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1952 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-3-0, 1st in NFL National Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Buddy Parker (9-3-0)

Points For: 344 (28.7/g) 2nd of 12

Points Against: 192 (16.0/g) 1st of 12

Expected W-L: 9.6-2.4

SRS: 11.27 (1st of 12), SOS: -1.40

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 31-21 vs. Los Angeles Rams
Won Championship 17-7 vs. Cleveland Browns

Defensive Coordinator: Buster Ramsey

Other Notable Asst.: George Wilson (Offensive Coach)

Stadium: Briggs Stadium

Partial Owner/President: Edwin Anderson

Partial Owner: Lyle Fife

General Manager: Nick Kerbawy

Training Camp: Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	344	3988	804	5.0	38	10	219	171	362	2208	24	28	6.1	115	442	1780	14	4.0	92	77	799	12
Opp. Stats	192	3245	735	4.4	57	25	195	182	382	2100	15	32	5.5	105	353	1145	8	3.2	74	62	596	16
Lg Rank Offense	2	3			5	1	2		3	4	2	10	4		3	4	3	4
Lg Rank Defense	1	4			1	2	7		12	10	2	2	6		1	1	1	2

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										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	@	San Francisco 49ers	3	17	13	247	149	98	5	19	324	164	160	1
2	Fri	October 3		boxscore	W		1-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	14	22	361	195	166	4	12	196	157	39	4
3	Sun	October 12		boxscore	L		1-2		San Francisco 49ers	0	28	4	65	25	40	4	21	265	86	179	1
4	Sun	October 19		boxscore	W		2-2		Los Angeles Rams	24	16	14	273	193	80	5	16	285	194	91	4
5	Sun	October 26		boxscore	W		3-2	@	Green Bay Packers	52	17	21	378	216	162	2	21	405	352	53	9
6	Sun	November 2		boxscore	W		4-2		Cleveland Browns	17	6	20	303	161	142	3	15	214	107	107	4
7	Sun	November 9		boxscore	W		5-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	31	6	25	391	70	321		15	192	195	-3	3
8	Sun	November 16		boxscore	W		6-2		Dallas Texans	43	13	15	372	214	158	4	11	166	98	68	7
9	Sun	November 23		boxscore	L		6-3	@	Chicago Bears	23	24	17	259	110	149	4	18	395	216	179	5
10	Thu	November 27		boxscore	W		7-3		Green Bay Packers	48	24	23	394	262	132	3	17	299	196	103	8
11	Sun	December 7		boxscore	W		8-3		Chicago Bears	45	21	25	428	312	116	2	18	208	171	37	7
12	Sat	December 13		boxscore	W		9-3		Dallas Texans	41	6	20	517	301	216	2	12	296	164	132	4
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 21		boxscore	W		10-3		Los Angeles Rams	31	21	18	360	187	173	4	15	276	148	128	3
Championship	Sun	December 28		boxscore	W		11-3	@	Cleveland Browns	17	7	10	258	59	199		22	384	157	227	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bobby Layne	26	QB	12	12	9-2-0	139	287	48.4	1999	19	6.6	20	7.0	77	7.0	5.2	14.4	166.6	64.5	212	0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Jim Hardy	29	QB	9	1	0-1-0	28	59	47.5	434	3	5.1	5	8.5	49	7.4	4.6	15.5	48.2	53.9	55	0	0
3	Tom Dublinski	22	QB	6	0		1	6	16.7	39	0	0.0	1	16.7	39	6.5	-1.0	39.0	6.5	14.6	20	0	0
4	Bob Hoernschemeyer	27	RH	10	10		2	4	50.0	14	2	50.0	1	25.0	10	3.5	2.3	7.0	1.4	58.3		0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Doak Walker	25	LH	7	3		1	2	50.0	9	0	0.0	1	50.0	9	4.5	-18.0	9.0	1.3	22.9		0	0
6	Jug Girard	25	LH	11	9		0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	9-3-0	171	362	47.2	2208	24	6.6	28	7.7	77	6.9	4.7	14.6	184.0	60.0	287	0	0

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bobby Layne	26	QB	2	2	2-0-0	16	30	53.3	212	0	0.0	4	13.3	51	7.1	1.1	13.3	106.0	36.4	14	0	0
2	Doak Walker	25	LH	2	2		1	2	50.0	24	1	50.0	0	0.0	24	12.0	22.0	24.0	12.0	133.3	0	0	0
3	Bob Hoernschemeyer	27	RH	1	0		1	1	100.0	24	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	118.7	0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	2-0-0	18	33	54.5	246	1	3.0	4	12.1	51	6.8	3.0	14.4	123.0	88.7	14	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Cloyce Box	29	LE	12	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	42	924	22.0	15	77	3.5	77.0	42	22.0	924	15	0	PB,AP-1
2	Bob Hoernschemeyer	27	RH	10	10	106	457	4	41	4.3	45.7	10.6	17	139	8.2	0	28	1.7	13.9	123	4.8	596	4	3	PB,AP-2
3	Jug Girard	25	LH	11	9	61	222	2	36	3.6	20.2	5.5	17	316	18.6	2	39	1.5	28.7	78	6.9	538	4	3
4	Bobby Layne	26	QB	12	12	94	411	1	29	4.4	34.3	7.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	94	4.4	411	1	5	PB,AP-1
5	Pat Harder	30	FB	11	10	81	244	2	22	3.0	22.2	7.4	14	142	10.1	1	22	1.3	12.9	95	4.1	386	3	0	PB,AP-2
6	Leon Hart	24	RE	11	11	3	10	0	11	3.3	0.9	0.3	32	376	11.8	4	24	2.9	34.2	35	11.0	386	4	0
7	Bill Swiacki	30	LE	11	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	17	213	12.5	1	26	1.5	19.4	17	12.5	213	1	1
8	Doak Walker	25	LH	7	3	26	106	0	20	4.1	15.1	3.7	11	90	8.2	0	18	1.6	12.9	37	5.3	196	0	1
9	Jim Doran	25	LDE	11	11	1	36	0	33	36.0	3.3	0.1	10	147	14.7	1	31	0.9	13.4	11	16.6	183	1	0
10	Jack Christiansen	24	FS	11	1	19	148	2	65	7.8	13.5	1.7	3	32	10.7	0	11	0.3	2.9	22	8.2	180	2	2	AP-1
11	Byron Bailey	22	HB	8	1	19	74	2	11	3.9	9.3	2.4	2	28	14.0	0	24	0.3	3.5	21	4.9	102	2	0
12	Ollie Cline	27	FB	8	1	13	36	1	8	2.8	4.5	1.6	2	45	22.5	0	30	0.3	5.6	15	5.4	81	1	0
13	Bob Smith	27	SS	12	12	3	12	0	10	4.0	1.0	0.3	1	18	18.0	0	18	0.1	1.5	4	7.5	30	0	1	PB,AP-2
14	Clyde Scott	28	HB	5	0	2	-2	0	4	-1.0	-0.4	0.4	1	21	21.0	0	21	0.2	4.2	3	6.3	19	0	0
15	Jim Hardy	29	QB	9	1	5	16	0	9	3.2	1.8	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	3.2	16	0	0
16	Pete D'Alonzo	23	FB	4	0	5	7	0	3	1.4	1.8	1.3	2	4	2.0	0	10	0.5	1.0	7	1.6	11	0	0
17	Tom Dublinski	22	QB	6	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.5	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
18	Lindy Pearson	23	HB	3	2	3	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			12	12	442	1780	14	65	4.0	148.3	36.8	171	2495	14.6	24	77	14.3	207.9	613	7.0	4275	38	17

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Doak Walker	25	LH	2	2	17	126	1	67	7.4	63.0	8.5	4	86	21.5	0	51	2.0	43.0	21	10.1	212	1	0
2	Pat Harder	30	FB	2	2	16	100	2	20	6.3	50.0	8.0	3	24	8.0	0	11	1.5	12.0	19	6.5	124	2	0
3	Leon Hart	24	RE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	101	16.8	1	24	3.0	50.5	6	16.8	101	1	0
4	Bob Hoernschemeyer	27	RH	2	1	18	76	1	10	4.2	38.0	9.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	4.2	76	1	0
5	Bobby Layne	26	QB	2	2	15	67	1	13	4.5	33.5	7.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	15	4.5	67	1	0
6	Cloyce Box	29	LE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	30	10.0	0	11	1.5	15.0	3	10.0	30	0	0
7	Jack Christiansen	24	FS	1	1	4	9	0	6	2.3	9.0	4.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	1.0	5.0	5	2.8	14	0	0
8	Bill Swiacki	30	LE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	1.0	14.0	1	14.0	14	0	0
9	Ollie Cline	27	FB	1	0	3	-6	0	-2	-2.0	-6.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-2.0	-6	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	73	372	5	67	5.1	186.0	36.5	18	260	14.4	1	51	9.0	130.0	91	6.9	632	6	0

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Vince Banonis	31	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Les Bingaman	26	MG	12	12	1	8	0	8	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Lou Creekmur	25	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Jim David	25	LDH	12	12	7	48	0	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Don Doll	26	SS	12	12	2	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Blaine Earon	25	RDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	0	0.0	0
7	Dick Flanagan	26	LLB	12	12	1	14	0	14	0	4	8	0	0.0	0
8	Yale Lary	22	RDH	12	12	4	61	0	53	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Bobby Layne	26	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
10	Jim Martin	28	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Bob Smith	27	SS	12	12	9	184	1	90	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
12	LaVern Torgeson	23	RLB	12	12	5	100	1	34	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jim Doran	25	LDE	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Thurman McGraw	25	LDT	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
15	Bob Hoernschemeyer	27	RH	10	10	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
16	Jug Girard	25	LH	11	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Bill Swiacki	30	LE	11	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Doak Walker	25	LH	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Lindy Pearson	23	HB	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Jack Christiansen	24	FS	11	1	2	47	0	32	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
21	Sonny Gandee	23	LDE	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	0	0.0	1
22	Jim Hill	23	DB	9	1	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	32	477	2	90	17	33	38	0	0.0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Jim David	25	LDH	2	2	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
2	Jim Doran	25	LDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0
3	Yale Lary	22	RDH	1	1				0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Jim Martin	28	LG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	LaVern Torgeson	23	RLB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	2	7	0	7	0	0	3	0	0	2.0	0	0

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