1952 - Week 8
Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears
At Wrigley Field Sunday, November 16, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Rams 14 3 0 7 24
Chicago Bears 7 0 7 0 14
Scoring Plays Rams Bears
1st Quarter
Bears 14:44 Kickoff Return by Macon for 91 yards ( Blanda Kick ) ( 0:16 ) 0 7
Rams 12:27 Fears 33 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 7-68, 2:17 ) 7 7
Rams 9:51 Carey 86 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 3-93, 1:30 ) 14 7
2nd Quarter
Rams 8:14 Waterfield 14 yd. Field Goal ( 7-70, 2:35 ) 17 7
3rd Quarter
Bears 4:30 Morrison 27 yd. pass from Romanik ( Blanda Kick ) ( 3-28, 0:55 ) 17 14
4th Quarter
Rams 5:33 Lewis 3 yd. run ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 9-48, 5:48 ) 24 14

MVP: Bob Carey END (LA Rams)
Receiving: 3 Catches, 150 Yds, 1 TD

Unavailable
LAM: C.Hirsch (END), K.Casner (DT)
CHI: L.Campbell (FB), E.Cole (T), K.Dottley (FB), W.Hansen (C)
Temp: 34°. Cloudy with Steady Rain. No Wind
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
Los Angeles Rams Chicago Bears
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
14:44 2:17 LAM 32 7 68 Touchdown 15:00 0:16 Touchdown
11:21 1:30 LAM 7 3 93 Touchdown 12:27 1:06 LAM 16 2 9 Fumble
9:51 1:31 CHI 35 3 5 Interception 9:51 0:00 Ret-Fumble
7:25 0:08 CHI 25 1 0 Interception 8:20 0:55 CHI 45 3 0 Interception
4:55 1:40 LAM 20 3 7 Punt 7:17 2:22 CHI 18 5 37 Punt
2:14 1:46 LAM 24 4 21 Fumble 3:15 1:01 CHI 26 3 4 Punt
14:06 1:06 LAM 37 3 4 Punt 0:28 1:22 LAM 45 4 8 Downs
10:49 2:35 LAM 23 7 70 Field Goal 13:00 2:11 CHI 32 3 8 Punt
5:45 1:41 LAM 26 4 23 Punt 8:14 2:29 CHI 20 5 16 Punt
3:07 1:48 LAM 34 3 6 Punt 4:04 0:57 CHI 15 3 4 Punt
1:19 0:16 CHI 23 1 6 Fumble 1:03 1:03 CHI 17 3 -3 Punt
15:00 2:26 LAM 26 4 32 Fumble 12:34 6:17 CHI 42 12 24 Punt
6:17 0:52 LAM 20 3 -1 Interception 5:25 0:55 LAM 28 3 28 Touchdown
4:30 2:17 LAM 20 4 12 Punt 2:13 1:40 CHI 25 3 -3 Punt
0:33 3:12 LAM 37 7 46 Interception 12:21 1:00 CHI 11 3 -9 Punt
11:21 5:48 CHI 48 9 48 Touchdown 5:33 2:05 CHI 21 6 11 Punt
3:28 3:28 CHI 46 7 19 End of Game
34:21 LAM 37 73 459 25:39 CHI 34 58 134
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Los Angeles Rams 8:52 7:26 6:08 11:55 34:21
Chicago Bears 6:08 7:34 8:52 3:05 25:39
Team Statistics Rams Bears
Total Points 24 14
1st Downs 19 8
Rushing 7 0
Passing 11 8
Penalty 1 0
3rd-Down Conversions 6-12 5-16
4th-Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Penalties-Yards 10-80 2-46
Fumbles-Lost 6-3 2-2
Time Of Pos. 34:21 25:39
Total Net Yards 463 149
Total Plays 73 58
Average Gain 6.3 2.6
Net Yards Rushing 145 54
Rushes 43 24
Avg. Per Rush 3.4 2.2
Net Yards Passing 318 95
Completions 13 11
Attempts 29 32
Completion % 44.8 34.4
Yards Per Completion 24.9 10.4
Times Sacked 1 2
Had Intercepted 4 1
Touchdowns 3 2
Rushing 1 0
Passing 2 1
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 2-2
Field Goals 1-1 0-0
Los Angeles Rams Chicago Bears
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Dan Towler 17 78 4.6 11 0 Curly Morrison 8 21 2.6 7 0
Vitamin Smith 6 19 3.2 18 0 Billy Stone 6 10 1.7 4 0
Norm Van Brocklin 6 -4 -0.7 0 0 Chuck Hunsinger 5 13 2.6 5 0
Skeets Quinlan 4 10 2.5 7 0 Whizzer White 2 4 2.0 3 0
Woodley Lewis 3 6 2.0 3 1 Steve Romanik 2 0 0.0 0 0
Tank Younger 3 11 3.7 8 0 Eddie Macon 1 6 6.0 6 0
Jerry Williams 2 15 7.5 8 0
Jack Myers 2 10 5.0 8 0
Totals 43 145 3.4 18 1 Totals 24 54 2.2 7 0
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Norm Van Brocklin 29 13 324 1 6 2 86 4 69 Steve Romanik 32 11 114 2 19 1 27 1 43
Totals 29 13 324 1 6 2 86 4 69 Totals 32 11 114 2 19 1 27 1 43
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Tom Fears 4 73 18.2 33 1 Bill McColl 4 24 6.0 10 0
Vitamin Smith 4 97 24.2 63 0 Curly Morrison 3 39 13.0 27 1
Bob Carey 3 150 50.0 86 1 Whizzer White 2 30 15.0 24 0
Dan Towler 1 4 4.0 4 0 Billy Stone 1 15 15.0 15 0
Skeets Quinlan 1 0 0.0 0 0 Gene Schroeder 1 6 6.0 6 0
Totals 13 324 24.9 86 2 Totals 11 114 10.4 27 1
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Tank Younger 7 - - - - 1 - - - Bones Weatherly 9 1 8 - - - - - -
Vitamin Smith 5 - - - - - - - - George Connor 8 1 14 - - 1 - 1 1
Larry Brink 4 - - - - - - - - Frank Dempsey 7 - - - - 1 - - 1
Woodley Lewis 4 - - - 1 - - 3 - Jim Dooley 5 1 1 - - - - - 1
Stan West 4 - - - - - - 1 - Don Kindt Sr. 4 1 1 - - - - 3 -
Don Paul 3 - - - - 1 - - - Billy Stone 4 - - - - - - - -
Charley Toogood 3 - - - - - - - - Fred Williams 4 - - - - 1 - - -
Jim Winkler 3 - - - - - - - - Bill Bishop 4 - - - 1 1 - - 1
Night Train Lane 3 1 25 - - - - - - Bob Cross 3 - - - - 1 - - -
Andy Robustelli 2 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 Jimmy Lesane 3 - - - - - - 1 -
Jerry Williams 2 - - - - - - 2 - Al Campana 3 - - - - - - - -
Norb Hecker 2 - - - - - - - - Ed Sprinkle 1 - - - - - - - -
Marvin Johnson 2 - - - - - - - - Bill George 1 - - - - - - - -
Jack Dwyer 2 - - - - - - 1 - Jack Hoffman 1 - - - - - - - -
Harry Thompson 2 - - - - 2 - - - Bill Wightkin 1 - - - - - - - -
Herb Rich 1 - - - - - - 1 - John Hoffman 1 - - - - - - - -
Duane Putnam 1 - - - - - - - -
Totals 50 1 25 - 2 4 1 8 1 Totals 59 4 24 - 1 5 - 5 4
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Norm Van Brocklin 4 2 0 0 0 Chuck Hunsinger 1 1 0 0 0
Dan Towler 2 1 1 0 0 Eddie Macon 1 1 0 0 0
Tank Younger 0 0 0 1 0 Frank Dempsey 0 0 0 1 0
Jerry Williams 0 0 1 0 0 George Connor 0 0 0 1 0
Harry Thompson 0 0 1 0 0 Bill Bishop 0 0 0 1 0
Woodley Lewis 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 6 3 3 2 0 Totals 2 2 0 3 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Norm Van Brocklin 5 215 43.0 0 1 50 Curly Morrison 10 436 43.6 2 0 58
Totals 5 215 43.0 0 1 50 Totals 10 436 43.6 2 0 58
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Skeets Quinlan 4 40 10.0 1 31 0 Whizzer White 3 25 8.3 0 15 0
Woodley Lewis 2 26 13.0 1 14 0
Totals 6 66 11.0 2 31 0 Totals 3 25 8.3 1 15 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Vitamin Smith 1 9 9.0 9 0 Eddie Macon 2 149 74.5 91 1
Skeets Quinlan 1 26 26.0 26 0 Chuck Hunsinger 1 20 20.0 20 0
Totals 2 35 17.5 26 0 Totals 3 169 56.3 91 1
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Bob Waterfield 1 1 14 3 3 George Blanda 0 0 0 2 2
Totals 1 1 14 3 3 Totals 0 0 0 2 2