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1952 Detroit Lions

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Record: 9-3-0, Finished 1st in NFL National Division
NFL Season Summary

1952 NFL Champions

Scored 344 points (28.7/g), 2nd of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 192 points (16.0/g), 1st.
 Differential of 152 points (12.7/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 9.6-2.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +19 (1.6/g), 1st.

Simple Rating System: Total 11.1, Offense: 4.3, Defense: 6.9, SoS: -1.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Buddy Parker (9-3-0)

Training Camp: Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan)


League Champion

Team Stats and Rankings

Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 344 3988 840 4.7 219 171 362 2208 24 28 5.5 115 442 1780 14 4.0 92 38 10 12
Team Defense 192 3245 775 4.2 195 182 382 2100 15 32 5.0 105 353 1145 8 3.2 74 57 25 16
Lg Rank Offense 2 3 2 3 4 2 10 4 3 4 3 4 5 1
Lg Rank Defense 1 4 7 12 10 2 2 6 1 1 1 2 1 2

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 28 boxscore L 0-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 3 17 13 247 149 98 5 19 324 164 160 1
2 Fri October 3 boxscore W 1-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 17 14 22 361 195 166 4 12 196 157 39 4
3 Sun October 12 boxscore L 1-2 San Francisco 49ers 0 28 4 65 25 40 4 21 265 86 179 1
4 Sun October 19 boxscore W 2-2 Los Angeles Rams 24 16 14 273 193 80 5 16 285 194 91 4
5 Sun October 26 boxscore W 3-2 @ Green Bay Packers 52 17 21 378 216 162 2 21 405 352 53 9
6 Sun November 2 boxscore W 4-2 Cleveland Browns 17 6 20 303 161 142 3 15 214 107 107 4
7 Sun November 9 boxscore W 5-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 31 6 25 391 70 321 15 192 195 -3 3
8 Sun November 16 boxscore W 6-2 Dallas Texans 43 13 15 372 214 158 4 11 166 98 68 7
9 Sun November 23 boxscore L 6-3 @ Chicago Bears 23 24 17 259 110 149 4 18 395 216 179 5
10 Thu November 27 boxscore W 7-3 Green Bay Packers 48 24 23 394 262 132 3 17 299 196 103 8
11 Sun December 7 boxscore W 8-3 Chicago Bears 45 21 25 428 312 116 2 18 208 171 37 7
12 Sat December 13 boxscore W 9-3 Dallas Texans 41 6 20 517 301 216 2 12 296 164 132 4
Playoffs
Division December 21 boxscore W 10-3 Los Angeles Rams 31 21 18 360 187 173 4 15 276 148 128 3
Championship December 28 boxscore W 11-3 @ Cleveland Browns 17 7 10 258 59 199 22 384 157 227 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
22 Bobby Layne*+ 26 QB 12 11 9-2-0 139 287 48.4 1999 19 6.6 20 7.0 77 7.0 5.2 14.4 166.6 64.5 0 0
1 Jim Hardy 29 9 1 0-1-0 28 59 47.5 434 3 5.1 5 8.5 49 7.4 4.6 15.5 48.2 53.9 0 0
19 Tom Dublinski 22 6 0 1 6 16.7 39 0 0.0 1 16.7 39 6.5 -1.0 39.0 6.5 14.6 0 0
23 Jug Girard 25 LH 11 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
14 Bob Hoernschemeyer* 27 RH 10 0 2 4 50.0 14 2 50.0 1 25.0 10 3.5 2.3 7.0 1.4 58.3 0 0
37 Doak Walker 25 lh 7 0 1 2 50.0 9 0 0.0 1 50.0 9 4.5 -18.0 9.0 1.3 22.9 0 0
Team Total 25.3 12 9-3-0 171 362 47.2 2495 24 6.6 28 7.7 77 6.9 4.7 14.6 207.9 60.0 0 0
Opp Total 12 182 382 47.6 2421 15 3.9 32 8.4 6.3 3.4 13.3 201.8 46.4 40 321 5.0 2.3 9.5

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
14 Bob Hoernschemeyer* 27 RH 10 0 106 457 4 41 4.3 45.7 10.6 17 139 8.2 0 28 1.7 13.9 596 4 3
22 Bobby Layne*+ 26 QB 12 11 94 411 1 29 4.4 34.3 7.8 411 1 5
34 Pat Harder* 30 K/FB 11 0 81 244 2 22 3.0 22.2 7.4 14 142 10.1 1 22 1.3 12.9 386 3 0
23 Jug Girard 25 LH 11 0 61 222 2 36 3.6 20.2 5.5 17 316 18.6 2 39 1.5 28.7 538 4 3
37 Doak Walker 25 lh 7 0 26 106 0 20 4.1 15.1 3.7 11 90 8.2 0 18 1.6 12.9 196 0 1
24 Jack Christiansen+ 24 RS/KR 11 0 19 148 2 65 7.8 13.5 1.7 3 32 10.7 0 11 0.3 2.9 180 2 2
45 Byron Bailey 22 8 0 19 74 2 11 3.9 9.3 2.4 2 28 14.0 0 24 0.3 3.5 102 2 0
33 Ollie Cline 27 8 0 13 36 1 8 2.8 4.5 1.6 2 45 22.5 0 30 0.3 5.6 81 1 0
39 Pete D'Alonzo 23 4 0 5 7 0 3 1.4 1.8 1.3 2 4 2.0 0 10 0.5 1.0 11 0 0
1 Jim Hardy 29 9 1 5 16 0 9 3.2 1.8 0.6 16 0 0
82 Leon Hart 24 RE 11 0 3 10 0 11 3.3 0.9 0.3 32 376 11.8 4 24 2.9 34.2 386 4 0
40 Bob Smith* 27 P 12 0 3 12 0 10 4.0 1.0 0.3 1 18 18.0 0 18 0.1 1.5 30 0 1
42 Lindy Pearson 23 3 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 1
20 Clyde Scott 28 5 0 2 -2 0 4 -1.0 -0.4 0.4 1 21 21.0 0 21 0.2 4.2 19 0 0
83 Jim Doran 25 11 0 1 36 0 36 36.0 3.3 0.1 10 147 14.7 1 31 0.9 13.4 183 1 0
19 Tom Dublinski 22 6 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.5 0.2 3 0 0
80 Cloyce Box*+ 29 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 924 22.0 15 77 3.5 77.0 924 15 0
81 Bill Swiacki 30 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 213 12.5 1 26 1.5 19.4 213 1 1
Team Total 25.3 12 442 1780 14 65 4.0 148.3 36.8 171 2495 14.6 24 77 14.3 207.9 4275 38 17
Opp Total 12 353 1145 8 3.2 95.4 29.4 182 2100 11.5 15 15.2 175.0 3245 23 34

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
24 Jack Christiansen+ 24 RS/KR 11 0 15 322 2 79 21.5 16 409 0 46 25.6 911
28 Yale Lary 22 RDH/PR 12 0 16 182 1 58 11.4 12 303 0 41 25.3 485
20 Clyde Scott 28 5 0 3 14 0 14 4.7 3 68 0 27 22.7 101
86 Blaine Earon 25 RDE 12 0 3 25 0 14 8.3 25
23 Jug Girard 25 LH 11 0 2 31 0 17 15.5 569
45 Byron Bailey 22 8 0 1 23 0 23 23.0 125
48 Jim Hill 23 9 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
14 Bob Hoernschemeyer* 27 RH 10 0 1 23 0 23 23.0 619
74 Bob Miller 23 rt 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.3 12 35 520 3 79 14.9 39 882 0 46 22.6 5677
Opp Total 12 41 0 63 1338 0 21.2

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
40 Bob Smith* 27 P 12 0 61 2729 66 0 44.7
34 Pat Harder* 30 K/FB 11 0 23 11 47.8% 35 34 97.1%
37 Doak Walker 25 lh 7 0 5 3 60.0% 5 5 100.0%
28 Yale Lary 22 RDH/PR 12 0 5 181 43 0 36.2
22 Bobby Layne*+ 26 QB 12 11 2 2 100.0%
1 Jim Hardy 29 9 1 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.3 12 28 14 50.0% 43 42 97.7% 66 2910 66 0 44.1
Opp Total 12 15 7 46.7% 25 21 84.0% 73 2964 40.6

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
40 Bob Smith* 27 P 12 0 9 184 1 90 0 0 1 1 0 0
25 Jim David 25 LDH 12 0 7 48 0 15 0
44 Don Doll* 26 LS 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
22 Bobby Layne*+ 26 QB 12 11 0 5 1 0 0
24 Jack Christiansen+ 24 RS/KR 11 0 2 47 0 32 0 0 2 1 0 0
86 Blaine Earon 25 RDE 12 0 0 0 5 10 0
60 Dick Flanagan 26 LLB 12 0 1 14 0 14 0 0 0 4 8 0
28 Yale Lary 22 RDH/PR 12 0 4 61 0 53 0 0 0 1 0 0
53 LaVern Torgeson 23 RLB 12 0 5 100 1 34 0
23 Jug Girard 25 LH 11 0 0 3 1 0 0
14 Bob Hoernschemeyer* 27 RH 10 0 0 3 1 0 0
73 Thurman McGraw+ 25 LDT 12 0 0 0 4 0 0
65 Les Bingaman 26 MG 12 0 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0
85 Sonny Gandee 23 LDE 8 0 0 0 3 13 0 1
83 Jim Doran 25 11 0 0 0 2 0 0
51 Vince Banonis 31 C 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
76 Lou Creekmur*+ 25 LT 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
48 Jim Hill 23 9 0 1 15 0 15 0
62 Jim Martin 28 LG 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
42 Lindy Pearson 23 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
81 Bill Swiacki 30 11 0 0 1 0 0 0
37 Doak Walker 25 lh 7 0 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.3 12 32 477 2 90 0 0 17 33 38 0 1
Opp Total 12 36 34 9

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
80 Cloyce Box*+ 29 LE 12 0 15 15 90
34 Pat Harder* 30 K/FB 11 0 2 1 3 34 11 85
24 Jack Christiansen+ 24 RS/KR 11 0 2 2 4 24
23 Jug Girard 25 LH 11 0 2 2 4 24
82 Leon Hart 24 RE 11 0 4 4 24
14 Bob Hoernschemeyer* 27 RH 10 0 4 4 24
37 Doak Walker 25 lh 7 0 5 3 14
45 Byron Bailey 22 8 0 2 2 12
22 Bobby Layne*+ 26 QB 12 11 1 1 2 8
33 Ollie Cline 27 8 0 1 1 6
83 Jim Doran 25 11 0 1 1 6
28 Yale Lary 22 RDH/PR 12 0 1 1 6
40 Bob Smith* 27 P 12 0 1 1 6
81 Bill Swiacki 30 11 0 1 1 6
53 LaVern Torgeson 23 RLB 12 0 1 1 6
85 Sonny Gandee 23 LDE 8 0 1 2
1 Jim Hardy 29 9 1 1 1
Team Total 25.3 12 14 24 3 2 43 42 14 1 344
Opp Total 12 8 15 21 7 192