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Record: 4-8-0, Finished 5th in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 172 points (14.3/g), 12th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 221 points (18.4/g), 3rd.
Differential of -49 points (-4.1/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 4.3-7.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.2/g), 7th.
Coached by Joe Kuharich (4-8-0)
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1952 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Mon | September 29 | box | L | 0-1 | Washington Redskins | 7 | 23 | 7 | 104 | 18 | 86 | 2 | 21 | 283 | 87 | 196 | 3 | |
| 2 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | 1-1 | Chicago Bears | 21 | 10 | 13 | 216 | 51 | 165 | 3 | 17 | 297 | 142 | 155 | 5 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | Washington Redskins | 17 | 6 | 18 | 306 | 95 | 211 | 3 | 13 | 187 | 77 | 110 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | 3-1 | @ | New York Giants | 24 | 23 | 17 | 316 | 161 | 155 | 3 | 10 | 238 | 146 | 92 | 3 |
| 5 | Sun | October 26 | box | L | 3-2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28 | 34 | 19 | 417 | 208 | 209 | 2 | 13 | 313 | 199 | 114 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | November 2 | box | L | 3-3 | New York Giants | 6 | 28 | 17 | 311 | 147 | 164 | 10 | 9 | 258 | 108 | 150 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | November 9 | box | L | 3-4 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 28 | 12 | 195 | 15 | 180 | 1 | 22 | 423 | 239 | 184 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | November 16 | box | L | 3-5 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 10 | 20 | 226 | 94 | 132 | 2 | 8 | 183 | 117 | 66 | 5 |
| 9 | Sun | November 23 | box | L | 3-6 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 17 | 19 | 278 | 94 | 184 | 3 | 14 | 226 | 122 | 104 | 3 |
| 10 | Sun | November 30 | box | W | 4-6 | Philadelphia Eagles | 28 | 22 | 11 | 178 | 81 | 97 | 2 | 21 | 354 | 243 | 111 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sun | December 7 | box | L | 4-7 | Cleveland Browns | 0 | 10 | 9 | 150 | 98 | 52 | 5 | 13 | 332 | 175 | 157 | 6 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 14 | box | L | 4-8 | @ | Chicago Bears | 7 | 10 | 14 | 271 | 149 | 122 | 9 | 15 | 259 | 110 | 149 | 4 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 172 | 2959 | 804 | 3.7 | 176 | 124 | 289 | 1211 | 10 | 22 | 3.7 | 74 | 477 | 1748 | 10 | 3.7 | 91 | 45 | 23 | 11 |
| Team Defense | 221 | 3353 | 784 | 4.3 | 267 | 149 | 307 | 1765 | 16 | 25 | 5.4 | 82 | 455 | 1588 | 8 | 3.5 | 176 | 43 | 18 | 9 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Trippi* | 30 | QB | 11 | 10 | 84 | 181 | 46.4 | 890 | 5 | 2.8 | 13 | 7.2 | 56 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 10.6 | 80.9 | 40.5 | ||||||
| Don Panciera | 25 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 96 | 36.5 | 582 | 5 | 5.2 | 9 | 9.4 | 47 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 16.6 | 58.2 | 36.0 | |||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 25 | P | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 50.7 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.3 | 12 | 124 | 289 | 42.9 | 1512 | 10 | 3.5 | 22 | 7.6 | 56 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 12.2 | 126.0 | 39.5 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 149 | 307 | 48.5 | 1765 | 16 | 5.2 | 25 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 11.8 | 147.1 | 49.9 | 22 | 177 | 5.4 | 1.9 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Ollie Matson*+ | 22 | FB | 12 | 0 | 96 | 344 | 3 | 25 | 3.6 | 28.7 | 8.0 | 11 | 187 | 17.0 | 3 | 47 | 0.9 | 15.6 | 531 | 6 | 8 |
| Emil Sitko | 29 | RH | 11 | 0 | 88 | 348 | 1 | 46 | 4.0 | 31.6 | 8.0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 364 | 1 | 3 |
| Charlie Trippi* | 30 | QB | 11 | 10 | 72 | 350 | 4 | 59 | 4.9 | 31.8 | 6.5 | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | 21 | 0.5 | 6.0 | 416 | 4 | 3 |
| Billy Cross | 23 | LH | 12 | 0 | 71 | 347 | 2 | 45 | 4.9 | 28.9 | 5.9 | 17 | 234 | 13.8 | 2 | 56 | 1.4 | 19.5 | 581 | 4 | 6 |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 26 | 10 | 0 | 48 | 129 | 0 | 13 | 2.7 | 12.9 | 4.8 | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 | 10 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 175 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elmer Angsman | 27 | 12 | 0 | 46 | 114 | 0 | 9 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 3.8 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 1 | 9 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 136 | 1 | 1 | |
| Johnny Karras | 24 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 1 | 29 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 105 | 1 | 3 | |
| Joe Geri | 28 | K | 12 | 0 | 20 | 50 | 0 | 21 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Don R. Paul | 26 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 1 | 11 | 0.8 | 6.4 | 60 | 1 | 0 | |
| Don Panciera | 25 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Volney Peters | 24 | LDT | 12 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | -0.6 | 0.1 | -7 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 25 | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -3 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Don Stonesifer | 25 | RE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 54 | 617 | 11.4 | 0 | 26 | 4.5 | 51.4 | 617 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Anderson | 23 | LE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 191 | 17.4 | 2 | 30 | 0.9 | 15.9 | 191 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 31 | RDH | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 13 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ray Pelfrey | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 25.3 | 12 | 477 | 1748 | 10 | 59 | 3.7 | 145.7 | 39.8 | 124 | 1512 | 12.2 | 10 | 56 | 10.3 | 126.0 | 3260 | 20 | 33 | ||
| Opp Total | 12 | 455 | 1588 | 8 | 3.5 | 132.3 | 37.9 | 149 | 1765 | 11.8 | 16 | 12.4 | 147.1 | 3353 | 24 | 30 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Billy Cross | 23 | LH | 12 | 0 | 21 | 177 | 0 | 38 | 8.4 | 9 | 169 | 0 | 28 | 18.8 | 927 |
| Ollie Matson*+ | 22 | FB | 12 | 0 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 23 | 9.6 | 20 | 624 | 2 | 100 | 31.2 | 1241 |
| Don R. Paul | 26 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 97 | 0 | 22 | 9.7 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 26 | 18.0 | 211 | |
| Johnny Karras | 24 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 23 | 11.8 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 21 | 17.3 | 221 | |
| Roy Barni | 25 | LDH | 12 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 8.5 | 17 | |||||
| Volney Peters | 24 | LDT | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | -3 |
| Don Stonesifer | 25 | RE | 12 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 13.5 | 644 | |||||
| Wally Triplett | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 13.0 | 26 | ||||||
| Cliff Anderson | 23 | LE | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 199 | |||||
| Bill Fischer* | 25 | RG | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Mike Mergen | 23 | LT | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | |||||
| Ralph Pasquariello | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 188 | ||||||
| Ray Pelfrey | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 19 | ||||||
| Emil Sitko | 29 | RH | 11 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 383 | |||||
| Team Total | 25.3 | 12 | 49 | 450 | 0 | 38 | 9.2 | 45 | 1008 | 2 | 100 | 22.4 | 4718 | ||
| Opp Total | 12 | 54 | 1 | 35 | 774 | 2 | 22.1 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Joe Geri | 28 | K | 12 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | 24 | 22 | 91.7% | 29 | 1094 | 47 | 0 | 37.7 | ||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 25 | P | 6 | 1 | 31 | 1155 | 65 | 2 | 37.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Trippi* | 30 | QB | 11 | 10 | 16 | 588 | 47 | 0 | 36.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.3 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | 24 | 22 | 91.7% | 76 | 2837 | 65 | 2 | 37.3 | ||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 20 | 8 | 40.0% | 28 | 25 | 89.3% | 69 | 2905 | 42.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Elmer Angsman | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roy Barni | 25 | LDH | 12 | 0 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Bienemann | 24 | RDE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Cross | 23 | LH | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Dove | 31 | LDE | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Fischer* | 25 | RG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Karras | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tony Klimek | 27 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Ed Listopad | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ollie Matson*+ | 22 | FB | 12 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 1 | ||||||
| Don Panciera | 25 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Panelli | 26 | RS | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ralph Pasquariello | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Volney Peters | 24 | LDT | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Gordon Polofsky | 21 | RLB | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ray Ramsey | 31 | RDH | 9 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Leo Sanford | 23 | LLB | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Emil Sitko | 29 | RH | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Stonesifer | 25 | RE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Svoboda | 24 | LS | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Trippi* | 30 | QB | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 25 | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| S.J. Whitman | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.3 | 12 | 25 | 232 | 0 | 38 | 33 | 28 | 89 | 2 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 38 | 30 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson*+ | 22 | FB | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 54 | |||||||
| Joe Geri | 28 | K | 12 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 28 | |||||||||
| Billy Cross | 23 | LH | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | |||||||||
| Charlie Trippi* | 30 | QB | 11 | 10 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Anderson | 23 | LE | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Elmer Angsman | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Karras | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Don R. Paul | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Volney Peters | 24 | LDT | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Emil Sitko | 29 | RH | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 172 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 221 |