1952 - Week 9
San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams
At Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Sunday, November 23, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
San Francisco 49ers 7 0 6 3 16
Los Angeles Rams 0 20 28 0 48
Scoring Plays 49ers Rams
1st Quarter
49ers 9:36 Soltau 11 yd. pass from Albert ( Soltau Kick ) ( 7-57, 3:54 ) 7 0
2nd Quarter
Rams 9:21 Waterfield 37 yd. Field Goal ( 9-43, 6:46 ) 7 3
Rams 3:43 Waterfield 14 yd. Field Goal ( 6-49, 3:02 ) 7 6
Rams 3:19 Towler 2 yd. run ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 1-2, 0:08 ) 7 13
Rams 0:32 Fears 6 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 6-52, 1:20 ) 7 20
3rd Quarter
Rams 11:55 Towler 12 yd. run ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 4-29, 1:44 ) 7 27
49ers 9:59 McElhenny 3 yd. run ( Soltau Kick missed ) ( 6-65, 1:56 ) 13 27
Rams 6:47 Fears 5 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 6-85, 3:12 ) 13 34
Rams 4:21 Towler 40 yd. run ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 2-40, 0:15 ) 13 41
Rams 0:29 Fears 7 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 3-16, 1:33 ) 13 48
4th Quarter
49ers 2:35 Soltau 43 yd. Field Goal ( 10-32, 5:12 ) 16 48

MVP: Dan Towler FB (LA Rams)
Rushing: 123 Yds, 3 TD, Receiving: 2 Catches, 11 Yds

Unavailable
SFO: B.Jessup (END), N.Standlee (LB), A.Endress (DE), J.Cason (DB)
LAM: None
Temp: 67°. Clear Skies. No Wind
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Rams
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
13:30 3:54 SFO 43 7 57 Touchdown 15:00 1:30 LAM 20 3 2 Interception
9:27 0:07 LAM 37 1 0 Interception 9:36 0:09 Ret-Fumble
8:19 1:37 SFO 36 4 13 Interception 9:20 1:01 LAM 31 3 -2 Punt
2:06 0:59 SFO 24 3 7 Punt 6:42 4:36 LAM 43 9 31 Interception
9:21 2:36 SFO 36 6 20 Downs 1:07 6:46 LAM 27 9 43 Field Goal
3:43 0:16 SFO 15 1 0 Interception 6:45 3:02 LAM 44 6 49 Field Goal
3:19 1:27 SFO 32 3 -11 Punt 3:27 0:08 SFO 2 1 2 Touchdown
0:32 0:32 SFO 35 3 10 End of Half 1:52 1:20 LAM 48 6 52 Touchdown
15:00 1:21 SFO 13 3 -2 Punt 13:39 1:44 SFO 29 4 29 Touchdown
11:55 1:56 SFO 35 6 65 Touchdown 9:59 3:12 LAM 15 6 85 Touchdown
6:47 2:11 SFO 20 4 20 Fumble 4:36 0:15 SFO 40 2 40 Touchdown
4:21 2:19 SFO 16 4 10 Interception 2:02 1:33 SFO 16 3 16 Touchdown
0:29 0:29 SFO 20 3 0 Punt 15:00 2:20 SFO 47 3 8 Missed FG
12:40 3:09 SFO 20 6 50 Downs 9:31 1:44 LAM 30 3 0 Punt
7:47 5:12 SFO 32 10 32 Field Goal 2:35 1:36 LAM 45 3 4 Punt
0:59 0:55 SFO 9 3 1 Interception 0:04 0:04 SFO 17 1 -1 End of Game
29:00 SFO 28 67 272 31:00 50 62 358
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
San Francisco 49ers 6:37 4:51 8:16 9:16 29:00
Los Angeles Rams 8:23 10:09 6:44 5:44 31:00
Team Statistics 49ers Rams
Total Points 16 48
1st Downs 16 18
Rushing 7 8
Passing 9 9
Penalty 0 1
3rd-Down Conversions 2-9 8-14
4th-Down Conversions 0-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-71 3-25
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-1
Time Of Pos. 29:00 31:00
Total Net Yards 292 362
Total Plays 67 62
Average Gain 4.4 5.8
Net Yards Rushing 120 191
Rushes 28 37
Avg. Per Rush 4.3 5.2
Net Yards Passing 172 171
Completions 16 14
Attempts 35 25
Completion % 45.7 56.0
Yards Per Completion 12.9 12.2
Times Sacked 4 0
Had Intercepted 5 2
Touchdowns 2 6
Rushing 1 3
Passing 1 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-1 6-6
Field Goals 1-1 2-3
San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Rams
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Joe Perry 12 46 3.8 15 0 Dan Towler 14 123 8.8 40 3
Hugh McElhenny 7 39 5.6 8 1 Vitamin Smith 8 29 3.6 25 0
Joe Arenas 3 12 4.0 5 0 Skeets Quinlan 4 8 2.0 5 0
Frankie Albert 3 13 4.3 8 0 Woodley Lewis 4 18 4.5 12 0
J.R. Boone 1 2 2.0 2 0 Tank Younger 4 14 3.5 6 0
John Strzykalski 1 7 7.0 7 0 Norm Van Brocklin 2 0 0.0 0 0
Bob W. White 1 1 1.0 1 0 Bob Waterfield 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Totals 28 120 4.3 15 1 Totals 37 191 5.2 40 3
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Frankie Albert 35 16 207 4 35 1 34 5 35 Norm Van Brocklin 23 14 171 0 0 3 50 2 87
Bob Waterfield 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
Totals 35 16 207 4 35 1 34 5 35 Totals 25 14 171 0 0 3 50 2 84
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Gordie Soltau 6 87 14.5 33 1 Tom Fears 5 36 7.2 15 3
Hugh McElhenny 3 34 11.3 16 0 Vitamin Smith 4 63 15.8 23 0
J.R. Boone 2 35 17.5 34 0 Dan Towler 2 11 5.5 9 0
Joe Perry 2 28 14.0 19 0 Bob Carey 2 58 29.0 50 0
Bob W. White 2 16 8.0 15 0 Skeets Quinlan 1 3 3.0 3 0
Billy Wilson 1 7 7.0 7 0
Totals 16 207 12.9 34 1 Totals 14 171 12.2 50 3
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Don Burke 8 - - - - - - - - Jerry Williams 11 - - - - - - - 1
Sam Cathcart 8 - - - - - - - - Night Train Lane 9 1 8 - 1 - - - -
Rex Berry 7 - - - - - - 1 - Stan West 7 - - - - - 1 1 -
Hardy Brown 6 - - - - - - - 1 Larry Brink 7 - - - 1 - - - 2
Jerry A. Smith 5 - - - - - - - - Don Paul 6 - - - - 1 - 1 -
Jim Powers 5 1 14 - - 1 - 1 - Dick Daugherty 4 - - - - - - - -
Leo Nomellini 5 - - - - 3 - - - Tank Younger 3 1 8 - 1 - - - -
Lowell Wagner 4 1 8 - - - - - - Norb Hecker 3 - - - - - - 2 -
Ed Henke 3 - - - - 1 - - - Herb Rich 3 1 17 - - - - 2 -
Al Carapella 3 - - - - 1 - - - Vitamin Smith 3 1 9 - - - - - -
John Strzykalski 3 - - - - - - - - Jim Winkler 2 - - - - - - - -
Ben Aldridge 2 - - - - - - 1 - Duane Putnam 2 - - - - - - - -
Charley Powell 1 - - - - - - - - Ken Casner 2 - - - - - - - -
Bob W. White 1 - - - - - - - - Andy Robustelli 2 - - - 1 - - - -
Pat O`Donahue 1 - - - - - - - - Jack Dwyer 1 1 26 - - - - 1 -
Woodley Lewis 1 - - - - - - 2 -
Totals 62 2 22 - - 6 - 3 1 Totals 66 5 68 - 4 1 1 9 3
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Frankie Albert 1 1 0 0 0 Skeets Quinlan 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Perry 1 0 1 0 0 Woodley Lewis 1 0 0 0 0
Gordie Soltau 1 0 1 0 0 Vitamin Smith 1 0 0 0 0
Lowell Wagner 0 0 0 1 0 Tom Fears 0 0 1 0 0
Norm Van Brocklin 0 0 1 0 -1
Stan West 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 3 1 2 1 0 Totals 3 1 2 1 -1
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Frankie Albert 4 140 35.0 0 0 42 Bob Waterfield 3 123 41.0 0 1 42
Totals 4 140 35.0 0 0 42 Totals 3 123 41.0 0 1 42
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Hugh McElhenny 2 1 0.5 0 1 0 Skeets Quinlan 1 0 0.0 1 0 0
J.R. Boone 1 7 7.0 0 7 0 Woodley Lewis 1 22 22.0 0 22 0
Totals 3 8 2.7 0 7 0 Totals 2 22 11.0 1 22 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Joe Arenas 4 113 28.2 33 0 Skeets Quinlan 1 26 26.0 26 0
Hugh McElhenny 3 51 17.0 24 0 Woodley Lewis 1 7 7.0 7 0
Vitamin Smith 1 38 38.0 38 0
Totals 7 164 23.4 33 0 Totals 3 71 23.7 38 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Gordie Soltau 1 1 43 2 1 Bob Waterfield 3 2 37 6 6
Totals 1 1 43 2 1 Totals 3 2 37 6 6