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The Chicago Bears faced the San Francisco 49ers at Kizar Stadium for week 6 of the 1953 NFL season on Sunday, November 1st.
This game featured two of the pioneers in the passing game, George Blanda versus Y.A. Tittle.
The Bears were struggling in 1953 under George Hallis in his 34th season as head coach, GM, and owner.
They gave the starting quarterback job to George Blanda to start this season. He would go on to play in the NFL for another 23 years.
The 49ers were in their fourth year in the NFL, and they were coached by Buck Shaw, who had led the team since their existence in the All-American Football Conference in the late 1940s.
The AAFC folded in 1950 after their top two teams, the Cleveland Browns and the 49ers, joined the NFL.
San Francisco was a strong team in the All-American Football Conference, but struggled after transferring to the NFL in 1950.
But after the AAFC folded, many of their top talent entered the NFL draft, and that's when Coach Shaw jumped on the chance to acquire quarterback Y.A. Tittle.
Unfortunately, this audio recording is only a partial broadcast, but it is one of the earliest NFL games on radio that still exists.
We believe it's from the Chicago radio announcer, Bud Foster, but it's not clearly identified during this broadcast.
The recording appears to start sometime early in the first quarter, with the 49ers leading 7-0.
Fortunately, the rest of the broadcast is not necessarily cut off, but rather highly edited to only include many of the key plays.
Nevertheless, it's pretty fun to listen to an early 1950s NFL football game involving two future Hall of Fame gunslingers.
...the left side, he gets away with the tackle on the 40, heads back to the inside, he's down on the 15, and he's spun around.
He couldn't get away from the tackle of George Conn, who finally kneeled McElhaney right on the 50-yard line for a 12-yard gain.
And it's now his San Francisco with first and 10 squarely on the 50-yard line.
...spanking wide to the right now. Why Tittle with that birdcage mask to protect that shattered cheekbone.
Looking all around, now hands under center as he barks the signal.
The Bears up into an eighth-man line, and here's McElhaney over left tackle, finds a little hole, hurdles over the 45, rolls up in a heap on the 44-yard line.
...on the 44-yard line of Chicago, with a handkerchiefs all over the field.
And there is an offside penalty we feel quite sure coming up against San Francisco's 49ers, which will take the ball back to their 45-yard line of the Bears, except the penalty, and they do.
It's back to the 45 of San Francisco.
Down will go over, first down, 15 to go.
The deformation boy goes back, fires over the middle, it's caught by Solton.
He's killing his feet, stumbling around, but he's finally knocked down flat by Don Kent.
The safety man of the Chicago Bears stopping him right on the 48-yard line of the Chicago Bears.
Solton is splitting wide to the right.
Hugh McElhaney moves on the inside to flank in there.
The man covering him is Dick Hensley, a defensive ender.
Tittle barking a long count this time.
Hands it off, and Perry hits over the center, rolls over and over to the 45-yard line of the Chicago Bears, picking up almost two yards.
Whistle may have blown on about the 46.
He's still seated right on squarely on the bare 45.
Now gets to his feet.
He was tripped up in the play by Fred Williams, a tremendous large tackle who formerly came from Arkansas.
Williams has 250 to pass.
Drops back to the 46, down over the middle.
Billy Wilson's got it on the 20-yard line, and he's down on the 18-yard line.
Don Kent making it in there once again for the Chicago Bears.
So Billy Wilson gets down there.
It's why Tittle firing with all his old aplomb and their inaccuracy, hitting him right squarely between the eyes.
Ball was actually caught on about the 24-yard line.
Billy Wilson took a couple of fast drives, was hit, diving for additional yardage, and finally is nailed down on the 18-yard line of the Chicago Bears.
Mike McElhane on the outside.
Here's the handoff.
Perry goes over left tackle, but he gets nowhere.
His head sprinkle comes in from that defensive right end and gets a hold of Perry and drags him down hard right on the line of scrimmage.
You may have had a half a yard, but I don't believe you did.
Way back to fast.
Fires down there.
Billy Wilson has it not run out of his hands by Don Kent on the 5-yard line.
Billy Wilson was running latterly across that 5 toward the far sideline strip, and Don Kent reached around and slapped him just before getting into Wilson's hands.
Billy Johnson gets it back to Tittle.
He fades to pass way back to 27 down over the center to Billy Wilson.
He gets right by Don Kent, the safety man who was out there trying to guard him, and the 49ers score their second touchdown in the first nine minutes of this football game.
That was why Tittle on an 18-yard pass to Billy Wilson to make it 13-0, San Francisco leading the Chicago Bears.
Backs sold out, boots out of powers old.
It's good.
And the score of the San Francisco 49ers, 14.
The Chicago Bears, nothing.
Now it's time here for just a moment.
Let's take that time for Roy's story.
Nice to show him.
It's high, end over end, carrying right down toward the upright.
And the ball's dropped by Macon right in front of the goal post.
Holds out of it just about a yard or two behind the goal line.
So the Bears will take the ball out of the middle on 20-yard line.
Swing pass comes out to Billy Stone.
He's up over the 20.
Clips off a tackle this time by Don Berkeley.
He's pulling the ball hard on the 29-yard line of the Bears.
Good for a nine-yard gain.
Billy Flanks left.
Bill McCall split in wide to the right.
Swing pass again out to Dewey or Stone.
Up over the 30s, down the 33-yard line by Joe Arenas, who is playing the defensive right halfback spot now.
First 33, first and 10 to go.
The same formation.
McCall split wide toward the far side on the 32-yard line.
And here's Blanda handing it off.
And over the center comes Stone on a cross-bucket to the 36-yard line.
That's where he has finally stopped.
Quarter, Detroit Lions, 10.
Los Angeles Rams, nothing.
This time Blanda pack-pedals all the way to the 25.
Throws downfield and it's caught.
And stepping into the sideline on the play is Johnny Hoffman.
And let's see whether he went out of bounds or not against the sideline stripe right down here in front of us.
His foot was mighty close to it.
He did not.
And it was Don Burke and Joe Arenas finally making the tackle on the San Francisco 47-yard line.
For the Chicago Bears.
And Blanda again turns and goes back to pass.
Throws the screen past to Morrison, he's got it on the 48, runs the 50 down the 45 of San Francisco.
Tackle on the 43 and drops on about the 42-yard line.
Fades to pass again, throws again out here, caught by Stone.
He drops the ball as he's starting to run right on the 40-yard line.
Billy Stone coming out here.
That ball evidently a little slippery.
Just found it right off his hands and fell incomplete.
Down over the ball, former college player.
The Bears into a tight balance line this time.
No spread.
The handoff goes this time to Morrison.
He tries to bang his way over the center of that line.
And he's down to about the 37-yard line.
Blanda fading to pass, throws the swing again out there and it's dropped.
It's a little bit short this time to Billy Stone.
Not his fault.
As Blanda backpedaling fast, was trying to get out of the grasp of Charlie Paul.
The defensive right end.
And I believe there's going to be a penalty coming up against the Chicago Bears.
That's the way the headlinesman is pointing at it by him.
Let's see the 49ers will accept or refuse the penalty.
Backfield in motion penalty it is.
And refused by San Francisco.
The ball remains on the 49 or 37-yard line.
Right off the right, Dooley flanking toward the left again.
San Francisco into a six-man line.
Blanda fading to pass way, way back he goes.
Throws a long downfield pass and it is caught.
And the receivers throw in the bounds on the 18-yard line.
This time catching that ball over to Jimmy Dooley who was down and out to the sidelines that time.
And Jordan is the halfback throwing him out of bounds on San Francisco's 17-yard line.
Again, Dooley flanks just outside the offensive left end.
Bill Whiteken, Blanda taking the air again, fades the pass.
Looks for McCall way down the corner and it is broken up incomplete in the end zone.
Breaking that one up was Hardy Brown and also Rex Berry.
McCall slipped way wide this time and Blanda again is going to take to the air.
Fades, throws a swing pass to Morris.
He's got on the 22, down on the 20, down the 15, down the 10.
Hit hard and throw in the 10-yard of San Francisco.
Short of a first down by maybe three yards.
And off goes this time with a reverse play and Johnny Hoffman carries down almost for a first down to about the 18-yard line of San Francisco.
Going to be very close to the first down.
The tackler, big Charlie Powell and also Joe Manley.
And at the bottom of the pile, the safety man, Fred Bruni, came charging in there fast.
Let's see if a first down has been made.
That was a big play, third down and it was three to go.
Now the chain gang boys are coming on in to make the measurement.
Looks to be a little bit short in here right now.
We can peer through the officials legs to see the lead pole.
It is short by about a half a yard.
So it's fourth down and we'll call it one yard to go on the San Francisco eight-yard line.
Three backs of rest and a close tee.
Hand off, smash in there this time and let's see if he made it or not.
Carrying on that last play with a full back, Johnny Dutley.
Tried right at the center of the line and boy it is going to be close.
Let's see the 49ers, Karapela, Mahalik, Domalini have been able to hold him out in there.
Boy they're uncovering an awful squirming pile of football players who are trying to get loose in that pile.
That was Dutley the full back on a straight away smash in the line.
It's going to be mighty close.
Again, now the chain gang comes out of the field.
Here's the measurement being made.
Big George Connor the captain of the Bears looking it over.
And it's first down for the Chicago Bears on the San Francisco seven-yard line and they just made it by inches.
The turn this time to hand off, Morrison it's right tackled him, down he goes.
Hardy Brown came in there and felt that he had parted.
Hardy Brown and Rex Berry, Curly Morrison trying to hurtle over his own right tackle spot.
Was really chilled on that last one.
Man oh man he shook his head a little bit as he ran back toward that huddle.
He stowed his feet out of a tight tee.
Here's the double fake, playing the back, shoots it past the end zone.
It's cut for a touchdown and grabbing it's Phil McCall formerly of Stanford.
Phil McCall for a touchdown for the Chicago Bears and the score is now 14 to 6 in favor of San Francisco here in the first quarter.
Just 25 seconds of playing time remaining in the first period.
So George Bland on those little short passes here and one especially long one caught by Jimmy DeLeo's engineers, the George Hallis crew.
Right straight down the field after San Francisco went into a 14 to nothing lead.
Place down Brandon Boots and that one is through them and the score is now the San Francisco 40 enters 14 the Chicago Bears 7.
It's a wobbling kick off the side of the toe bouncing down taken by Macklin in the 3s back to the 5 to 10.
Running up the middle of the 15, puts on a burst of speed in the 20, hit with a helmet tackle in the 30 and brought down Squirrelly on the 30 yard line.
And sounding the end of the first quarter here at San Francisco's Kizar Stadium and with the gun ending the first quarter of play the score on the Pergemeister scoreboard.
The San Francisco 40 enters 14 the Chicago Bears 7.
Way down with short passes to get on the scoreboard.
Y.A. Tittle at quarter now, Franks Macklinney toward the left.
40 enters moving from our right to our left offensively.
They're into a balanced line but a flanking back to the left. Tittle is on back to pass.
Little protection throws downfield and it's in and it's bounced around.
It's caught by Kint. He's on the 43 of San Francisco, the 40 to 35 down the far side.
30 and he's run out of bounds on the San Francisco 22 or 23 yard line.
That ball bounded off the hands of Livingston and finally into the hands of Kint who returned it all the way down to San Francisco.
25 yard line is where they say he stepped out of bounds.
So the Bears on that frantic pass that time with Y.A. Tittle being rushed had the ball bound around at the end and Kint grabbed it on out of bounds.
It's the end and spreads the back wide to the right. He fades to pass.
He throws downfield and it's completed. Taken right down on the field by Johnny Hoffman.
He's knocked down on the 25 yard line after a 5 yard gain.
Fading to pass throws a little swing pass caught out there by Billy Stoney who's on the 20.
Comes to a stop, cuts in over the 15 all the way down to about the 10 yard line before he's dropped.
An official running over the pile had his feet go off from under him and the soggy going.
And he slipped down there at about the 11 yard line.
It was Fred Bruni up there making the tackle on the play.
He said it was over the ball. The Bears go into a balanced line.
But this time they're splitting McCall wide to the right.
Land again, turns hands the ball off to the second man.
Stone's coming wide around right end of the 15 down the 10.
He's down to the 5. He's in the end zone. It's 14 to 13.
Billy Stone scores on a reverse play from the tee around right end.
Circling over this side of the field and he went right into the end zone.
He was not tackled and it's now 14 to 13.
40-yarders leading in the early moments of this second quarter.
It's the tying point and it's now on the Bergmeister scoreboard all tied up.
The Chicago Bears 14. The San Francisco 49ers 14.
Booting it off, it's a low bounding kick coming toward this side of the field.
Bounces around the 10 yard line and rolls into the end zone.
McElhaney has it bound on by him. Goes completely over the end zone.
And it'll be 49ers bowling their own 20 yard line, first down and 10 yards to go.
This is a spanking wide to the right.
The Bears are up now into a 7 man line with an umbrella form.
Back into a 6-1-4 defense. Tittle pitches out. Perry's going around right end.
St. Clair gives him a little block but closing in on top of the pile to nail him down is Dick Hensley defensive left end.
He moved up to about the 20 yard line, maybe the 21 and that'll be all.
Now the split end. Blanking back toward the left.
Here's the handoff. Over the center goes Perry.
Hurdles down to about the 25 yard line, getting about 4 yards.
That was a fake pitch out to Hugh McElhaney who's cutting over from the right halfback.
Handoff went to the fullbacks, bearing straight ahead down the center of the line.
Went to about the 25 yard line. We'll call it third now.
And it'll be 5 yards to go.
Inside is Arenas. The rest of the line balanced up.
Two backs in behind. Y.A. Tittle turns pitches out quickly.
McElhaney's around right end, the 25 at the 30.
He's a 35. He's all the way to 40.
He's struggling for additional yard. He's toward the sideline.
And he's held standing up straight on the San Francisco 44 yard line of the far center of the field.
And he was caught up with by the Chicago Bears.
S.J. Whitman, their defensive left halfback.
Anderson comes over from the right halfback to cover him.
Tittle's fading back to pass. Goes back down the middle of pocket.
Throws and the ball partially deflected. His arm was hit.
And Tittle was knocked down on the play. His bearing through was Wayne Hanson, the middle guard of the Chicago Bears.
His arm was bent just a little bit in there as he threw that ball.
And he's the left hand to arenas over right tackle. He finds a little tiny hole.
And that's all he's able to go. A little bit of yardage.
About two yards. Moving into the 46 yard line.
It's a balanced line. Kind of loosely spaced.
Tittle's fading way back to pass. Looking for that blocking hole.
He's on the ball. Runs the right.
Throws a long moving pass downfield for Wilson.
And it's intercepted.
Taken by Whitman way back in his own 18. He's back in his bear 20 at the 25.
He's took 12 a tackle in the 30. Back to 35.
Towards the side of the field. Up the middle of 40.
To the 45. To the bear 48.
Before he's dragged down by St. Clair.
Flanking to the left. Land under center.
Quarterback turns. Hands on a trap.
Morrison heads to the outside.
And Nomalini grabs him and throws him on the 44.
Leo Nomalini who was weighing in there.
Just like a great big grizzly bear for that play to come at him.
Morrison came through there.
Attempted trap. Headed to the outside.
And boom. Nomalini came through there and grabbed a hold of him.
All splits off the right end by three yards.
Flanking left. Duly again.
Flan the face to pass.
Backs all the way up to the bear 37.
Goes out there and it's caught.
Taken by Duly.
He's thrown by Jorvinas on San Francisco's 44 yard line.
He's short of a first down by about two possibly three yards.
For the Bears once more.
As Blanders leads them up in all kinds of formations.
Hands the ball.
The second man's stone is over for a first down.
The 40. To the 39.
He's caught and held standing up and finally wrestled down.
Attempts the 39. Back to the 50.
Throws along one great way downfield.
And it's incomplete on the two yard line of San Francisco.
Jorvinas was struggling along there to get a hold of that ball.
It was way overthrown intended for Bill McCall or Jim Duly rather.
And it takes it under center and fades again to take to the air.
Throws the screen out there and it's caught by Hoffman.
He's hit by Burke and he's thrown for about a three yard loss on the 42 or 43 yard line.
Back he throws and it's caught and out of bounds on the 33 yard line.
Again it was Jimmy Duly catching over there on the San Francisco 33.
And driven out of bounds right at that point.
That's where it's placed in.
It's going to be short of a first down.
It'll be fourth and about three yards to go.
Donald holding right on the 40.
There it's snapped.
Placed down. There's the boot by Blander.
It looks pretty good. It's no good.
Missed the upright off to this right hand side.
The score remains on the Burgermeister scoreboard.
The 49ers 14.
Chicago Bears 14.
On the left against this near sideline strike.
YA turns. Fires out.
McElhaney grabs it on the 20 yard line.
Bouncing around on his feet.
Still on his feet.
Struggling and it gets him to the 24 yard line.
And the Bears overpower him at that point.
Kent was in there.
Sprinkle was in there.
Fullback.
Arena's the left half back.
Tittle way behind that center.
Turns or parries down over the middle.
Struggling up to about the 29 yard line before he's nailed down by George Conham.
And by Dick Hensley.
And on the outside he's way back there.
Tackles.
Slips off.
Up with the 30 for first time.
The 35 and out of bounds.
San Francisco's 36.
Arenas who was nailed in there.
Definitely.
So it would seem.
And we'll get that would be tackled.
The Chicago Bears who couldn't hang on.
It was S.J. Whitman, the defensive left half back.
Still have an eight man lineup there.
If you're looking at that way.
Tittle fires out.
It's caught by McElhaney.
Zigzags one way and then the other.
Head down.
Bucks up to about the 39 yard line.
There he was stopped by Dick Hensley and by S.J. Whitman again.
Gives it off to second man Shevarum.
Over the center line.
The 40, the 45, the 46.
Before Shevarum on the quick opener is finally brought down by Hensley again.
And also by Johnny Hilwig.
The middle guard of the Chicago Bears.
He's way in close up into that eight man line for the Bears.
Tittle fakes.
Holds our way back.
Long time.
Throws downfield for Stilthall.
And he's got it.
He's got it.
25 yard run for the Bears.
Into his hands.
Tried to pull it into his chest.
And it slithered right through.
And fell on the 20 yard line.
The second and 10 fades to pass once more.
A little bit of protection.
Finds a hole.
Runs right down the middle.
The 45, the 50.
Pickens Tittle to the Bear.
45.
Circles one tackle and he's right down the 42 yard line.
Why?
Tittle was time running right straight down the center.
And there's a dog on the field.
And it was running a little interference for him.
And now it's the backfield judge who is turning, picking up this little fuzzy dog and taking
him off.
There's Tittle.
Had a lot of company coming downfield with the Bear 41 yard line.
14 to 14 all-tide football game.
Tittle again flanks Shabaram to the left.
Hands off, parries over right guard.
He's going his feet to the 35 yard line.
Shabaram goes over guard on a cross buck and he scrambles down about the 32 yard line.
And I believe that's going to be good enough for a first down.
They may have to call it the chain game to make a measurement.
Pete Shabaram falling backwards right into that 30 yard line.
Right tackle all the way down to the 25 yard line before he's finally nailed.
A quick opening play to the right halfback.
And a beautiful hole opened up by Bob St. Claren.
Set McElhaney to a first down on the Bear.
25 yard line.
Tittle spreads so tall off that left end.
Barks out the signals.
Turns, fakes to Shabaram.
Goes on back.
Pete gives him a block.
He throws out the flat.
McElhaney kicks on the 20.
Touchback on the inside.
Back on the 20 to the 15.
Tackle on the 15.
Drop down on the 12 yard line of Chicago.
And Tittle turns and fades the pass.
Goes back to the Bear 20.
Throws.
McElhaney's got another seven.
He's hit immediately on the seven yard line.
And that's where he's brought down.
Flanks out.
Here's to McElhaney.
McElhaney right straight down the middle of the five.
He goes into the end zone for a touchdown.
Here's McElhaney, wigwagging.
Flings his way right through there.
Goes in for a touchdown in the 49ers lead 20 to 14.
Stretch gets it.
Places it.
Looted by Soltar.
Good.
The score now.
The 49ers 21.
The Chicago Bears 14.
By Soltar it's a bad one.
Bounces down the 20.
Rolls around.
Bounces off Connor.
Pick up by Anderson on the 10 of the Bears.
He's back to 15.
He misses one tackle.
Wigwags his way to the 25 and brought down the 26 yard line.
He's planned to throw the long one downfield over the 20 yard line.
He's planned to throw the long one downfield over the head this time of the big boy Jimmy
Dooley.
Half back wide to left.
Looks out the right.
Runs way back to his own 17.
Throws a tremendous long pass.
Way, way downfield and Barry intercepts back on the 49er 29.
He's back to 25.
The 30 up the middle of 35.
For the outside in the 40 to 45 to the 15 to the Bear 47 yard line.
He's finally held standing up as the Bear knocks the ball out of his hands.
Rex Berry way back intercepted on the 29 yard line.
He brought that ball back a distance of about 24 yards altogether.
Good line about 15 yards into this near side of the field.
Why Tittle turns to fade to pass.
Goes way back.
Now being rushed he fires one out here.
It's caught by Sol Tony.
Runs out of bounds on about the 38 yard line of Chicago.
Times this afternoon.
Hugh McElhaney flanks on the inside.
Tittle parking signals.
Turns.
He's taken to the other end.
He fades back.
Good blocking by Perry.
Throws a long one way downfield and it is bumped around and incomplete to Hugh McElhaney
as Whitman hits his hands on it.
McElhaney his hands on it.
And it looks like Hugh was going to get it on the second bounce down in there for just
a moment.
But he couldn't hold on.
Inside.
Tittle again barks the signals.
Fades to pass.
Being rushed way back.
Throws a screen.
This time caught by Perry.
He's running down the middle of the 40.
On the outside of the 35 to the Bear.
One blockers.
What a beautiful block by Sol Tony.
He's on the 25 to the 15.
He's down to the 13 yard line of Chicago.
A beautiful block by Sol Tony.
That play with his handkerchief.
Right in there where Sol Tony put on that block.
He's got it.
And it was caught by Sol Tony, that play with his handkerchief right in there where Sol
Tony put on that block.
Point of the foam.
That block was laid on about the 23.
And that moves it all the way up now to about the 38 yard line.
They're placing it on the 39 yard line of the Chicago Bears.
On the play Tittle fades to pass.
Goes down field.
And it's caught right off the turn.
This time by Sol Tony, runs on the bounds on the Bear 33.
But there's a handkerchief on the play.
Ten yards to go from that 33 yard line.
again takes a snap from Billy Johnson fades way back sprinkle rushing and
Tittle ducks the ball's Fulmer recovered by the Bears in the 42 yard line and
and sprinkle went in there high with that arm right around Tittle's head and
almost Torrey's helmet off and the ball was recovered as it was bounced out of
Tittle's hands by Bill Bishop the tackle. Flanders back to pass looking left he
throws downfield left and it's caught by Duleed runs over his pushed out of bounds
on about the 50 yard line right in front of the 40 on the bench in the parts out
of the field. Fades to pass again looks downfield gonna let loose a long one
let's go all the way downfield it's incomplete and the pass was intended on
the play for Johnny Hoffman. It's Hoffman either a full back or an end on that
play but he's up there on the end sometimes and sometimes he's in the
backfield running. Let's keep an eye on him all the time. He's a big boy.
The clock stopped with about four seconds of play here in the first half
balls placed on San Francisco's 44 yard line. Offside against San Francisco has
been called and it'll now be down coming up. Goal by George Flander Tommy O'Connell
holding and be booted from 51 yards away. It's placed it's booted there it goes
way down but it is way wide too and it's no good. So the ball goes over the San
Francisco end zone completely out of it. Flanders tried two field goals today one
a 40 yarder this one would have been a 51 yarder had it been good. The ball
comes back to San Francisco on its own 20 yard line and the clock has indicated
that time has run out. So let's see if that gun sounded or misfired here in the
damp weather and there's a possibility of that too. San Francisco is moving out
its offensive team there may be just a second or two left to play. The clock is
stopped with about one second now they moved it back with one second left to go
here in this first half. 21-14 40-owners leading on the Berge scoreboard. San
Francisco huddling back on its own five yard line. They've driven in there pretty
deep at one time but a 15 yard offensive holding and penalty had placed them back
on the bear 39 yard line and Tittle right by sprinkle dropped the ball and
his bubble was recovered by Bill Bishop of the Bears. San Francisco lines it up
now in the 20 yard line. Wilton split in wide to the right. Arena's flanking on
the inside. Tittle sets his line hands are still in his hips. Clock hasn't
started as yet. Waiting for the snap from center you'll have time for this play
that's definite there he's got it he's fading to pass. Tittle goes way back to
his 10 he throws and it's incomplete up on the 29 as the gun sounds. Bears are
yelling about why Tittle intentionally grounding that ball. Tittle was knocked
down by sprinkle and also by Hanson on that play again and so the first half of
this game at Keysar Stadium in San Francisco has come to an end and after
30 minutes of real offensive football this afternoon under very leaden skies
here in the Bay Area. It's the San Francisco 49ers 21 the Chicago Bears 14
at halftime. With a score on the Bergemeister scoreboard at the end of
three quarters the San Francisco 49ers 21 the Chicago Bears 14.
Gentlemen it is all over. We get the final gun and the 49ers for the first time since joining the
National Football League in 1915 have beaten the George Hallis coach Chicago
Bears here at San Francisco's Keysar Stadium they have beaten them before
twice in Chicago but never here at Keysar Stadium so today they realize
another ambition as they beat the Hallis coach Bears by a final score of 24 to 14
and the 49ers seasonal record will now be four victories two losses the Los
Angeles Rams defeated the Detroit Lions giving the Lions their second loss of
the year their final score was 37 to 24 today at the Coliseum in Los Angeles so
the Rams lead the Western Conference with five victories one loss the Detroit
Lions and the 49ers are tied for second spot with four victories and two defeats
now the 49ers can gear themselves up and take the LA Rams for the second time
this year remember they beat them in that excruciatingly throwback game back
on about October the 4th here in the same stadium 31 to 30 well soon it'll be
a three-way tie again how long about this time next Sunday afternoon but
that's a long way in the future seven days and about two and one half hours of
football to be exact