1952 Detroit Lions (NFL) - The Pro Football Archives

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Mon	8/18/1952	N	Chicago Cardinals	28-13	W	Amarillo, TX	Sandstrom Stadium	10500
Sat	8/23/1952	N	Philadelphia Eagles	7-3	W	Little Rock, AR	War Memorial Stadium	24000
Tue	9/2/1952	H	New York Giants	33-17	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	36853
Sat	9/6/1952	N	Cleveland Browns	28-21	W	Syracuse, NY	Archbold Stadium	26000
Fri	9/12/1952	A	Dallas Texans	21-14	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	32000
Sat	9/20/1952	N	Washington Redskins	45-7	W	Norman, OK	University of Oklahoma Stadium	40000
Sun	9/28/1952	A	San Francisco 49ers	3-17	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	54761
Fri	10/3/1952	A	Los Angeles Rams	17-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	42743
Sun	10/12/1952	H	San Francisco 49ers	0-28	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	48842
Sun	10/19/1952	H	Los Angeles Rams	24-16	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	40152
Sun	10/26/1952	A	Green Bay Packers	52-17	W	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	24656
Sun	11/2/1952	H	Cleveland Browns	17-6	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	56028
Sun	11/9/1952	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	31-6	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	26170
Sun	11/16/1952	H	Dallas Texans	43-13	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	33304
Sun	11/23/1952	A	Chicago Bears	23-24	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	37508
Thu	11/27/1952	H	Green Bay Packers	48-24	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	39101
Sun	12/7/1952	H	Chicago Bears	45-21	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	50410
Sat	12/13/1952	H	Dallas Texans	41-6	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	12452
Sun	12/21/1952	H	Los Angeles Rams	31-21	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	47645	Natonal Conference Playoff
Sun	12/28/1952	A	Cleveland Browns	17-7	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	50934	League Championship

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
45	By Bailey	ROH	5-10	192	22	Washington State	8	1
51	Vince Banonis	C	6-1	230	31	Detroit Mercy	12	12
65	Les Bingaman	MG	6-3	272	26	Illinois	12	12
80	Cloyce Box	LOE	6-4	220	29	West Texas A&M	12	8
66	Stan Campbell	LOG	6-0	226	22	Iowa State	3	0
24	Jack Christiansen	ROH-DB	6-1	190	24	Colorado State	11	1
70	Gus Cifelli	ROT	6-4	244	26	Notre Dame	12	12
33	Ollie Cline	FB	6-0	200	27	Ohio State	8	0
76	Lou Creekmur	LOT	6-4	246	25	William & Mary	12	12
39	Pete D'Alonzo	FB	5-10	210	23	Villanova	4	0
25	Jimmy David	LDH	5-10	178	25	Colorado State	12	12
44	Don Doll	S	5-10	185	26	Southern California	12	12
83	Jim Doran	LDE-ROE	6-2	201	25	Iowa State	11	11
19	Tom Dublinski	QB	6-2	197	22	Utah	5	0
86	Blaine Earon	RDE	6-1	195	25	Duke	12	12
60	Dick Flanagan	LLB	6-0	216	26	Ohio State	12	12
50	Keith Flowers	RLB-LLB	6-0	211	22	Texas Christian	3	0
85	Sonny Gandee	LDE-RDE	6-0	216	23	Ohio State	8	0
23	Jug Girard	LOH	5-11	176	25	Wisconsin	11	9
34	Pat Harder	FB-K	5-11	203	30	Wisconsin	11	10
1	Jim Hardy	QB-K	6-0	180	29	Southern California	9	0
80	Leon Hart	ROE	6-5	257	24	Notre Dame	11	11
48	Jimmy Hill	DB	6-0	188	23	Tennessee	11	0
14	Bob Hoernschemeyer	ROH-FB	5-11	194	27	Indiana; Navy	10	10
28	Yale Lary	RDH-P	6-0	187	22	Texas A&M	12	12
22	Bobby Layne	QB-K	6-1	201	26	Texas	12	12
62	Jim Martin	LOG	6-2	227	28	Notre Dame	12	12
73	Thurman McGraw	LDT	6-5	235	25	Colorado State	12	11
74	Bob Miller	LDT-LOT	6-3	242	23	Virginia	11	1
42	Lindy Pearson	ROH	6-0	198	23	Oklahoma	3	2
75	John Prchlik	RDT	6-4	234	27	Yale	12	12
20	Clyde Scott	LOH	6-0	174	28	Navy; Arkansas	5	0
40	Bob Smith	RLB-ROH-P	6-1	198	27	Tulsa; Iowa	12	12
63	Dick Stanfel	ROG	6-3	236	25	San Francisco CC; San Francisco	12	12
84	Pat Summerall	LDE	6-4	228	22	Arkansas	2	0
81	Bill Swiacki	LOE-ROE	6-2	195	30	Holy Cross; Columbia	11	5
53	LaVern Torgeson	MLB	6-0	215	23	Washington State	12	12
37	Doak Walker	LOH-K	5-11	173	25	Southern Methodist	9	3

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College
Yale Lary	3	34	B	Texas A&M
Pat Summerall	4	45	E	Arkansas
Bob Miller	5	58	T	Virginia
Gordon Cooper	6	69	E	Denver
Wes Gardner	7	82	C	Utah
Tom Dublinski	8	93	B	Utah
Sonny Gandee	9	106	E	Ohio State
Steve Dowden	10	117	T	Baylor
Keith Flowers	11	130	C	Texas Christian
Jimmy Roshto	12	141	B	Louisiana State
Carroll McDonald	13	154	C	Florida
Ray Oliverson	14	165	B	Brigham Young
John Burgamy	15	178	G	Georgia
Hank Lauricella	17	202	B	Tennessee
Stan Campbell	18	213	G	Iowa State
Blaine Earon	19	226	E	Duke
Gil Mains	20	237	T	Murray State
Arnold Boykin	21	250	B	Mississippi
Jimmy David	22	261	E	Colorado State
Hal Maxwell	23	274	E	Mississippi
Bob Werckle	24	285	T	Vanderbilt
By Bailey	25	298	B	Washington State
Buddy Terry	26	309	E	Stephen F. Austin State
Bob Trout	27	322	E	Baylor
Hal Turner	28	333	E	Tennessee State
Art Hudson	29	346	B	Western Illinois
Ray Don Dillon	30	357	B	Prairie View A&M

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	47	126	65	106
Opponents Totals	43	52	67	30

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		219	92	115	12	/ %	/ %	77	799
Opponents Totals		105	74	105	16	/ %	/ %	62	596

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Cloyce Box	15	0	0		0	0		0	90
Pat Harder	3	34	35	97.1	11	23	47.8	0	85
Jack Christiansen	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jug Girard	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Leon Hart	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Bob Hoernschemeyer	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Doak Walker	0	5	5	100.0	3	5	60.0	0	14
By Bailey	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bobby Layne	1	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	8
Ollie Cline	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Doran	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Yale Lary	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Smith	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bill Swiacki	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
LaVern Torgeson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Sonny Gandee	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Jim Hardy	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	1
Team Totals	43	42	43	97.7	14	28	50.0	1	344
Opponents Totals	25	21	25	84.0	7	15	46.7	0	192

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Pat Harder	11	23	47.8	3/	3/	3/	2/	0/
Doak Walker	3	5	60.0	2/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	14	28	50.0	5/	4/	3/	2/	0/
Opponents Totals	7	15	46.7	1/	2/	3/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Hoernschemeyer	106	457	4.3	41	4
Bobby Layne	94	411	4.4	29	1
Pat Harder	81	244	3.0	22	2
Jug Girard	61	222	3.6	36	2
Jack Christiansen	19	148	7.8	65t	2
Doak Walker	26	106	4.1	20	0
By Bailey	19	74	3.9	11	2
Jim Doran	1	36	36.0	33	0
Ollie Cline	13	36	2.8	8	1
Jim Hardy	5	16	3.2	9	0
Bob Smith	3	12	4.0	10	0
Leon Hart	3	10	3.3	11	0
Pete D'Alonzo	5	7	1.4	3	0
Tom Dublinski	1	3	3.0	3	0
Lindy Pearson	3	0	0.0	0	0
Clyde Scott	2	-2	-1.0	4	0
Team Totals	442	1780	4.0	65t	14
Opponents Totals	353	1145	3.2		9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bobby Layne	287	139	48.4	128	1999	7.0	14.4	77t	19	6.6	20	7.0		212	1787	64.5
Jim Hardy	59	28	47.5	26	434	7.4	15.5	49	3	5.1	5	8.5		55	379	53.9
Bob Hoernschemeyer	4	2	50.0	1	14	3.5	7.0	10t	2	50.0	1	25.0	0	0	14	58.3
Tom Dublinski	6	1	16.7	4	39	6.5	39.0	39	0	0.0	1	16.7		20	19	14.6
Doak Walker	2	1	50.0	0	9	4.5	9.0	9	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	9	22.9
Jug Girard	4	0	0.0	4	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	362	171	47.2	163	2495	6.9	14.6	77t	24	6.6	28	7.7		287	2208	60.0
Opponents Totals	382	182	47.6	168	2421	6.3	13.3		15	3.9	32	8.4		321	2100	46.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cloyce Box	42	924	22.0	77t	15
Leon Hart	32	376	11.8	24	4
Jug Girard	17	316	18.6	39t	2
Bill Swiacki	17	213	12.5	26	1
Bob Hoernschemeyer	17	139	8.2	28	0
Pat Harder	14	142	10.1	22	1
Doak Walker	11	90	8.2	18	0
Jim Doran	10	147	14.7	31	1
Jack Christiansen	3	32	10.7	11	0
Ollie Cline	2	45	22.5	30	0
By Bailey	2	28	14.0	24	0
Pete D'Alonzo	2	4	2.0	10	0
Clyde Scott	1	21	21.0	21	0
Bob Smith	1	18	18.0	18	0
Team Totals	171	2495	14.6	77t	24
Opponents Totals	182	2421	13.3		15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Smith	9	184	20.4	90	1
Jimmy David	7	48	6.9	15	0
LaVern Torgeson	5	100	20.0	34	1
Yale Lary	4	61	15.3	53	0
Jack Christiansen	2	47	23.5	32	0
Don Doll	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jimmy Hill	1	15	15.0	15	0
Dick Flanagan	1	14	14.0	14	0
Les Bingaman	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	32	477	14.9	90	2
Opponents Totals	28	364	13.0		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Bob Smith	61	2729	44.7	66	0
Yale Lary	5	181	36.2	43	0
Team Totals	66	2910	44.1	66	0	305	30.5
Opponents Totals	73	2966	40.6			520

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jack Christiansen	15	322	21.5	79t	2
Yale Lary	16	182	11.4	58t	1
Clyde Scott	3	14	4.7	14	0
Jimmy Hill	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	35	520	14.9	79t	3
Opponents Totals	41	305	7.4		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jack Christiansen	16	409	25.6	46
Yale Lary	12	303	25.3	41
Clyde Scott	3	68	22.7	27
Blaine Earon	3	25	8.3	14
Jug Girard	2	31	15.5	17
By Bailey	1	23	23.0	23
Bob Hoernschemeyer	1	23	23.0	23
Bob Miller	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	39	882	22.6	46
Opponents Totals	63	1338	21.2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Vince Banonis	0	0	1	0	1	0
Les Bingaman	0	0	0	2	2	0
Jack Christiansen	2		1	0	1	0
Lou Creekmur	0	0	0	1	1	0
Don Doll	0	0	0	4	4	7
Jim Doran	0	0	1	1	2	0
Blaine Earon	0	0	0	5	5	10
Dick Flanagan	0	0	0	4	4	8
Sonny Gandee	0	0	0	2	2	13
Jug Girard	3		1	0	1	0
Bob Hoernschemeyer	3		1	0	1	0
Yale Lary	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bobby Layne	5		1	0	1	0
Jim Martin	0	0	1	0	1	0
Thurman McGraw	0	0	0	4	4	0
Lindy Pearson	1		0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	1		0	1	1	0
Bill Swiacki	1		0	0	0	0
Doak Walker	1		0	0	0	0
Team Totals	17	10	7	25	32	38
Opponents Totals	34	25	9	8	17

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