1952 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 1st place • American Conference • 8-4-0 .667 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/28/1952 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-17 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 50934 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Pete Brewster | 83 | LOE | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | Purdue | 1 | 1 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 22 | LOH | 5-11 | 193 | 29 | West Virginia | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 20 | LOH | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Oregon State | 1 | 1 |
| Len Ford | 80 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Morgan State; Michigan | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Gain | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 256 | 23 | Kentucky | 1 | 1 |
| Frank Gatski | 52 | C | 6-2 | 233 | 31 | Marshall; Auburn | 1 | 1 |
| Abe Gibron | 64 | LOG | 5-11 | 243 | 27 | Valparaiso; Purdue | 1 | 1 |
| Horace Gillom | 84 | P | 6-1 | 221 | 31 | Ohio State; Nevada-Reno | 1 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 31 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 |
| Lou Groza | 76 | LOT | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| Jerry Helluin | 79 | RDT | 6-2 | 272 | 23 | Tulane | 1 | 1 |
| Hal Herring | 50 | RLB | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | Auburn | 1 | 1 |
| Lin Houston | 62 | ROG | 6-0 | 213 | 31 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Jagade | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 213 | 26 | Indiana | 1 | 1 |
| Tommy James | 43 | RCB | 5-10 | 184 | 29 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| Warren Lahr | 24 | LCB | 5-11 | 189 | 29 | Western Reserve | 1 | 1 |
| Dante Lavelli | 86 | ROE | 6-1 | 191 | 29 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| Walt Michaels | 34 | LLB | 6-0 | 231 | 23 | Washington & Lee | 1 | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 36 | FB | 6-1 | 232 | 32 | Nevada-Reno | 1 | 0 |
| Derrell Palmer | 72 | OT | 6-2 | 240 | 30 | Texas Christian | 1 | 0 |
| Bert Rechichar | 15 | S | 6-1 | 209 | 22 | Tennessee | 1 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 26 | ROH | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | North Texas | 1 | 1 |
| John Sandusky | 78 | ROT | 6-1 | 251 | 27 | Villanova | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Sharkey | 68 | LOG | 6-3 | 229 | 25 | Duke; Nevada-Reno | 1 | 0 |
| Don Shula | 44 | CB | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | John Carroll | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Skibinski | 65 | ROG | 5-11 | 236 | 24 | Purdue | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 54 | MLB | 6-1 | 221 | 25 | William & Mary | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Willis | 60 | MG | 6-2 | 213 | 31 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| George Young | 82 | LDE | 6-3 | 214 | 28 | Georgia | 1 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | / % | / % | 7 | 65 | |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | / % | / % | 3 | 25 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Jagade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lou Groza | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 17 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Jagade | 15 | 104 | 6.9 | 29 | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 227 | 6.7 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 199 | 5.9 | 67t | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 14 | 191 | 5.5 | 9.6 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.9 | 34 | 157 | 60.5 | |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 11 | 191 | 6.0 | 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.1 | 34 | 157 | 66.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 3 | 68 | 6.8 | 9.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 59 | 88.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Bumgardner | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Marion Motley | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Pete Brewster | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 20 | 191 | 9.6 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Gillom | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 62 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 112 | 37.3 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 245 | 40.8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 227 | 37.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Harry Jagade | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 9.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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