1952 - Week 4
Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions
At Briggs Stadium Sunday, October 19, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Rams 7 7 7 3 24
Detroit Lions 14 3 0 14 31
Scoring Plays Rams Lions
1st Quarter
Lions 10:22 Box 27 yd. pass from Layne ( Harder Kick ) ( 7-80, 4:31 ) 0 7
Lions 6:59 Hoernschemeyer 1 yd. run ( Harder Kick ) ( 7-49, 3:02 ) 0 14
Rams 4:51 Towler 1 yd. run ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 4-51, 2:02 ) 7 14
2nd Quarter
Lions 14:45 Harder 29 yd. Field Goal ( 10-50, 5:02 ) 7 17
Rams 0:00 Towler 3 yd. run ( Waterfield Kick ) ( 13-81, 1:43 ) 14 17
3rd Quarter
Rams 5:13 Interception by Rich returned 34 yards ( Waterfield Kick ) 21 17
4th Quarter
Lions 2:41 Box 4 yd. pass from Layne ( Harder Kick ) ( 6-20, 3:16 ) 21 24
Rams 2:00 Waterfield 34 yd. Field Goal ( 5-43, 0:41 ) 24 24
Lions 1:05 Interception by Smith returned 36 yards ( Harder Kick ) 24 31

MVP: Jim Robert Smith P\DB (Detroit)
Defense: 8 Tkl, 1 Int, 1 TD. Winning 36 yd Touchdown. 1:05 4th

Unavailable
LAM: M.Johnson (DB)
DET: D.Walker (HB\K\DB), C.Scott (KR\PR\DB), P.Summerall (DE)
Temp: 55°. Clear Skies. Wind 21 mph (Slight Crosswind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
Los Angeles Rams Detroit Lions
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
10:22 0:15 LAM 46 1 3 Fumble 15:00 4:38 DET 20 7 80 Touchdown
6:59 2:08 LAM 49 4 51 Touchdown 10:07 3:08 LAM 49 7 49 Touchdown
14:45 1:11 LAM 32 3 7 Punt 4:51 5:06 DET 28 10 50 Field Goal
12:30 7:19 LAM 30 11 61 Fumble 13:34 1:04 DET 25 3 4 Punt
1:48 1:48 LAM 19 13 81 Touchdown 5:11 3:23 DET 9 8 9 Punt
15:00 2:14 LAM 20 3 8 Punt 12:46 2:27 DET 23 3 -2 Punt
10:19 3:59 DET 44 8 21 Interception 6:20 1:07 DET 17 4 14 TurnoverTD
1:36 4:48 LAM 20 8 65 Fumble 5:13 3:37 DET 41 7 38 Missed FG
6:05 0:08 LAM 20 1 0 Interception 11:48 5:43 DET 15 11 61 Missed FG
2:41 0:41 LAM 30 5 43 Field Goal 5:57 3:16 LAM 20 6 20 Touchdown
1:32 0:27 LAM 22 4 10 TurnoverTD 2:00 0:28 DET 20 3 9 Punt
1:05 0:24 LAM 12 3 0 Interception 0:41 0:41 LAM 26 1 -1 End of Game
25:22 LAM 30 64 350 34:38 DET 34 70 331
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Los Angeles Rams 2:23 10:18 7:49 4:52 25:22
Detroit Lions 12:37 4:42 7:11 10:08 34:38
Team Statistics Rams Lions
Total Points 24 31
1st Downs 21 21
Rushing 6 6
Passing 14 12
Penalty 1 3
3rd-Down Conversions 5-11 12-19
4th-Down Conversions 3-3 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-58 4-28
Fumbles-Lost 3-3 2-0
Time Of Pos. 25:22 34:38
Total Net Yards 357 308
Total Plays 64 70
Average Gain 5.6 4.4
Net Yards Rushing 98 128
Rushes 23 32
Avg. Per Rush 4.3 4.0
Net Yards Passing 259 180
Completions 23 16
Attempts 41 34
Completion % 56.1 47.1
Yards Per Completion 11.3 13.1
Times Sacked 0 4
Had Intercepted 4 1
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 2 1
Passing 0 2
Other 1 1
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 1-1 1-3
Los Angeles Rams Detroit Lions
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Dan Towler 12 48 4.0 26 2 Bob Hoernschemeyer 17 67 3.9 14 1
Tank Younger 5 34 6.8 16 0 Pat Harder 5 11 2.2 7 0
Woodley Lewis 2 4 2.0 3 0 Jug Girard 5 28 5.6 22 0
Skeets Quinlan 2 5 2.5 4 0 Bobby Layne 3 16 5.3 13 0
Jerry Williams 1 6 6.0 6 0 Byron Bailey 1 4 4.0 4 0
Vitamin Smith 1 1 1.0 1 0 Leon Hart 1 2 2.0 2 0
Totals 23 98 4.3 26 2 Totals 32 128 4.0 22 1
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Norm Van Brocklin 41 23 259 0 0 0 31 4 36 Bobby Layne 34 16 210 4 30 2 27 1 74
Totals 41 23 259 0 0 0 31 4 36 Totals 34 16 210 4 30 2 27 1 74
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Tom Fears 8 119 14.9 28 0 Cloyce Box 4 57 14.2 27 2
Bob Carey 6 50 8.3 10 0 Bob Hoernschemeyer 3 38 12.7 22 0
Crazy Legs Hirsch 2 40 20.0 31 0 Leon Hart 3 41 13.7 17 0
Tank Younger 2 16 8.0 10 0 Bill Swiacki 2 33 16.5 22 0
Dan Towler 2 5 2.5 5 0 Pat Harder 1 24 24.0 24 0
Skeets Quinlan 2 27 13.5 19 0 Jug Girard 1 8 8.0 8 0
Vitamin Smith 1 2 2.0 2 0 Jim Doran 1 10 10.0 10 0
Bobby Layne 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Totals 23 259 11.3 31 0 Totals 16 210 13.1 27 2
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Stan West 12 - - - - 1 - - 1 Jim Robert Smith 8 1 36 1 - - - 1 -
Night Train Lane 9 - - - - - - - - Jack Christiansen 8 - - - - - - 1 -
Vitamin Smith 7 - - - - - - 1 - Lavern Torgeson 7 - - - - - - - 1
Woodley Lewis 6 - - - 1 - - - - Jim Martin 5 - - - - - - - 1
Norb Hecker 5 - - - - - - 1 - Jim David 5 1 - - - - - - -
Herb Rich 5 1 34 1 - - - 2 - Dick Flanagan 5 - - - - - - - -
Ken Casner 4 - - - 1 - 1 - - Yale Lary 4 1 13 - - - - - -
Charley Toogood 4 - - - - 2 - - - Vince Banonis 4 - - - - - - - -
Don Paul 3 - - - - - - - - Jimmy C. Hill 3 - - - - - - - -
Jim Winkler 3 - - - - - - - - Les Bingaman 2 - - - - - - - -
Tank Younger 3 - - - - - - 1 - Blaine Earon 2 - - - - - - - -
Dick Daugherty 3 - - - - - - - - Thurman McGraw 2 - - - - 1 - - -
Andy Robustelli 2 - - - 1 1 - - - Don Doll 2 1 - - - - - - -
Jack Dwyer 2 - - - - - - - - Sonny Gandee 2 - - - - - - - -
Duane Putnam 2 - - - - - - - - John Prchlik 1 - - - - - - - -
Harry Thompson 1 - - - - - - - -
Larry Brink 1 - - - 1 - - - -
Jerry Williams - - - - - - - 3 -
Totals 72 1 34 1 4 4 1 8 1 Totals 60 4 49 1 - 1 - 2 2
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Tank Younger 1 1 0 0 0 Bob Hoernschemeyer 2 0 0 0 0
Dan Towler 1 1 0 0 0 Byron Bailey 0 0 1 0 0
Skeets Quinlan 1 1 0 0 0 Thurman McGraw 0 0 0 1 0
Jim Martin 0 0 0 1 0
Gus Cifelli 0 0 1 0 0
Dick Flanagan 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 3 3 0 0 0 Totals 2 0 2 3 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Norm Van Brocklin 2 97 48.5 0 0 49 Jim Robert Smith 4 210 52.5 0 1 63
Totals 2 97 48.5 0 0 49 Totals 4 210 52.5 0 1 63
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Skeets Quinlan 1 34 34.0 0 34 0 Yale Lary 1 12 12.0 1 12 0
Totals 1 34 34.0 0 34 0 Totals 1 12 12.0 1 12 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Skeets Quinlan 5 125 25.0 35 0 Jack Christiansen 2 52 26.0 26 0
Totals 5 125 25.0 35 0 Totals 2 52 26.0 26 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Bob Waterfield 1 1 34 3 3 Pat Harder 3 1 29 4 4
Totals 1 1 34 3 3 Totals 3 1 29 4 4