1952 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's National Division
Postseason: 2-0 Won Championship
Coach: Buddy Parker (9-3)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1952 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 9-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's National Division
Postseason: 2-0 Won Championship
Coach: Buddy Parker (9-3)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1952 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1952 season with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's National Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-0. Buddy Parker coached the team. The 1952 Detroit Lions won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Bobby Layne | 287 | 139 | 48.4 | 1999 | 7.0 | 19 | 6.6 | 20 | 7.0 | 77 | 64.5 | Jim Hardy | 59 | 28 | 47.5 | 434 | 7.4 | 3 | 5.1 | 5 | 8.5 | 49 | 53.9 | Tom Dublinski | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 39 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 39 | 14.6 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 14 | 3.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 10 | 58.3 | Doak Walker | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 9 | 22.9 | Jug Girard | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 362 | 171 | 47.2 | 2495 | 6.9 | 24 | 6.6 | 28 | 7.7 | 77 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 106 | 457 | 4.3 | 41 | 4 | Bobby Layne | 94 | 411 | 4.4 | 29 | 1 | Pat Harder | 81 | 244 | 3.0 | 22 | 2 | Jug Girard | 61 | 222 | 3.6 | 36 | 2 | Jack Christiansen | 19 | 148 | 7.8 | 65 | 2 | Doak Walker | 26 | 106 | 4.1 | 20 | 0 | Byron Bailey | 19 | 74 | 3.9 | 11 | 2 | Jim Doran | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | Ollie Cline | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 8 | 1 | Jim Hardy | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 | Bob Smith | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 | Leon Hart | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 | Pete D'Alonzo | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | Tom Dublinski | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Lindy Pearson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Clyde Scott | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Totals | 442 | 1780 | 4.0 | 65 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Cloyce Box | 42 | 924 | 22.0 | 77 | 15 | Leon Hart | 32 | 376 | 11.8 | 24 | 4 | Jug Girard | 17 | 316 | 18.6 | 39 | 2 | Bill Swiacki | 17 | 213 | 12.5 | 26 | 1 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 17 | 139 | 8.2 | 28 | 0 | Pat Harder | 14 | 142 | 10.1 | 22 | 1 | Doak Walker | 11 | 90 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 | Jim Doran | 10 | 147 | 14.7 | 31 | 1 | Jack Christiansen | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 11 | 0 | Ollie Cline | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 30 | 0 | Byron Bailey | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 | Pete D'Alonzo | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 | Clyde Scott | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Bob Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
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| Totals | 171 | 2495 | 14.6 | 77 | 24 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Pat Harder | 35 | 34 | 97.1 | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 67 | Doak Walker | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 14 | Bobby Layne | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | Jim Hardy | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 |
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| Totals | 43 | 42 | 97.7 | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 84 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jack Christiansen | 15 | 322 | 21.5 | 79 | 2 | Yale Lary | 16 | 182 | 11.4 | 58 | 1 | Clyde Scott | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 | Jim Hill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 35 | 520 | 14.9 | 79 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jack Christiansen | 16 | 409 | 25.6 | 46 | 0 | Yale Lary | 12 | 303 | 25.2 | 41 | 0 | Clyde Scott | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 27 | 0 | Jug Girard | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 | Blaine Earon | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 | Byron Bailey | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | Bob Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 39 | 882 | 22.6 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bob Smith | 9 | 184 | 20.4 | 90 | 1 | Jim David | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 15 | 0 | LaVern Torgeson | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 34 | 1 | Yale Lary | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 53 | 0 | Jack Christiansen | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 32 | 0 | Don Doll | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Hill | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Dick Flanagan | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Les Bingaman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 32 | 477 | 14.9 | 90 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Blaine Earon | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Thurman McGraw | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Flanagan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Don Doll | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Gandee | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | Les Bingaman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Doran | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Jim Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Banonis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Layne | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Yale Lary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bob Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jack Christiansen | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lou Creekmur | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jug Girard | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bill Swiacki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doak Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lindy Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 17 | 33 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Cloyce Box | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Pat Harder | 2 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 85 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Leon Hart | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jack Christiansen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jug Girard | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Doak Walker | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | Byron Bailey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bobby Layne | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | Jim Doran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | LaVern Torgeson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ollie Cline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bill Swiacki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sonny Gandee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Jim Hardy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 14 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 344 |
