| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1951 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 52937 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 62 F Humidty: 17% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 17 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 33 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 40 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 3 run (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dan Towler 2 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 11 run (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 13 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 25 FG | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 20 FG | 17 | 19 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 39 FG | 17 | 22 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 22 pass from Doak Walker (Doak Walker kick) | 24 | 22 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Dorne Dibble |
| 89 | LOT | Jim Martin |
| 76 | LOG | Lou Creekmur |
| 65 | C | Les Bingaman |
| 64 | ROG | Dan Rogas |
| 70 | ROT | Gus Cifelli |
| 82 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 34 | FB | Pat Harder |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Ed Berrang |
| 72 | LDT | Floyd Jaszewski |
| 63 | MG | Bob Momsen |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 83 | RDE | Jim Doran |
| 74 | LLB | Dick Flanagan |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 84 | LDH | Dorne Dibble |
| 44 | LS | Don Doll |
| 19 | RS | Jack Christiansen |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 76 | LOT | Don Simensen |
| 67 | LOG | Dick Daugherty |
| 50 | C | Leon McLaughlin |
| 26 | ROG | Bill Lange |
| 71 | ROT | Tom Dahms |
| 40 | ROE | Elroy Hirsch |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 32 | LOH | Dan Towler |
| 13 | ROH | Tank Younger |
| 31 | FB | Dick Hoerner |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Brink |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Winkler |
| 11 | MG | Stan West |
| 73 | RDT | Jack Halliday |
| 84 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 13 | LLB | Tank Younger |
| 57 | RLB | Don Paul |
| 33 | LDH | Jerry Williams |
| 88 | LS | Norb Hecker |
| 42 | RS | Herb Rich |
| 30 | RDH | Woodley Lewis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bobby Layne | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 13 | 1 |
| Pat Harder | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tank Younger | 11 | 75 | 6.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 17 | 60 | 3.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Dick Hoerner | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Glenn Davis | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 69 | 4.6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 0 | 148 | 7.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 75.1 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 99 | 8.3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 78.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Swiacki | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Glenn Davis | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jerry Williams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Charley Toogood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Don Doll | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Bobby Collier | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
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