The 49ers won their first five games by at least two touchdowns and had visions of playing in their first-ever NFL Championship Game. However, they lost five of their final seven games to finish at 7–5, third place in the six-team National Conference (which became the Western Conference in 1953).
Y. A. Tittle emerged as the starting quarterback, as he had a completion rate of 51.0% along with eleven touchdowns and 1,407 yards. Frankie Albert also had some action, completing 55.0% of his passes, along with eight TDs and 964 yards.
Joe Perry rushed for a team-high 725 yards and eight TDs, while rookie Hugh McElhenny had 684 yards on 98 attempts (7.0 yards/carry), along with six rushing TDs, while he caught 26 passes for 367 yards and earned another three touchdowns. Gordie Soltau led the club with 55 receptions for 774 yards and seven TDs.
1952, francisco, 49ers, season, franchise, season, national, football, league, their, overall, they, were, coming, record, 1951, ownertony, morabitogeneral, managerlouis, spadiahead, coachbuck, shawhome, fieldkezar, stadiumresultsrecord7, 5division, place3rd, . The 1952 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise s 3rd season in the National Football League and their 7th overall They were coming off a 7 4 1 record in 1951 1952 San Francisco 49ers seasonOwnerTony MorabitoGeneral managerLouis SpadiaHead coachBuck ShawHome fieldKezar StadiumResultsRecord7 5Division place3rd NFL NationalPlayoff finishDid not qualify 1951 49ers seasons 1953 The 49ers won their first five games by at least two touchdowns and had visions of playing in their first ever NFL Championship Game However they lost five of their final seven games to finish at 7 5 third place in the six team National Conference which became the Western Conference in 1953 Y A Tittle emerged as the starting quarterback as he had a completion rate of 51 0 along with eleven touchdowns and 1 407 yards Frankie Albert also had some action completing 55 0 of his passes along with eight TDs and 964 yards Joe Perry rushed for a team high 725 yards and eight TDs while rookie Hugh McElhenny had 684 yards on 98 attempts 7 0 yards carry along with six rushing TDs while he caught 26 passes for 367 yards and earned another three touchdowns Gordie Soltau led the club with 55 receptions for 774 yards and seven TDs Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 NFL Draft 2 Regular season 2 1 Schedule 3 Standings 4 Pro Bowl 5 References 6 External linksOffseason EditNFL Draft Edit See also 1952 NFL Draft Round Pick Player Position College1 9 Hugh McElhenny 1 Halfback Washington2 22 Bob Toneff Tackle Notre Dame3 27 Gene Shannon Halfback Houston3 33 Billy Tidwell Halfback Texas A amp M4 46 Marion Campbell Tackle Georgia5 57 Pat O Donahue End Wisconsin6 70 Jim Beasley Center Tulsa7 81 Don Robison Halfback California8 94 Jerry Smith Tackle Wisconsin9 105 Glen Christian Halfback Idaho10 118 Carl West Fullback Mississippi11 129 J D Kimmel Tackle Houston Army12 142 Fred Snyder End Loyola13 153 Rudy Yeager Tackle LSU14 166 Frank Simons End Nebraska Round Pick Player Position College15 177 Haldo Norman End Gustavus Adolphus16 190 Bob Meyers Halfback Stanford17 201 Al Baldock End USC18 214 Bill Carey End Michigan State20 238 Jess Yates End LSU21 249 Gene Offield End Hardin Simmons22 262 Jim Cozad Tackle Santa Clara23 273 Bill Glazier End Arizona24 286 Ralph Kreuger Tackle California25 297 Henry Bud Laughlin Fullback Kansas26 310 Dick Kane Guard Cincinnati27 321 Waldo Schaaf Tackle Oklahoma A amp M28 334 Joe Palumbo Guard Virginia29 345 Chuck Mosher End Colorado30 358 Dick Patrick Center OregonRegular season EditSchedule Edit Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap1 September 28 Detroit Lions W 17 3 1 0 Kezar Stadium 52 750 Recap2 October 4 at Dallas Texans W 37 14 2 0 Cotton Bowl 12 566 Recap3 October 12 at Detroit Lions W 28 0 3 0 Briggs Stadium 42 842 Recap4 October 19 at Chicago Bears W 40 16 4 0 Wrigley Field 46 338 Recap5 October 26 Dallas Texans W 48 21 5 0 Kezar Stadium 26 887 Recap6 November 2 Chicago Bears L 17 20 5 1 Kezar Stadium 58 255 Recap7 November 9 at New York Giants L 14 23 5 2 Polo Grounds 54 230 Recap8 November 16 at Washington Redskins W 23 17 6 2 Griffith Stadium 30 863 Recap9 November 23 at Los Angeles Rams L 9 35 6 3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 64 450 Recap10 November 30 Los Angeles Rams L 21 34 6 4 Kezar Stadium 49 420 Recap11 December 7 Pittsburgh Steelers L 7 24 6 5 Kezar Stadium 13 886 Recap12 December 14 Green Bay Packers W 24 14 7 5 Kezar Stadium 17 579 RecapNote Intra conference opponents are in bold text Standings EditNFL National Conferenceviewtalkedit W L T PCT CONF PF PA STKDetroit Lions 9 3 0 750 7 3 344 192 W3Los Angeles Rams 9 3 0 750 8 2 349 234 W8San Francisco 49ers 7 5 0 583 6 3 285 221 W1Green Bay Packers 6 6 0 500 3 6 295 312 L3Chicago Bears 5 7 0 417 4 6 245 326 W1Dallas Texans 1 11 0 083 1 9 182 427 L2Note Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972 Pro Bowl EditSan Francisco s players selected for the Pro Bowl Player PositionHardy Brown LinebackerEd Henke Defensive LineBill Johnson Offensive LineHugh McElhenny Running BackLeo Nomellini Defensive LineJoe Perry Running BackGordie Soltau Wide ReceiverReferences Edit NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book Workman Publishing Co New York NY ISBN 0 7611 2480 2 p 398External links Edit1952 49ers on Pro Football Reference SHRP Sports This article relating to an American football season is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1952 San Francisco 49ers season amp oldid 1133927832, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
