1952 NFL playoffs
Dates | December 21-28, 1952 | ||||
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Season | Cleveland, Ohio | ||||
Defending champions | Los Angeles Rams | ||||
Champions | Detroit Lions | ||||
Runners-up | Cleveland Browns | ||||
Conference runners-up | |||||
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Briggs Stadium in Detroit; the winner then traveled to play the American Conference champion Cleveland Browns on December 28 in the NFL Championship Game
. The Lions won both games, 31–21 over the Rams and 17–7 at Cleveland.
Tournament bracket
National Conference playoff | NFL Championship | ||||||||
A | Cleveland | 7 | |||||||
N | Los Angeles | 21 | N | Detroit | 17 | ||||
N | Detroit | 31 |
National Conference championship
Detroit Lions 31, Los Angeles Rams 21
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Rams | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
Lions | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan
- Date: December 21, 1952
Game information |
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The Rams and Lions had matched up two times in the 1952 season, with Detroit having won each time (17–14, 24–16). The defending champion Rams did not have the services of rookie sensation
Bob Hoernschemeyer closing out the scoring for good on a 9-yard run. Detroit had four interceptions from Bobby Layne, but Los Angeles lost two fumbles and suffered a late fourth quarter interception thrown by Bob Waterfield while being outgained in both rushing and passing. Harder set a new record for point scored by one player in a playoff game with 19, eclipsing the old record of 18 held by Andy Farkas (1943). Paul Hornung would tie the record in 1961 before it was later broken in 1995.[1][2][3][4]
NFL Championship game
The 1952 NFL Championship Game was held in Cleveland and was won by the Lions, 17–7.
References
- ^ "Divisional Round - Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions - December 21st, 1952". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ 1952: The Dawning of Motown’s Gridiron Empire profootballresearchers.com
- ^ "Daily News from New York, New York". December 22, 1952.
- ^ "NFL Points Scored Single Game Playoffs Leaders". Pro-Football-Reference.com.