1952 - Week 9
Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears
At Wrigley Field Sunday, November 23, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Detroit Lions 0 0 10 0 10
Chicago Bears 0 0 7 7 14
Scoring Plays Lions Bears
3rd Quarter
Lions 10:52 Box 7 yd. pass from Layne ( Harder Kick ) ( 7-54, 3:52 ) 7 0
Bears 4:03 Morrison 5 yd. run ( Blanda Kick ) ( 4-23, 1:57 ) 7 7
Lions 0:39 Harder 27 yd. Field Goal ( 6-56, 3:24 ) 10 7
4th Quarter
Bears 0:06 Stone 18 yd. pass from Romanik ( Blanda Kick ) ( 6-80, 1:16 ) 10 14

MVP: Billy Stone HB\FL\DB (Chi Bears)
Rushing: 10 Yds, Receiving: 2 Catches, 33 Yds, 1 TD, Defense: 4 Tkl. Winning 18 yd Touchdown pass from Steve Romanik. 0:06 4th

Unavailable
DET: P.Summerall (DE), C.Scott (KR\PR\DB)
CHI: W.Hansen (C), E.Cole (T), B.Dimancheff (HB\KR), D.Barwegan (G)
Temp: 34°. Clear Skies. Wind 5 mph (Slight Crosswind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
Detroit Lions Chicago Bears
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
15:00 1:46 DET 26 3 7 Punt 13:14 1:34 CHI 19 3 8 Punt
11:40 0:07 DET 34 1 0 Interception 11:33 2:05 DET 30 3 -7 Punt
9:28 1:45 DET 12 3 -3 Punt 7:43 1:46 DET 38 4 13 Missed FG
5:57 2:41 DET 20 6 37 Interception 3:16 1:00 DET 32 4 14 Fumble
2:16 0:51 DET 18 2 3 Interception 1:25 1:40 DET 48 5 19 Downs
14:45 0:15 DET 29 2 13 Fumble 14:30 4:22 DET 42 7 14 Interception
10:08 1:08 DET 17 3 2 Punt 9:00 2:24 CHI 40 6 36 Fumble
6:36 2:50 DET 24 5 12 Interception 3:46 1:05 DET 44 3 3 Punt
2:41 0:56 DET 20 3 9 Punt 1:45 0:42 CHI 22 4 38 Punt
1:03 1:03 DET 5 3 52 Missed FG 15:00 0:16 CHI 46 1 8 Fumble
14:44 3:52 DET 46 7 54 Touchdown 10:52 4:44 CHI 39 10 45 Interception
6:08 0:08 DET 24 1 -1 Fumble 6:00 1:57 DET 23 4 23 Touchdown
4:03 3:24 DET 24 6 56 Field Goal 0:39 2:51 CHI 32 6 56 Missed FG
12:48 5:08 DET 20 9 40 Interception 7:40 2:31 50 5 11 Punt
5:09 1:38 DET 28 3 9 Punt 3:31 1:35 CHI 21 4 5 Fumble
1:56 0:34 CHI 26 3 4 Missed FG 1:22 1:16 CHI 20 6 80 Touchdown
0:06 0:06 DET 16 0 0 End of Game
28:12 DET 26 60 294 31:48 CHI 46 75 366
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Detroit Lions 7:10 6:12 7:24 7:26 28:12
Chicago Bears 7:50 8:48 7:36 7:34 31:48
Team Statistics Lions Bears
Total Points 10 14
1st Downs 14 20
Rushing 6 5
Passing 7 12
Penalty 1 3
3rd-Down Conversions 3-10 6-15
4th-Down Conversions 0-0 1-2
Penalties-Yards 4-54 9-59
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 5-4
Time Of Pos. 28:12 31:48
Total Net Yards 285 362
Total Plays 60 75
Average Gain 4.8 4.8
Net Yards Rushing 118 133
Rushes 33 37
Avg. Per Rush 3.6 3.6
Net Yards Passing 167 229
Completions 11 17
Attempts 25 37
Completion % 44.0 45.9
Yards Per Completion 16.7 13.9
Times Sacked 2 1
Had Intercepted 5 2
Touchdowns 1 2
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 1-1 2-2
Field Goals 1-3 0-2
Detroit Lions Chicago Bears
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Bob Hoernschemeyer 15 73 4.9 9 0 Kayo Dottley 20 106 5.3 40 0
Jug Girard 5 9 1.8 4 0 Curly Morrison 9 16 1.8 7 1
Pat Harder 5 1 0.2 2 0 Billy Stone 4 10 2.5 9 0
Bobby Layne 5 26 5.2 14 0 Eddie Macon 2 5 2.5 4 0
Doak Walker 3 9 3.0 10 0 Chuck Hunsinger 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
Leon Campbell 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Totals 33 118 3.6 14 0 Totals 37 133 3.6 40 1
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Bobby Layne 25 11 184 2 17 1 40 5 43 Steve Romanik 37 17 236 1 7 1 38 2 53
Totals 25 11 184 2 17 1 40 5 43 Totals 37 17 236 1 7 1 38 2 53
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Cloyce Box 6 85 14.2 40 1 Bill McColl 5 69 13.8 18 0
Jug Girard 2 60 30.0 32 0 Gene Schroeder 5 62 12.4 17 0
Bob Hoernschemeyer 2 30 15.0 18 0 Leon Campbell 2 11 5.5 8 0
Doak Walker 1 9 9.0 9 0 Whizzer White 2 54 27.0 38 0
Billy Stone 2 33 16.5 18 1
Curly Morrison 1 7 7.0 7 0
Totals 11 184 16.7 40 1 Totals 17 236 13.9 38 1
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Jim Robert Smith 9 - - - - - - 1 - Jimmy Lesane 8 - - - - - - - -
Dick Flanagan 9 - - - - 2 - - 1 Jim Dooley 7 2 27 - - - - 2 -
Keith Flowers 8 - - - - - - - - Bones Weatherly 7 - - - - - - 1 -
Jack Christiansen 8 1 4 - - - - - - George Connor 5 1 25 - - 1 - - 1
Jim David 7 - - - - - - - 1 Frank Dempsey 5 - - - - - - - -
Yale Lary 5 1 16 - - - 1 1 - Fred Williams 4 - - - - 1 - - -
Jim Martin 4 - - - - - 1 - - Billy Stone 4 - - - - - - 3 -
Jimmy C. Hill 4 - - - - - - - - Ed Sprinkle 4 - - - 1 1 - - -
Thurman McGraw 4 - - - - 1 - - 1 Bill Bishop 4 - - - - 1 - - 1
Sonny Gandee 4 - - - 1 - - - 1 Bill Wightkin 3 - - - - - - - -
Lavern Torgeson 4 - - - - 1 - - - Don Kindt Sr. 3 2 32 - 1 - - - -
Vince Banonis 3 - - - - - - - - Bob Cross 2 - - - - - - - -
Bob Miller 2 - - - - 1 - - - Bill George 1 - - - - - - - -
John Prchlik 2 - - - - - - - - Jack Hoffman 1 - - - - - - - -
Les Bingaman 1 - - - - - 1 - - John Hoffman 1 - - - - - - - -
Doak Walker 1 - - - - - - 1 -
Blaine Earon 1 - - - - - 1 - -
Don Doll 1 - - - - - - - -
Totals 77 2 20 - 1 5 4 3 4 Totals 59 5 84 - 2 4 - 6 2
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Bob Hoernschemeyer 2 2 0 0 0 Kayo Dottley 2 1 1 0 0
Jim Martin 0 0 0 2 0 Curly Morrison 1 1 0 0 0
Les Bingaman 0 0 0 1 0 Bill McColl 1 1 0 0 0
Don Doll 0 0 0 1 0 Steve Romanik 1 1 0 0 0
Frank Dempsey 0 0 0 1 0
Bill George 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 2 2 0 4 0 Totals 5 4 1 2 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Jim Robert Smith 5 224 44.8 0 1 50 Curly Morrison 5 151 30.2 1 2 41
Totals 5 224 44.8 0 1 50 Totals 5 151 30.2 1 2 41
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Jimmy Lesane 3 16 5.3 0 8 0
Eddie Macon 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Whizzer White 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Totals 5 15 3.0 0 8 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Yale Lary 2 27 13.5 23 0 Eddie Macon 1 15 15.0 15 0
Jack Christiansen 1 18 18.0 18 0 Whizzer White 1 13 13.0 13 0
Chuck Hunsinger 1 18 18.0 18 0
Totals 3 45 15.0 23 0 Totals 3 46 15.3 18 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Pat Harder 3 1 27 1 1 George Blanda 2 0 0 2 2
Totals 3 1 27 1 1 Totals 2 0 0 2 2