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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.

Coached by Buddy Parker (9-3-0)

1952 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 4.2 316 182 382 2100 15 32 5.0 105 353 1145 8 3.2 195 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 8 12 10 2 2 6 1 1 1 2 1 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Bobby Layne*+ 26 QB 12 11 139 287 48.4 1999 19 6.6 20 7.0 77 7.0 4.5 14.4 166.6 64.5
Jim Hardy 29 9 1 28 59 47.5 434 3 5.1 5 8.5 49 7.4 4.1 15.5 48.2 53.9
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
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
Bob Hoernschemeyer* 27 RH 10 0 2 4 50.0 14 2 50.0 1 25.0 10 3.5 -2.8 7.0 1.4 58.3
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
Team Total 25.3 12 171 362 47.2 2495 24 6.6 28 7.7 77 6.9 4.1 14.6 207.9 60.0
Opp Total 12 182 382 47.6 2100 15 3.9 32 8.4 5.5 2.1 11.5 175.0 42.9 40 321 5.0 1.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
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
Bobby Layne*+ 26 QB 12 11 94 411 1 29 4.4 34.3 7.8 411 1 5
Pat Harder* 30 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
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
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
Jack Christiansen+ 24 RS 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
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
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
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
Jim Hardy 29 9 1 5 16 0 9 3.2 1.8 0.6 16 0 0
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
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
Lindy Pearson 23 3 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 1
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
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
Tom Dublinski 22 6 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.5 0.2 3 0 0
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
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jack Christiansen+ 24 RS 11 0 15 322 2 79 21.5 16 409 0 46 25.6 911
Yale Lary 22 RDH 12 0 16 182 1 58 11.4 12 303 0 41 25.3 485
Clyde Scott 28 5 0 3 14 0 14 4.7 3 68 0 27 22.7 101
Blaine Earon 25 RDE 12 0 3 25 0 14 8.3 25
Jug Girard 25 LH 11 0 2 31 0 17 15.5 569
Byron Bailey 22 8 0 1 23 0 23 23.0 125
Jim Hill 23 9 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Bob Hoernschemeyer* 27 RH 10 0 1 23 0 23 23.0 619
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Bob Smith* 27 P 12 0 61 2729 66 0 44.7
Pat Harder* 30 FB 11 0 23 11 47.8% 35 34 97.1%
Doak Walker 25 lh 7 0 5 3 60.0% 5 5 100.0%
Yale Lary 22 RDH 12 0 5 181 43 0 36.2
Bobby Layne*+ 26 QB 12 11 2 2 100.0%
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Vince Banonis 31 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Les Bingaman 26 MG 12 0 1 8 0 8 0 2 0 0
Jack Christiansen+ 24 RS 11 0 2 47 0 32 2 1 0 0
Lou Creekmur*+ 25 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jim David 25 LDH 12 0 7 48 0 15
Don Doll* 26 LS 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
Jim Doran 25 11 0 0 2 0 0
Blaine Earon 25 RDE 12 0 0 5 10 0
Dick Flanagan 26 LLB 12 0 1 14 0 14 0 4 8 0
Sonny Gandee 23 LDE 8 0 0 3 13 0 1
Jug Girard 25 LH 11 0 3 1 0 0
Jim Hill 23 9 0 1 15 0 15
Bob Hoernschemeyer* 27 RH 10 0 3 1 0 0
Yale Lary 22 RDH 12 0 4 61 0 53 0 1 0 0
Bobby Layne*+ 26 QB 12 11 5 1 0 0
Jim Martin 28 LG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Thurman McGraw+ 25 LDT 12 0 0 4 0 0
Lindy Pearson 23 3 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Smith* 27 P 12 0 9 184 1 90 1 1 0 0
Bill Swiacki 30 11 0 1 0 0 0
LaVern Torgeson 23 RLB 12 0 5 100 1 34
Doak Walker 25 lh 7 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.3 12 32 477 2 90 17 33 38 0 1
Opp Total 12 36 34 9

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Cloyce Box*+ 29 LE 12 0 15 90
Pat Harder* 30 FB 11 0 2 1 34 11 85
Jack Christiansen+ 24 RS 11 0 2 2 24
Jug Girard 25 LH 11 0 2 2 24
Leon Hart 24 RE 11 0 4 24
Bob Hoernschemeyer* 27 RH 10 0 4 24
Doak Walker 25 lh 7 0 5 3 14
Byron Bailey 22 8 0 2 12
Bobby Layne*+ 26 QB 12 11 1 2 8
Ollie Cline 27 8 0 1 6
Jim Doran 25 11 0 1 6
Yale Lary 22 RDH 12 0 1 6
Bob Smith* 27 P 12 0 1 6
Bill Swiacki 30 11 0 1 6
LaVern Torgeson 23 RLB 12 0 1 6
Sonny Gandee 23 LDE 8 0 1 2
Jim Hardy 29 9 1 1 1
Team Total 25.3 12 14 24 3 2 42 14 1 344
Opp Total 12 8 15 21 7 192