1952 - Week 7
San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants
At The Polo Grounds Sunday, November 9, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
San Francisco 49ers 13 7 7 0 27
New York Giants 7 14 14 3 38
Scoring Plays 49ers Giants
1st Quarter
49ers 9:16 McElhenny 5 yd. run ( Soltau Kick ) ( 8-81, 3:58 ) 7 0
49ers 5:08 Punt Return by McElhenny for 70 yards ( Soltau Kick missed ) ( 3--15, 1:10 ) 13 0
Giants 1:32 Amberg 3 yd. run ( Poole Kick ) ( 3-4, 1:37 ) 13 7
2nd Quarter
Giants 7:15 McChesney 21 yd. pass from Conerly ( Poole Kick ) ( 3-23, 1:22 ) 13 14
Giants 0:39 Scott 16 yd. pass from Conerly ( Poole Kick ) ( 8-80, 2:22 ) 13 21
49ers 0:00 McElhenny 47 yd. pass from Tittle ( Soltau Kick ) ( 4-66, 0:39 ) 20 21
3rd Quarter
Giants 11:38 Rote 15 yd. run ( Poole Kick ) ( 3-53, 1:35 ) 20 28
49ers 9:10 Boone 13 yd. pass from Tittle ( Soltau Kick ) ( 5-46, 2:28 ) 27 28
Giants 0:45 Interception by Landry returned 67 yards ( Poole Kick ) 27 35
4th Quarter
Giants 2:43 Poole 41 yd. Field Goal ( 3-4, 1:40 ) 27 38

MVP: Hugh McElhenny HB\FL\KR\PR (San Francisco)
Rushing: 15 Yds, 1 TD, Receiving: 4 Catches, 94 Yds, 1 TD, Returns: 269 Yds, 1 TD

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SFO: N.Standlee (LB), B.Jessup (END), A.Endress (DE)
NYG: D.Yelvington (T), G.C.Thomas (FB), B.Wilkinson (END\DB)
Temp: 41°. Partly Cloudy. Wind 10 mph (Crosswind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
San Francisco 49ers New York Giants
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
13:14 3:58 SFO 19 8 81 Touchdown 15:00 1:46 NYG 32 3 6 Punt
7:27 1:09 SFO 9 3 6 Punt 9:16 1:49 NYG 31 3 5 Punt
3:18 0:09 SFO 25 1 -5 Interception 6:18 1:10 NYG 42 3 -15 Touchdown
1:32 2:02 SFO 16 6 28 Punt 5:08 1:50 NYG 40 3 5 Punt
10:14 1:37 SFO 8 3 5 Punt 3:09 1:37 SFO 4 3 4 Touchdown
7:15 4:14 SFO 39 8 58 Missed FG 14:30 4:16 NYG 30 6 15 Punt
0:39 0:39 SFO 34 4 66 Touchdown 8:37 1:22 SFO 23 3 23 Touchdown
15:00 1:47 SFO 17 3 -1 Punt 3:01 2:22 NYG 20 8 80 Touchdown
11:38 2:28 NYG 46 5 46 Touchdown 13:13 1:35 NYG 47 3 53 Touchdown
6:54 1:58 SFO 22 4 10 Punt 9:10 2:16 NYG 47 3 -2 Punt
3:15 2:30 SFO 20 6 33 TurnoverTD 4:56 1:41 NYG 33 3 4 Punt
0:45 1:09 SFO 38 3 4 Punt 14:36 8:26 NYG 7 15 77 Missed FG
6:10 1:47 SFO 20 3 -12 Punt 4:23 1:40 SFO 38 3 4 Field Goal
2:43 0:37 SFO 49 3 -5 Punt 2:06 0:33 NYG 18 3 3 Punt
1:33 1:33 SFO 37 10 25 End of Game
27:37 SFO 27 70 339 32:23 NYG 42 62 262
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
San Francisco 49ers 6:48 7:00 9:28 4:21 27:37
New York Giants 8:12 8:00 5:32 10:39 32:23
Team Statistics 49ers Giants
Total Points 27 38
1st Downs 17 14
Rushing 5 6
Passing 10 7
Penalty 2 1
3rd-Down Conversions 5-17 7-17
4th-Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-33 4-44
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0
Time Of Pos. 27:37 32:23
Total Net Yards 350 284
Total Plays 70 62
Average Gain 5.0 4.6
Net Yards Rushing 157 158
Rushes 32 37
Avg. Per Rush 4.9 4.3
Net Yards Passing 193 126
Completions 15 11
Attempts 34 23
Completion % 44.1 47.8
Yards Per Completion 15.1 12.5
Times Sacked 4 2
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 4 5
Rushing 1 2
Passing 2 2
Other 1 1
Extra Points 4-3 5-5
Field Goals 0-1 1-2
San Francisco 49ers New York Giants
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Joe Perry 15 129 8.6 48 0 Eddie Price 11 48 4.4 16 0
Hugh McElhenny 5 15 3.0 5 1 Kyle Rote 9 45 5.0 15 1
Y.A. Tittle 4 0 0.0 0 0 Frank Gifford 7 8 1.1 4 0
Bob W. White 3 4 1.3 2 0 Joe Scott 5 48 9.6 36 0
Joe Arenas 3 -1 -0.3 2 0 John Amberg 3 5 1.7 3 1
J.R. Boone 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 Chuck Conerly 2 4 2.0 4 0
John Strzykalski 1 11 11.0 11 0
Totals 32 157 4.9 48 1 Totals 37 158 4.3 36 2
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Y.A. Tittle 34 15 227 4 34 2 47 2 62 Chuck Conerly 23 11 137 2 11 2 25 0 96
Totals 34 15 227 4 34 2 47 2 62 Totals 23 11 137 2 11 2 25 0 96
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Hugh McElhenny 4 94 23.5 47 1 Joe Scott 4 48 12.0 21 1
J.R. Boone 4 50 12.5 17 1 Kyle Rote 3 53 17.7 25 0
Billy Wilson 3 30 10.0 18 0 Kelley Mote 2 16 8.0 10 0
Gordie Soltau 2 37 18.5 21 0 Eddie Price 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Joe Arenas 1 10 10.0 10 0 Bob E. McChesney 1 21 21.0 21 1
Ben Aldridge 1 6 6.0 6 0
Totals 15 227 15.1 47 2 Totals 11 137 12.5 25 2
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Leo Nomellini 9 - - - 1 1 1 - - Tom Landry 9 1 67 1 - - - 2 -
Jim Powers 9 - - - - 1 - 1 - Emlen Tunnell 6 - - - - - - 2 -
Al Carapella 6 - - - - - - - - John Cannady 6 - - - - 1 - - -
Lowell Wagner 6 - - - - - - - - Jon Baker 6 - - - - - - - -
Ed Henke 5 - - - - - - - - John Amberg 6 - - - - - - 3 -
Pat O`Donahue 5 - - - - - - - - Joe Sulaitis 5 - - - - - - - -
Don Burke 4 - - - - - - - - Frank Gifford 4 - - - - - - - -
Sam Cathcart 4 - - - - - - - - Pat Knight 4 - - - 1 - 1 - -
Jerry A. Smith 4 - - - - - - - - Al Derogatis 3 - - - - 2 - - -
Charley Powell 2 - - - - - - - - Jim H. Duncan 3 1 15 - 1 1 1 - -
Rex Berry 2 - - - - - - 1 - Kelley Mote 2 - - - 1 - 1 - -
Hardy Brown 2 - - - 1 - - - - Ray Krouse 2 - - - - - - - -
Ben Aldridge 2 - - - - - - - - Don Menasco 2 - - - - - - 2 -
Jim Cason 1 - - - - - - 2 - Arnie Weinmeister 2 - - - - - - - -
Bob W. White 1 - - - - - - 1 - Ray Poole 2 - - - 1 - - - -
John Strzykalski 1 - - - - - - - - Bob Hudson 2 - - - - - - - -
Pete Wissman 1 - - - - - - - -
Totals 64 - - - 2 2 1 5 - Totals 64 2 82 1 4 4 3 9 -
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Hugh McElhenny 2 0 0 0 0 Kyle Rote 1 0 0 0 0
Leo Nomellini 0 0 1 0 0 Bill Stribling 0 0 1 0 0
Rex Berry 0 0 1 0 -2
Totals 2 0 2 0 -2 Totals 1 0 1 0 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Frankie Albert 8 348 43.5 0 2 56 Tom Landry 8 366 45.8 0 3 55
Totals 8 348 43.5 0 2 56 Totals 8 366 45.8 0 3 55
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Hugh McElhenny 4 98 24.5 0 70 1 Emlen Tunnell 5 32 6.4 2 15 0
J.R. Boone 1 4 4.0 0 4 0 Tom Landry 1 46 46.0 0 46 0
Totals 5 102 20.4 0 70 1 Totals 6 78 13.0 2 46 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Hugh McElhenny 7 171 24.4 34 0 Frank Gifford 2 56 28.0 28 0
Emlen Tunnell 2 58 29.0 32 0
Totals 7 171 24.4 34 0 Totals 4 114 28.5 32 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Gordie Soltau 1 0 0 4 3 Ray Poole 2 1 41 5 5
Totals 1 0 0 4 3 Totals 2 1 41 5 5