1952 Dallas Texans Season Summary - Thru Week 9 Injuries
Record (2-7)
Wk Result Opponent
1 L 0-17 NY Giants
2 W 19-14 San Francisco
3 W 19-7 at Chi Bears
4 L 17-70 Green Bay
5 L 7-41 at San Francisco
6 L 0-62 at LA Rams
7 L 21-66 LA Rams
8 L 13-35 at Detroit
9 L 13-28 at Green Bay
10 Chi Bears
11 at Philadelphia
12 Detroit
Team Statistics
Texans Opp.
Total First Downs 112 156
Rushing 53 85
Passing 48 63
Penalty 11 8
Third Down: Made/Att 39-127 41-105
Third Down Pct. 30.7 39.0
Fourth Down: Made/Att 4-11 1-4
Fourth Down Pct. 36.4 25.0
Total Net Yards 2142 3058
Avg.Per Game 238.0 339.8
Total Plays 566 544
Avg.Per Play 3.8 5.6
Net Yards Rushing 1171 1709
Avg.Per Game 130.1 189.9
Total Rushes 298 334
Net Yards Passing 971 1349
Avg.Per Game 107.9 149.9
Sacked-Yds Lost 26-160 22-154
Gross Yards 2302 3212
Att-Completions 242-107 188-83
Completion Pct. 44.2 44.1
Had Intercepted 25 12
Punts-Avg. 64-33.3 51-41.2
Net Punting Avg. 25.4 35.4
Penalties-Yards Lost 39-352 67-653
Fumbles-Ball Lost 21-14 22-15
Touchdowns 15 47
Rushing 6 22
Passing 7 17
Returns 2 8
Total Pts. 109 340
Avg. Time of Poss. 30:06 29:54
PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
B.Celeri 50 15 30.0 210 35 1 2 1 10 34.6
F.Tripucka 177 87 49.2 863 62 5 21 25 150 33.2
H.Lauricella 15 5 33.3 58 22 1 2 0 0 28.6
Texans 242 107 44.2 1,131 62 7 25 26 160 28.5
Opponents 188 83 44.1 1,503 67 17 12 22 154 75.7
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
G.Taliaferro 2 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
B.Young 1 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Z.Toth 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
P.Cannamela 0 0 0 6/8 2/2 0 12
F.Grigg 0 0 0 4/7 1/7 0 7
H.Lauricella 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
D.Hoerner 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
T.Keane 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
D.Edwards 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
J.Davis 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Texans 6 7 2 10/15 3/9 0 109
Opponents 22 17 8 46/47 4/8 0 340
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
P.Cannamela 2/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
F.Grigg 1/4 0/2 0/1 0/0 0/0
Texans 3/6 0/2 0/1 0/0 0/0
Opponents 2/2 2/2 0/3 0/1 0/0
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
G.Taliaferro 79 338 4.3 37 2
Z.Toth 75 274 3.7 19 2
B.Young 61 251 4.1 34 1
D.Hoerner 43 128 3.0 15 0
H.Lauricella 9 66 7.3 16 1
B.Baggett 15 56 3.7 13 0
B.Celeri 9 35 3.9 17 0
F.Tripucka 7 23 3.3 8 0
Texans 298 1,171 3.9 37 6
Opponents 334 1,709 5.1 66 22
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
B.Young 27 351 13.0 42 2
D.Wilkins 23 321 14.0 43 0
G.Taliaferro 20 241 12.0 62 3
Z.Toth 14 43 3.1 26 0
S.Williams 8 55 6.9 22 0
D.Hoerner 7 73 10.4 17 1
B.Baggett 4 19 4.8 11 0
R.Pelfrey 2 23 11.5 15 0
D.Edwards 2 5 2.5 5 1
Texans 107 1,131 10.6 62 7
Opponents 83 1,503 18.1 67 17
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
B.Baggett 22 5 176 8.0 19 0
B.Young 4 3 24 6.0 10 0
Texans 26 8 200 7.7 19 0
Opponents 36 17 483 13.4 72 3
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
B.Young 15 376 25.1 36 0
B.Baggett 19 407 21.4 87 0
G.Taliaferro 10 197 19.7 32 0
K.Jankovich 7 117 16.7 22 0
Texans 51 1,097 21.5 87 0
Opponents 20 480 24.0 47 0
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
B.Celeri 6 261 43.5 0 51
H.Lauricella 58 1,869 32.2 9 66
Texans 64 2,130 33.3 9 66
Opponents 51 2,103 41.2 16 69
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg Long TD
J.Petitbon 4 27 6.8 13 0
T.Keane 2 65 32.5 52 1
J.Davis 2 108 54.0 65 1
B.Baggett 1 33 33.0 33 0
S.Williams 1 32 32.0 32 0
D.Colo 1 4 4.0 4 0
K.Flowers 1 21 21.0 21 0
Texans 12 290 24.2 65 2
Opponents 25 548 21.9 76 5
SACKS No Yds Avg SAF
A.Donovan 4 29 7.2 0
K.Jankovich 3 23 7.7 0
J.Campanella 3 28 9.3 0
G.Marchetti 3 25 8.3 0
A.Tait 3 13 4.3 0
T.Keane 2 9 4.5 0
B.Poole 2 12 6.0 0
S.Averno 1 8 8.0 0
H.Tanner 1 7 7.0 0
Texans 22 154 7.0 0
Opponents 26 160 6.2 0