1952 - Week 7
Los Angeles Rams at Dallas Texans
At Cotton Bowl Sunday, November 9, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Rams 14 21 14 17 66
Dallas Texans 14 7 0 0 21
Scoring Plays Rams Texans
1st Quarter
Texans 12:02 Toth 3 yd. run ( Cannamela Kick ) ( 1-3, 0:08 ) 0 7
Rams 9:23 Quinlan 5 yd. run ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 4-45, 2:39 ) 7 7
Rams 3:51 Fears 9 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 8-53, 4:21 ) 14 7
Texans 0:00 Taliaferro 5 yd. pass from Tripucka ( Cannamela Kick ) ( 7-69, 3:51 ) 14 14
2nd Quarter
Rams 10:55 Quinlan 25 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 8-80, 4:05 ) 21 14
Rams 6:14 Carey 14 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 7-41, 2:40 ) 28 14
Texans 4:47 Taliaferro 37 yd. run ( Cannamela Kick ) ( 5-70, 1:27 ) 28 21
Rams 1:01 Carey 52 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 3-56, 0:34 ) 35 21
3rd Quarter
Rams 8:30 Towler 12 yd. pass from Van Brocklin ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 3-20, 0:54 ) 42 21
Rams 6:17 Punt Return by Lewis for 72 yards ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 3-5, 2:13 ) 49 21
4th Quarter
Rams 14:52 Younger 5 yd. run ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 7-33, 4:15 ) 56 21
Rams 14:29 Interception by Rich returned 52 yards ( Waterfield Kick ) 63 21
Rams 3:03 Waterfield 24 yd. Field Goal ( 3-7, 2:16 ) 66 21

MVP: Norm Van Brocklin QB\P (LA Rams)
Passing: 268 Yds, 5 TD, 109 Rating

Unavailable
LAM: C.Hirsch (END)
DAL: C.Ortmann (RB), D.Edwards (END), J.Davis (DB), W.Sherman (DB), R.Pelfrey (END)
Temp: 57°. Partly Cloudy. Wind 7 mph (Head/Tailwind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
Los Angeles Rams Dallas Texans
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
13:03 0:53 LAM 20 2 -9 Interception 15:00 1:57 DAL 35 3 8 Punt
12:02 2:39 DAL 45 4 45 Touchdown 12:10 0:08 LAM 3 1 3 Touchdown
8:12 4:21 LAM 47 8 53 Touchdown 9:23 1:11 DAL 22 3 0 Punt
15:00 4:05 LAM 20 8 80 Touchdown 3:51 3:51 DAL 31 7 69 Touchdown
8:54 2:40 DAL 41 7 41 Touchdown 10:55 2:01 DAL 15 3 -6 Punt
4:47 2:07 LAM 9 6 25 Punt 6:14 1:27 DAL 30 5 70 Touchdown
1:35 0:34 LAM 44 3 56 Touchdown 2:40 1:05 DAL 22 3 4 Punt
0:34 0:34 DAL 43 2 20 Missed FG 1:01 0:27 DAL 48 2 1 Interception
15:00 1:11 LAM 21 3 6 Punt 13:49 2:02 DAL 45 6 10 Punt
11:47 1:28 LAM 20 3 5 Punt 10:19 0:55 DAL 47 2 6 Interception
9:24 0:54 DAL 20 3 20 Touchdown 8:30 2:13 DAL 20 3 5 Touchdown
4:07 4:15 DAL 33 7 33 Touchdown 6:17 2:10 DAL 19 4 15 Interception
11:10 2:19 LAM 3 3 7 Punt 14:52 0:23 DAL 40 2 0 TurnoverTD
7:05 1:39 DAL 48 3 6 Punt 14:29 3:19 DAL 46 7 51 Fumble
5:19 2:16 DAL 24 3 7 Field Goal 8:51 1:46 DAL 46 4 14 Interception
1:18 1:18 DAL 43 2 3 End of Game 5:26 0:07 DAL 20 1 0 Interception
3:03 1:45 DAL 37 4 6 Downs
33:13 LAM 43 67 398 26:47 DAL 36 60 256
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Los Angeles Rams 7:53 10:00 7:40 7:40 33:13
Dallas Texans 7:07 5:00 7:20 7:20 26:47
Team Statistics Rams Texans
Total Points 66 21
1st Downs 21 14
Rushing 7 7
Passing 14 4
Penalty 0 3
3rd-Down Conversions 8-14 3-11
4th-Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Penalties-Yards 13-123 2-18
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Time Of Pos. 33:13 26:47
Total Net Yards 430 228
Total Plays 67 60
Average Gain 6.4 3.8
Net Yards Rushing 162 154
Rushes 37 29
Avg. Per Rush 4.4 5.3
Net Yards Passing 268 74
Completions 15 10
Attempts 30 29
Completion % 50.0 34.5
Yards Per Completion 17.9 8.1
Times Sacked 0 2
Had Intercepted 1 6
Touchdowns 9 3
Rushing 2 2
Passing 5 1
Other 2 0
Extra Points 9-9 3-3
Field Goals 1-2 0-0
Los Angeles Rams Dallas Texans
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Dan Towler 14 84 6.0 13 0 Zollie Toth 10 28 2.8 12 1
Tank Younger 9 44 4.9 8 1 Buddy Young 5 30 6.0 29 0
Jerry Williams 4 18 4.5 7 0 George Taliaferro 5 53 10.6 37 1
Vitamin Smith 3 0 0.0 1 0 Billy Baggett 5 32 6.4 13 0
Skeets Quinlan 2 10 5.0 5 1 Dick Hoerner 3 4 1.3 3 0
Woodley Lewis 2 4 2.0 6 0 Frank Tripucka 1 7 7.0 7 0
Jack Myers 1 3 3.0 3 0
Norm Van Brocklin 1 0 0.0 0 0
Bob Waterfield 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Totals 37 162 4.4 13 2 Totals 29 154 5.3 37 2
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Norm Van Brocklin 29 15 268 0 0 5 52 1 109 Frank Tripucka 29 10 81 2 7 1 23 6 15
Bob Waterfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
Totals 30 15 268 0 0 5 52 1 107 Totals 29 10 81 2 7 1 23 6 15
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Vitamin Smith 4 55 13.8 24 0 Dick Wilkins 2 31 15.5 23 0
Skeets Quinlan 3 73 24.3 26 1 George Taliaferro 2 8 4.0 5 1
Tom Fears 3 47 15.7 20 1 Dick Hoerner 2 14 7.0 8 0
Dan Towler 2 23 11.5 12 1 Stan Williams 2 16 8.0 10 0
Bob Carey 2 66 33.0 52 2 Buddy Young 1 12 12.0 12 0
Woodley Lewis 1 4 4.0 4 0 Zollie Toth 1 0 0.0 0 0
Totals 15 268 17.9 52 5 Totals 10 81 8.1 23 1
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Don Paul 6 - - - - 1 - - - Joe Reid 12 - - - - - - 1 -
Norb Hecker 5 - - - - - - - - Tom Keane 8 - - - - - - 1 -
Herb Rich 5 1 52 1 - - - 1 - Keever Jankovich 7 - - - - - - - -
Stan West 4 - - - - - - 1 - Art Donovan 6 - - - - 1 - - -
Tank Younger 4 - - - 1 - - - - Joe Campanella 5 - - - - - - - -
Jerry Williams 3 1 4 - - - - - - Billy Baggett 5 - - - - - - 2 -
Vitamin Smith 3 1 4 - - - - - - Gino Marchetti 3 - - - - 1 - - -
Harry Thompson 3 - - - - 1 - - - Hamp Tanner 3 - - - - - - - -
Night Train Lane 3 2 67 - - - - - - Keith Flowers 3 - - - - - - - -
Dick Daugherty 3 - - - - - - - - Johnny Petitbon 2 1 13 - - - - 2 -
Marvin Johnson 2 - - - - - - - - Sisto Averno 2 - - - - - - 2 -
Ken Casner 2 - - - 1 - 1 - - Pat Cannamella 2 - - - - - - - -
Charley Toogood 2 - - - - 1 - - 1 Stan Williams 1 - - - - - - 1 -
Jack Dwyer 2 - - - - - - 1 - Barney Poole 1 - - - - - - - -
Larry Brink 1 1 - - - 1 - 1 -
Andy Robustelli 1 - - - - 1 - - -
Woodley Lewis 1 - - - - - - - -
Duane Putnam 1 - - - - - - - -
Totals 51 6 127 1 2 5 1 4 1 Totals 60 1 13 - - 2 - 9 -
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Larry Brink 0 0 0 1 0 Buddy Young 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 1 1 0 0 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Bob Waterfield 5 204 40.8 1 0 44 Bob Celeri 6 261 43.5 1 0 51
Totals 5 204 40.8 1 0 44 Totals 6 261 43.5 1 0 51
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Woodley Lewis 4 111 27.8 0 72 1 Billy Baggett 3 18 6.0 0 10 0
Totals 4 111 27.8 0 72 1 Totals 3 18 6.0 1 10 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Woodley Lewis 1 47 47.0 47 0 Billy Baggett 5 94 18.8 26 0
Vitamin Smith 1 11 11.0 11 0 Buddy Young 4 101 25.2 32 0
Skeets Quinlan 1 17 17.0 17 0 George Taliaferro 1 16 16.0 16 0
Totals 3 75 25.0 47 0 Totals 10 211 21.1 32 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Bob Waterfield 2 1 24 9 9 Pat Cannamela 0 0 0 3 3
Totals 2 1 24 9 9 Totals 0 0 0 3 3