| Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 19, 1952 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 40152 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 50 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dan Towler 13 run (Bob Waterfield kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Fears 19 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bob Waterfield kick) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 64 pass from Bobby Layne (Pat Harder kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | LaVern Torgeson 31 interception return (Pat Harder kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 31 FG | 16 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Cloyce Box 10 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Pat Harder kick) | 16 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Pat Harder 25 FG | 16 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 74 | LOT | Len Teeuws |
| 67 | LOG | Dick Daugherty |
| 50 | C | Leon McLaughlin |
| 65 | ROG | Bill Lange |
| 71 | ROT | Tom Dahms |
| 89 | ROE | Bob Carey |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 32 | LOH | Dan Towler |
| 47 | ROH | Vitamin Smith |
| 35 | FB | Tank Younger |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 23 | LOH | Jug Girard |
| 42 | ROH | Lindy Pearson |
| 14 | FB | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Doran |
| 74 | LDT | Bob Miller |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dan Towler | 14 | 66 | 4.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 3 | -13 | -4.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 10 | 56 | 5.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Lindy Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 6 | -1 | -0.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 3 | 148 | 8.2 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 70.8 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 62 | 6.2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 30 | 14 | 46.7 | 4 | 227 | 7.6 | 64t | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 | 0 | 147.9 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Bob Carey | 7 | 132 | 18.9 | 32 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19t | 1 |
| Dan Towler | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leon Hart | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 64t | 2 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Swiacki | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Herb Rich | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Jimmy David | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Bob Waterfield | 4 | 178 | 57.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 46 | 0 | |
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