1952 National Conference Playoff * Playoff * 12-05-2006 Temp:29 Wind:0-10 MVP:Christians 1952 Los Angeles (9-4) 14 7 0 3 24 1952 Detroit (10-3) 7 14 0 10 31 1 LA TD Van Brocklin 10 pass to Fears (Waterfield) (10-80-5:39) 9:14 7-0 1 DET TD David 38 yd fumble recovery (Harder) (0-0-0:00) 7:25 7-7 1 LA TD Lewis 9 run (Waterfield) (11-65-5:25) 1:50 14-7 2 DET TD Layne 8 pass to Hoernschemeyer (Harder) (13-72-5:46) 10:55 14-14 2 LA TD Van Brocklin 29 pass to Hirsch (Waterfield) (10-73-6:43) 4:02 21-14 2 DET TD Layne 12 pass to Hoernschemeyer (Harder) (12-89-3:38) 0:19 21-21 4 LA FG Waterfield 15 (12-64-4:56) 14:51 24-21 4 DET FG Harder 23 (4-22-2:14) 9:11 24-24 4 DET TD Layne 7 run (Harder) (10-73-3:00) 1:30 24-31 LA DET First Downs 22 21 Rushes 38-186 34-104 Passes 26-13-169 22-16-210 Sacked 1-5 0-0 Fumble 4 2 Penalties 8-80 7-55 Turnovers 3 2 Time 33:33 26:23 Third Down 6-12 7-11 Fourth Down 0-1 0-0 Net Offense 350 314 Injuries:none 1952 Los Angeles Rams Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Towler 17 80 4.7 1 5 12 0 Fears 4 0 41 10.3 0 2 11 1 Younger 6 40 6.7 1 4 17 0 Smith,V 2 0 29 14.5 0 2 18 0 Quinlan 7 39 5.6 1 1 10 0 Towler 2 0 31 15.5 0 1 18 0 Lewis 2 9 4.5 0 1 9 1 Younger 2 0 17 8.5 0 1 12 0 Myers 2 9 4.5 0 0 5 0 Carey 2 0 22 11.0 0 2 15 0 Williams,J 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Hirsch 1 1 29 29.0 1 1 29 1 Smith,V 3 4 1.3 0 1 2 0 13 1 169 13.0 1 9 29 2 38 186 4.9 3 12 17 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Van Brockl 26 13 50.0 169 13.0 29 4 1 1 3.8 1 2 7.7 80.4 26 13 50.0 169 13.0 29 4 1 1 3.8 1 2 7.7 80.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Waterfield 3 3 100.0 2 1 50.0 0.0 0.0 15 6 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Van Brockl 2 74 42 0 0 0 1 18 28.0 37.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Quinlan 4 89 22.3 28 0 Lewis 1 0 12 12.0 12 0 Smith,V 1 13 13.0 13 0 1 0 12 12.0 12 0 Lewis 1 12 12.0 12 0 6 114 19.0 28 0 Fumbles Quinlan 3 Towler 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Brink 1 West 3 Lewis 1 Robustel 1 Lewis 1 Robustel 2 Teeuws 1 Paul 1 Brink 1 McLaughl 1 Toogood 1 Quinlan 1 Tackles Rich 8 West 6 Brink 4 Williams 2 Lewis 1 Robustel 7 Toogood 5 Younger 4 Siemense 1 Mayes 1 Lane 7 Winkler 4 Paul 3 Teeuws 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD 0 0 0.0 0 0 1952 Detroit Lions Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Hoernschem 11 39 3.5 2 2 19 0 Box 5 0 55 11.0 0 4 15 0 Harder 9 25 2.8 0 0 6 0 Hart 4 0 60 15.0 0 4 18 0 Layne 11 19 1.7 0 2 7 1 Hoernschem 2 1 20 10.0 0 3 12 2 Christians 2 17 8.5 1 1 10 0 Swiacki 2 0 38 19.0 1 2 28 0 Walker 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Walker 2 0 28 14.0 0 0 19 0 34 104 3.1 3 5 19 1 Doran 1 0 9 9.0 0 1 9 0 16 1 210 13.1 1 14 28 2 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Layne 22 16 72.7 210 13.1 28 3 1 0 0.0 0 2 9.1 132.8 22 16 72.7 210 13.1 28 3 1 0 0.0 0 2 9.1 132.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Harder 4 4 100.0 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 23 7 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Smith,J 3 148 59 1 0 1 1 12 38.7 49.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Christians 5 103 20.6 30 0 Christians 1 1 18 18.0 18 0 5 103 20.6 30 0 1 1 18 18.0 18 0 Fumbles Hoernsch 1 Layne 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Bingaman 1 Bingaman 1 David 2 Bingaman 1 Torgeson 1 Torgeson 1 Flanagan 1 David 1 Doll 1 Christia 1 Bailey 1 Tackles Bingaman 11 David 5 Prchlik 3 Earon 2 Hart 1 Scott 1 Flanagan 11 Torgeson 4 Doll 2 Doran 2 Smith,J 1 Bailey 1 McGraw 5 Christia 3 Martin 2 Stanfel 1 Lary 1 Pearson 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Christian 1 40 40.0 40 0 1 40 40.0 40 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 LA Lewis ret of 12 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 14:53 LA Younger 5 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic 2 5 own25 14:12 LA Towler 9 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic/Bz1 1 10 own34 13:23 LA Towler 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic/Bz1 2 6 own38 12:34 LA Towler 6 B1 Sweep-R B1 M Basic 1 10 own44 12:26 LA Towler 12 B1 Trap-L B1 sZ Pass/A 1 10 opp44 11:41 LA Younger 17 B1 Trap-R B1 M Pass 1 10 opp27 10:54 LA Towler 3 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic/Bz1 2 7 opp24 10:13 LA Quinlan 10 B1 Sweep-R B1 M Dbl-Carey 1 10 opp14 10:05 LA Towler 4 B1 Trap-L B1 M Basic 2 6 opp10 9:20 LA Van Bro-Fears 10/TD B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic/Li 7-0 KO 9:14 DET Christiansen ret of -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own36 9:05 DET Hoernschemeyer 0 B1 OffTkl-R R1 Z Basic 2 10 own36 8:22 DET Layne -4 B1 Sweep-R B1 sZ Basic/Bz1 3 14 own32 7:40 DET Layne-Hoernsch X P1 M-Cross/Dump B1 dM Pass 4 14 own32 7:37 DET Smith 49,Lewis 12 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own31 7:32 LA Quinlan 6/TD/F B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic 7-7 KO 7:25 LA Quinlan ret of 28 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own35 7:15 LA Quinlan 2 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Run/Lr 2 8 own37 6:35 LA Van Bro-Hirsch X B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Pass 3 8 own37 6:32 LA Van Bro-Smith 18 P1 S-Flat B1 M Pass 1 10 opp45 5:46 LA Quinlan 9/F B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Key-Towler 2 1 opp36 5:06 LA Towler 0 B1 Trap-L B1 sM Run 3 1 opp36 4:24 LA Smith 2 B1 Trap-R B1 M Run-Towler 1 10 opp34 3:39 DET Pen5(McGraw) B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Pass 1 5 opp29 3:32 LA Towler 2 B1 Pitch-L B1 M Key-Towler 2 3 opp27 2:45 LA Lewis 0 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic/Bz1 3 3 opp27 2:09 LA Van Bro-Towler 13 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Run-Towler/Ll 1 10 opp14 1:59 LA Pen5(Doran) B1 Trap-R B1 sZ Pass 1 5 opp9 1:59 LA Lewis 9/TD B1 OffTkl-L B1 sM Run-Towler 14-7 KO 1:50 DET Christiansen ret of -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own28 1:41 DET Pen5(Walker) B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic/Bz1 1 15 own23 1:41 DET Hoernschemeyer 4 B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Basic 2 11 own27 1:34 DET Harder 4 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic/Bz1 3 7 own31 0:53 DET Layne-Doran 9 P1 S-Slant B1 M Dbl-Hart 1 10 own40 0:14 DET Harder -1 B1 Trap-R B1 M Key-Harder 2nd Quarter 2 11 own39 15:00 DET Layne 3/Pen15(Robust B1 Draw B1 dZ Pass 1 10 opp43 14:52 DET Walker 4 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic/Bz1 2 6 opp39 14:03 DET Layne-Hart 16 B1 S-Hitch R1 Z Run/Bz1 1 10 opp23 13:20 DET Hoernschemeyer 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Pass 2 6 opp19 12:35 DET Layne -1 P1 Trap-R R1 sZ Run-Hoernschem 3 7 opp20 11:47 DET Layne-Swiacki 10 P1 S-Out B1 sZ Pass 1 10 opp10 11:42 DET Harder 2 P1 OffTkl-R B1 M Run 2 8 opp8 11:01 DET Layne-Hoernsch 8/TD P1 S-Slant B1 M Run-Hoernschem 14-14 KO 10:55 LA Quinlan ret of 18 FM -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own27 10:45 LA Myers 4 B1 Trap-R B1 M Pass 2 6 own31 10:05 LA Van Bro-Carey 7 B1 S-Cross B1 Z Basic 1 10 own38 9:28 LA Towler 4 B1 Dive B1 M Dbl-Fears 2 6 own42 8:45 LA Myers 5 B1 Trap-L B1 M Pass 3 1 own47 8:00 LA Younger 2 B1 Dive B1 M Run-Towler 1 10 own49 7:11 LA Younger 5 B1 Trap-R B1 sZ Basic 2 5 opp46 6:24 LA Smith 0 B1 Trap-R B1 sZ Basic/Bz1 3 5 opp46 5:37 LA Van Bro-Smith 11 B1 S-Slant B1 M Basic 1 10 opp35 4:56 LA Towler 6 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Pass 2 4 opp29 4:11 LA Van Bro-Hirsch 29/TD B1 S-Slant B1 Z Run-Towler 21-14 KO 4:02 DET Christiansen ret of -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own11 3:57 DET Layne 4 B1 S-Slant B1 M Pass/Bz1 2 6 own15 3:13 DET Layne-Hart 14 B1 S-Out B1 Z Run 1 10 own29 2:28 DET Layne-Swiacki 28 P1 M-Out B1 Z Pass 1 10 opp43 2:20 DET Hoernschemeyer 11 P1 Pitch-R B1 Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp32 2:00 DET Layne-Box X P1 S-Slant B1 M Basic/Ll 2 10 opp32 1:55 DET Layne-Walker 9 P1 Screen B1 M Pass 3 1 opp23 1:17 DET Layne 2 P1 OffTkl-R B1 M Run-Hoernschem 1 10 opp21 1:10 DET Christiansen 7 P1 Sweep-R B1 Z Pass 2 3 opp14 1:03 DET Layne-Box 11 P1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic/Lr 1 3 opp3 0:38 DET Layne-Box X P1 S-Hitch B1 sM Run-Harder 2 3 opp3 0:34 DET Pen5(Cifelli) P1 S-Slant B1 tM Goalline 2 8 opp8 0:34 DET Hoernschemeyer -4 P1 Pitch-R B1 tM Goalline 3 12 opp12 0:28 DET Layne-Hoernsch 12/TD P1 M-Cross/RB B1 dM Pass 21-21 KO 0:19 LA Quinlan ret of 23 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own36 0:10 LA Van Bro-Hirsch X P1 L-Straight/ND/MP/RB B1 M Basic 2 10 own36 0:04 LA Smith 2 P1 Trap-R B1 Z Pass 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 DET Christiansen ret of -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own21 14:52 DET Pen5(Cifelli) B1 OffTkl-L R1 Z Run-Hoernschem 1 15 own16 14:52 DET Hoernschemeyer 2/F B1 Draw B1 dM Pass 1 10 opp18 14:45 LA Van Bro-Quinlan X B1 S-Slant B1 sZ Pass 2 10 opp18 14:41 LA Pen5(Hirsch) B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Pass 2 15 opp23 14:41 LA Van Bro-Fears X B1 S-Out B1 Z Pass 3 15 opp23 14:37 LA Pen15(Thompson) B1 M-Cross/ND B1 dM Pass 3 30 opp38 14:33 LA Van Bro-Hirsch X B1 L-Straight/ND/NS B1 dZ Pass/Bz3 4 30 opp38 14:24 LA FG Waterfield 45 no -- FG -- Block 1 10 own20 14:20 DET Harder 5 B1 Trap-R B1 M Basic 2 5 own25 13:33 LA Pen15(Robustelli) B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic/Bz2 1 10 own40 13:24 DET Harder 6 B1 Trap-R B1 M Basic 2 4 own46 12:37 DET Hoernschemeyer 0 B1 Dive R1 M Key-Hoernschem 3 4 own46 11:53 DET Layne-Box 10 B1 S-Slant R1 Z Basic 1 10 opp44 11:16 DET Pen15(Banoinis) B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Run 1 25 own41 11:09 DET Hoernschemeyer -3 B1 Draw B1 M Dbl-Box 2 28 own38 10:28 DET Layne-Walker 19 B1 M-Slant B1 dZ Pass/Bz1 3 9 opp43 9:48 DET Layne-Hart X B1 S-Cross B1 Z Pass/Bz2 4 9 opp43 9:42 DET Smith 40,Lewis 0 -- Pt-side -- faircatch 1 10 own3 9:37 LA Towler 5 B1 Trap-R B1 sZ Basic 2 5 own8 8:54 LA Younger 6 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic 1 10 own14 8:09 LA Van Bro-Hirsch X B1 S-Slant B1 M Basic 2 10 own14 8:05 LA Towler 8 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Pass 3 2 own22 7:23 LA Van Bro-Younger X B1 S-Hitch B1 tZ Run/Bz1 4 2 own22 7:18 LA PenLA5(Daugherty) -- Pt-deep -- Return 4 7 own17 7:18 LA PenLA5(Teeuws) -- Pt-deep -- Return 4 12 own12 7:18 LA Van Brocklin 42,Chri -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own46 7:12 DET Harder 4 B1 Trap-R B1 sZ Basic 2 6 50 6:26 DET Layne-Box 15 B1 S-Hitch R1 Z Run 1 10 opp35 5:37 DET Harder 5 B1 Trap-L B1 sM Dbl-Hart 2 5 opp30 4:56 DET Layne 2/F B1 Trap-R R1 Z Basic 1 10 own28 4:47 LA Van Bro-Younger 12 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 1 10 own40 4:04 LA Towler 3/Pen15(Earon B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Run/Bz1 1 10 opp42 3:57 LA Van Bro-Fears 10 B1 S-Out B1 M Basic 1 10 opp32 3:53 LA Pen15(Daugherty) B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic/Bz1 1 25 opp47 3:44 LA Van Bro-Fears 11 B1 M-Hitch B1 M Pass/Bz1 2 14 opp36 2:56 LA Van Bro-Carey 15 B1 M-Seam B1 Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp21 2:09 LA Van Bro-Younger 5 B1 M-Straight/Dump B1 sM Basic 2 5 opp16 1:31 LA Younger 5 B1 Trap-R B1 M Pass 1 10 opp11 0:46 LA Quinlan 3 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 4th Quarter 2 7 opp8 15:00 LA Van Bro-Hirsch X B1 S-Cross B1 tM Goalline/Ll 3 7 opp8 14:56 LA Van Bro-Hirsch X B1 S-Slant/RB B1 M Pass 4 7 opp8 14:51 LA FG Waterfield 15 goo -- FG -- Block 24-21 KO 14:45 DET Christiansen ret of -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own33 14:37 DET Layne 6 B1 M-Hitch B1 M Pass 2 4 own39 13:57 DET Layne 2 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Run-Harder 3 2 own41 13:17 DET Layne-Hart X B1 S-Out R1 sM Basic 4 2 own41 13:12 DET Smith 59,Lewis 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 13:08 LA Quinlan 4 B1 OffTkl-R B1 sM Basic 2 6 own24 12:23 LA Towler 0 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Run-Towler 3 6 own24 11:35 LA Van Bro-Quinlan X B1 S-Flat B1 tZ Basic 4 6 own24 11:31 LA Van Brocklin 32,Chri -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 opp38 11:25 DET Layne-Hart 18 B1 M-Straight B1 sM Run 1 10 opp20 10:44 DET Hoernschemeyer 4 B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Basic/Lo 2 6 opp16 10:00 DET Harder 0 B1 Trap-R R1 M Run-Hoernschem 3 6 opp16 9:14 DET Layne-Box X B1 S-Slant/RB B1 Z Pass/Bz2 4 6 opp16 9:11 DET FG Harder 23 good -- FG -- Block 24-24 KO 9:06 LA Smith ret of 13 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own21 8:56 LA Van Bro-Fears 10 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Run 2 0 own31 8:18 LA Towler 3 B1 Trap-R B1 sM Run-Towler 1 10 own34 7:27 LA Quinlan 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Key-Towler 2 5 own39 6:44 LA Towler 8 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic 1 10 own47 6:03 LA Towler 3 B1 Dive B1 M Basic 2 7 50 5:24 LA Williams 5 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic 3 2 opp45 4:45 LA Van Bro-Towler 18/F B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 10 own27 4:34 DET Layne-Box 9 B1 S-Slant R1 sM Basic 2 1 own36 3:51 DET Layne -1 B1 OffTkl-R B1 sZ Run-Hoernschem 3 2 own35 3:10 DET Hoernschemeyer 19 B1 Sweep-R B1 M Basic 1 10 opp46 2:19 LA Pen5(Toogood) B1 Pitch-R B1 Z Run-Harder 1 5 opp41 2:11 DET Layne-Hart 12 B1 S-Slant B1 M Run 1 10 opp29 2:04 DET Layne-Box 10 B1 S-Out B1 M Basic 1 10 opp19 2:00 DET Christiansen 10 B1 Pitch-R B1 Z Pass 1 9 opp9 1:51 DET Harder 0 B1 OffTkl-R/RS B1 tZ Goalline 2 9 opp9 1:46 DET Hoernschemeyer 2 B1 OffTkl-L/RS R1 sM Basic 3 7 opp7 1:38 DET Layne 7/TD B1 Draw B1 M Pass/Bz1 24-31 KO 1:30 LA Quinlan ret of 20 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own34 1:22 LA Van Bro-Hirsch X P1 M-Out/SG/RB B1 sMo Pass 2 10 own34 1:15 LA Van Bro-Carey X P1 M-Straight/SG/ND/NS/ B1 Zo Basic 3 10 own34 1:06 LA Sk-Bingaman -5 P1 L-Cross/SG/ND/NS/RB B1 M Pass/Bz2 4 15 own29 0:42 LA Van Bro-INT-Christia P1 L-Out/SG/ND/NS/MP/RB B1 vZ Prevent 1 10 opp13 0:33 DET Layne -1 B1 QbKneel B1 M Basic