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1952 Los Angeles Rams

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

Scored 349 points (29.1/g), 1st of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 234 points (19.5/g), 6th.
 Differential of 115 points (9.6/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 8.6-3.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.7/g), 3rd.

Coached by Joe Stydahar (0-1-0) and Hampton Pool (9-2-0)

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 @ Cleveland Browns 7 37 11 158 58 100 5 23 419 128 291 2
2 Fri October 3 box L 0-2 Detroit Lions 14 17 12 196 157 39 4 22 361 195 166 4
3 Sun October 12 box W 1-2 @ Green Bay Packers 30 28 22 305 147 158 3 20 408 219 189 3
4 Sun October 19 box L 1-3 @ Detroit Lions 16 24 16 285 194 91 4 14 273 193 80 5
5 Sun October 26 box W 2-3 Chicago Bears 31 7 19 374 173 201 4 12 159 158 1 4
6 Sun November 2 box W 3-3 Dallas Texans 42 20 17 432 259 173 5 17 252 106 146 5
7 Sun November 9 box W 4-3 @ Dallas Texans 27 6 10 169 -5 174 3 13 207 33 174 8
8 Sun November 16 box W 5-3 @ Chicago Bears 40 24 15 516 351 165 5 22 309 113 196 6
9 Sun November 23 box W 6-3 San Francisco 49ers 35 9 18 390 256 134 3 14 200 89 111 3
10 Sun November 30 box W 7-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 34 21 19 388 137 251 3 14 208 141 67 3
11 Sun December 7 box W 8-3 Green Bay Packers 45 27 19 374 207 167 3 23 347 264 83 7
12 Sun December 14 box W 9-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 28 14 27 516 358 158 6 18 353 244 109 6
Playoffs
Division December 21 box L 9-4 Detroit Lions 21 31

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 349 4103 758 5.4 205 167 329 2292 17 31 6.6 102 411 1811 17 4.4 92 48 17 11
Team Defense 234 3496 847 4.1 331 161 360 1883 18 38 4.6 97 441 1613 10 3.7 212 56 18 22
Lg Rank Offense 1 2 5 9 3 8 12 1 7 2 1 3 9 6
Lg Rank Defense 6 9 11 10 7 8 1 5 9 8 5 7 2 5

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%
Norm Van Brocklin* 26 QB 12 6 113 205 55.1 1736 14 6.8 17 8.3 84 8.5 5.4 15.4 144.7 71.5
Bob Waterfield 32 qb 12 6 51 109 46.8 655 3 2.8 11 10.1 63 6.0 1.7 12.8 54.6 35.7
Don Klosterman 22 2 0 3 10 30.0 47 0 0.0 3 30.0 30 4.7 -8.8 15.7 23.5 7.1
Skeets Quinlan 24 LH 12 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Vitamin Smith 29 RH 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.6 12 167 329 50.8 2438 17 5.2 31 9.4 84 7.4 3.7 14.6 203.2 53.2
Opp Total 12 161 360 44.7 1883 18 5.0 38 10.6 5.2 1.0 11.7 156.9 38.2 46 369 4.6 0.0

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
Dan Towler*+ 24 FB 12 0 156 894 10 44 5.7 74.5 13.0 11 68 6.2 0 13 0.9 5.7 962 10 4
Tank Younger* 24 LLB 12 0 63 331 1 38 5.3 27.6 5.3 12 73 6.1 0 12 1.0 6.1 404 1 3
Vitamin Smith 29 RH 12 0 57 133 3 20 2.3 11.1 4.8 16 254 15.9 3 56 1.3 21.2 387 6 3
Skeets Quinlan 24 LH 12 0 52 224 1 38 4.3 18.7 4.3 14 265 18.9 2 80 1.2 22.1 489 3 8
Jack Myers 28 12 0 27 82 1 14 3.0 6.8 2.3 2 1 0.5 0 3 0.2 0.1 83 1 1
Woodley Lewis 27 LS 12 0 19 114 0 51 6.0 9.5 1.6 114 0 2
Jerry Williams 29 LDH 12 0 11 65 0 26 5.9 5.4 0.9 65 0 0
Bob Waterfield 32 qb 12 6 9 -14 1 19 -1.6 -1.2 0.8 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 -9 1 4
Norm Van Brocklin* 26 QB 12 6 7 -10 0 9 -1.4 -0.8 0.6 -10 0 5
Carl Mayes 22 7 0 5 2 0 6 0.4 0.3 0.7 2 0 0
Paul Barry 26 6 0 3 -1 0 4 -0.3 -0.2 0.5 2 43 21.5 1 25 0.3 7.2 42 1 0
Tom Fears 29 LE 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 48 600 12.5 6 36 4.0 50.0 600 6 0
Don Klosterman 22 2 0 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0 -4.5 0.5 -9 0 1
Bob Carey 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 539 15.0 1 61 3.0 44.9 539 1 1
Elroy Hirsch* 29 RE 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 590 23.6 4 84 2.5 59.0 590 4 0
Team Total 25.6 12 411 1811 17 51 4.4 150.9 34.3 167 2438 14.6 17 84 13.9 203.2 4249 34 32
Opp Total 12 441 1613 10 3.7 134.4 36.8 161 1883 11.7 18 13.4 156.9 3496 28 26

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
Woodley Lewis 27 LS 12 0 19 351 2 82 18.5 16 345 0 47 21.6 810
Skeets Quinlan 24 LH 12 0 14 167 0 88 11.9 18 455 0 56 25.3 1111
Vitamin Smith 29 RH 12 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 5 158 0 55 31.6 545
Dan Towler*+ 24 FB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 9 0 9 9.0 971
Herb Rich 24 RS 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jerry Williams 29 LDH 12 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 74
Team Total 25.6 12 38 527 2 88 13.9 40 967 0 56 24.2 5743
Opp Total 12 22 0 48 1149 0 23.9

Kicking & Punting

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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 Waterfield 32 qb 12 6 18 11 61.1% 45 44 97.8% 30 1276 59 0 42.5
Norm Van Brocklin* 26 QB 12 6 29 1250 66 0 43.1
Bob Carey 22 12 0 1 0.0%
Team Total 25.6 12 19 11 57.9% 45 44 97.8% 59 2526 66 0 42.8
Opp Total 12 16 6 37.5% 30 28 93.3% 66 2825 42.8

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
Larry Brink 29 LDE 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Carey 22 12 0 1 1 16 1
Ken Casner 22 RDT 11 0 0 1 2 1
Jack Dwyer 25 ldh 9 0 4 48 0 23 0 2 66 2
Norb Hecker 25 10 0 1 50 0 50
Don Klosterman 22 2 0 1 0 0 0
Night Train Lane 25 RDH 12 0 14 298 2 80 1
Woodley Lewis 27 LS 12 0 1 20 0 20 2 0 0 0
Carl Mayes 22 7 0 0 1 0 0
Leon McLaughlin 27 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Myers 28 12 0 1 2 0 0
Don Paul* 27 RLB 12 0 2 40 0 30 0 2 0 0
Skeets Quinlan 24 LH 12 0 8 5 -2 0
Herb Rich 24 RS 11 0 8 201 1 97
Andy Robustelli 27 RDE 12 0 1 14 1 14 0 4 29 1
Vitamin Smith 29 RH 12 0 3 1 0 0
Harry Thompson 26 RG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Dan Towler*+ 24 FB 12 0 4 0 0 0
Norm Van Brocklin* 26 QB 12 6 5 2 0 0
Bob Waterfield 32 qb 12 6 4 3 0 0
Stan West*+ 26 MG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jerry Williams 29 LDH 12 0 4 41 0 22 0 2 0 0
Jim Winkler* 25 LDT 11 0 0 1 7 0
Tank Younger* 24 LLB 12 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 38 712 4 97 32 33 118 5 1
Opp Total 12 18 26 8

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bob Waterfield 32 qb 12 6 1 44 11 83
Dan Towler*+ 24 FB 12 0 10 60
Tom Fears 29 LE 12 0 6 36
Vitamin Smith 29 RH 12 0 3 3 36
Elroy Hirsch* 29 RE 10 0 4 24
Skeets Quinlan 24 LH 12 0 1 2 18
Night Train Lane 25 RDH 12 0 2 1 14
Bob Carey 22 12 0 1 1 12
Jack Dwyer 25 ldh 9 0 2 12
Woodley Lewis 27 LS 12 0 2 12
Andy Robustelli 27 RDE 12 0 1 1 12
Paul Barry 26 6 0 1 6
Ken Casner 22 RDT 11 0 1 6
Jack Myers 28 12 0 1 6
Herb Rich 24 RS 11 0 1 6
Tank Younger* 24 LLB 12 0 1 6
Team Total 25.6 12 17 17 2 5 4 44 11 1 349
Opp Total 12 10 18 28 6 234