1952 Los Angeles Rams Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's National Division
Postseason: 0-1
Coach: Hampton Pool (9-2)
Coach: Joe Stydahar (0-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California

1952 Los Angeles Rams Roster
1952 Los Angeles Rams Results

The Los Angeles Rams 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 0-1.

On offense, the Rams topped the circuit with 349 points. Meanwhile, the defense surrendered 234 points. Dan Towler ran for a team-leading 894 yards.

Norm Van Brocklin threw for 1,736 yards. Tom Fears snagged 48 balls for 600 yards. Elroy Hirsch and Bob Carey contributed to the receiving game also.

The sticky-fingered defense created 56 turnovers. Night Train Lane snatched 14 opponent throws.

Hampton Pool and Joe Stydahar coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Norm Van Brocklin	205	113	55.1	1736	8.5	14	6.8	17	8.3	84	71.5
Bob Waterfield	109	51	46.8	655	6.0	3	2.8	11	10.1	63	35.7
Don Klosterman	10	3	30.0	47	4.7	0	0.0	3	30.0	30	7.1
Skeet Quinlan	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Vitamin Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	329	167	50.8	2438	7.4	17	5.2	31	9.4	84

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dan Towler	156	894	5.7	44	10
Tank Younger	63	331	5.3	38	1
Skeet Quinlan	52	224	4.3	38	1
Vitamin Smith	57	133	2.3	20	3
Woodley Lewis	19	114	6.0	51	0
Jack Myers	27	82	3.0	14	1
Jerry Williams	11	65	5.9	26	0
Carl Mayes	5	2	0.4	6	0
Tom Fears	1	0	0.0	0	0
Paul Barry	3	-1	-0.3	4	0
Don Klosterman	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0
Norm Van Brocklin	7	-10	-1.4	9	0
Bob Waterfield	9	-14	-1.6	19	1
Totals	411	1811	4.4	51	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tom Fears	48	600	12.5	36	6
Bob Carey	36	539	15.0	61	1
Elroy Hirsch	25	590	23.6	84	4
Vitamin Smith	16	254	15.9	56	3
Skeet Quinlan	14	265	18.9	80	2
Tank Younger	12	73	6.1	12	0
Dan Towler	11	68	6.2	13	0
Paul Barry	2	43	21.5	25	1
Jack Myers	2	1	0.5	3	0
Bob Waterfield	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	167	2438	14.6	84	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bob Waterfield	45	44	97.8	18	11	61.1	77
Bob Carey				1		0.0	0
Totals	45	44	97.8	19	11	57.9	77

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bob Waterfield	30	1276	42.5	59
Norm Van Brocklin	29	1250	43.1	66
Totals	59	2526	42.8	66

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Woodley Lewis	19	351	18.5	82	2
Skeet Quinlan	14	167	11.9	88	0
Jerry Williams	1	9	9.0	9	0
Herb Rich	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dan Towler	1	0	0.0	0	0
Vitamin Smith	2	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	38	527	13.9	88	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Skeet Quinlan	18	455	25.3	56
Woodley Lewis	16	345	21.6	47
Vitamin Smith	5	158	31.6	55
Dan Towler	1	9	9.0	9
Totals	40	967	24.2	56

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Night Train Lane	14	298	21.3	80	2
Herb Rich	8	201	25.1	97	1
Jack Dwyer	4	48	12.0	23	0
Jerry Williams	4	41	10.2	22	0
Don Paul	2	40	20.0	30	0
Tank Younger	2	0	0.0	0	0
Norb Hecker	1	50	50.0	50	0
Woodley Lewis	1	20	20.0	20	0
Andy Robustelli	1	14	14.0	14	1
Larry Brink	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	38	712	18.7	97	4

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Skeet Quinlan			8	5	-2	0
Andy Robustelli		0	0	4	29	1
Bob Waterfield			4	3	0	0
Tank Younger		0	3	2	0	0
Jack Dwyer		0	0	2	66	2
Don Paul		0	0	2	0	0
Norm Van Brocklin			5	2	0	0
Jack Myers			1	2	0	0
Jerry Williams		0	0	2	0	0
Ken Casner			0	1	2	1
Harry Thompson			0	1	0	0
Carl Mayes			0	1	0	0
Vitamin Smith			3	1	0	0
Larry Brink		0	0	1	0	0
Stan West			0	1	0	0
Bob Carey			1	1	16	1
Leon McLaughlin			0	1	0	0
Jim Winkler			0	1	7	0
Don Klosterman			1	0	0	0
Dan Towler			4	0	0	0
Woodley Lewis		0	2	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	32	33	118	5

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bob Waterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	44	0			83
Dan Towler	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			60
Vitamin Smith	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Tom Fears	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Elroy Hirsch	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Skeet Quinlan	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Night Train Lane	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	14
Andy Robustelli	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			12
Bob Carey	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			12
Jack Dwyer	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0			12
Woodley Lewis	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Ken Casner	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Paul Barry	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Jack Myers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Tank Younger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Herb Rich	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	17	17	2	0	0	4	5	0	11	44	0	0	1	349