| Dallas Texans at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 16, 1952 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 33304 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 61 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas TexansDAL | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 43 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 13 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Yale Lary 58 punt return (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 8 run (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 55 pass from Bobby Layne (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Safety, Frank Tripucka tackled in end zone by Sonny Gandee | 0 | 26 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 26 FG | 0 | 29 |
| 3 | Dallas TexansDAL | Ray Pelfrey 13 pass from Frank Tripucka (Keith Flowers kick) | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | Dallas TexansDAL | Zollie Toth 4 run (Keith Flowers kick failed) | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 1 run (Pat Harder kick) | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Ollie Cline 2 run (Pat Harder kick) | 13 | 43 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Dick Wilkins |
| 71 | LOT | Jim Lansford |
| 66 | LOG | Weldon Humble |
| 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 |
| 73 | RDT | Joe Campanella |
| 62 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 52 | LLB | Joe Reid |
| 64 | RLB | Keith Flowers |
| 23 | LDH | Johnny Petitbon |
| 21 | LS | Tom Keane |
| 24 | RS | Billy Baggett |
| 80 | RDH | Stan Williams |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LOE | Bill Swiacki |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 62 | LOG | Jim Martin |
| 51 | C | Vince Banonis |
| 63 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 70 | ROT | Gus Cifelli |
| 80 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 23 | LOH | Jug Girard |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 34 | FB | Pat Harder |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Doran |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 86 | RDE | Blaine Earon |
| 60 | LLB | Dick Flanagan |
| 53 | MLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 40 | RLB | Bob Smith |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 44 | S | Don Doll |
| 28 | RDH | Yale Lary |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Zollie Toth | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 10 | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bobby Layne | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Jim Doran | 0 | 33 | 33L | 0 | |
| Pat Harder | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 6 | 1 |
| Ollie Cline | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Jug Girard | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 30 | 12 | 40.0 | 4 | 90 | 3.0 | 25 | 1 | 40 | 19.4 | |
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 48 | 24.0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 162 | 11.6 | 55t | 1 | 16 | 115.8 | |
| Jim Hardy | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 3 | 84 | 7.6 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 24.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Ray Pelfrey | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 48 | 1 |
| Dick Hoerner | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dick Wilkins | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Doran | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Bill Swiacki | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55t | 1 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Clyde Scott | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Stan Williams | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Jimmy David | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Hank Lauricella | 7 | 203 | 29.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 1 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Keever Jankovich | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoerner | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Joe Campanella | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| John Wozniak | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Blaine Earon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
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