| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1952 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 42743 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 63 F Humidty: 90% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 6 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 18 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tank Younger 20 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 13 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Skeet Quinlan 80 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bob Waterfield kick) | 17 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Cloyce Box |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 62 | LOG | Jim Martin |
| 51 | C | Vince Banonis |
| 63 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 70 | ROT | Gus Cifelli |
| 80 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 34 | FB | Pat Harder |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Doran |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 86 | RDE | Blaine Earon |
| 60 | LLB | Dick Flanagan |
| 53 | MLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 40 | RLB | Bob Smith |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 44 | S | Don Doll |
| 28 | RDH | Yale Lary |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | LOE | Bob Carey |
| 76 | LOT | Don Simensen |
| 67 | LOG | Dick Daugherty |
| 50 | C | Leon McLaughlin |
| 65 | ROG | Bill Lange |
| 71 | ROT | Tom Dahms |
| 88 | ROE | Norb Hecker |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 20 | LOH | Woodley Lewis |
| 32 | LOH | Dan Towler |
| 47 | ROH | Vitamin Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Larry Brink |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Winkler |
| 64 | MG | Stan West |
| 79 | RDT | Ken Casner |
| 84 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 35 | LLB | Tank Younger |
| 57 | RLB | Don Paul |
| 22 | LDH | Jerry Williams |
| 20 | LS | Woodley Lewis |
| 42 | RS | Herb Rich |
| 81 | RDH | Dick Lane |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 16 | 49 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Pete D'Alonzo | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tank Younger | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 4 | -27 | -6.8 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 3 | 145 | 5.6 | 25 | 2 | 14 | 53.0 | |
| Jim Hardy | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 0 | 64 | 7.1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 2 | 143 | 7.9 | 80t | 1 | 11 | 55.8 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 25 | 4.2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Swiacki | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 18t | 2 |
| Leon Hart | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Pete D'Alonzo | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 80t | 1 |
| Bob Carey | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Les Bingaman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Doll | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Herb Rich | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 5 | 223 | 44.6 | 55 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Bob Waterfield | 5 | 174 | 47.0 | 0 | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 | |
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