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1952 Dallas Texans

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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.

Coached by Jimmy Phelan (1-11-0)

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

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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 New York Giants 6 24 16 206 74 132 1 17 337 78 259 1
2 Sun October 5 box L 0-2 San Francisco 49ers 14 37 10 183 26 157 3 18 500 227 273 5
3 Sun October 12 box L 0-3 @ Chicago Bears 20 38 14 277 139 138 3 23 395 123 272 2
4 Sat October 18 box L 0-4 Green Bay Packers 14 24 12 232 146 86 5 19 318 131 187 3
5 Sun October 26 box L 0-5 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 48 15 234 122 112 4 15 334 71 263 1
6 Sun November 2 box L 0-6 @ Los Angeles Rams 20 42 17 252 106 146 5 17 432 259 173 5
7 Sun November 9 box L 0-7 Los Angeles Rams 6 27 13 207 33 174 8 10 169 -5 174 3
8 Sun November 16 box L 0-8 @ Detroit Lions 13 43 11 166 98 68 7 15 372 214 158 4
9 Sun November 23 box L 0-9 @ Green Bay Packers 14 42 13 153 108 45 4 13 300 227 73 7
10 Thu November 27 box W 1-9 Chicago Bears 27 23 22 334 204 130 4 15 317 195 122 8
11 Sun December 7 box L 1-10 @ Philadelphia Eagles 21 38 17 241 164 77 7 15 391 227 164 5
12 Sat December 13 box L 1-11 @ Detroit Lions 6 41 12 296 164 132 4 20 517 301 216 2

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 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 5.7 297 153 310 2048 31 28 5.8 90 421 2334 17 5.5 197 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 6 3 8 12 3 8 7 12 10 12 3 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Frank Tripucka 25 qb 6 6 86 174 49.4 769 3 1.7 17 9.8 42 4.4 0.2 8.9 128.2 27.8
Bob Celeri 25 QB 8 4 31 75 41.3 490 3 4.0 3 4.0 78 6.5 5.1 15.8 61.3 60.4
George Taliaferro* 25 LH 12 12 16 63 25.4 298 2 3.2 6 9.5 48 4.7 0.8 18.6 24.8 17.8
Hank Lauricella 22 P 11 0 11 22 50.0 177 4 18.2 2 9.1 34 8.0 5.8 16.1 16.1 79.0
Chuck Ortmann 23 3 2 5 15 33.3 73 0 0.0 1 6.7 54 4.9 1.9 14.6 24.3 22.4
Buddy Young 26 RH 12 11 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 -15.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.2 12 149 352 42.3 1807 12 3.4 30 8.5 78 5.1 1.6 12.1 150.6 34.6
Opp Total 12 153 310 49.4 2048 31 10.0 28 9.0 6.6 3.5 13.4 170.7 66.4 43 346 5.8 2.1

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
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
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
Buddy Young 26 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
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
Billy Baggett 23 RET 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
Hank Lauricella 22 P 11 0 19 55 0 13 2.9 5.0 1.7 55 0 1
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
Frank Tripucka 25 qb 6 6 9 28 3 15 3.1 4.7 1.5 28 3 4
Chuck Ortmann 23 3 2 8 24 0 15 3.0 8.0 2.7 24 0 0
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
Ray Pelfrey 24 6 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 243 13.5 2 48 3.0 40.5 243 2 0
Stan Williams 23 RE/RDH 12 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 123 13.7 0 32 0.8 10.3 123 0 1
Gene Felker 23 6 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 63 10.5 1 17 1.0 10.5 63 1 0
Dan Edwards 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 22 7.3 0 13 3.0 22.0 22 0 0
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
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
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
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
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

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
Billy Baggett 23 RET 11 1 12 102 0 15 8.5 23 567 0 82 24.7 775
Buddy Young 26 RH 12 11 6 35 0 18 5.8 23 643 0 63 28.0 1190
George Taliaferro* 25 LH 12 12 1 4 0 4 4.0 6 146 0 35 24.3 813
Joe Campanella 22 12 2 3 40 0 16 13.3 40
Keever Jankovich 24 LLB 10 0 3 45 0 18 15.0 45
Jerry Davis 28 RS 7 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Dick Hoerner 30 fb 11 5 1 33 0 33 33.0 367
Weldon Humble 31 LG 11 9 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Tom Keane 26 LS 12 1 1 8 0 8 8.0 81
Hank Lauricella 22 P 11 0 1 26 0 26 26.0 81
Johnny Petitbon 21 LDH 11 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 22
Joe Reid 23 11 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Art Tait 23 RDE 8 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Hamp Tanner 25 10 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
Zollie Toth 28 FB 12 6 1 18 0 18 18.0 338
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

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
Hank Lauricella 22 P 11 0 58 2036 60 1 35.1
Bob Celeri 25 QB 8 4 21 876 57 0 41.7
Chubby Grigg 26 RDT 10 0 3 0.0% 12 9 75.0%
Pat Cannamela 23 RLB 12 0 1 0.0% 10 8 80.0%
Keith Flowers 22 6 0 5 3 60.0%
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

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

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Buddy Young 26 RH 12 11 3 2 30
Zollie Toth 28 FB 12 6 4 24
Frank Tripucka 25 qb 6 6 3 18
Dick Wilkins 27 LE 12 11 3 18
Dick Hoerner 30 fb 11 5 2 12
Ray Pelfrey 24 6 6 2 12
George Taliaferro* 25 LH 12 12 1 1 12
Chubby Grigg 26 RDT 10 0 9 9
Pat Cannamela 23 RLB 12 0 8 8
Billy Baggett 23 RET 11 1 1 6
Bob Celeri 25 QB 8 4 1 6
Jerry Davis 28 RS 7 0 1 6
Gene Felker 23 6 3 1 6
Gino Marchetti 25 LDE 12 2 1 6
Stan Williams 23 RE/RDH 12 6 1 6
Keith Flowers 22 6 0 3 3
Team Total 25.2 12 13 12 1 1 20 182
Opp Total 12 17 31 3 54 11 2 427