1952 Green Bay Packers season

1952 Green Bay Packers season
Head coachGene Ronzani
Home fieldCity Stadium
Marquette Stadium
Results
Record6–6
Division place4th National
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1952 Green Bay Packers season was their 34th season overall and their 32nd season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 6–6 record under third-year head coach Gene Ronzani for a fourth-place finish in the National Conference in 1952. After climbing to a 6–3 record, the Packers lost their final three games, but the .500 record was their best since 1947.

The Packers played their Milwaukee home games in Marquette Stadium during this season only, after using Wisconsin State Fair Park from 1934 through 1951. The new County Stadium became the venue in 1953, and hosted the Milwaukee home games through 1994, when they were discontinued.

Head coach Ronzani was a Marquette University alumnus (1933) and won nine varsity letters in college.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1952 NFL draft
Round Pick Player Position School/club team
1 4 Babe Parilli Quarterback Kentucky
2 15 Billy Howton Wide receiver Rice
3 28 Bobby Dillon Defensive back Texas
5 52 Dave Hanner Defensive tackle Arkansas
6 63 Tom Johnson Defensive tackle Michigan
7 76 Bill Reichardt Fullback Iowa
8 87 Mel Becket Center Indiana
9 100 Deral Teteak Linebacker Wisconsin
10 111 Art Kleinschmidt Guard Tulane
10 116 Bud Roffler Back Washington State
11 124 Billy Burkhalter Back Rice
12 135 Bill Wilson Tackle Texas
13 148 Billy Hair Back Clemson
14 159 Jack Morgan Tackle Michigan State
15 172 Bobby Jack Floyd Fullback TCU
16 183 Johnny Coatta Back Wisconsin
17 196 Don Peterson Back Michigan
18 207 Howard Tisdale Tackle Stephen F. Austin
19 220 Johnny Pont Tackle Miami (OH)
20 231 Chuck Boerio Linebacker Illinois
21 244 Herb Zimmerman Guard TCU
22 255 Karl Kluckhohn End Colgate
23 268 Frank Kapral Guard Michigan State
24 279 John Schuetzner End South Carolina
25 292 Charlie LaPradd Tackle Florida
26 303 Charlie Stokes Tackle Tennessee
27 316 I. D. Russell Back SMU
28 327 Billy Barrett Back Notre Dame
29 340 Bill Stratton Back Lewis
30 351 Jack Fulkerson Tackle Southern Miss
  • Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection

Regular season

Main article: 1952 NFL season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 28 Chicago Bears L 14–24 0–1 City Stadium 24,656
2 October 5 Washington Redskins W 35–20 1–1 Marquette Stadium   9,657
3 October 12 Los Angeles Rams L 28–30 1–2 Marquette Stadium 21,693
4 October 18 at Dallas Texans W 24–14 2–2 Cotton Bowl 14,000
5 October 26 Detroit Lions L 17–52 2–3 City Stadium 24,656
6 November 2 Philadelphia Eagles W 12–10 3–3 Marquette Stadium 10,149
7 November 9 at Chicago Bears W 41–28 4–3 Wrigley Field 41,751
8 November 16 at New York Giants W 17–3 5–3 Polo Grounds 26,723
9 November 23 Dallas Texans W 42–14 6–3 City Stadium 16,340
10 November 27 at Detroit Lions L 24–48 6–4 Briggs Stadium 39,101
11 December 7 at Los Angeles Rams L 27–45 6–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 49,822
12 December 14 at San Francisco 49ers L 14–24 6–6 Kezar Stadium 17,579

Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 7

1 234Total
• Packers 7 10717 41
Bears 7 0714 28
Scoring summary
Q1GBHowton 19-yard pass from Parilli (Cone kick)GB 7–0
Q1CHICampbell 86-yard kickoff return (Blanda kick)Tie 7–7
Q2GBCone 1-yard run (Cone kick)GB 14–7
Q2GBCone 12-yard field goalGB 17–7
Q3GBCone 37-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick)GB 24–7
Q3CHIMacon 89-yard kickoff return (Blanda kick)GB 24–14
Q4GBMartinkovic ?-yard fumble return (Cone kick)GB 31–14
Q4GBReichardt 37-yard field goalGB 34–14
Q4GBMann 27-yard pass from Parilli (Cone kick)GB 41–14
Q4CHISchroeder 48-yard pass from Romanik (Blanda kick)GB 41–21
Q4CHIMorrison 12-yard pass from Romanik (Blanda kick)GB 41–28

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Standings

NFL National Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Detroit Lions 9 3 0 .750 7–3 344 192 W3
Los Angeles Rams 9 3 0 .750 8–2 349 234 W8
San Francisco 49ers 7 5 0 .583 6–3 285 221 W1
Green Bay Packers 6 6 0 .500 3–6 295 312 L3
Chicago Bears 5 7 0 .417 4–6 245 326 W1
Dallas Texans 1 11 0 .083 1–9 182 427 L2
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

  1. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Apr-20.
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