1952 Dallas Texans Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-11
Finishing 6th in the NFL's National Division
Coach: Jimmy Phelan (1-11)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1952 Dallas Texans RosterTeam Record: 1-11
Finishing 6th in the NFL's National Division
Coach: Jimmy Phelan (1-11)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1952 Dallas Texans Results
The Dallas Texans of the National Football League ended the 1952 season with a record of 1 wins and 11 losses, finishing sixth in the NFL's National Division.
The Texans labored to change the scoreboard with just 182 points, while the shaky defensive squad conceded 427, most in the circuit. George Taliaferro rushed for a team-leading 419 yards for Dallas.
Frank Tripucka threw for 769 yards, and Bob Celeri threw the ball, too. Dick Wilkins topped the receiving corps, hauling in 32 passes for 416 yards.
Tom Keane seized 10 opponent throws.
Jimmy Phelan coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Tripucka | 174 | 86 | 49.4 | 769 | 4.4 | 3 | 1.7 | 17 | 9.8 | 42 | 27.8 |
| Bob Celeri | 75 | 31 | 41.3 | 490 | 6.5 | 3 | 4.0 | 3 | 4.0 | 78 | 60.4 |
| George Taliaferro | 63 | 16 | 25.4 | 298 | 4.7 | 2 | 3.2 | 6 | 9.5 | 48 | 17.8 |
| Hank Lauricella | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 177 | 8.0 | 4 | 18.2 | 2 | 9.1 | 34 | 79.0 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 73 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 54 | 22.4 |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 352 | 149 | 42.3 | 1807 | 5.1 | 12 | 3.4 | 30 | 8.5 | 78 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Taliaferro | 100 | 419 | 4.2 | 38 | 1 |
| Zollie Toth | 82 | 266 | 3.2 | 18 | 4 |
| Buddy Young | 71 | 243 | 3.4 | 30 | 3 |
| Dick Hoerner | 56 | 162 | 2.9 | 14 | 2 |
| Bob Celeri | 17 | 135 | 7.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Billy Baggett | 19 | 65 | 3.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Hank Lauricella | 19 | 55 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 15 | 3 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 381 | 1397 | 3.7 | 38 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Wilkins | 32 | 416 | 13.0 | 42 | 3 |
| Buddy Young | 22 | 269 | 12.2 | 45 | 2 |
| George Taliaferro | 21 | 244 | 11.6 | 78 | 1 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 18 | 243 | 13.5 | 48 | 2 |
| Zollie Toth | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 10 | 172 | 17.2 | 54 | 0 |
| Stan Williams | 9 | 123 | 13.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Gene Felker | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Bob Celeri | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Tom Keane | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Billy Baggett | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 27 | 1 |
| Dan Edwards | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Barney Poole | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Gino Marchetti | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Wozniak | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 149 | 1807 | 12.1 | 78 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chubby Grigg | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 9 | |
| Pat Cannamela | 10 | 8 | 80.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | |
| Keith Flowers | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 27 | 20 | 74.1 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Lauricella | 58 | 2036 | 35.1 | 60 |
| Bob Celeri | 21 | 876 | 41.7 | 57 |
| Frank Tripucka | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 65 |
| Totals | 83 | 3079 | 37.1 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Baggett | 12 | 102 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Jerry Davis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 160 | 7.6 | 18 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 23 | 643 | 28.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Billy Baggett | 23 | 567 | 24.7 | 82 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Keever Jankovich | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Campanella | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Hank Lauricella | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Hamp Tanner | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Weldon Humble | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Reid | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Wozniak | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Art Tait | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 67 | 1586 | 23.7 | 82 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Keane | 10 | 93 | 9.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Stan Williams | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 62 | 0 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Jerry Davis | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 66 | 1 |
| Will Sherman | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Keith Flowers | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Colo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Baggett | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Reid | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 397 | 14.2 | 66 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Williams | 0 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Petitbon | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Keane | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Cannamela | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Campanella | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Baggett | 0 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Joe Reid | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keever Jankovich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Felker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Lansford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hamp Tanner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Wozniak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Taliaferro | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Soboleski | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Robison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Tripucka | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sisto Averno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Hoerner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zollie Toth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Wilkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hank Lauricella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Celeri | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 27 | 74 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Zollie Toth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Dick Wilkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Ray Pelfrey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dick Hoerner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Chubby Grigg | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Pat Cannamela | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Gene Felker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Stan Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Billy Baggett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Gino Marchetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jerry Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Keith Flowers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 182 |
