 - - - - - 1 Fred Williams 4 - - - - 2 - - 1
Pete Wissman 3 - - - - - - - - Bill George 4 - - - - - - 1 -
Jim Cason 2 - - - - - - 2 - Al Campana 3 - - - - - - - -
Ed Henke 2 - - - - 1 1 - - Bill Wightkin 2 - - - 1 1 1 - -
Bob W. White 2 - - - - - - 1 - Ed Sprinkle 2 - - - - - 1 - -
Pat O`Donahue 2 - - - - - - - - Bob Cross 2 - - - - - - - -
John Strzykalski 2 - - - - - - - - Jack Hoffman 1 - - - - - - - -
Ben Aldridge 1 - - - - - - 3 -
Charley Powell 1 - - - - 1 - - -
Totals 57 1 15 - 1 4 3 11 2 Totals 69 4 25 - 1 3 2 9 4
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Y.A. Tittle 2 1 0 0 0 Billy Stone 2 0 0 0 0
Joe Perry 1 1 0 0 0 Bill McColl 1 0 1 0 0
Hugh McElhenny 1 0 1 0 9 Chuck Hunsinger 1 0 1 0 -7
Gordie Soltau 1 0 0 0 0 George Connor 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Arenas 1 0 0 0 0 Fred Williams 0 0 0 1 0
Lowell Wagner 0 0 1 0 -1 Bill George 0 0 2 0 7
Ben Aldridge 0 0 1 0 0
Billy Wilson 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 6 2 4 0 8 Totals 4 0 4 2 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Frankie Albert 9 353 39.2 0 3 45 Curly Morrison 7 284 40.6 0 3 47
Totals 9 353 39.2 0 3 45 Totals 7 284 40.6 0 3 47
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
J.R. Boone 2 16 8.0 0 16 0 Jimmy Lesane 3 17 5.7 2 15 0
Hugh McElhenny 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 Eddie Macon 1 10 10.0 1 10 0
Joe Arenas 1 -3 -3.0 1 0 0
Totals 5 13 2.6 1 16 0 Totals 4 27 6.8 3 15 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Hugh McElhenny 2 42 21.0 26 0 Eddie Macon 2 29 14.5 22 0
Joe Arenas 1 28 28.0 28 0
Totals 3 70 23.3 28 0 Totals 2 29 14.5 22 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Gordie Soltau 2 1 15 0 0 George Blanda 7 2 17 2 2
Totals 2 1 15 0 0 Totals 7 2 17 2 2