1952 Dallas Texans (NFL) |
| 6th place National Conference 1-11-0 .083 |
| Head Coach: Jimmy Phelan |
| Alex Agase | Line |
| Bruce Alford | Assistant Coach |
| Cecil Isbell | Backfield |
| Willie Walls | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/16/1952 | A | Brooke AMC | 34-7 | W | Kerrville, TX | Antler Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1952 | A | Carswell AFB | 27-0 | W | Corpus Christi, TX | Buccaneer Stadium | 6000 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1952 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-24 | L | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 17000 | |
| Fri | 9/5/1952 | H | Washington Redskins | 27-14 | W | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | 19075 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1952 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-21 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 32000 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1952 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 0-10 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 12500 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1952 | H | New York Giants | 6-24 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 17500 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1952 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 14-37 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 12566 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1952 | A | Chicago Bears | 20-38 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 35429 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1952 | H | Green Bay Packers | 14-24 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 14000 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1952 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-48 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 26887 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1952 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 20-42 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 30702 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1952 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 6-27 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 10000 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1952 | A | Detroit Lions | 13-43 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 33304 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1952 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-42 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 16340 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1952 | H | Chicago Bears | 27-23 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 2500 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1952 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-38 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 18367 | |
| Sat | 12/13/1952 | H | Detroit Lions | 6-41 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 12452 | |
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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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bennie Aldridge | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | |
| 60 | Sisto Averno | MG | 5-11 | 237 | 27 | Muhlenberg | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Billy Baggett | RS-ROH | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Louisiana State | 12 | 11 |
| 73 | Joe Campanella | RDT-LDT | 6-1 | 242 | 22 | Ohio State | 12 | 7 |
| 35 | Pat Cannamela | RLB-LLB-K | 5-10 | 205 | 23 | Ventura JC; Southern California | 11 | 2 |
| 17 | Bob Celeri | QB-P | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | California | 8 | 6 |
| 77 | Don Colo | RDT | 6-3 | 252 | 27 | Brown | 5 | 5 |
| 40 | Jerry Davis | RS-LDH | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | 3 |
| 70 | Art Donovan | LDT | 6-2 | 263 | 28 | Notre Dame; Boston College | 8 | 8 |
| 50 | Brad Ecklund | C | 6-3 | 215 | 30 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Danny Edwards | ROE | 6-1 | 197 | 26 | Georgia | 1 | 1 |
| 85 | Gene Felker | ROE | 6-1 | 198 | 23 | Wisconsin | 6 | 3 |
| 64 | Keith Flowers | RLB | 6-0 | 211 | 22 | Texas Christian | 6 | 6 |
| 85 | Sonny Gandee | RDE | 6-0 | 216 | 23 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 |
| 79 | Forrest Grigg | MG-RDT-K | 6-2 | 294 | 26 | Tulsa | 12 | 0 |
| 31 | Dick Hoerner | FB | 6-4 | 220 | 30 | Iowa | 11 | 6 |
| 66 | Weldon Humble | LOG-LLB | 6-1 | 221 | 31 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 11 | 10 |
| 74 | Ken Jackson | ROT | 6-2 | 236 | 23 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 55 | Keever Jankovich | C-LB | 6-1 | 213 | 24 | Santa Ana JC; Utah; Pacific | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | Tom Keane | LS-LOE | 6-1 | 192 | 26 | Ohio State; West Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| 71 | Jim Lansford | LOT | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Hank Lauricella | LOH-P | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | Tennessee | 10 | 0 |
| 75 | Gino Marchetti | LDE | 6-4 | 244 | 26 | Modesto JC; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| 38 | Dick McKissack | LB | 6-2 | 208 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Chuck Ortmann | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Michigan | 3 | 0 |
| 85 | Ray Pelfrey | ROE | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | Auburn; Eastern Kentucky | 6 | 2 |
| 23 | Johnny Petitbon | LDH | 5-11 | 186 | 21 | Notre Dame | 11 | 11 |
| 62 | Barney Poole | RDE-LOG-ROE | 6-2 | 231 | 29 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Army; Mississippi | 12 | 7 |
| 52 | Joe Reid | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Louisiana State | 11 | 11 |
| 33 | George Robison | RLB | 6-2 | 210 | 21 | Virginia Military Institute | 4 | 4 |
| 45 | Will Sherman | DB | 6-2 | 197 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 2 | 1 |
| 64 | Joe Soboleski | LOG | 6-0 | 213 | 26 | Michigan | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | Art Tait | RDE-LDE | 5-11 | 205 | 23 | Mississippi State | 8 | 5 |
| 20 | George Taliaferro | LOH | 5-11 | 196 | 25 | Indiana | 12 | 12 |
| 78 | Hamp Tanner | LDT | 6-2 | 273 | 25 | Georgia | 10 | 4 |
| 36 | Zollie Toth | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 28 | Louisiana State | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | Frank Tripucka | QB-P | 6-2 | 192 | 25 | Notre Dame | 6 | 6 |
| 88 | Dick Wilkins | LOE | 6-2 | 194 | 27 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| 80 | Stan Williams | RDH-ROE | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Baylor | 12 | 12 |
| 65 | John Wozniak | ROG | 6-0 | 218 | 31 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Buddy Young | ROH | 5-4 | 173 | 26 | Illinois | 12 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Les Richter | G | California |
| 2 | 14 | Gino Marchetti | T | San Francisco |
| 5 | 50 | Jack Jorgenson | T | Colorado |
| 5 | 53 | Mel Sinquefield | C | Mississippi |
| 6 | 62 | Dave Cianelli | C | Maryland |
| 7 | 74 | Johnny Petitbon | B | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 98 | Jim Lansford | T | Texas |
| 10 | 110 | Jim Hammond | B | Wisconsin |
| 11 | 122 | Pat Cannamela | G | Southern California |
| 12 | 134 | Jim Mutscheller | E | Notre Dame |
| 13 | 146 | Bill Ward | G | Arkansas |
| 14 | 158 | Paul Williams | E | Texas |
| 15 | 170 | Jack Bighead | E | Pepperdine |
| 16 | 182 | Vince Kaseta | E | Tennessee |
| 17 | 194 | Dick Horn | B | Stanford |
| 18 | 206 | Les Molnar | T | Buffalo |
| 19 | 218 | Gene Felker | E | Wisconsin |
| 20 | 230 | John Adams | E | Texas |
| 21 | 242 | Harry Hugasian | B | Stanford |
| 22 | 254 | Dean Schneider | B | Southern California |
| 23 | 266 | Chet Freeman | B | Louisiana State |
| 24 | 278 | Bob Ward | G | Maryland |
| 25 | 290 | Jim Monahan | B | Rutgers |
| 26 | 302 | George Young | T | Bucknell |
| 27 | 314 | Gil Bartosh | B | Texas Christian |
| 28 | 326 | Doug Moseley | C | Kentucky |
| 29 | 338 | Russ Hudeck | T | Texas A&M |
| 30 | 350 | Ray Suchy | G | Nevada-Reno |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 13 | 61 | 33 | 75 | |
| Opponents Totals | 107 | 120 | 79 | 121 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 172 | 79 | 78 | 15 | / % | / % | 67 | 621 | |
| Opponents Totals | 179 | 97 | 90 | 10 | / % | / % | 91 | 926 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Zollie Toth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Frank Tripucka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dick Wilkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dick Hoerner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ray Pelfrey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Forrest Grigg | 0 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Pat Cannamela | 0 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Billy Baggett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Celeri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gene Felker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gino Marchetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Stan Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Keith Flowers | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 20 | 27 | 74.1 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 182 |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 54 | 56 | 96.4 | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 2 | 427 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest Grigg | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Pat Cannamela | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 1/ | 4/ | 4/ | 1/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Taliaferro | 100 | 419 | 4.2 | 38 | 1 |
| Zollie Toth | 82 | 266 | 3.2 | 18 | 4 |
| Buddy Young | 71 | 243 | 3.4 | 30 | 3 |
| Dick Hoerner | 56 | 162 | 2.9 | 14 | 2 |
| Bob Celeri | 17 | 135 | 7.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Billy Baggett | 19 | 65 | 3.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Hank Lauricella | 19 | 55 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 15 | 3 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 381 | 1397 | 3.7 | 38 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 421 | 2334 | 5.5 | 89t | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Tripucka | 174 | 86 | 86 | 71 | 769 | 4.4 | 8.9 | 42t | 3 | 1.7 | 17 | 9.8 | 132 | 637 | 27.8 | |
| Bob Celeri | 75 | 31 | 31 | 41 | 490 | 6.5 | 15.8 | 78t | 3 | 4.0 | 3 | 4.0 | 188 | 302 | 60.4 | |
| George Taliaferro | 63 | 16 | 16 | 41 | 298 | 4.7 | 18.6 | 48 | 2 | 3.2 | 6 | 9.5 | 27 | 271 | 17.8 | |
| Hank Lauricella | 22 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 177 | 8.0 | 16.1 | 34t | 4 | 18.2 | 2 | 9.1 | 40 | 137 | 79.0 | |
| Chuck Ortmann | 15 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 73 | 4.9 | 14.6 | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 26 | 47 | 22.4 | |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 10 | -10 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 352 | 149 | 149 | 173 | 1807 | 5.1 | 12.1 | 78t | 12 | 3.4 | 30 | 8.5 | 423 | 1384 | 34.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 310 | 150 | 150 | 132 | 2394 | 7.7 | 16.0 | 31 | 10.0 | 28 | 9.0 | 346 | 2048 | 70.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Wilkins | 32 | 416 | 13.0 | 42t | 3 |
| Buddy Young | 22 | 269 | 12.2 | 45t | 2 |
| George Taliaferro | 21 | 244 | 11.6 | 78t | 1 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 18 | 243 | 13.5 | 48 | 2 |
| Zollie Toth | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 10 | 172 | 17.2 | 54 | 0 |
| Stan Williams | 9 | 123 | 13.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Gene Felker | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 17t | 1 |
| Bob Celeri | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 13t | 1 |
| Tom Keane | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Billy Baggett | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 27t | 1 |
| Danny Edwards | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Barney Poole | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Gino Marchetti | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Wozniak | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 149 | 1807 | 12.1 | 78t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 150 | 2394 | 16.0 | 31 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Keane | 10 | 93 | 9.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Stan Williams | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 62 | 0 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Jerry Davis | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 66t | 1 |
| Will Sherman | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Keith Flowers | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Colo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Baggett | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Reid | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 397 | 14.2 | 66t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 632 | 21.1 | 4 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Lauricella | 58 | 2036 | 35.1 | 60 | 1 | |||||
| Bob Celeri | 21 | 876 | 41.7 | 57 | 0 | |||||
| Frank Tripucka | 5 | 167 | 33.4 | 65 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 84 | 3079 | 36.7 | 65 | 2 | 399 | 31.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 2163 | 43.3 | 160 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Baggett | 12 | 102 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jerry Davis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 160 | 7.6 | 18 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 399 | 11.1 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 23 | 643 | 28.0 | 63 | 0 | |
| Billy Baggett | 23 | 567 | 24.7 | 82 | 0 | |
| George Taliaferro | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 35 | 0 | |
| Keever Jankovich | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Joe Campanella | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoerner | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Hank Lauricella | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Hamp Tanner | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Weldon Humble | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Joe Reid | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Johnny Petitbon | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| John Wozniak | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Art Tait | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 67 | 1586 | 23.7 | 82 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 732 | 20.9 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sisto Averno | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Baggett | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | |
| Joe Campanella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Cannamela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Gene Felker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny Gandee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keever Jankovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Lansford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Lauricella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Petitbon | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Robison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Soboleski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hamp Tanner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Wilkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Williams | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 1 | |
| John Wozniak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 25 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 74 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 18 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 1 |
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