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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers - December 22nd, 1957
Detroit Lions 31 at San Francisco 49ers 27
Sunday, December 22, 1957
Detroit Lions 31, San Francisco 49ers 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (9-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 31 |
| San Francisco 49ers (8-5-0) | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
Scoring
| DET | SFO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SFO | R.C. Owens 34 yard pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordie Soltau kick) | 0 | 7 |
| SFO | Hugh McElhenny 47 yard pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordie Soltau kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | DET | Steve Junker 4 yard pass from Tobin Rote (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 14 |
| SFO | Billy Wilson 12 yard pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordie Soltau kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| SFO | Gordie Soltau 25 yard field goal | 7 | 24 | |
| 3rd | SFO | Gordie Soltau 10 yard field goal | 7 | 27 |
| DET | Tom Tracy 1 yard rush (Jim Martin kick) | 14 | 27 | |
| DET | Tom Tracy 58 yard rush (Jim Martin kick) | 21 | 27 | |
| 4th | DET | Gene Gedman 2 yard rush (Jim Martin kick) | 28 | 27 |
| DET | Jim Martin 13 yard field goal | 31 | 27 |
Team Stats
| DET | SFO | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-129-3 | 33-127-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-30-214-1-1 | 18-31-248-3-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-19 | 2-24 |
| Net pass yards | 195 | 224 |
| Total yards | 324 | 351 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 6-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-61 | 6-70 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tobin Rote | DET | 16 | 30 | 214 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Tom Tracy | DET | 11 | 86 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Steve Junker | DET | 8 | 92 | 1 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Jim Doran | DET | 2 | 51 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Howard Cassady | DET | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Dave Middleton | DET | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| John Henry Johnson | DET | 5 | 20 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Gene Gedman | DET | 6 | 13 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Hugh McElhenny | SFO | 14 | 82 | 0 | 71 | 6 | 96 | 1 | 47 | ||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | SFO | 18 | 31 | 248 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 3 | -12 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Billy Wilson | SFO | 9 | 107 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Joe Perry | SFO | 13 | 52 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| R.C. Owens | SFO | 1 | 34 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Clyde Conner | SFO | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Gene Babb | SFO | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | SFO | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Terry Barr | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Carl Karilivacz | DET | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Yale Lary | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob W. Long | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gil Mains | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Darris McCord | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Schmidt | DET | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Zatkoff | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Joe Arenas | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Ed Henke | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dicky Moegle | SFO | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Perry | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| J.D. Smith | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Stits | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Detroit Lions Starting Lineup
| Tobin Rote | QB |
| John Henry Johnson | FB |
| Howard Cassady | LH |
| Dave Middleton | RH |
| Jim Doran | LE |
| Lou Creekmur | LT |
| Harley Sewell | LG |
| Frank Gatski | C |
| Stan Campbell | RG |
| Charlie Ane | RT |
| Steve Junker | RE |
| Darris McCord | LDE |
| Ray Krouse | LDT |
| Gil Mains | RDT |
| Gene Cronin | RDE |
| Bob W. Long | LLB |
| Joe Schmidt | MLB |
| Roger Zatkoff | RLB |
| Carl Karilivacz | DB |
| Yale Lary | DB |
| Jack Christiansen | DB |
| Jim David | DB |
San Francisco 49ers Starting Lineup
| Y.A. Tittle | QB |
| Joe Perry | FB |
| Hugh McElhenny | LH |
| R.C. Owens | RH |
| Clyde Conner | LE |
| Bobby Cross | LT |
| Bruce Bosley | LG |
| Frank Morze | C |
| Lou Palatella | RG |
| Bob St. Clair | RT |
| Billy Wilson | RE |
| Ed Henke | LDE |
| Leo Nomellini | LDT |
| Bill Herchman | RDT |
| Bob Toneff | RDE |
| Matt Hazeltine | LLB |
| Marv Matuszak | MLB |
| Karl Rubke | RLB |
| Val Joe Walker | DB |
| J.D. Smith | DB |
| Bill Stits | DB |
| Dicky Moegle | DB |