| Dallas Texans at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1952 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 12452 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 31 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas TexansDAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 41 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 18 lateral from Cloyce Box 8 pass from Bobby Layne (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 77 pass from Bobby Layne (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 24 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 40 pass from Jim Hardy (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 31 FG | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 41 pass from Jim Hardy (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Ray Pelfrey 7 pass from Frank Tripucka (Pat Cannamela kick blocked) | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jack Christiansen 65 run (Pat Harder kick) | 6 | 41 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Cloyce Box |
| 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 |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 24 | ROH | Jack Christiansen |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 85 | ROE | Ray Pelfrey |
| 11 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 20 | LOH | George Taliaferro |
| 22 | ROH | Buddy Young |
| 36 | FB | Zollie Toth |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 60 | MG | Sisto Averno |
| 73 | RDT | Joe Campanella |
| 62 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 35 | LLB | Pat Cannamela |
| 64 | RLB | Keith Flowers |
| 23 | LDH | Johnny Petitbon |
| 21 | LS | Tom Keane |
| 24 | RS | Billy Baggett |
| 80 | RDH | Stan Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Christiansen | 13 | 94 | 7.2 | 65t | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 7 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 1 | 177 | 8.9 | 77t | 2 | 0 | 93.1 | |
| Jim Hardy | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 0 | 147 | 9.8 | 41t | 2 | 23 | 132.5 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 32 | 12 | 37.5 | 2 | 130 | 4.1 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 34.6 | |
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Bob Celeri | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Cloyce Box | 7 | 202 | 28.9 | 77t | 3 |
| Doak Walker | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Jack Christiansen | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Swiacki | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Stan Williams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy David | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Johnny Petitbon | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Bob Celeri | 8 | 311 | 38.9 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
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