1952 NFL Championship Game * Championship * 12-07-2006 Temp:48 Wind:0-10 MVP:Grant 1952 Detroit (9-4) 7 13 0 7 27 1952 Philadelphia (10-3) 0 14 7 7 28 1 DET TD Layne 16 pass to Box (Harder) (4-44-2:27) 6:29 7-0 2 PHI TD Thomason 34 pass to Grant (Walston) (6-50-2:45) 14:43 7-7 2 DET TD Layne 11 pass to Swiacki (Harder) (5-35-3:03) 3:18 14-7 2 PHI TD Thomason 26 pass to Grant (Walston) (3-58-0:44) 2:19 14-14 2 DET TD Layne 12 pass to Hart (no good) (8-64-1:22) 0:43 20-14 3 PHI TD Thomason 3 pass to Brewer (Walston) (15-75-7:44) 4:56 20-21 4 DET TD Layne 6 pass to Box (Harder) (12-67-6:25) 13:24 27-21 4 PHI TD Thomason 10 pass to Grant (Walston) (4-28-1:27) 5:35 27-28 DET PHI First Downs 24 15 Rushes 37-113 27-79 Passes 26-21-260 27-15-223 Sacked 2-16 0-0 Fumble 1 1 Penalties 5-45 7-52 Turnovers 1 2 Time 34:35 25:25 Third Down 9-14 9-15 Fourth Down 0-0 0-0 Net Offense 357 302 Injuries:none 1952 Detroit Lions Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Girard 9 36 4.0 1 3 17 0 Hart 5 0 60 12.0 0 4 14 1 Layne 8 25 3.1 0 1 7 0 Box 5 0 63 12.6 0 4 18 2 Harder 8 18 2.3 0 0 7 0 Walker 3 0 35 11.7 0 3 16 0 Hoernschem 9 18 2.0 0 1 7 0 Swiacki 2 0 41 20.5 1 2 30 1 Christians 2 17 8.5 0 0 9 0 Girard 2 0 25 12.5 0 2 13 0 Doran 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Hoernschem 2 0 19 9.5 0 1 14 0 37 113 3.1 1 5 17 0 Harder 1 0 12 12.0 0 0 12 0 Doran 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 21 0 260 12.4 1 16 30 4 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Layne 26 21 80.8 260 12.4 30 1 1 1 3.8 2 4 15.4 131.9 26 21 80.8 260 12.4 30 1 1 1 3.8 2 4 15.4 131.9 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Harder 4 3 75.0 3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Smith,J 3 115 45 0 0 0 3 23 30.7 38.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Lary 1 25 25.0 25 0 Christians 2 0 43 21.5 24 0 Christians 4 99 24.8 34 0 2 0 43 21.5 24 0 5 124 24.8 34 0 Fumbles Walker 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Earon 1 Doran 1 David 1 McGraw 1 Hart 1 Torgeson 1 Tackles Bingaman 7 Doll 5 McGraw 3 Campbell 1 Creekmur 1 Torgeson 7 Doran 4 David 3 Stanfel 1 Girard 1 Smith,J 5 Flanagan 4 Earon 2 Prchlik 1 Pearson 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Smith,J 1 32 32.0 32 0 1 32 32.0 32 0 1952 Philadelphia Eagles Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Brewer 6 29 4.8 1 1 13 0 Grant 6 0 114 19.0 2 6 34 3 Huzvar 8 17 2.1 0 0 4 0 Walston 3 0 54 18.0 1 3 26 0 Goldston 8 17 2.1 0 0 4 0 Pihos 2 0 16 8.0 0 2 9 0 Pollard 2 8 4.0 0 0 5 0 Ziegler 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Ziegler 2 5 2.5 0 0 3 0 Stevens 1 0 18 18.0 0 1 18 0 Thomason 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Huzvar 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 27 79 2.9 1 1 13 0 Brewer 1 0 3 3.0 0 1 3 1 15 0 223 14.9 3 13 34 4 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Thomason 27 15 55.6 223 14.9 34 1 3 1 3.7 0 4 14.8 106.9 27 15 55.6 223 14.9 34 1 3 1 3.7 0 4 14.8 106.9 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Walston 4 4 100.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Burk 5 206 49 0 0 2 2 43 32.6 41.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Pollard 2 53 26.5 33 0 Bawel 1 0 5 5.0 5 0 Ziegler 1 10 10.0 10 0 Stevens 2 0 18 9.0 10 0 Sears 2 15 7.5 13 0 3 0 23 7.7 10 0 5 78 15.6 33 0 Fumbles Huzvar 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Pihos 1 Bednarik 2 Pihos 2 Sutton 4 Ferris 1 Willey 1 Pihos 1 Kilroy 2 Bednarik 1 Willey 1 Tackles Kilroy 12 Bednarik 6 Robinson 4 Ferris 3 Stringer 1 Pihos 10 Bawel 5 Sears 4 Zilly 2 Magee 1 Willey 8 Jarmoluk 4 Sutton 3 Craft 2 Grant 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Bawel 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 PHI Pollard ret of 20 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own28 14:49 PHI Huzvar 3 B1 Trap-R B1 M Key-Ziegler 2 7 own31 14:06 PHI Ziegler 3 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic/Bz1 3 4 own34 13:19 PHI Huzvar 0/F B1 OffTkl-R B1 sM Basic 1 10 opp34 13:12 DET Layne-Hart 13 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Pass/Bz2 1 10 opp21 12:25 DET Harder 0 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic 2 10 opp21 11:41 DET Layne-Harder X B1 S-Flat B1 Z Pass 3 10 opp21 11:37 DET Pen5(Pihos) B1 S-Slant/RB B1 Z Pass 3 5 opp16 11:37 DET Sk-Willey -6 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Pass 4 11 opp22 10:54 DET FG blocked -- FG -- Block 1 10 own31 10:49 PHI Huzvar 3 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic 2 7 own34 10:01 PHI Pen15(Wydo) B1 S-Slant B1 sZ Basic 2 22 own19 9:54 PHI Thomaso-Ziegler 9 B1 Screen B1 dZ Pass 3 13 own28 9:10 PHI Thomaso-Stevens X P1 M-Cross/Dump B1 M Pass 4 13 own28 9:02 PHI Burk 40,Christiansen -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 opp44 8:56 DET Hoernschemeyer 1 B1 OffTkl-R R1 sZ Basic 2 9 opp43 8:12 DET Layne-Hoernsch 14 B1 S-Hitch R1 Z Basic 1 10 opp29 7:25 DET Layne-Girard 13 B1 S-Hitch B1 sM Pass 1 10 opp16 6:39 DET Layne-Box 16/TD B1 S-Hitch B1 M Basic 7-0 KO 6:29 PHI Sears ret of 13 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own23 6:21 PHI Goldston 4 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic/Bz1 2 6 own27 5:36 PHI Thomaso-Grant X B1 S-Slant B1 Z Pass 3 6 own27 5:33 PHI Goldston 4 B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Pass 4 2 own31 4:54 PHI Burk 49,Christiansen -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own20 4:48 DET Layne -2 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic/Bz3/A 2 12 own18 4:01 DET Harder 2 B1 Trap-R B1 M Basic/Ll 3 10 own20 3:14 DET Sk-Pihos -10 P1 M-Cross B1 Z Pass/Bz2 4 20 own10 2:32 DET Smith 45,Bawel 5 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 50 2:28 PHI Goldston 2 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 2 8 opp48 1:45 PHI Huzvar 3 B1 Trap-R B1 M Pass 3 5 opp45 1:04 PHI Thomaso-Pihos 7 B1 S-Hitch B1 sM Basic 1 10 opp38 0:28 PHI Thomaso-Grant X B1 S-Cross B1 M Basic 2 10 opp38 0:23 PHI Goldston 4 B1 Sweep-R B1 sM Dbl-Walston/Ll 2nd Quarter 3 6 opp34 15:00 PHI Thomaso-Grant 34/TD B1 S-Hitch B1 M Dbl-Grant/Bz3 7-7 KO 14:43 DET Lary ret of 25 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own29 14:34 DET Harder 7 B1 Trap-L R1 Z Basic/Bz1 2 3 own36 13:53 DET Harder 2 B1 Trap-R B1 M Run 3 1 own38 13:04 DET Girard 1 B1 Overtop R1 M Run-Harder 1 10 own39 12:22 DET Girard 17 B1 Trap-R R1 M Basic 1 10 opp44 11:29 DET Pen15(Banoinis) B1 Trap-R B1 M Key-Hoernschem 1 25 own41 11:20 DET Hoernschemeyer 7 B1 Pitch-R B1 Z Pass/Bz2 2 18 own48 10:40 DET Layne-Harder 12 B1 Screen B1 Z Pass 3 6 opp40 9:55 PHI Pen5(Sutton) B1 S-Hitch B1 M Basic 1 10 opp35 9:47 DET Girard 9 B1 Trap-R B1 sM Basic/Bz2 2 1 opp26 9:04 DET Harder 0 B1 Dive R1 tM Goalline 3 1 opp26 8:22 DET Girard 0 B1 OffTkl-L R1 Z Stuff 4 1 opp26 7:35 DET FG Harder 33 no good -- FG -- Block 1 10 own20 7:30 PHI Goldston 0 B1 Sweep-R B1 M Basic 2 10 own20 7:22 PHI Pen10(Willey) B1 S-Slant B1 sM Basic 2 20 own10 7:17 PHI Thomaso-Walston X B1 S-Flat B1 dM Pass 3 20 own10 7:14 PHI Huzvar 4 B1 Draw B1 dM Pass 4 16 own14 6:32 Penalty -- Pt-side -- Return 4 23 own7 6:26 PHI Burk 47,Christiansen -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 opp35 6:21 DET Hoernschemeyer 4 B1 Trap-R B1 sM Pass/C 2 6 opp31 5:31 DET Layne-Box 15 B1 S-Hitch R1 Z Key-Hoernschem 1 10 opp16 4:44 DET Layne-Hoernsch 5 P1 S-Hitch/Dump B1 sM Pass 2 5 opp11 4:08 DET Harder 0 B1 Trap-L R1 sZ Run/Bz1 3 5 opp11 3:27 DET Layne-Swiacki 11/TD R1 S-Slant R1 Z Basic/Bz1 14-7 KO 3:18 PHI Pollard ret of 33 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own42 3:03 PHI Thomaso-Grant 23 B1 S-Out B1 Z Key-Goldston/Ll 1 10 opp35 2:53 PHI Huzvar 4 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Pass 2 6 opp31 2:29 PHI Pen5(Prchlik) B1 S-Out B1 Z Run 2 1 opp26 2:29 PHI Thomaso-Grant 26/TD B1 S-Hitch B1 M Stuff 14-14 KO 2:19 DET Christiansen ret of -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own36 2:05 DET Layne-Girard 12 P1 S-Flat B1 M Basic 1 10 own48 2:00 DET Layne-Doran 5 P1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 2 5 opp47 1:39 DET Layne-Hart 9 P1 S-Out B1 M Basic 1 10 opp38 1:34 DET Hoernschemeyer 5 P1 Pitch-L B1 M Dbl-Box 2 5 opp33 1:26 DET Layne 0 P1 Draw B1 M Run-Hoernschem 3 5 opp33 1:20 DET Layne-Walker X P1 S-Hitch B1 Z Pass 4 5 opp33 1:15 DET Pen5(Jarmoluk) P1 S-Out B1 Z Pass 1 10 opp28 1:15 DET Layne-Walker 16/F P1 S-Out B1 M Basic/Bz3 1 10 opp12 0:52 DET Layne-Hart 12/TD P1 S-Out B1 Z Basic/Bz1 20-14 KO 0:43 PHI Sears ret of 2 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own12 0:37 PHI Thomaso-Walston 26 B1 M-Straight/ND B1 Z Run 1 10 own38 0:27 PHI Thomaso-Walston 16 B1 M-Straight B1 Z Basic/Li 1 10 opp46 0:18 PHI Thomaso-Grant X B1 L-Straight/ND/MP B1 sM Dbl-Walston/Bz1/A 2 10 opp46 0:10 PHI Thomaso-Grant X B1 M-Out/ND/NS/MP B1 M Pass/Bz1 3 10 opp46 0:01 PHI Thomaso-INT-Smith B1 B-Fly/ND/NS/MP B1 M Dbl-Walston 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 DET Christiansen ret of -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own29 14:51 DET Girard 0 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic/Li 2 10 own29 14:06 DET Layne-Box 8 B1 S-Slant R1 sZ Basic 3 2 own37 13:27 DET Layne 1 B1 S-Hitch R1 M Dbl-Box/Bz1 4 1 own38 12:44 DET Smith 45,Stevens 8 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own25 12:40 PHI Brewer 4 B1 Trap-R B1 M Pass/Bz1 2 6 own29 11:56 PHI Brewer 4 B1 Trap-L B1 M Dbl-Walston 3 2 own33 11:14 PHI Thomaso-Grant 12 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Pass 1 10 own45 10:32 PHI Goldston -2 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Run-Goldston 2 12 own43 9:52 PHI Thomason 3 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Pass 3 9 own46 9:05 PHI Thomaso-Pihos 9 P1 S-Flat/Dump B1 sZ Pass 1 10 opp45 9:01 DET Pen5(Prchlik) B1 Trap-R B1 M Pass 1 5 opp40 8:53 PHI Brewer 4 B1 Trap-L B1 M Key-Goldston/Lo 2 1 opp36 8:06 PHI Brewer 13 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Run-Goldston 1 10 opp23 7:22 PHI Goldston 2 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Pass 2 8 opp21 6:42 PHI Thomaso-Grant X B1 S-Hitch B1 sM Basic/Li 3 8 opp21 6:39 PHI Thomaso-Stevens 18 P1 Screen B1 Z Pass 1 3 opp3 5:55 PHI Thomaso-Grant X P1 S-Hitch B1 tM Goalline 2 3 opp3 5:50 PHI Brewer 0 B1 Trap-R B1 sZ Run-Goldston 3 3 opp3 5:02 PHI Thomaso-Brewer 3/TD B1 S-Slant B1 sZ Key-Goldston 20-21 KO 4:56 DET Christiansen ret of -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own33 4:49 DET Layne 6 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic/Bz1/Li 2 4 own39 4:03 DET Girard 4 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Run 1 10 own43 3:21 DET Hoernschemeyer -2 B1 Sweep-R R1 sM Basic/Bz2/Ll/A 2 12 own41 2:32 DET Hoernschemeyer 4 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Pass 3 8 own45 2:25 DET Layne-Swiacki 30 R1 S-Slant R1 M Run/Bz1 1 10 opp25 1:39 DET Harder 4 B1 Trap-R B1 sM Basic/Bz1 2 6 opp21 0:53 DET Girard -1 B1 Trap-R R1 Z Basic 3 7 opp22 0:08 DET Layne-Walker 11 B1 S-Slant R1 M Basic/Bz1 4th Quarter 1 10 opp11 15:00 DET Christiansen 9 B1 Sweep-R B1 M Basic 2 1 opp2 14:53 DET Hoernschemeyer 0 B1 Dive R1 sZ Run-Hoernschem 3 1 opp2 14:11 DET Hoernschemeyer 1 B1 Overtop R1 tZ Goalline/Lr 1 1 opp1 13:28 DET Pen5(Stanfel) B1 Overtop B1 tZ Goalline 1 6 opp6 13:28 DET Layne-Box 6/TD B1 S-Slant R1 Z Run 27-21 KO 13:24 PHI Ziegler ret of 10 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own15 13:18 PHI Brewer 4 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Pass 2 6 own19 12:29 DET Pen15(McGraw) B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 1 10 own34 12:21 PHI Goldston 3 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic 2 7 own37 11:39 PHI Pollard 3 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic 3 4 own40 10:58 PHI Thomaso-Walston 12 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Pass/Li 1 10 opp48 10:15 PHI Thomaso-Grant X B1 S-Hitch B1 sZ Basic 2 10 opp48 10:11 PHI Pollard 5 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic 3 5 opp43 9:26 PHI Thomaso-Grant X B1 S-Cross B1 sZ Pass/Lo 4 5 opp43 9:21 PHI Burk 38,Christiansen -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own5 9:16 DET Harder 3 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic/Bz1 2 7 own8 8:32 DET Hoernschemeyer -2 B1 Trap-L R1 sZ Basic 3 9 own6 7:50 DET Layne 7 P1 S-Slant B1 Z Pass/Bz1 4 2 own13 7:07 DET Smith 25,Stevens 10 -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 opp28 7:02 PHI Thomaso-Grant X B1 S-Slant B1 sM Pass/Bz1 2 10 opp28 6:57 PHI Thomaso-Huzvar 9 B1 S-Cross B1 M Pass/Bz1 3 1 opp19 6:16 PHI Thomaso-Grant 9 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Key-Huzvar 1 10 opp10 5:40 PHI Thomaso-Grant 10/TD B1 S-Hitch B1 M Basic 27-28 KO 5:35 DET Christiansen ret of -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own19 5:26 DET Girard 2 B1 Trap-R R1 Z Basic/Bz1 2 8 own21 4:44 DET Layne-Hart X B1 S-Hitch R1 Z Basic/Ll 3 8 own21 4:40 DET Pen5(Pihos) P1 Reverse B1 Z Pass/Bz2/Ll 3 3 own26 4:40 DET Layne 3 P1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 10 own29 3:58 DET Layne-Hart 12 B1 S-Hitch R1 sM Basic/Ll 1 10 own41 3:14 DET Girard 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sM Pass 2 6 own45 2:34 DET Layne-Hart 14 B1 S-Slant R1 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp41 2:22 DET Christiansen 8 B1 OffTkl-R B1 sZ Pass 2 2 opp33 2:14 DET Layne-Walker 8 B1 S-Hitch/Dump B1 M Run 1 10 opp25 2:00 DET Doran -1 P1 Reverse B1 Z Basic/Bz1 2 11 opp26 1:52 DET Layne 5 P1 S-Slant B1 Z Pass/Ll 3 6 opp21 1:44 DET Layne 5 P1 S-Flat/MP B1 Z Pass 4 1 opp16 1:33 DET FG Harder 23 no good -- FG -- Block 1 10 own20 1:29 PHI Huzvar 0 B1 Dive/RS B1 Z Run-Huzvar 2 10 own20 1:21 PHI Ziegler 2 B1 Trap-R/RS B1 Z Basic 3 8 own22 1:12 PHI Huzvar 0 B1 Dive/RS B1 sM Basic 4 8 own22 0:29 PHI Burk 32,Christiansen -- Pt-side -- Block 1 10 own46 0:25 DET Layne-Box 18 P2 M-Out/ND/NS/HO/MP B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp36 0:16 DET Layne-Box X P2 M-Out/ND/NS/HO/MP B1 Z Pass 2 10 opp36 0:07 DET Layne-INT-Bawel P2 L-Straight/ND/NS/MP B1 sZo Basic/Lo