1952 Los Angeles Rams Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's National Division
Postseason: 0-1
Coach: Hampton Pool (9-2)
Coach: Joe Stydahar (0-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1952 Los Angeles Rams RosterTeam Record: 9-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's National Division
Postseason: 0-1
Coach: Hampton Pool (9-2)
Coach: Joe Stydahar (0-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1952 Los Angeles Rams Results
The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1952 season with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's National Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
On offense, Los Angeles topped the circuit with 349 points. On the other side of the ball, the defense surrendered 234 points. Dan Towler ran for a team-leading 894 yards for the Rams.
Norm Van Brocklin threw for 1,736 yards. Tom Fears snagged 48 balls for 600 yards. Elroy Hirsch and Bob Carey provided receiving help also.
The sticky-fingered defense created 56 turnovers. Night Train Lane snatched 14 opponent throws.
Hampton Pool and Joe Stydahar coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 205 | 113 | 55.1 | 1736 | 8.5 | 14 | 6.8 | 17 | 8.3 | 84 | 71.5 |
| Bob Waterfield | 109 | 51 | 46.8 | 655 | 6.0 | 3 | 2.8 | 11 | 10.1 | 63 | 35.7 |
| Don Klosterman | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 30.0 | 30 | 7.1 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Vitamin Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 329 | 167 | 50.8 | 2438 | 7.4 | 17 | 5.2 | 31 | 9.4 | 84 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Towler | 156 | 894 | 5.7 | 44 | 10 |
| Tank Younger | 63 | 331 | 5.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 52 | 224 | 4.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Vitamin Smith | 57 | 133 | 2.3 | 20 | 3 |
| Woodley Lewis | 19 | 114 | 6.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Jack Myers | 27 | 82 | 3.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Jerry Williams | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Carl Mayes | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Klosterman | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 7 | -10 | -1.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 9 | -14 | -1.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Totals | 411 | 1811 | 4.4 | 51 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Fears | 48 | 600 | 12.5 | 36 | 6 |
| Bob Carey | 36 | 539 | 15.0 | 61 | 1 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 25 | 590 | 23.6 | 84 | 4 |
| Vitamin Smith | 16 | 254 | 15.9 | 56 | 3 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 14 | 265 | 18.9 | 80 | 2 |
| Tank Younger | 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 25 | 1 |
| Jack Myers | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 167 | 2438 | 14.6 | 84 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 45 | 44 | 97.8 | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 77 |
| Bob Carey | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 45 | 44 | 97.8 | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 77 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 30 | 1276 | 42.5 | 59 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 29 | 1250 | 43.1 | 66 |
| Totals | 59 | 2526 | 42.8 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodley Lewis | 19 | 351 | 18.5 | 82 | 2 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 14 | 167 | 11.9 | 88 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 527 | 13.9 | 88 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skeet Quinlan | 18 | 455 | 25.3 | 56 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 16 | 345 | 21.6 | 47 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 55 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 967 | 24.2 | 56 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night Train Lane | 14 | 298 | 21.3 | 80 | 2 |
| Herb Rich | 8 | 201 | 25.1 | 97 | 1 |
| Jack Dwyer | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Andy Robustelli | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Larry Brink | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 712 | 18.7 | 97 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skeet Quinlan | 8 | 5 | -2 | 0 | |||
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tank Younger | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Dwyer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 2 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Myers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Williams | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Casner | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Mayes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vitamin Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Brink | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan West | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Carey | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leon McLaughlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Winkler | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Klosterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Towler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Woodley Lewis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 33 | 118 | 5 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 83 | ||||||||
| Dan Towler | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| Vitamin Smith | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| Tom Fears | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Night Train Lane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| Andy Robustelli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bob Carey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Jack Dwyer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Ken Casner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Paul Barry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jack Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tank Younger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Herb Rich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 349 |
