1952 Cleveland Browns season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 Cleveland Browns 1952 Mickey McBride Paul Brown Paul Brown Cleveland Stadium 8–4 1st NFL American Lost NFL Championship(vs. Lions) 7–17 Dub Jones, HBHorace Gillom, ELou Groza, LTOtto Graham, QBLen Ford, DEBill Willis, LBAbe Gibron, GMac Speedie, E 6 DE Len Ford (1st team) DG Bill Willis (1st team) T Lou Groza (1st team) C Frank Gatski (1st team) QB Otto Graham (2nd team) E Mac Speedie (2nd team) Browns seasons The 1952 Cleveland Browns season was the team's third season with the National Football League and seventh season overall. They were 8–4 in the regular season and won the American Conference.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fnxIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4WoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2736%2C4341167 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Browns lose to Giants, yet cop flag December 15, 1952 22https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0EgbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2379%2C6767306 Pittsburgh Press NFL summary December 15, 1952 23 Cleveland hosted the NFL Championship Game, but lost 17–7 to the Detroit Lions.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=30UxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RhAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7077%2C1944826 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Lions trip Browns, 17-7, for NFL crown December 29, 1952 2, part 2 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4UUNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6140%2C1346058 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sell Jack Lions defeat Browns for NFL title, 17-7 December 29, 1952 18 Exhibition schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 August 23, 1952 at Green Bay Packers W 21–14 1–0 City Stadium 22,215 2 August 29, 1952 Chicago Bears W 14–7 2–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 37,976 3 September 6, 1952 vs. Detroit Lions L 21–28 2–1 Archbold Stadium 26,000 4 September 13, 1952 vs. San Francisco 49ers L 31–35 2–2 Rubber Bowl 30,119 Regular season 1952 NFL season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 September 28 Los Angeles Rams W 37–7 1–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 57,832 Recap 2 October 4, 1952 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 21–20 2–0 Forbes Field 27,923 Recap 3 October 12 New York Giants L 9–17 2–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 51,858 Recap 4 October 19 at Philadelphia Eagles W 49–7 3–1 Shibe Park 27,874 Recap 5 October 26 Washington Redskins W 19–15 4–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 32,496 Recap 6 November 2 at Detroit Lions L 6–17 4–2 Briggs Stadium 56,029 Recap 7 November 9 Chicago Cardinals W 28–13 5–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 34,097 Recap 8 November 16 Pittsburgh Steelers W 29–28 6–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 34,973 Recap 9 November 23 Philadelphia Eagles L 20–28 6–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 28,948 Recap 10 November 30 at Washington Redskins W 48–24 7–3 Griffith Stadium 22,679 Recap 11 December 7 at Chicago Cardinals W 10–0 8–3 Comiskey Park 24,541 Recap 12 December 14 at New York Giants L 34–37 8–4 Polo Grounds 41,610 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Saturday night (October 4)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ioMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rk0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4340%2C1989842 Pittsburgh Press Livingston Pat Browns' surge nips Steelers, 21-20 October 5, 1952 41 Game summaries Week 1 The Browns avenged their December championship game loss to Los Angeles with a 37–7 romp over the Rams at Cleveland Stadium. The Browns took a 23–0 halftime lead and never headed. Ken Carpenter rushed for 145 yards on 16 carries and the Browns defense limited Rams quarterbacks Norm Van Brocklin and Bob Waterfield to a combined six completions in 27 attempts. Week 4 Despite being without injured wide receiver Dante Lavelli and Carpenter and then losing defensive end Bob Gain to a broken jaw, the Browns had little problem pounding the Eagles 49–7 in Philadelphia. It is Cleveland's 5th win over Philadelphia in as many meetings. Otto Graham threw for 290 yards and four touchdowns and even backup quarterback George Ratterman got into the act, throwing an 11-yard touchdown pass to Horace Gillom. Week 6 In the first-ever regular season meeting between the Detroit Lions and the Browns, the Lions won 17–6, at Briggs Stadium. The Lions led 10–6, when a Graham pass intended for Ray Renfro was picked off by Detroit's Jack Christiansen. On the Lions next play from scrimmage, Bob Hoernschemeyer ran for 41 yards, setting up a Bobby Layne to Leon Hart touchdown pass. Week 10 The Browns took a one-game lead in the Eastern Conference with a 48–24 win at Washington. Chick Jagade ran for 127 yards on 16 carries, including a 17-yard touchdown scamper on a draw play. Carpenter also had a big day returning punts including one for 53 yards and a touchdown. Week 12 Needing a win in the season finale to clinch the American Conference Title, the Browns (8–3) traveled to the Polo Grounds in New York City, but lost to the Giants, 37–34. Charlie Conerly fired four touchdown passes for the Giants while Graham threw three interceptions. The Browns clinched anyway when Washington upset Philadelphia. Standings NFL Championship Game 1952 NFL Championship Game Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Championship December 28 Detroit Lions L 7–17 0–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 50,934 Recap Source: Roster and coaching staff 1951 Cleveland Browns rosterQuarterbacks 14 Otto Graham 16 George Ratterman Running backs 22 Rex Bumgardner CB 20 Ken Carpenter American football 32 Chick Jagade OLB 40 Dub Jones American football 36 Marion Motley MLB 26 Ray Renfro y Receivers 83 Pete Brewster y 84 Horace Gillom P/DE 86 Dante Lavelli 88 Mac Speedie Offensive linemen 52 Frank Gatski C 64 Abe Gibron G/T 76 Lou Groza T/K 62 Lin Houston G 72 Derrell Palmer T/DT 78 John Sandusky T 68 Ed Sharkey G 65 Joe Skibinski y G Defensive linemen 80 Len Ford DE 74 Bob Gain DT/K 79 Jerry Helluin DT 70 John Kissell DT 60 Bill Willis MG 82 George Young American football player DE Linebackers 20 Hal Herring OLB 34 Walt Michaels OLB 23 Tommy Thompson linebacker MLB/C Defensive backs 42 Tommy James American football CB 24 Warren Lahr CB 15 Bert Rechichar y S 44 Don Shula CB/S Reserve list -- Ken Gorgal S (Military) 44 Sherman Howard American football RB (IR) 7px -- Art Spinney WR (Military) -- Carl Taseff RB (Military) Head Coach Paul Brown Assistants Howard Brinker (Ends) Blanton Collier (Backfield) Weeb Ewbank (Tackles) Fritz Heisler (Guards) rookies in italics References 35em Further reading Jonathan Knight, The Browns Bible: The Complete Game-by-Game History of the Cleveland Browns. Kent, OH: Black Squirrel Books, 2013. External links 1952 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference (profootballreference.com) 1952 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com 1952 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com 1952 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com Cleveland Category:Cleveland Browns seasons Cleveland Browns