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.[1][2] Cleveland hosted the NFL Championship Game, but lost 17–7 to the Detroit Lions.[3][4]
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 4edit
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.
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 12edit
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.[1] The Browns clinched anyway when Washington upset Philadelphia.
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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 1 2 Cleveland hosted the NFL Championship Game but lost 17 7 to the Detroit Lions 3 4 1952 Cleveland Browns seasonOwnerMickey McBrideGeneral managerPaul BrownHead coachPaul BrownHome fieldCleveland StadiumLocal radioWTAMResultsRecord8 4Division place1st NFL AmericanPlayoff finishLost NFL Championship vs Lions 7 17 1951 Browns seasons 1953 Contents 1 Exhibition schedule 2 Regular season 2 1 Schedule 2 2 Game summaries 2 2 1 Week 1 2 2 2 Week 4 2 2 3 Week 6 2 2 4 Week 10 2 2 5 Week 12 2 3 Standings 3 NFL Championship Game 4 Roster and coaching staff 5 References 6 External linksExhibition schedule editWeek Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance1 August 23 at Green Bay Packers W 21 14 1 0 City Stadium 22 2152 August 29 Chicago Bears W 14 7 2 0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 37 9763 September 6 vs Detroit Lions L 21 28 2 1 Archbold Stadium 26 0004 September 13 vs San Francisco 49ers L 31 35 2 2 Rubber Bowl 30 119Regular season editMain article 1952 NFL season Schedule edit Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap1 September 28 Los Angeles Rams W 37 7 1 0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 57 832 Recap2 October 4 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 21 20 2 0 Forbes Field 27 923 Recap3 October 12 New York Giants L 9 17 2 1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 51 858 Recap4 October 19 at Philadelphia Eagles W 49 7 3 1 Shibe Park 27 874 Recap5 October 26 Washington Redskins W 19 15 4 1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 32 496 Recap6 November 2 at Detroit Lions L 6 17 4 2 Briggs Stadium 56 029 Recap7 November 9 Chicago Cardinals W 28 13 5 2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 34 097 Recap8 November 16 Pittsburgh Steelers W 29 28 6 2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 34 973 Recap9 November 23 Philadelphia Eagles L 20 28 6 3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 28 948 Recap10 November 30 at Washington Redskins W 48 24 7 3 Griffith Stadium 22 679 Recap11 December 7 at Chicago Cardinals W 10 0 8 3 Comiskey Park 24 541 Recap12 December 14 at New York Giants L 34 37 8 4 Polo Grounds 41 610 RecapNote Intra division opponents are in bold text Saturday night October 4 5 Game summaries edit Week 1 edit 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 edit 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 edit 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 edit 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 edit 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 1 The Browns clinched anyway when Washington upset Philadelphia Standings edit NFL American Conferenceviewtalkedit W L T PCT CONF PF PA STKCleveland Browns 8 4 0 667 7 3 310 213 L1Philadelphia Eagles 7 5 0 583 6 4 252 271 L1New York Giants 7 5 0 583 5 4 234 231 W1Pittsburgh Steelers 5 7 0 417 4 5 300 273 L1Chicago Cardinals 4 8 0 333 3 7 172 221 L2Washington Redskins 4 8 0 333 4 6 240 287 W2Note Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972 NFL Championship Game editMain article 1952 NFL Championship Game Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance RecapChampionship December 28 Detroit Lions L 7 17 0 1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 50 934 RecapSource 3 4 Roster and coaching staff edit1952 Cleveland Browns roster Quarterbacks 60 Otto Graham 16 George RattermanHalfbacks 90 Rex Bumgardner 84 Ken Carpenter 44 Sherman Howard 82 Tommy James 86 Dub Jones 80 Warren Lahr 94 Don Phelps 15 Bert Rechichar 96 Don Shula Fullbacks 70 Emerson Cole 72 Chick Jagade 76 Marion MotleyEnds 83 Pete Brewster 53 Len Ford 59 Horace Gillom 56 Dante Lavelli 26 Ray Renfro 58 Mac Speedie 52 George Young Guards 64 Abe Gibron 32 Lin Houston 34 Walt Michaels 68 Ed Sharkey 65 Joe Skibinski 30 Bill WillisTackles 74 Bob Gain 46 Lou Groza 79 Jerry Helluin 45 John Kissell 42 Derrell Palmer 49 John SanduskyCenters 22 Frank Gatski 20 Hal Herring 24 Tommy Thompson Assistants Blanton Collier Backfield Weeb Ewbank Tackles Howard Brinker Ends Rookies in italics 5 36 Active 0 InactiveNFL American Conference CHC CLE NYG PHI PIT WAS National Conference BAL CHB DET GB LA NYY SFReferences edit a b Browns lose to Giants yet cop flag Pittsburgh Post Gazette Associated Press December 15 1952 p 22 NFL summary Pittsburgh Press December 15 1952 p 23 a b Lions trip Browns 17 7 for NFL crown Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press December 29 1952 p 2 part 2 a b Sell Jack December 29 1952 Lions defeat Browns for NFL title 17 7 Pittsburgh Post Gazette p 18 Livingston Pat October 5 1952 Browns surge nips Steelers 21 20 Pittsburgh Press p 41 External links edit1952 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 nbsp This article relating to an American football season is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article related to sports in Ohio is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1952 Cleveland Browns season amp oldid 1191370860, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
