1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
1st place • National Conference • 9-3-0 .750 |
Playoff Statistics |
Head Coach: Joe Stydahar (0-1-0); Hamp Pool (9-2-0) |
Red Hickey | Ends |
Eddie Kotal | Assistant Backfield |
Hamp Pool | Backfield |
Ray Richards | Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 8/8/1952 | A | San Diego Navy | 45-6 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 21000 | |
Fri | 8/15/1952 | A | College All-Stars | 10-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 88316 | |
Thu | 8/21/1952 | H | Washington Redskins | 45-23 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 88110 | |
Sat | 8/30/1952 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 24-14 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 29112 | |
Wed | 9/3/1952 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 7-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 67799 | |
Sat | 9/13/1952 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-35 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 35000 | |
Thu | 9/18/1952 | A | New York Giants | 17-30 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28670 | |
Sun | 9/28/1952 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-37 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 57832 | |
Fri | 10/3/1952 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 42743 | |
Sun | 10/12/1952 | A | Green Bay Packers | 30-28 | W | Milwaukee, WI | Marquette Stadium | 21693 | |
Sun | 10/19/1952 | A | Detroit Lions | 16-24 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 40152 | |
Sun | 10/26/1952 | H | Chicago Bears | 31-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 43574 | |
Sun | 11/2/1952 | H | Dallas Texans | 42-20 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 30702 | |
Sun | 11/9/1952 | A | Dallas Texans | 27-6 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 10000 | |
Sun | 11/16/1952 | A | Chicago Bears | 40-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 40737 | |
Sun | 11/23/1952 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 35-9 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 64450 | |
Sun | 11/30/1952 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 34-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 48731 | |
Sun | 12/7/1952 | H | Green Bay Packers | 45-27 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49822 | |
Sun | 12/14/1952 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 71310 | |
National Conference Playoff | |||||||||
Sun | 12/21/1952 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-31 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 47645 |
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 | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Paul Barry | 23 | ROH | 6-0 | 208 | 26 | Tulsa | 6 | 0 |
Larry Brink | 83 | LDE | 6-5 | 235 | 29 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 12 |
Bob Carey | 89 | ROE-LOE | 6-5 | 219 | 22 | Michigan State | 12 | 5 |
Ken Casner | 79 | RDT-ROT | 6-2 | 245 | 22 | Baylor | 12 | 7 |
Tom Dahms | 71 | ROT | 6-5 | 242 | 25 | San Diego State | 12 | 11 |
Dick Daugherty | 67 | OG | 6-1 | 219 | 23 | Colgate; Oregon | 12 | 12 |
Jack Dwyer | 29 | LDH | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | Los Angeles CC; Loyola Marymount | 9 | 7 |
Tom Fears | 80 | LOE | 6-2 | 213 | 30 | Santa Clara; UCLA | 12 | 11 |
Bob Hecker | 48 | FB | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Ohio State; Wisconsin; Baldwin-Wallace | 2 | 0 |
Norb Hecker | 88 | RS-ROE | 6-2 | 193 | 25 | Baldwin-Wallace | 10 | 1 |
Elroy Hirsch | 40 | ROE | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Wisconsin; Michigan | 10 | 7 |
Marv Johnson | 27 | LDH | 5-11 | 183 | 25 | San Jose State | 5 | 0 |
Don Klosterman | 10 | QB | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | Loyola Marymount | 3 | 0 |
Dick Lane | 81 | RDH | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Western Nebraska CC | 12 | 12 |
Bill Lange | 65 | ROG | 6-1 | 239 | 24 | Dayton | 9 | 5 |
Woodley Lewis | 20 | LS-LOH | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | Los Angeles CC; Oregon | 12 | 12 |
Carl Mayes | 49 | ROH | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Texas | 7 | 1 |
Bud McFadin | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Texas | 1 | 0 |
Leon McLaughlin | 50 | C | 6-2 | 228 | 27 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
Jack Myers | 31 | FB-LB-ROH | 6-2 | 202 | 28 | UCLA | 12 | 1 |
Don Paul | 57 | RLB | 6-1 | 228 | 27 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
Duane Putnam | 61 | ROG | 6-0 | 228 | 24 | Pacific | 4 | 0 |
Skeet Quinlan | 21 | LOH | 5-11 | 173 | 24 | Texas Christian; San Diego State | 12 | 5 |
Herb Rich | 42 | RS | 5-11 | 181 | 24 | Vanderbilt | 10? | 11 |
Andy Robustelli | 84 | RDE-OG | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Arnold | 12 | 12 |
Don Simensen | 76 | LOT-ROG | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | St. Thomas (Minnesota) | 12 | 9 |
Vitamin Smith | 47 | ROH | 5-8 | 179 | 29 | Abilene Christian | 12 | 10 |
Len Teeuws | 74 | LOT-LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 242 | 25 | Michigan State; Tulane | 12 | 3 |
Harry Thompson | 66 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 12 | 7 |
Charley Toogood | 70 | RDT-LDT | 6-0 | 232 | 25 | Nebraska | 12 | 7 |
Dan Towler | 32 | FB-LOH | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Washington & Jefferson | 12 | 12 |
Norm Van Brocklin | 11 | QB-P | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | Oregon | 12 | 7 |
Bob Waterfield | 7 | K-QB | 6-1 | 196 | 32 | UCLA | 12 | 5 |
Stan West | 64 | MG | 6-2 | 239 | 26 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
Jerry Williams | 22 | LDH-LOH | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | Idaho; Washington State | 12 | 6 |
Jim Winkler | 78 | LDT-LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Texas A&M | 12 | 11 |
Tank Younger | 35 | LLB-FB | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Grambling State | 12 | 12 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
Bonus | 1 | Billy Wade | QB | Vanderbilt |
1 | 13 | Bob Carey | E | Michigan State |
2 | 25 | Bob Griffin | T | Arkansas |
3 | 37 | Dewey McConnell | E | Wyoming |
4 | 40 | Ken Casner | T | Baylor |
4 | 49 | Skeet Quinlan | B | San Diego State |
5 | 61 | Gordon Polofsky | B | Tennessee |
6 | 66 | Duane Putnam | G | Pacific |
6 | 73 | Jerrell Price | T | Texas Tech |
7 | 85 | Burt Delavan | T | Pacific |
8 | 97 | Tom McCormick | B | Pacific |
9 | 109 | Byron Townsend | B | Texas |
10 | 121 | Luke Welch | T | Baylor |
11 | 133 | Sam Baker | B | Oregon State |
12 | 145 | Jake Roberts | B | Tulsa |
13 | 157 | Aubrey Phillips | C | Texas Tech |
14 | 169 | Joe Moss | T | Maryland |
15 | 181 | Bill Hegarty | T | Villanova |
16 | 193 | Bob Hooks | E | Southern California |
17 | 205 | John Griggs | C | Kentucky |
18 | 217 | Bob Dees | T | Missouri State |
19 | 229 | Harry Geldien | B | Wyoming |
20 | 241 | Ed Weber | B | William & Mary |
21 | 253 | Art Preston | B | San Diego State |
22 | 265 | Joe Pahr | B | Valparaiso |
23 | 277 | Don Green | T | Miami (Ohio) |
24 | 289 | Rich Kelnhofer | G | St. Ambrose |
25 | 301 | Len Teeuws | T | Tulane |
26 | 313 | Frank Fuller | T | Kentucky |
27 | 325 | Hugh Meyer | C | Texas A&M |
28 | 337 | Granville Hart | B | Southern Mississippi |
29 | 349 | Gerry Perry | T | California |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 50 | 89 | 88 | 122 | 349 |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 82 | 51 | 81 | 234 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 205 | 92 | 102 | 11 | / % | / % | 100 | 891 | |
Opponents Totals | 212 | 93 | 97 | 22 | / % | / % | 77 | 746 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Waterfield | 1 | 44 | 45 | 97.8 | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 0 | 83 |
Dan Towler | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
Tom Fears | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Vitamin Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Dick Lane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
Bob Carey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 12 | |
Jack Dwyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Woodley Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Andy Robustelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Paul Barry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ken Casner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jack Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Herb Rich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Tank Younger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 45 | 44 | 45 | 97.8 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 1 | 349 |
Opponents Totals | 31 | 28 | 31 | 90.3 | 6 | 16 | 37.5 | 1 | 234 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Waterfield | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 1 | 45 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 3/4 | 0/0 |
Bob Carey | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/ | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | |
Team Totals | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 2 | 45 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 3/4 | 0/1 |
Opponents Totals | 6 | 16 | 37.5 | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Towler | 156 | 894 | 5.7 | 44t | 10 |
Tank Younger | 63 | 331 | 5.3 | 38 | 1 |
Skeet Quinlan | 52 | 224 | 4.3 | 36t | 1 |
Vitamin Smith | 57 | 133 | 2.3 | 20t | 3 |
Woodley Lewis | 19 | 114 | 6.0 | 51 | 0 |
Jack Myers | 27 | 82 | 3.0 | 14 | 1 |
Jerry Williams | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 26 | 0 |
Carl Mayes | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 |
Tom Fears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Barry | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 4 | 0 |
Don Klosterman | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
Norm Van Brocklin | 7 | -10 | -1.4 | 9 | 0 |
Bob Waterfield | 9 | -14 | -1.6 | 19t | 1 |
Team Totals | 411 | 1811 | 4.4 | 51 | 17 |
Opponents Totals | 441 | 1613 | 3.7 | 10 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norm Van Brocklin | 205 | 113 | 55.1 | 75 | 1736 | 8.5 | 15.4 | 84t | 14 | 6.8 | 17 | 8.3 | 97 | 1639 | 71.5 | |
Bob Waterfield | 109 | 51 | 46.8 | 47 | 655 | 6.0 | 12.8 | 63t | 3 | 2.8 | 11 | 10.1 | 31 | 624 | 35.7 | |
Don Klosterman | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 4 | 47 | 4.7 | 15.7 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 30.0 | 18 | 29 | 7.1 | |
Vitamin Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Skeet Quinlan | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Team Totals | 329 | 167 | 50.8 | 131 | 2438 | 7.4 | 14.6 | 84t | 17 | 5.2 | 31 | 9.4 | 146 | 2292 | 53.2 | |
Opponents Totals | 360 | 161 | 44.7 | 161 | 2252 | 6.3 | 14.0 | 76 | 18 | 5.0 | 38 | 10.6 | 369 | 1883 | 42.5 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Fears | 48 | 600 | 12.5 | 36 | 6 |
Bob Carey | 36 | 539 | 15.0 | 61t | 1 |
Elroy Hirsch | 25 | 590 | 23.6 | 84t | 4 |
Vitamin Smith | 16 | 254 | 15.9 | 56t | 3 |
Skeet Quinlan | 14 | 265 | 18.9 | 80t | 2 |
Tank Younger | 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 12 | 0 |
Dan Towler | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 |
Paul Barry | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 25t | 1 |
Jack Myers | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
Bob Waterfield | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 167 | 2438 | 14.6 | 84t | 17 |
Opponents Totals | 161 | 2252 | 14.0 | 76 | 18 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Lane | 14 | 298 | 21.3 | 80t | 2 |
Herb Rich | 8 | 201 | 25.1 | 97t | 1 |
Jack Dwyer | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 |
Jerry Williams | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 |
Don Paul | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 |
Tank Younger | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Norb Hecker | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
Woodley Lewis | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Andy Robustelli | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
Larry Brink | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 38 | 712 | 18.7 | 97t | 4 |
Opponents Totals | 31 | 518 | 16.7 | 3 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norm Van Brocklin | 29 | 1250 | 43.1 | 66 | 0 | |||||
Bob Waterfield | 30 | 1276 | 42.5 | 59 | 0 | |||||
Team Totals | 59 | 2526 | 42.8 | 66 | 0 | 178 | 39.8 | |||
Opponents Totals | 66 | 2827 | 42.8 | 527 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woodley Lewis | 19 | 351 | 18.5 | 82t | 2 | |
Skeet Quinlan | 14 | 167 | 11.9 | 33 | 0 | |
Vitamin Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
Herb Rich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan Towler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 38 | 527 | 13.9 | 82t | 2 | |
Opponents Totals | 22 | 178 | 8.1 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skeet Quinlan | 17 | 455 | 26.8 | 56 | 0 | |
Woodley Lewis | 16 | 345 | 21.6 | 47 | 0 | |
Vitamin Smith | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 55 | 0 | |
Dan Towler | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
Stan West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 40 | 967 | 24.2 | 56 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 48 | 1149 | 23.9 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Brink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Carey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | |
Ken Casner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Jack Dwyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 2 |
Tom Fears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Klosterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Woodley Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carl Mayes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Leon McLaughlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Myers | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Skeet Quinlan | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0 | |
Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 1 |
Vitamin Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Harry Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dan Towler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Norm Van Brocklin | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Waterfield | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Stan West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Winkler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Tank Younger | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 32 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 118 | 5 |
Opponents Totals | 26 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 0 |
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