1952 - Week 5
Chicago Bears at Los Angeles Rams
At Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Sunday, October 26, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Chicago Bears 0 0 3 0 3
Los Angeles Rams 7 21 7 3 38
Scoring Plays Bears Rams
1st Quarter
Rams 6:37 Hirsch 54 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 1-54, 0:06 ) 0 7
2nd Quarter
Rams 14:47 Hirsch 17 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 9-81, 4:03 ) 0 14
Rams 11:31 Carey 10 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 1-10, 0:06 ) 0 21
Rams 2:55 Fears 8 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 10-95, 5:26 ) 0 28
3rd Quarter
Rams 12:25 Towler 5 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 7-75, 2:35 ) 0 35
Bears 2:10 Blanda 12 yd. Field Goal ( 9-51, 5:11 ) 3 35
4th Quarter
Rams 0:26 Waterfield 35 yd. Field Goal ( 3-3, 1:57 ) 3 38

MVP: Norm Van Brocklin QB\P (LA Rams)
Passing: 341 Yds, 5 TD, 128 Rating

Unavailable
CHI: K.Dottley (FB), E.Cole (T), L.Campbell (FB)
LAM: M.Johnson (DB), C.Toogood (DT), N.Hecker (DB)
Temp: 74°. Clear Skies. Wind 5 mph (Head/Tailwind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
Chicago Bears Los Angeles Rams
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
15:00 2:06 CHI 24 5 18 Punt 12:54 5:16 LAM 16 9 25 Punt
7:38 0:55 CHI 6 3 3 Punt 6:43 0:06 LAM 46 1 54 Touchdown
6:37 2:47 CHI 17 5 11 Punt 3:50 4:03 LAM 19 9 81 Touchdown
14:47 0:15 CHI 22 1 0 Fumble 14:32 0:57 CHI 22 2 9 Fumble
13:35 1:35 CHI 13 3 -7 Fumble 12:00 0:08 CHI 6 1 5 Fumble
11:52 0:15 CHI 1 2 9 Fumble 11:37 0:06 CHI 10 1 10 Touchdown
11:31 3:10 CHI 21 6 29 Punt 8:21 5:26 LAM 5 10 95 Touchdown
2:55 1:12 CHI 25 4 45 Interception 1:43 1:02 LAM 20 3 25 Fumble
0:41 0:20 LAM 45 3 4 Interception 0:21 0:21 LAM 27 1 -1 End of Half
12:25 3:30 CHI 26 5 17 Blocked Punt 15:00 2:35 LAM 25 7 75 Touchdown
7:21 5:11 CHI 44 9 51 Field Goal 8:55 1:34 CHI 32 3 19 Interception
14:08 1:37 50 4 9 Downs 2:10 3:02 LAM 20 5 16 Interception
9:12 1:41 CHI 20 3 5 Punt 12:31 3:19 LAM 41 4 10 Punt
3:29 1:06 CHI 20 5 11 Downs 7:31 4:02 LAM 32 6 32 Missed FG
0:26 0:07 Ret-Fumble 2:23 1:57 CHI 31 3 3 Field Goal
0:19 0:19 CHI 26 2 -48 Fumble
25:47 CHI 25 58 205 34:13 LAM 45 67 410
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Chicago Bears 5:48 6:47 8:41 4:31 25:47
Los Angeles Rams 9:12 8:13 6:19 10:29 34:13
Team Statistics Bears Rams
Total Points 3 38
1st Downs 12 26
Rushing 4 6
Passing 4 20
Penalty 4 0
3rd-Down Conversions 1-10 7-11
4th-Down Conversions 0-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-20 9-108
Fumbles-Lost 4-4 6-3
Time Of Pos. 25:47 34:13
Total Net Yards 167 472
Total Plays 58 67
Average Gain 2.9 7.0
Net Yards Rushing 115 101
Rushes 33 35
Avg. Per Rush 3.5 2.9
Net Yards Passing 52 371
Completions 6 25
Attempts 22 30
Completion % 27.3 83.3
Yards Per Completion 12.0 15.5
Times Sacked 3 2
Had Intercepted 2 2
Touchdowns 0 5
Rushing 0 0
Passing 0 5
Other 0 0
Extra Points 0-0 5-5
Field Goals 1-1 1-2
Chicago Bears Los Angeles Rams
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Billy Stone 11 53 4.8 14 0 Dan Towler 13 26 2.0 7 0
Chuck Hunsinger 9 3 0.3 3 0 Skeets Quinlan 6 22 3.7 7 0
Curly Morrison 5 41 8.2 29 0 Vitamin Smith 4 4 1.0 3 0
Eddie Macon 3 5 1.7 5 0 Woodley Lewis 4 22 5.5 9 0
George Blanda 2 11 5.5 8 0 Tank Younger 4 21 5.2 10 0
Whizzer White 2 2 1.0 1 0 Jack Myers 2 8 4.0 8 0
Babe Dimancheff 1 0 0.0 0 0 Norm Van Brocklin 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Bob Waterfield 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Totals 33 115 3.5 29 0 Totals 35 101 2.9 10 0
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
George Blanda 22 6 72 3 20 0 22 2 3 Norm Van Brocklin 27 22 341 2 16 5 54 2 128
Bob Waterfield 3 3 46 0 0 0 30 0 119
Totals 22 6 72 3 20 0 22 2 3 Totals 30 25 387 2 16 5 54 2 131
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Billy Stone 2 12 6.0 11 0 Bob Carey 7 90 12.9 22 1
Bill Wightkin 2 20 10.0 17 0 Vitamin Smith 4 76 19.0 30 0
Chuck Hunsinger 1 18 18.0 18 0 Tom Fears 4 52 13.0 19 1
Gene Schroeder 1 22 22.0 22 0 Dan Towler 3 20 6.7 11 1
Skeets Quinlan 3 61 20.3 37 0
Crazy Legs Hirsch 3 87 29.0 54 2
Tank Younger 1 1 1.0 1 0
Totals 6 72 12.0 22 0 Totals 25 387 15.5 54 5
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Bones Weatherly 12 - - - - - - - 1 Andy Robustelli 9 - - - 1 3 - - -
Don Kindt Sr. 12 1 22 - - - - - - Tank Younger 6 - - - 1 - - - 1
Frank Dempsey 8 - - - - - - - - Stan West 5 - - - 1 - - - -
Jimmy Lesane 7 - - - - - - - - Jerry Williams 5 1 1 - - - - 3 -
George Connor 6 1 14 - - - - - - Don Paul 5 - - - - - - 1 1
Billy Stone 6 - - - - - - - 1 Night Train Lane 4 1 17 - - - - - -
Ed Sprinkle 5 - - - 1 - - - 1 Jim Winkler 4 - - - - 1 - - -
Bill Bishop 4 - - - - - - - - Herb Rich 3 - - - - - - 1 -
Bill George 4 - - - - 1 - - - Duane Putnam 3 - - - - - - - -
Jim Dooley 4 - - - - - - - - Woodley Lewis 3 - - - - - - 1 -
Fred Williams 3 - - - - 1 - - - Ken Casner 3 - - - - 1 - - -
John Hoffman 2 - - - - - - - - Larry Brink 3 - - - - 1 1 - -
Al Campana 2 - - - - - - - 1 Dick Daugherty 3 - - - - - - - -
Bill Wightkin 1 - - - 1 - - - 1 Jack Dwyer 1 - - - - - - - 1
Jack Hoffman 1 - - - - - - - - Harry Thompson 1 - - - - 1 - - -
Bob Cross 1 - - - - - - - - Vitamin Smith - - - - - - - 1 -
Totals 78 2 36 - 2 2 - - 5 Totals 58 2 18 - 3 7 1 7 3
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Chuck Hunsinger 2 2 0 0 0 Norm Van Brocklin 2 1 0 0 0
George Blanda 1 1 0 0 0 Woodley Lewis 2 1 0 1 0
Billy Stone 1 1 0 0 0 Bob Carey 1 0 0 0 0
George Connor 0 0 0 1 0 Skeets Quinlan 1 1 0 0 0
Frank Dempsey 0 0 0 1 0 Leon McLaughlin 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Bishop 0 0 0 1 0 Tom Dahms 0 0 1 0 -1
Vitamin Smith 0 0 1 1 6
Night Train Lane 0 0 0 1 0
Stan West 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 4 4 0 3 0 Totals 6 3 3 4 5
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Curly Morrison 6 225 37.5 0 2 50 Bob Waterfield 2 82 41.0 0 1 53
Totals 6 225 37.5 0 2 50 Totals 2 82 41.0 0 1 53
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Skeets Quinlan 1 12 12.0 1 12 0
Totals 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Totals 1 12 12.0 3 12 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Chuck Hunsinger 3 47 15.7 22 0 Woodley Lewis 1 16 16.0 16 0
Eddie Macon 3 54 18.0 24 0
Babe Dimancheff 1 0 0.0 0 0
Totals 7 101 14.4 24 0 Totals 1 16 16.0 16 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
George Blanda 1 1 12 0 0 Bob Waterfield 2 1 35 5 5
Totals 1 1 12 0 0 Totals 2 1 35 5 5