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1953 San Francisco 49ers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-3-0, 2nd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Buck Shaw (9-3-0)

Points For: 372 (31.0/g) 1st of 12

Points Against: 237 (19.8/g) 6th of 12

Expected W-L: 8.9-3.1

SRS: 10.71 (2nd of 12), SOS: -0.54

Other Notable Asst.: Phil Bengtson (Defensive Assistant)

Stadium: Kezar Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Tony Morabito

General Manager: Louis Spadia

Training Camp: Menlo College (Atherton, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	372	4398	765	5.7	38	19	243	174	322	2168	22	19	6.7	99	443	2230	26	5.0	128	90	772	16
Opp. Stats	237	3425	754	4.5	40	17	206	173	356	1877	17	23	5.3	95	398	1548	12	3.9	99	71	615	12
Lg Rank Offense	1	3			3	8	2		8	5	2	3	5		1	1	1	2
Lg Rank Defense	6	3			8	4	7		6	2	7	9	5		6	4	6	5

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 27		boxscore	W		1-0		Philadelphia Eagles	31	21	20	383	122	261	4	21	310	171	139	4
2	Sun	October 4		boxscore	W		2-0		Los Angeles Rams	31	30	21	296	190	106	3	21	387	272	115	2
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	L		2-1	@	Detroit Lions	21	24	11	135	59	76	5	14	291	174	117	4
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	W		3-1	@	Chicago Bears	35	28	20	379	128	251	3	17	265	191	74	4
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	L		3-2		Detroit Lions	10	14	25	351	124	227	2	13	239	118	121
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	W		4-2		Chicago Bears	24	14	29	495	278	217	4	19	273	244	29	2
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	W		5-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	31	27	17	414	301	113	4	18	333	52	281	3
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	L		5-3	@	Cleveland Browns	21	23	18	336	202	134	3	22	457	280	177	2
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	W		6-3	@	Green Bay Packers	37	7	20	353	63	290	1	14	218	34	184	6
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	W		7-3	@	Baltimore Colts	38	21	16	368	180	188	3	18	234	74	160	4
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	W		8-3		Green Bay Packers	48	14	15	291	176	115	2	17	282	188	94	6
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	W		9-3		Baltimore Colts	45	14	31	597	345	252	4	12	136	79	57	3

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Y.A. Tittle	27	QB	11	10	8-2-0	149	259	57.5	2121	20	7.7	16	6.2	71	8.2	6.95	14.2	192.8	84.1	221	2	2	PB
2	Jim Powers	25	QB	12	2	1-1-0	22	49	44.9	259	1	2.0	2	4.1	28	5.3	3.86	11.8	21.6	51.3	18	0	1
3	Joe Perry	26	FB	12	12		1	1	100.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	14.0	14.00	14.0	1.2	118.7		0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Hugh McElhenny	24	RH	12	12		2	3	66.7	13	1	33.3	0	0.0	11	4.3	11.00	6.5	1.1	115.3		0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Joe Arenas	28	LH	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6		0	0
6	Hal Ledyard	22	QB	10	0		0	9	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	11.1		0.0	-5.00		0.0	0.0		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	9-3-0	174	322	54.0	2168	22	6.8	19	5.9	71	7.5	5.44	13.8	180.7	76.4	239	2	3

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Joe Perry	26	FB	12	12	192	1018	10	51	5.3	84.8	16.0	19	191	10.1	3	60	1.6	15.9	211	5.7	1209	13	8	PB,AP-1
2	Hugh McElhenny	24	RH	12	12	112	503	3	33	4.5	41.9	9.3	30	474	15.8	2	71	2.5	39.5	142	6.9	977	5	6	PB,AP-1
3	Billy Wilson	26	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	51	840	16.5	10	61	4.3	70.0	51	16.5	840	10	1
4	Gordie Soltau	28	LE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	43	620	14.4	6	54	3.6	51.7	43	14.4	620	6	1	PB
5	Joe Arenas	28	LH	12	12	72	380	6	60	5.3	31.7	6.0	10	113	11.3	1	38	0.8	9.4	82	6.0	493	7	5
6	Pete Schabarum	24	HB	10	0	18	104	0	23	5.8	10.4	1.8	10	96	9.6	0	31	1.0	9.6	28	7.1	200	0	1
7	Billy Mixon	24	HB	12	5	25	176	1	33	7.0	14.7	2.1	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	0.6	26	7.0	183	1	0
8	Harry Babcock	23	E	10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	59	8.4	0	13	0.7	5.9	7	8.4	59	0	0
9	Y.A. Tittle	27	QB	11	10	14	41	6	14	2.9	3.7	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	2.9	41	6	3	PB
10	Jim Monachino	24	FB	5	0	4	10	0	5	2.5	2.0	0.8	2	9	4.5	0	9	0.4	1.8	6	3.2	19	0	1
11	Lowell Wagner	30	RDH	10	10	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
12	Hal Ledyard	22	QB	10	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
13	Ken Bahnsen	23	FB	7	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	0	0
14	Doug Hogland	22	LT	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	0.1	-0.2	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
15	Jim Powers	25	QB	12	2	3	-10	0		-3.3	-0.8	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-3.3	-10	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	443	2230	26	60	5.0	185.8	36.9	174	2407	13.8	22	71	14.5	200.6	617	7.5	4637	48	28

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Joe Arenas	28	LH	12	12	2	29	0	17	5	3	0	0	0.0	0
2	Rex Berry	29	LDH	12	12	7	142	1	29	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Hardy Brown	29	MLB	12	12	1	7	0	7	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Hugh McElhenny	24	RH	12	12	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Art Michalik	23	MG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Leo Nomellini	29	RDT/LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
7	Joe Perry	26	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
8	Gordie Soltau	28	LE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Billy Wilson	26	RE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Fred Bruney	22	S	12	10	5	59	0	23	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Don Burke	27	LLB	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Charley Powell	21	LDE	12	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Y.A. Tittle	27	QB	11	10	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
14	Lowell Wagner	30	RDH	10	10	6	135	0	32	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Clay Matthews	25	DE	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	0
16	John Morton	24	LB	10	1	2	16	0	9	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Harry Babcock	23	E	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Jim Monachino	24	FB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Pete Schabarum	24	HB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	23	0	1		28	9	0	0	0	0

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