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1952 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's National Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (7-5)
Location: San Francisco, California
1952 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1952 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the NFL's National Division.
The 49ers chalked up 285 points, and the defensive unit allowed 221. Joe Perry carried the ball for a team-leading 725 yards for San Francisco, and Hugh McElhenny also contributed to the rushing attack.
Y.A. Tittle threw for 1,407 yards. Gordie Soltau grabbed 55 passes for 774 yards.
Lowell Wagner intercepted 6 opponent throws.
Buck Shaw coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y.A. Tittle | 208 | 106 | 51.0 | 1407 | 6.8 | 11 | 5.3 | 12 | 5.8 | 77 | 66.3 |
Frankie Albert | 129 | 71 | 55.0 | 964 | 7.5 | 8 | 6.2 | 10 | 7.8 | 60 | 67.5 |
Joe Perry | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Jim Powers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Sam Cathcart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 342 | 177 | 51.8 | 2371 | 6.9 | 19 | 5.6 | 23 | 6.7 | 77 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Perry | 158 | 725 | 4.6 | 78 | 8 |
Hugh McElhenny | 98 | 684 | 7.0 | 89 | 6 |
Joe Arenas | 44 | 183 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
Frankie Albert | 22 | 87 | 4.0 | 20 | 1 |
J.R. Boone | 24 | 72 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
Johnny Strzykalski | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
Bennie Aldridge | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
Bob White | 24 | 33 | 1.4 | 17 | 1 |
Sam Cathcart | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Norm Standlee | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
Rex Berry | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Leo Nomellini | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Bob Meyers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Y.A. Tittle | 11 | -11 | -1.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 421 | 1905 | 4.5 | 89 | 16 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordie Soltau | 55 | 774 | 14.1 | 49 | 7 |
Hugh McElhenny | 26 | 367 | 14.1 | 77 | 3 |
J.R. Boone | 25 | 461 | 18.4 | 53 | 1 |
Billy Wilson | 23 | 304 | 13.2 | 40 | 3 |
Joe Perry | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 17 | 0 |
Bob White | 12 | 173 | 14.4 | 60 | 2 |
Bill Jessup | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 58 | 1 |
Joe Arenas | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 14 | 1 |
Bennie Aldridge | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 16 | 1 |
Sam Cathcart | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 |
Ed Henke | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Lowell Wagner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Bruno Banducci | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
Totals | 177 | 2371 | 13.4 | 77 | 19 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordie Soltau | 36 | 34 | 94.4 | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 52 |
Pat O'Donahue | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 37 | 35 | 94.6 | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 53 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frankie Albert | 68 | 2899 | 42.6 | 70 |
Totals | 68 | 2899 | 42.6 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hugh McElhenny | 20 | 284 | 14.2 | 94 | 1 |
J.R. Boone | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
Joe Arenas | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
Pat O'Donahue | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 |
Sam Cathcart | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Totals | 40 | 436 | 10.9 | 94 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hugh McElhenny | 18 | 396 | 22.0 | 40 | 0 |
Joe Arenas | 11 | 291 | 26.5 | 47 | 0 |
Hardy Brown | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 |
Don Burke | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Sam Cathcart | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Leo Nomellini | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Pat O'Donahue | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 798 | 22.2 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowell Wagner | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 30 | 0 |
Sam Cathcart | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 30 | 0 |
Jim Powers | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 23 | 0 |
Rex Berry | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 |
Jim Cason | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Don Burke | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 1 |
Hardy Brown | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 252 | 14.8 | 35 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Henke | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Smith | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Perry | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
Rex Berry | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gordie Soltau | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bruno Banducci | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Toneff | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Arenas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Powers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Visco Grgich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Momsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lowell Wagner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pete Wissman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Jessup | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Billy Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bob White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
J.R. Boone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Frankie Albert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hugh McElhenny | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Leo Nomellini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Gordie Soltau | 7 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 94 | |||||||||
Hugh McElhenny | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
Joe Perry | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
Bob White | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Billy Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Pat O'Donahue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
Don Burke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
J.R. Boone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Frankie Albert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bennie Aldridge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Joe Arenas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Bill Jessup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Charley Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Bob Momsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 285 |