| Los Angeles Rams at Dallas Texans |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 9, 1952 Location: Dallas, TX Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 10000 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 47 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| Dallas TexansDAL | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 32 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Zollie Toth 4 run (Forrest Grigg kick failed) | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Fears 3 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bob Waterfield kick) | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 42 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Andy Robustelli 14 interception return (Bob Waterfield kick) | 20 | 6 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Woodley Lewis 65 punt return (Bob Waterfield kick) | 27 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 78 | LOT | Jim Winkler |
| 67 | LOG | Dick Daugherty |
| 50 | C | Leon McLaughlin |
| 66 | ROG | Harry Thompson |
| 79 | ROT | Ken Casner |
| 89 | ROE | Bob Carey |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 22 | LOH | Jerry Williams |
| 47 | ROH | Vitamin Smith |
| 32 | FB | Dan Towler |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Larry Brink |
| 74 | LDT | Len Teeuws |
| 64 | MG | Stan West |
| 70 | RDT | Charley Toogood |
| 84 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 35 | LLB | Tank Younger |
| 57 | RLB | Don Paul |
| 29 | LDH | Jack Dwyer |
| 20 | LS | Woodley Lewis |
| 42 | RS | Herb Rich |
| 81 | RDH | Dick Lane |
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Dick Wilkins |
| 71 | LOT | Jim Lansford |
| 62 | LOG | Barney Poole |
| 50 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 65 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 74 | ROT | Ken Jackson |
| 80 | ROE | Stan Williams |
| 11 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 20 | LOH | George Taliaferro |
| 22 | ROH | Buddy Young |
| 36 | FB | Zollie Toth |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 78 | LDT | Hamp Tanner |
| 60 | MG | Sisto Averno |
| 77 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 83 | RDE | Art Tait |
| 52 | LLB | Joe Reid |
| 64 | RLB | Keith Flowers |
| 23 | LDH | Johnny Petitbon |
| 21 | LS | Tom Keane |
| 40 | RS | Jerry Davis |
| 80 | RDH | Stan Williams |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LARM | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | / | / | 12 | 137 | 1 | 0 | |
| DAL | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | / | / | 4 | 42 | 3 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dan Towler | 13 | 82 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Myers | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 174 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Buddy Young | 9 | 62 | 6.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Billy Baggett | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 18 | 1 |
| Frank Tripucka | 2 | 11 | 6.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Hank Lauricella | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 174 | 4.2 | 30 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 2 | 12 | 1.1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 35.6 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | -4 | -0.7 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 3 | 8 | 0.5 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 6 | 67 | 2.8 | 15 | 0 | 55 | 13.2 | |
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 6 | 88 | 3.4 | 21 | 0 | 55 | 15.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tom Fears | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Bob Carey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Dick Wilkins | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Stan Williams | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Baggett | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 88 | 7.3 | 21 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Andy Robustelli | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 50 | 1 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Keith Flowers | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Bob Waterfield | 3 | 125 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 242 | 40.3 | 52 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Frank Tripucka | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 65 | 0 |
| Hank Lauricella | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 34 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 229 | 32.7 | 65 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65t | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 1 | ||
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Team Totals | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 0 | ||