1953 San Francisco 49ers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (9-3)
Location: San Francisco, California

1953 San Francisco 49ers Roster
1953 San Francisco 49ers Results

The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.

On offense, San Francisco scored 372 points, best in the league. At the same time, the defensive unit conceded 237 points. Joe Perry carried the ball for a team-leading 1,018 yards for the 49ers.

Y.A. Tittle tossed for 2,121 yards. Billy Wilson topped the receiving corps, grabbing 51 passes for 840 yards. Gordie Soltau was targeted regularly, too.

Rex Berry seized 7 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	259	149	57.5	2121	8.2	20	7.7	16	6.2	71	84.1
Jim Powers	49	22	44.9	259	5.3	1	2.0	2	4.1	28	51.3
Joe Perry	1	1	100.0	14	14.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	118.8
Hugh McElhenny	3	2	66.7	13	4.3	1	33.3	0	0.0	11	115.3
Joe Arenas	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Hal Ledyard	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	11.1	0	0.0
Totals	322	174	54.0	2407	7.5	22	6.8	19	5.9	71

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Perry	192	1018	5.3	51	10
Hugh McElhenny	112	503	4.5	33	3
Joe Arenas	72	380	5.3	60	6
Billy Mixon	25	176	7.0	33	1
Pete Schabarum	18	104	5.8	23	0
Y.A. Tittle	14	41	2.9	14	6
Jim Monachino	4	10	2.5	5	0
Lowell Wagner	1	4	4.0	4	0
Hal Ledyard	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ken Bahnsen	1	1	1.0	1	0
Jim Powers	3	-10	-3.3	0	0
Totals	443	2230	5.0	60	26

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Billy Wilson	51	840	16.5	61	10
Gordie Soltau	43	620	14.4	54	6
Hugh McElhenny	30	474	15.8	71	2
Joe Perry	19	191	10.1	60	3
Joe Arenas	10	113	11.3	38	1
Pete Schabarum	10	96	9.6	31	0
Harry Babcock	7	59	8.4	13	0
Jim Monachino	2	9	4.5	9	0
Billy Mixon	1	7	7.0	7	0
Doug Hogland	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	174	2407	13.8	71	22

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Gordie Soltau	49	48	98.0	15	10	66.7	78
Joe Perry				3		0.0	0
Totals	49	48	98.0	18	10	55.6	78

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jim Powers	42	1706	40.6	55
Totals	42	1706	40.6	55

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Hugh McElhenny	15	104	6.9	25
Joe Arenas	8	93	11.6	50
Rex Berry	7	42	6.0	17
Fred Bruney	1	11	11.0	11
Pete Schabarum	2	0	0.0	0
Totals	33	250	7.6	50

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Joe Arenas	16	551	34.4	82
Hugh McElhenny	15	368	24.5	55
Pete Schabarum	2	50	25.0	27
Fred Bruney	2	46	23.0	25
Rex Berry	1	37	37.0	37
Ken Bahnsen	1	21	21.0	21
Joe Perry	2	21	10.5	11
Leo Nomellini	1	5	5.0	5
Hardy Brown	1	3	3.0	3
Harry Babcock	2	3	1.5	3
Totals	43	1105	25.7	82

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rex Berry	7	142	20.3	29	1
Lowell Wagner	6	135	22.5	32	0
Fred Bruney	5	59	11.8	23	0
Joe Arenas	2	29	14.5	17	0
John Morton	2	16	8.0	9	0
Hardy Brown	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	23	388	16.9	32	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec
Clay Matthews			0	4
Joe Arenas		0	5	3
Leo Nomellini			0	2
Art Michalik			0	2
Rex Berry		0	1	2
Y.A. Tittle			3	2
Don Burke			0	1
Hardy Brown		0	0	1
Gordie Soltau			1	1
Fred Bruney		0	0	1
Charley Powell			1	1
John Morton		0	0	1
Joe Perry			8	1
Lowell Wagner		0	0	1
Harry Babcock			0	1
Hugh McElhenny			6	1
Billy Wilson			1	1
Pete Schabarum			1	0
Jim Monachino			1	0
Totals	0	0	28	26

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Gordie Soltau	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	48	0			114
Joe Perry	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			78
Billy Wilson	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			60
Joe Arenas	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Y.A. Tittle	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Hugh McElhenny	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Rex Berry	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Billy Mixon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	26	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	48	0	0	0	372