1953  1952 1951

1952 NFL Standings, Stats and Awards

Postseason
Sunday, December 21
LAM	21	at DET	31		Natonal Conference Playoff
Sunday, December 28
DET	17	at CLE	7		League Championship

1952 Regular Season Schedule

DEFENSE				1st DOWNS					PASSING										RUSHING					MISC
	PTS	YDS	TD	RS	PS	PEN	TOT		ATT	CMP	YDS	YPA	TD	SKD	SKY	INT	RAT		ATT	YDS	YPR	TD		PEN	PYD	FUM	REC
DET	192	3566	25	74	105	16	195		382	182	2421	6.34	15	0	321	32	46.4		353	1145	3.24	8		62	596	34	25
CLE	213	3414	29	78	95	13	186		348	141	2028	5.83	17	0	339	22	50.1		411	1386	3.37	11		46	425	23	14
CHC	221	3530	28	85	82	9	176		307	149	1942	6.33	16	0	177	25	52.3		455	1588	3.49	8		91	883	30	18
SFO	221	3495	27	81	76	10	167		342	151	1929	5.64	15	0	291	17	56.3		412	1566	3.80	10		65	530	31	18
NYG	231	3817	30	72	110	7	189		337	162	2514	7.46	18	0	336	28	56.4		404	1303	3.23	8		66	518	35	17
LAM	234	3865	31	93	97	22	212		360	161	2252	6.26	18	0	369	38	42.5		441	1613	3.66	10		77	746	26	18
PHI	271	3560	38	81	93	13	187		343	157	2164	6.31	19	0	410	20	60.7		408	1396	3.42	12		74	699	36	19
PIT	273	4509	35	100	115	9	224		369	167	2765	7.49	24	0	220	27	62.2		460	1744	3.79	8		71	623	26	13
WAS	287	3634	37	96	80	13	189		275	121	1817	6.61	12	0	237	18	53.6		426	1817	4.27	19		91	817	32	16
GNB	312	3712	40	87	97	18	202		340	162	2205	6.49	17	0	443	22	58.5		415	1507	3.63	16		96	752	28	19
CHI	326	4271	43	98	98	13	209		311	160	2350	7.56	16	0	259	20	66.8		463	1921	4.15	20		91	795	44	26
DTX	427	4728	56	97	90	10	197		310	150	2394	7.72	31	0	346	28	70.3		421	2334	5.54	17		91	926	27	18

SPECIAL TEAMS		PUNT RETURN				PUNTS						KICK RETURN				KICKS						PUNT RETURN				PUNTS			KICK RETURN				KICKS
		RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS	TB	BLK	IN20		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA			RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA
CHC	OWN:	49	450	0		76	2837	0	1	0		45	1008	2		22	24	2	18		OPP:	54	600	1		69	2906		35	774	2		25	28	8	20
CHI	OWN:	41	223	0		66	2797	0	1	0		50	1168	2		31	31	8	28		OPP:	38	612	2		67	2783		36	906	2		40	43	8	20
CLE	OWN:	55	410	1		61	2787	0	1	0		47	823	0		35	35	19	33		OPP:	39	307	0		84	3408		47	1107	0		25	27	4	11
DET	OWN:	35	520	3		66	2910	0	0	0		39	882	0		42	43	14	28		OPP:	41	305	0		73	2966		63	1338	0		21	25	7	15
DTX	OWN:	21	160	0		84	3079	0	2	0		67	1586	0		20	27	0	4		OPP:	36	399	3		50	2163		35	732	0		54	56	11	24
GNB	OWN:	38	370	0		65	2645	0	0	0		52	1085	0		37	39	6	21		OPP:	36	281	1		72	2808		51	1312	0		39	40	11	20
LAM	OWN:	38	527	2		59	2526	0	0	0		40	967	0		44	45	11	19		OPP:	22	178	0		66	2827		48	1149	0		28	30	6	16
NYG	OWN:	41	502	0		82	3363	0	1	0		45	999	0		28	29	10	17		OPP:	52	348	2		84	3402		49	957	0		27	30	8	19
PHI	OWN:	53	446	2		83	3335	0	2	0		47	1173	0		31	31	11	20		OPP:	55	571	1		88	3630		44	1111	0		31	37	4	14
PIT	OWN:	47	557	3		81	3484	0	0	0		39	1128	2		36	42	4	11		OPP:	50	483	1		73	3095		56	1024	2		35	35	8	18
SFO	OWN:	40	436	2		68	2899	0	0	0		36	798	0		35	37	6	12		OPP:	29	359	1		78	3218		52	1242	0		27	27	10	21
WAS	OWN:	41	452	2		68	2806	0	0	0		51	1052	0		26	32	4	10		OPP:	47	610	3		55	2262		42	1017	0		35	37	10	23

League Leaders

Pass Att 1. Otto Graham - CLE 364 2. Jim Finks - PIT 336 3. Bobby Layne - DET 287 4. Bobby Thomason - PHI 212 5. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 208 6. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 205 7. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 194 8. Charley Trippi - CHC 181 9. Babe Parilli - GNB 177 10. Frank Tripucka - DTX 174	Pass Comp 1. Otto Graham - CLE 181 2. Jim Finks - PIT 158 3. Bobby Layne - DET 139 4. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 113 5. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 106 6. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 96 7. Bobby Thomason - PHI 95 8. Frank Tripucka - DTX 86 9. Charley Trippi - CHC 84 10. Charley Conerly - NYG 82 Tobin Rote - GNB 82	Comp Pct 1. Norm Van brocklin - LAM .551 2. Y.A. Tittle - SFO .510 3. Otto Graham - CLE .497 4. Eddie LeBaron - WAS .495 5. Frank Tripucka - DTX .494 6. Charley Conerly - NYG .485 7. Bobby Layne - DET .484 8. Jim Finks - PIT .470 9. Charley Trippi - CHC .464 10. Bobby Thomason - PHI .448 min 168 att	Pass Yards 1. Otto Graham - CLE 2816 2. Jim Finks - PIT 2307 3. Bobby Layne - DET 1999 4. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 1736 5. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 1420 6. Babe Parilli - GNB 1416 7. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 1407 8. Bobby Thomason - PHI 1334 9. Tobin Rote - GNB 1268 10. Charley Conerly - NYG 1090	Pass YPA 1. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 8.47 2. Babe Parilli - GNB 8.00 3. Otto Graham - CLE 7.74 4. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 7.32 5. Bobby Layne - DET 6.97 6. Jim Finks - PIT 6.87 7. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 6.76 8. Charley Conerly - NYG 6.45 9. Bobby Thomason - PHI 6.29 10. Charley Trippi - CHC 4.92 min 168 att
Pass TD 1. Jim Finks - PIT 20 Otto Graham - CLE 20 3. Bobby Layne - DET 19 4. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 14 Norm Van brocklin - LAM 14 6. Charley Conerly - NYG 13 Babe Parilli - GNB 13 Tobin Rote - GNB 13 9. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 11 10. Frankie Albert - SFO 8 George Blanda - CHI 8 Bobby Thomason - PHI 8	Pass INT 1. Otto Graham - CLE 24 2. Bobby Layne - DET 20 3. Jim Finks - PIT 19 4. Babe Parilli - GNB 17 Frank Tripucka - DTX 17 Norm Van brocklin - LAM 17 7. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 15 8. Charley Trippi - CHC 13 9. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 12 10. George Blanda - CHI 11 Steve Romanik - CHI 11 Bob Waterfield - LAM 11	Times Sacked	Pass Rating 1. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 71.5 2. Charley Conerly - NYG 70.4 3. Otto Graham - CLE 66.6 4. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 66.3 5. Jim Finks - PIT 66.2 6. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 65.7 7. Bobby Layne - DET 64.5 8. Bobby Thomason - PHI 60.5 9. Babe Parilli - GNB 56.6 10. Charley Trippi - CHC 40.5 min 168 att	Rush Att 1. Eddie Price - NYG 183 2. Joe Perry - SFO 158 3. Dan Towler - LAM 156 4. Bob Hoernschemeyer - DET 106 5. John Huzvar - PHI 105 6. Marion Motley - CLE 104 7. Kyle Rote - NYG 103 8. Harry Gilmer - WAS 100 George Taliaferro - DTX 100 10. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 98
Rush Yards 1. Dan Towler - LAM 894 2. Eddie Price - NYG 748 3. Joe Perry - SFO 725 4. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 684 5. Bob Hoernschemeyer - DET 457 6. Marion Motley - CLE 444 7. Kyle Rote - NYG 421 8. George Taliaferro - DTX 419 9. Bobby Layne - DET 411 10. Ken Carpenter - CLE 408	Rush AVG 1. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 7.0 2. Dan Towler - LAM 5.7 3. Ken Carpenter - CLE 5.7 4. Tank Younger - LAM 5.3 5. Billy Cross - CHC 4.9 6. Charley Trippi - CHC 4.9 7. Ray Mathews - PIT 4.8 8. Kayo Dottley - CHI 4.6 9. Joe Perry - SFO 4.6 10. Bobby Layne - DET 4.4 min 60 att	Rush TD 1. Dan Towler - LAM 10 2. Joe Perry - SFO 8 3. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 6 4. Jim Finks - PIT 5 Eddie Price - NYG 5 6. Otto Graham - CLE 4 Bob Hoernschemeyer - DET 4 Zollie Toth - DTX 4 Charley Trippi - CHC 4 10. Ken Carpenter - CLE 3 Kayo Dottley - CHI 3 Chuck Drazenovich - WAS 3 Ralph Goldston - PHI 3 Ollie Matson - CHC 3 Ed Modzelewski - PIT 3 Fred Morrison - CHI 3 Fran Rogel - PIT 3 Joe Scott - NYG 3 Vitamin Smith - LAM 3 Frank Tripucka - DTX 3 Buddy Young - DTX 3	Receptions 1. Mac Speedie - CLE 62 2. Bud Grant - PHI 56 3. Elbie Nickel - PIT 55 Gordy Soltau - SFO 55 5. Don Stonesifer - CHC 54 6. Billy Howton - GNB 53 7. Tom Fears - LAM 48 8. Dub Jones - CLE 43 9. Cloyce Box - DET 42 10. Hugh Taylor - WAS 41	Rec Yards 1. Billy Howton - GNB 1231 2. Bud Grant - PHI 997 3. Hugh Taylor - WAS 961 4. Cloyce Box - DET 924 5. Mac Speedie - CLE 911 6. Elbie Nickel - PIT 884 7. Gordy Soltau - SFO 774 8. Gene Schroeder - CHI 660 9. Dub Jones - CLE 651 10. Don Stonesifer - CHC 617
Rec AVG 1. Elroy Hirsch - LAM 23.6 2. Hugh Taylor - WAS 23.4 3. Billy Howton - GNB 23.2 4. Cloyce Box - DET 22.0 5. Bob McChesney - NYG 20.5 6. J.R. Boone - SFO 18.4 7. Bobby Walston - PHI 18.0 8. Bud Grant - PHI 17.8 9. Bob Mann - GNB 17.2 10. Gene Schroeder - CHI 16.9 min 18 rec	Rec TD 1. Cloyce Box - DET 15 2. Billy Howton - GNB 13 3. Hugh Taylor - WAS 12 4. Elbie Nickel - PIT 9 5. Bud Grant - PHI 7 Gordy Soltau - SFO 7 7. Tom Fears - LAM 6 Bob Mann - GNB 6 Bob McChesney - NYG 6 Gene Schroeder - CHI 6	Fumbles 1. Tobin Rote - GNB 10 2. John Huzvar - PHI 9 3. Eddie Macon - CHI 8 Ollie Matson - CHC 8 Skeet Quinlan - LAM 8 6. Jim Finks - PIT 7 Eddie LeBaron - WAS 7 Don Stevens - PHI 7 9. Bob Celeri - DTX 6 Fred Cone - GNB 6 Billy Cross - CHC 6 Ray Mathews - PIT 6 Joe Perry - SFO 6 George Taliaferro - DTX 6 Wilford White - CHI 6	Punt Returns 1. Bibbles Bawel - PHI 34 2. Emlen Tunnell - NYG 30 3. Ray Mathews - PIT 26 4. Johnny Williams - WAS 24 5. Wilford White - CHI 23 6. Ray Renfro - CLE 22 7. Billy Cross - CHC 21 8. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 20 9. Woodley Lewis - LAM 19 10. Billy Grimes - GNB 18	Punt Ret Avg 1. Jack Christiansen - DET 21.5 2. Woodley Lewis - LAM 18.5 3. Ray Mathews - PIT 15.3 4. Johnny Williams - WAS 15.3 5. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 14.2 6. Emlen Tunnell - NYG 13.7 7. Skeet Quinlan - LAM 11.9 8. Yale Lary - DET 11.4 9. Don Stevens - PHI 10.8 10. Billy Grimes - GNB 9.9 min 12 returns
Punt Ret FC	Punt Ret TD 1. Jack Christiansen - DET 2 Woodley Lewis - LAM 2 Ray Mathews - PIT 2 Johnny Williams - WAS 2 5. Bibbles Bawel - PHI 1 Ken Carpenter - CLE 1 George Hays - PIT 1 Yale Lary - DET 1 Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 1 Pat O'donahue - SFO 1 Don Stevens - PHI 1	Kickoff Ret 1. Billy Baggett - DTX 23 Adam Walker - DTX 23 3. Al Pollard - PHI 21 4. Ollie Matson - CHC 20 5. Billy Grimes - GNB 18 Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 18 7. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 17 Skeet Quinlan - LAM 17 9. Jack Christiansen - DET 16 Woodley Lewis - LAM 16 Don Stevens - PHI 16	Kick Ret Avg 1. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 35.2 2. Ollie Matson - CHC 31.2 3. Adam Walker - DTX 28.0 4. Don Stevens - PHI 27.1 5. Skeet Quinlan - LAM 26.8 6. Ray Mathews - PIT 26.2 7. Jack Christiansen - DET 25.6 8. Yale Lary - DET 25.3 9. Al Pollard - PHI 25.1 10. Billy Baggett - DTX 24.7 min 12 returns	Kickoff Ret TD 1. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 2 Ollie Matson - CHC 2 3. Leon Campbell - CHI 1 Eddie Macon - CHI 1
Punts 1. Adrian Burk - PHI 83 2. Tom Landry - NYG 82 3. Pat Brady - PIT 77 4. Frankie Albert - SFO 68 5. Babe Parilli - GNB 65 6. Fred Morrison - CHI 64 7. Horace Gillom - CLE 61 Bob Smith - DET 61 9. Hank Lauricella - DTX 58 10. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 51	Punt Avg 1. Hank Lauricella - DTX 0.0 2. Frank Tripucka - CHC 0.0 3. Adrian Burk - PHI 0.0 4. Babe Parilli - GNB 0.0 5. Tom Landry - NYG 0.0 6. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 0.0 7. Fred Morrison - CHI 0.0 8. Bob Waterfield - LAM 0.0 9. Frankie Albert - SFO 0.0 10. Pat Brady - PIT 0.0 min 30 returns	Field Goals Made 1. Lou Groza - CLE 19 2. Pat Harder - DET 11 Bobby Walston - PHI 11 Bob Waterfield - LAM 11 5. George Blanda - CHI 6 Gordy Soltau - SFO 6 7. Bill Reichardt - GNB 5 8. Gary Kerkorian - PIT 4 9. Doak Walker - DET 3 10. Joe Geri - CHC 2 Wilford White - CHI 2	Field Goals Att 1. Lou Groza - CLE 33 2. George Blanda - CHI 25 3. Pat Harder - DET 23 4. Bill Reichardt - GNB 20 Bobby Walston - PHI 20 6. Joe Geri - CHC 18 Bob Waterfield - LAM 18 8. Gordy Soltau - SFO 12 9. Gary Kerkorian - PIT 9 10. Doak Walker - DET 5	Defensive Sacks
Defensive INT 1. Dick Lane - LAM 14 2. Tom Keane - DTX 10 3. Bob Smith - DET 9 4. Bibbles Bawel - PHI 8 Tom Landry - NYG 8 Herb Rich - LAM 8 7. Jack Butler - PIT 7 Jimmy David - DET 7 Emlen Tunnell - NYG 7 10. Roy Barni - CHC 6 Bert Rechichar - CLE 6 Lowell Wagner - SFO 6	INT TD Ret 1. Dick Lane - LAM 2 2. Don Burke - SFO 1 Russ Craft - PHI 1 Jerry Davis - DTX 1 George Hays - PIT 1 Mike Jarmoluk - PHI 1 Tom Landry - NYG 1 Ace Loomis - GNB 1 Herb Rich - LAM 1 Andy Robustelli - LAM 1 Vic Sears - PHI 1 Bob Smith - DET 1 LaVern Torgeson - DET 1 Johnny Williams - WAS 1

Awards

Heisman Trophy Winner - Billy Vessels
Pro Bowl MVP - Don Doll

Pro Bowl
AMER	QB	Jim Finks
AMER	QB	Harry Gilmer
AMER	QB	Otto Graham
AMER	FB	Eddie Price
AMER	FB	Jerry Shipkey
AMER	T	Laurie Niemi
AMER	T	Arnie Weinmeister
AMER	T	Lou Groza
AMER	T	Bill Fischer
AMER	T	Tex Coulter
AMER	T	Paul Lipscomb
AMER	G	Frank Kilroy
AMER	G	Abe Gibron
AMER	G	Jon Baker
AMER	G	Bill Willis
AMER	HB	Charlie Trippi
AMER	HB	Russ Craft
AMER	HB	Lynn Chandnois
AMER	HB	Dub Jones
AMER	HB	Ray Mathews
AMER	HB	Ollie Matson
AMER	E	Elbie Nickel
AMER	E	Pete Pihos
AMER	E	Mac Speedie
AMER	E	Hugh Taylor
AMER	DE	Bill McPeak
AMER	DE	Len Ford
AMER	DT	Ernie Stautner
AMER	LB	Chuck Bednarik
AMER	LB	John Cannady
AMER	DB	Johnny Williams
AMER	S	Emlen Tunnell
AMER	P	Horace Gillom
NATI	QB	Bobby Layne
NATI	QB	Norm Van Brocklin
NATI	FB	Dan Towler
NATI	FB	Joe Perry
NATI	FB	Pat Harder
NATI	T	George Connor
NATI	G	Dick Barwegan
NATI	G	Lou Creekmur
NATI	G	Deral Teteak
NATI	G	Stan West
NATI	OG	John Wozniak
NATI	C	Bill Johnson
NATI	HB	Bob Hoernschemeyer
NATI	HB	Hugh McElhenny
NATI	HB	George Taliaferro
NATI	E	Ed Sprinkle
NATI	E	Gordie Soltau
NATI	E	Gene Schroeder
NATI	E	Ab Wimberly
NATI	OE	Billy Howton
NATI	E	Elroy Hirsch
NATI	E	Cloyce Box
NATI	DE	Ed Henke
NATI	DT	Jim Winkler
NATI	DT	Fred Williams
NATI	DT	Leo Nomellini
NATI	LB	Don Paul
NATI	LB	Tank Younger
NATI	LB	Hardy Brown
NATI	DB	Don Doll
NATI	P	Bob Smith

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