1952 Green Bay Packers season

NFL team season

1952 Green Bay Packers season

Head coach| Gene Ronzani
Home field| City Stadium
Marquette Stadium
Results
Record| 6–6
Division place| 4th National
Playoff finish| Did not qualify

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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

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### NFL draft

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Main article: 1952 NFL draft

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | School/club team

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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

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Main article: 1952 NFL season

### Schedule

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Week  | Date  | Opponent  | Result  | Record  | Venue  | Attendance

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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

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#### Week 7

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|  | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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• Packers | 7 | 10| 7| 17 | 41
Bears | 7 | 0| 7| 14 | 28

* Date: November 9
* Location: Wrigley Field
* Game attendance: 41,751

| Scoring summary

Q1| | GB| Howton 19-yard pass from Parilli (Cone kick)| GB 7–0
Q1| | CHI| Campbell 86-yard kickoff return (Blanda kick)| Tie 7–7
Q2| | GB| Cone 1-yard run (Cone kick)| GB 14–7
Q2| | GB| Cone 12-yard field goal| GB 17–7
Q3| | GB| Cone 37-yard pass from Rote (Cone kick)| GB 24–7
Q3| | CHI| Macon 89-yard kickoff return (Blanda kick)| GB 24–14
Q4| | GB| Martinkovic ?-yard fumble return (Cone kick)| GB 31–14
Q4| | GB| Reichardt 37-yard field goal| GB 34–14
Q4| | GB| Mann 27-yard pass from Parilli (Cone kick)| GB 41–14
Q4| | CHI| Schroeder 48-yard pass from Romanik (Blanda kick)| GB 41–21
Q4| | CHI| Morrison 12-yard pass from Romanik (Blanda kick)| GB 41–28

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## Standings

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| 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

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Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

*   * 15 Babe Parilli
*   * 18 Tobin Rote

Running backs

*   * 3 Tony Canadeo
*   * 31 Fred Cone
*   * 33 Bobby Jack Floyd
*   * 22 Billy Grimes
*   * 26 Lindy Pearson
*   * 37 Bill Reichardt
*   * 24 Floyd "Breezy" Reid
*   * 41 Bill Robinson

Wide receivers

*   * 86 Billy Howton
*   * 81 Jim Keane
*   * 87 Bob Mann
*   * 8 Ray Pelfrey

|  | Offensive linemen

*   * 62 William "Dick" Afflis
*   * 70 Steve Dowden
*   * 67 Dick Logan
*   * 50 Jay Rhodemyre
*   * 61 Steve Ruzich
*   * 73 Wash Serini
*   * 69 Dave Stephenson

Defensive linemen

*   * 81 Ed Berrang
*   * 63 Ray Bray
*   * 76 Bob Dees
*   * 80 Carlton Elliott
*   * 77 Dave Hanner
*   * 72 Tom Johnson
*   * 83 John Martinkovic
*   * 75 Howie Ruetz
*   * 54 George Schmidt
*   * 85 Abner Wimberly

|  | Linebackers

*   * 65 Chuck Boerio
*   * 51 Hal Faverty
*   * 8 Bob Forte
*   * 66 Deral Teteak

Defensive backs

*   * 44 Bobby Dillon
*   * 41 Marvin Johnson
*   * 43 Ace Loomis
*   * 47 Dom Moselle
*   * 20 Dan Sandifer
*   * 28 Clarence Self

Rookies and first-year players in italics

## References

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

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