1949 NFL Quarterfinal-San Francisco 49ers-20, Chicago Bears-3

December 17, 1949

Weather-52 degrees, 8 mph S

The San Francisco defense throttled Chicago all evening as the Niners reached the semifinals with a 20-3 victory. Niners QB Frankie Albert was efficient, completing 12 of 19 for 200 yards through the air, including a 15-yard TD pass to Paul Salata to give the 49ers an early 7-0 lead. Chicago struggled to get anything going offensively, managing just 63 yards on the ground for the game, and only 57 yards of offense after halftime.

Chicago only trailed 10-3 entering the fourth quarter, but Len Eshmont intercepted Johnny Lujack to give the Niners prime field position, which they quickly converted into a two-touchdown lead.

Chicago Bears..........(9-4)-0-0-3-0-3
San Francisco 49ers.(10-3)-7-3-0-10-20

SF-Salata 15 pass from Albert (Vetrano Kick)
SF-Vetrano 25 FG
Chi-Lujack 36 FG
SF-Lilywhite 4 run (Vetrano Kick)
SF-Vetrano 21 FG

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Chi-Gulyanics-10-53-0 (112-505-5), Rykovich-9-9-0 (97-349-6), Hoffman-6-1-0 (59-217-1)
SF-Perry-17-63-0 (132-846-8), Strzykalski-15-31-0 (81-318-3), Lilywhite-5-22-1 (74-285-3), Cathcart-10-18-0 (79-430-1), Albert-2-6-0 (37-255-3), Beals-1-1-0 (5-33-0)

Passing
Chi-Lujack-25-11-146-0-1 (337-173-2,804-23-23)
SF-Albert-19-12-200-1-0 (279-141-2,062-28-16)

Receiving
Chi-Keane-5-55-0 (52-751-6), Kavanaugh-3-31-0 (32-686-9), Sprinkle-1-42-0 (5-111-0), Hoffman-1-13-0 (26-386-2), Rykovich-1-5-0 (17-215-2)
SF-Beals-5-78-0 (49-756-12), Salata-3-77-1 (27-366-5), Strzykalski-2-34-0 (8-133-1), Perry-1-9-0 (12-155-3), Cathcart-1-2-0 (13-184-0)