| Detroit Lions at Dallas Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1952 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 12452 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 31 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 41 |
| Dallas Texans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Pat Harder 18/8 pass from Bobby Layne (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Cloyce Box 77 pass from Bobby Layne (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Pat Harder 24 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Cloyce Box 40 pass from Jim Hardy (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Pat Harder 31 FG | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Cloyce Box 41 pass from Jim Hardy (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | Dallas Texans | Ray Pelfrey 7 pass from Frank Tripucka (Pat Cannamela kick blocked) | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Jack Christiansen 65 run (Pat Harder kick) | 6 | 41 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Christiansen | 13 | 94 | 7.2 | 65t | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 7 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 1 | 177 | 8.9 | 77t | 2 | 0 | 93.1 | |
| Jim Hardy | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 0 | 147 | 9.8 | 41t | 2 | 23 | 132.5 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 32 | 12 | 37.5 | 2 | 130 | 4.1 | 16 | 1 | 34.6 | ||
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Bob Celeri | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Cloyce Box | 7 | 202 | 28.9 | 77t | 3 |
| Doak Walker | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Jack Christiansen | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Swiacki | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Stan Williams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy David | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Bob Celeri | 8 | 311 | 38.9 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
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