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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams - December 21st, 1952
Detroit Lions 31 at Los Angeles Rams 21
Sunday, December 21, 1952
Detroit Lions 31, Los Angeles Rams 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (10-3-0) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| Los Angeles Rams (9-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
Scoring
| DET | RAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Pat Harder 12 yard rush (Pat Harder kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | DET | Pat Harder 4 yard rush (Pat Harder kick) | 14 | 0 |
| RAM | Tom Fears 14 yard pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bob Waterfield kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 3rd | DET | Leon Hart 24 yard pass from Doak Walker (Pat Harder kick) | 21 | 7 |
| DET | Pat Harder 43 yard field goal | 24 | 7 | |
| 4th | RAM | Dan Towler 5 yard rush (Bob Waterfield kick) | 24 | 14 |
| RAM | Vitamin Smith 56 yard punt return (Bob Waterfield kick) | 24 | 21 | |
| DET | Bob Hoernschemeyer 9 yard rush (Pat Harder kick) | 31 | 21 |
Team Stats
| DET | RAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-173-3 | 29-128-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-23-192-1-4 | 18-28-179-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 3-31 |
| Net pass yards | 187 | 148 |
| Total yards | 360 | 276 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-35 | 2-14 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Doak Walker | DET | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 75 | 0 | 51 |
| Bobby Layne | DET | 9 | 21 | 144 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Leon Hart | DET | 5 | 86 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Pat Harder | DET | 8 | 72 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | DET | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 49 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Cloyce Box | DET | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Jack Christiansen | DET | 4 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Ollie Cline | DET | 3 | -6 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | RAM | 15 | 19 | 166 | 1 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||
| Tom Fears | RAM | 7 | 76 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Dan Towler | RAM | 13 | 54 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Skeet Quinlan | RAM | 6 | 60 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Elroy Hirsch | RAM | 5 | 46 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Bob Carey | RAM | 3 | 30 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Jack Myers | RAM | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Tank Younger | RAM | 4 | 14 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Bob Waterfield | RAM | 3 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Vitamin Smith | RAM | 4 | -8 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jack Christiansen | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | 34 | |||||||||
| Yale Lary | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| LaVern Torgeson | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Norb Hecker | RAM | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Elroy Hirsch | RAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Woodley Lewis | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Don Paul | RAM | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Vitamin Smith | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 1 | 57 | |||||||||
| Stan West | RAM | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Detroit Lions Starting Lineup
| Bobby Layne | QB |
| Pat Harder | FB |
| Doak Walker | LH |
| Byron Bailey | RH |
| Cloyce Box | LE |
| Lou Creekmur | LT |
| Jim Martin | LG |
| Vince Banonis | C |
| Dick Stanfel | RG |
| Gus Cifelli | RT |
| Leon Hart | RE |
| Jim Doran | LDE |
| Thurman McGraw | LDT |
| Les Bingaman | MG |
| John Prchlik | RDT |
| Blaine Earon | RDE |
| Dick Flanagan | LLB |
| LaVern Torgeson | RLB |
| Yale Lary | DB |
| Jack Christiansen | DB |
| Jim David | DB |
| Don Doll | DB |
Los Angeles Rams Starting Lineup
| Norm Van Brocklin | QB |
| Dan Towler | LH |
| Vitamin Smith | RH |
| Tom Fears | LE |
| Don Simensen | LT |
| Dick Daugherty | LG |
| Leon McLaughlin | C |
| Bill Lange | RG |
| Tom Dahms | RT |
| Elroy Hirsch | RE |
| Larry Brink | LDE |
| Charlie Toogood | LDT |
| Stan West | MG |
| Jim Winkler | RDT |
| Andy Robustelli | RDE |
| Don Paul | RLB |
| Woodley Lewis | LCB |
| Herb Rich | RCB |
| Jerry Williams | SS |
| Jack Dwyer | FS |