1952 Dallas Texans

Record: 1-11-0, Finished 6th in NFL National Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 182 points (15.2/g), 11th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 427 points (35.6/g), 12th.
Differential of -245 points (-20.4/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 1.4-10.6.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.8/g), 11th.

Simple Rating System: Total -18.0, Offense: -6.0, Defense: -12.0, SoS: 2.3, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Jimmy Phelan

Training Camp: Schreiner Institute (Kerrville, Texas)

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Team Stats and Rankings

			Tot Yds & TO			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	182	2781	786	3.5	172	149	352	1384	12	30	3.4	78	381	1397	13	3.7	79	55	25	15
Team Defense	427	4382	774	5.7	197	153	310	2048	31	28	5.8	90	421	2334	17	5.5	97	46	18	10
Lg Rank Offense	11	12			11		5	11	11	11	12		12	10	4	7		11	11
Lg Rank Defense	12	12			8		3	8	12	3	10		7	12	10	12		3	5

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		New York Giants	6	24	16	206	74	132	1	17	337	78	259	1
2	Sun	October 5	boxscore	L		0-2		San Francisco 49ers	14	37	10	183	26	157	3	18	500	227	273	5
3	Sun	October 12	boxscore	L		0-3	@	Chicago Bears	20	38	14	277	139	138	3	23	395	123	272	2
4	Sat	October 18	boxscore	L		0-4		Green Bay Packers	14	24	12	232	146	86	5	19	318	131	187	3
5	Sun	October 26	boxscore	L		0-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	21	48	15	234	122	112	4	15	334	71	263	1
6	Sun	November 2	boxscore	L		0-6	@	Los Angeles Rams	20	42	17	252	106	146	5	17	432	259	173	5
7	Sun	November 9	boxscore	L		0-7		Los Angeles Rams	6	27	13	207	33	174	8	10	169	-5	174	3
8	Sun	November 16	boxscore	L		0-8	@	Detroit Lions	13	43	11	166	98	68	7	15	372	214	158	4
9	Sun	November 23	boxscore	L		0-9	@	Green Bay Packers	14	42	13	153	108	45	4	13	300	227	73	7
10	Thu	November 27	boxscore	W		1-9		Chicago Bears	27	23	22	334	204	130	4	15	317	195	122	8
11	Sun	December 7	boxscore	L		1-10	@	Philadelphia Eagles	21	38	17	241	164	77	7	15	391	227	164	5
12	Sat	December 13	boxscore	L		1-11	@	Detroit Lions	6	41	12	296	164	132	4	20	517	301	216	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
11	Frank Tripucka	25	qb	6	6	1-5-0	86	174	49.4	769	3	1.7	17	9.8	42	4.4	0.4	8.9	128.2	27.8						0	0
17	Bob Celeri	25	QB	8	4	0-3-0	31	75	41.3	490	3	4.0	3	4.0	78	6.5	5.5	15.8	61.3	60.4						0	0
20	George Taliaferro*	25	LH	12	12		16	63	25.4	298	2	3.2	6	9.5	48	4.7	1.1	18.6	24.8	17.8						0	0
44	Hank Lauricella	22	P	11	0		11	22	50.0	177	4	18.2	2	9.1	34	8.0	7.6	16.1	16.1	79.0						0	0
10	Chuck Ortmann	23	b	3	2	0-2-0	5	15	33.3	73	0	0.0	1	6.7	54	4.9	1.9	14.6	24.3	22.4						0	0
22	Buddy Young	26	KR/RH	12	11		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	33.3	0	0.0	-15.0		0.0	0.0						0	0
	Team Total	25.2		12		1-10-0	149	352	42.3	1807	12	3.4	30	8.5	78	5.1	2.0	12.1	150.6	34.6						0	0
	Opp Total			12			153	310	49.4	2394	31	10.0	28	9.0		7.7	5.66	15.6	199.5	71.1	43	346	5.8	4.0	12.2

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
20	George Taliaferro*	25	LH	12	12	100	419	1	38	4.2	34.9	8.3	21	244	11.6	1	78	1.8	20.3	663	2	6
33	Zollie Toth	28	FB	12	6	82	266	4	18	3.2	22.2	6.8	13	54	4.2	0	20	1.1	4.5	320	4	2
22	Buddy Young	26	KR/RH	12	11	71	243	3	30	3.4	20.3	5.9	22	269	12.2	2	45	1.8	22.4	512	5	5
31	Dick Hoerner	30	fb	11	5	56	162	2	14	2.9	14.7	5.1	10	172	17.2	0	54	0.9	15.6	334	2	3
24	Billy Baggett	23	PR	11	1	19	65	0	15	3.4	5.9	1.7	3	41	13.7	1	27	0.3	3.7	106	1	4
44	Hank Lauricella	22	P	11	0	19	55	0	13	2.9	5.0	1.7								55	0	1
17	Bob Celeri	25	QB	8	4	17	135	0	31	7.9	16.9	2.1	4	37	9.3	1	13	0.5	4.6	172	1	6
11	Frank Tripucka	25	qb	6	6	9	28	3	15	3.1	4.7	1.5								28	3	4
10	Chuck Ortmann	23	b	3	2	8	24	0	15	3.0	8.0	2.7								24	0	0
88	Dick Wilkins	27	LE	12	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	32	416	13.0	3	42	2.7	34.7	416	3	2
85	Ray Pelfrey	24	e	6	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	18	243	13.5	2	48	3.0	40.5	243	2	0
80	Stan Williams	23	RDH/RE	12	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	9	123	13.7	0	32	0.8	10.3	123	0	1
85	Gene Felker	23	e	6	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	63	10.5	1	17	1.0	10.5	63	1	0
82	Dan Edwards	26	e	1	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	22	7.3	0	13	3.0	22.0	22	0	0
21	Tom Keane	26	LS	12	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	73	24.3	0	47	0.3	6.1	73	0	0
62	Barney Poole	29		12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	23	11.5	0	15	0.2	1.9	23	0	0
75	Gino Marchetti	25	LDE	12	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	17	17.0	1	17	0.1	1.4	17	1	0
23	Johnny Petitbon	21	LDH	11	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	1.0	11	0	1
65	John Wozniak*	31	RG	12	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	-1	0	0
	Team Total	25.2		12		381	1397	13	38	3.7	116.4	31.8	149	1807	12.1	12	78	12.4	150.6	3204	25	35
	Opp Total			12		421	2334	17		5.5	194.5	35.1	153	2048	13.4	31		12.8	170.7	4382	48	27

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	Billy Baggett	23	PR	11	1	12	102	0	15	8.5	23	567	0	82	24.7	775
22	Buddy Young	26	KR/RH	12	11	6	35	0	18	5.8	23	643	0	63	28.0	1190
20	George Taliaferro*	25	LH	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	6	146	0	35	24.3	813
73	Joe Campanella	22	lb	12	2						3	40	0	16	13.3	40
55	Keever Jankovich	24	LLB	10	0						3	45	0	18	15.0	45
40	Jerry Davis	28	RS	7	0	1	11	0	11	11.0						11
31	Dick Hoerner	30	fb	11	5						1	33	0	33	33.0	367
66	Weldon Humble	31	LG	11	9						1	17	0	17	17.0	17
21	Tom Keane	26	LS	12	1	1	8	0	8	8.0						81
44	Hank Lauricella	22	P	11	0						1	26	0	26	26.0	81
23	Johnny Petitbon	21	LDH	11	0						1	11	0	11	11.0	22
52	Joe Reid	23		11	0						1	17	0	17	17.0	17
83	Art Tait	23	RDE	8	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
78	Hamp Tanner	25		10	0						1	19	0	19	19.0	19
33	Zollie Toth	28	FB	12	6						1	18	0	18	18.0	338
65	John Wozniak*	31	RG	12	11						1	4	0	4	4.0	3
	Team Total	25.2		12		21	160	0	18	7.6	67	1586	0	82	23.7	4950
	Opp Total			12		36		3			35	732	0		20.9

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
44	Hank Lauricella	22	P	11	0																	58	2036	60	1	35.1
17	Bob Celeri	25	QB	8	4																	21	876	57	0	41.7
79	Chubby Grigg	26	K/RDT	10	0											3		0.0%	12	9	75.0%
35	Pat Cannamela	23	RLB	12	0											1		0.0%	10	8	80.0%
64	Keith Flowers	22		6	0														5	3	60.0%
11	Frank Tripucka	25	qb	6	6																	4	167	65	2	41.8
	Team Total	25.2		12												4		0.0%	27	20	74.1%	83	3079	65	3	37.1
	Opp Total			12												24	11	45.8%	56	54	96.4%	50	2165			43.3

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
21	Tom Keane	26	LS	12	1		10	93	0	39	0	0	0	2	4	0
80	Stan Williams	23	RDH/RE	12	6		5	84	0	62	0	0	1	5	42	1
23	Johnny Petitbon	21	LDH	11	0		5	42	0	24	0	0	1	2	0	0
20	George Taliaferro*	25	LH	12	12							0	6	1	0	0
22	Buddy Young	26	KR/RH	12	11							0	5	2	0	0
24	Billy Baggett	23	PR	11	1		1	10	0	10	0	0	4	1	22	0
17	Bob Celeri	25	QB	8	4							0	6	0	0	0
11	Frank Tripucka	25	qb	6	6							0	4	1	0	0
40	Jerry Davis	28	RS	7	0		3	118	1	66	0	0	0	1	3	0
31	Dick Hoerner	30	fb	11	5							0	3	0	0	0
35	Pat Cannamela	23	RLB	12	0							0	0	2	0	0
52	Joe Reid	23		11	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	Zollie Toth	28	FB	12	6							0	2	0	0	0
88	Dick Wilkins	27	LE	12	11							0	2	0	0	0
60	Sisto Averno	27	MG	12	1							0	0	1	0	0
73	Joe Campanella	22	lb	12	2							0	0	1	0	0
77	Don Colo	27		4	0		1	11	0	11	0
85	Gene Felker	23	e	6	3							0	0	1	0	0
64	Keith Flowers	22		6	0		1	16	0	16	0
55	Keever Jankovich	24	LLB	10	0							0	0	1	0	0
71	Jim Lansford	22	LT	12	10							0	0	1	0	0
44	Hank Lauricella	22	P	11	0							0	1	0	0	0
33	George Robison	21	g	4	1							0	0	1	0	0
45	Will Sherman	25		2	0		1	23	0	23	0
64	Joe Soboleski	26		1	0							0	0	1	3	0
78	Hamp Tanner	25		10	0							0	0	1	0	0
65	John Wozniak*	31	RG	12	11							0	0	1	0	0
	Team Total	25.2		12			28	397	1	66	0	0	35	27	74	1
	Opp Total			12		53							27	9					2

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
22	Buddy Young	26	KR/RH	12	11	3	2				5				30
33	Zollie Toth	28	FB	12	6	4					4				24
11	Frank Tripucka	25	qb	6	6	3					3				18
88	Dick Wilkins	27	LE	12	11		3				3				18
31	Dick Hoerner	30	fb	11	5	2					2				12
85	Ray Pelfrey	24	e	6	6		2				2				12
20	George Taliaferro*	25	LH	12	12	1	1				2				12
79	Chubby Grigg	26	K/RDT	10	0							9			9
35	Pat Cannamela	23	RLB	12	0							8			8
24	Billy Baggett	23	PR	11	1		1				1				6
17	Bob Celeri	25	QB	8	4		1				1				6
40	Jerry Davis	28	RS	7	0					1	1				6
85	Gene Felker	23	e	6	3		1				1				6
75	Gino Marchetti	25	LDE	12	2		1				1				6
80	Stan Williams	23	RDH/RE	12	6				1		1				6
64	Keith Flowers	22		6	0							3			3
	Team Total	25.2		12		13	12		1	1	27	20			182
	Opp Total			12		17	31	3				54	11	2	427

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