1952 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 1st place American Conference 8-4-0 .667 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| Howard Brinker | Ends |
| Blanton Collier | Backfield |
| Weeb Ewbank | Tackles |
| Fritz Heisler | Guards |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/23/1952 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 22215 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1952 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 37976 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1952 | N | Detroit Lions | 21-28 | L | Syracuse, NY | Archbold Stadium | 26000 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1952 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 31-35 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 30119 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1952 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 37-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 57832 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1952 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-20 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27923 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1952 | H | New York Giants | 9-17 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 51858 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1952 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 49-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 27874 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1952 | H | Washington Redskins | 19-15 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 32496 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1952 | A | Detroit Lions | 6-17 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 56028 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1952 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 28-13 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 34097 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1952 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 29-28 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 34973 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1952 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-28 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 28948 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1952 | A | Washington Redskins | 48-24 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22679 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1952 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 10-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 24541 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1952 | A | New York Giants | 34-37 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 41610 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/28/1952 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-17 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 50934 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 83 | Pete Brewster | ROE-LOE | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | Purdue | 11 | 4 |
| 22 | Rex Bumgardner | RDH-LOH | 5-11 | 193 | 29 | West Virginia | 11 | 1 |
| 20 | Ken Carpenter | LOH | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Oregon State | 8 | 7 |
| 30 | Emerson Cole | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Toledo | 6 | 0 |
| 80 | Len Ford | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Morgan State; Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| 74 | Bob Gain | LDT-K-RDT | 6-3 | 256 | 23 | Kentucky | 6 | 0 |
| 52 | Frank Gatski | C | 6-2 | 233 | 31 | Marshall; Auburn | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Abe Gibron | LOG-LOT | 5-11 | 243 | 27 | Valparaiso; Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| 84 | Horace Gillom | P-ROE | 6-1 | 221 | 31 | Ohio State; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 1 |
| 14 | Otto Graham | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 31 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Lou Groza | LOT-K | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 79 | Jerry Helluin | RDT | 6-2 | 272 | 23 | Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| 50 | Hal Herring | RLB | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | Auburn | 12 | 12 |
| 62 | Lin Houston | ROG | 6-0 | 213 | 31 | Ohio State | 12 | 11 |
| 44 | Sherman Howard | LOH | 5-11 | 193 | 28 | Iowa; Nevada-Reno | 5 | 4 |
| 32 | Harry Jagade | FB-LLB | 6-0 | 213 | 26 | Indiana | 12 | 2 |
| 43 | Tommy James | RDH | 5-10 | 184 | 29 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 40 | Dub Jones | ROH | 6-3 | 202 | 28 | Louisiana State; Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| 70 | John Kissell | LDT | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Warren Lahr | LDH | 5-11 | 189 | 29 | Western Reserve | 12 | 12 |
| 86 | Dante Lavelli | ROE | 6-1 | 191 | 29 | Ohio State | 8 | 7 |
| 34 | Walt Michaels | LLB | 6-0 | 231 | 23 | Washington & Lee | 11 | 11 |
| 36 | Marion Motley | FB | 6-1 | 232 | 32 | Nevada-Reno | 12 | 10 |
| 72 | Derrell Palmer | ROT | 6-2 | 240 | 30 | Texas Christian | 11 | 1 |
| 44 | Don Phelps | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Kentucky | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | George Ratterman | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Notre Dame | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | Bert Rechichar | S | 6-1 | 209 | 22 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| 26 | Ray Renfro | ROH | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | North Texas | 12 | 0 |
| 78 | John Sandusky | ROT | 6-1 | 251 | 27 | Villanova | 11 | 11 |
| 68 | Ed Sharkey | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 229 | 25 | Duke; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 1 |
| 44 | Don Shula | RDH | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | John Carroll | 5 | 0 |
| 65 | Joe Skibinski | ROG | 5-11 | 236 | 24 | Purdue | 12 | 1 |
| 88 | Mac Speedie | LOE | 6-3 | 203 | 32 | Utah | 12 | 12 |
| 54 | Tommy Thompson | MLB | 6-1 | 221 | 25 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| 60 | Bill Willis | MG | 6-2 | 213 | 31 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | George Young | LDE | 6-3 | 214 | 28 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 10 | Bert Rechichar | B | Tennessee |
| 1 | 12 | Harry Agganis | QB | Boston University |
| 2 | 24 | Bill Hughes | C | Michigan State |
| 3 | 26 | Don Klosterman | QB | Loyola Marymount |
| 3 | 36 | Joe Campanella | T | Ohio State |
| 4 | 39 | Elmer Costa | G | North Carolina State |
| 4 | 48 | Ray Renfro | B | North Texas |
| 5 | 60 | Keever Jankovich | E | Pacific |
| 6 | 72 | Burrell Shields | B | John Carroll |
| 7 | 84 | John Pace | T | Mississippi State |
| 8 | 86 | Stan Williams | E | Baylor |
| 8 | 96 | Herschel Forester | G | Southern Methodist |
| 9 | 108 | Bob Finnell | B | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 10 | 120 | Pat Ribeiro | T | Pacific |
| 11 | 132 | Dick Logan | T | Ohio State |
| 12 | 144 | Roy Thompson | B | Florida State |
| 13 | 156 | Tom Cosgrove | C | Maryland |
| 14 | 168 | Steve Ruzich | G | Ohio State |
| 15 | 180 | Holly Aplin | E | Tampa |
| 16 | 189 | Herb Neathery | B | Illinois |
| 16 | 192 | Ed Rowland | T | Oklahoma |
| 17 | 204 | Stew Scheetz | T | Penn State |
| 18 | 216 | Ken Mirich | G | Santa Clara |
| 19 | 225 | Sam Talarico | T | Indiana |
| 19 | 228 | Mike Maccioli | B | Purdue |
| 20 | 240 | Bob Brandenbury | B | Kansas |
| 21 | 252 | Dick Calhoun | G | Baylor |
| 22 | 264 | Howard Johnson | T | California-Santa Barbara |
| 23 | 276 | Bobby Robertson | B | Indiana |
| 24 | 288 | Junior Wren | B | Missouri |
| 25 | 300 | Billy Reddell | B | Florida |
| 26 | 312 | Joe Vernasco | E | Illinois |
| 27 | 324 | Bill Maletzky | G | Maryland |
| 28 | 336 | John Pietro | G | Brown |
| 29 | 348 | Walt Klevay | B | Ohio State |
| 30 | 360 | John Saban | B | Xavier (Ohio) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 81 | 62 | 108 | 59 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 53 | 42 | 71 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 228 | 105 | 119 | 4 | / % | / % | 85 | 744 | |
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 78 | 95 | 13 | / % | / % | 46 | 425 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 0 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 0 | 89 |
| Dub Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Ken Carpenter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Mac Speedie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Otto Graham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Sherman Howard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Harry Jagade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Marion Motley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Len Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Gain | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| George Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 1 | 310 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 25 | 29 | 86.2 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 1 | 213 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 1 | 52 | 6/8 | 5/6 | 4/6 | 3/10 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 1 | 52 | 6/8 | 5/6 | 4/6 | 2/10 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 104 | 444 | 4.3 | 59 | 1 |
| Ken Carpenter | 72 | 408 | 5.7 | 37 | 3 |
| Harry Jagade | 57 | 373 | 6.5 | 30 | 2 |
| Dub Jones | 65 | 270 | 4.2 | 35 | 2 |
| Otto Graham | 42 | 130 | 3.1 | 21 | 4 |
| Sherman Howard | 34 | 95 | 2.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 394 | 1786 | 4.5 | 59 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 411 | 1386 | 3.4 | 69 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 364 | 181 | 181 | 159 | 2816 | 7.7 | 15.6 | 68t | 20 | 5.5 | 24 | 6.6 | 242 | 2574 | 66.6 | |
| George Ratterman | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 3.3 | 10.0 | 11t | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 33.3 | 18 | 2 | 43.7 | |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | -10 | 95.8 | |
| Marion Motley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 374 | 184 | 184 | 164 | 2839 | 7.6 | 15.4 | 68 | 22 | 5.9 | 26 | 7.0 | 273 | 2566 | 65.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 348 | 141 | 141 | 185 | 2028 | 5.8 | 14.4 | 70t | 17 | 4.9 | 22 | 6.3 | 339 | 1689 | 50.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Speedie | 62 | 911 | 14.7 | 50 | 5 |
| Dub Jones | 43 | 651 | 15.1 | 63t | 4 |
| Dante Lavelli | 21 | 336 | 16.0 | 41 | 4 |
| Ken Carpenter | 16 | 136 | 8.5 | 41t | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 13 | 213 | 16.4 | 68t | 2 |
| Sherman Howard | 11 | 219 | 19.9 | 57t | 3 |
| Harry Jagade | 9 | 203 | 22.6 | 47t | 1 |
| Pete Brewster | 4 | 117 | 29.3 | 47t | 1 |
| Horace Gillom | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 184 | 2839 | 15.4 | 68t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 141 | 2028 | 14.4 | 70t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Rechichar | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 250 | 11.4 | 33 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 389 | 15.0 | 46 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Gillom | 61 | 2787 | 45.7 | 73 | 1 | 6 | 307 | 2360 | 38.7 | |
| Team Totals | 61 | 2787 | 45.7 | 73 | 1 | 6 | 307 | 2360 | 39.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 84 | 3408 | 40.6 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 410 | 2938 | 35.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Carpenter | 10 | 139 | 13.9 | 54t | 1 | |
| Ray Renfro | 22 | 169 | 7.7 | 34 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 14 | 58 | 4.1 | 16 | 0 | |
| Don Phelps | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Joe Skibinski | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 55 | 410 | 7.5 | 54t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 307 | 7.9 | 38 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Carpenter | 11 | 234 | 21.3 | 40 | 0 | |
| Ray Renfro | 8 | 130 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| Emerson Cole | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 35 | 0 | |
| Harry Jagade | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ed Sharkey | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Joe Skibinski | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bob Gain | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abe Gibron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 823 | 17.5 | 40 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 1107 | 23.6 | 43 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Groza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Helluin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Herring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lin Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kissell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Sandusky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Skibinski | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| George Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 25 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0 |
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