1952 Green Bay Packers 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

The 1952 Green Bay Packers season was their 33rd season in the National Football League. The club posted 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

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance
1	September 28, 1952	Chicago Bears	L 24–14	City Stadium	24,656
2	October 5, 1952	Washington Redskins	W 35–20	Marquette Stadium	9,657
3	October 12, 1952	Los Angeles Rams	L 30–28	Marquette Stadium	21,693
4	October 18, 1952	at Dallas Texans	W 24–14	Cotton Bowl	14,000
5	October 26, 1952	Detroit Lions	L 52–17	City Stadium	24,656
6	November 2, 1952	Philadelphia Eagles	W 12–10	Marquette Stadium	10,149
7	November 9, 1952	at Chicago Bears	W 41–28	Wrigley Field	41,751
8	November 16, 1952	at New York Giants	W 17–3	Polo Grounds	26,723
9	November 23, 1952	Dallas Texans	W 42–14	City Stadium	16,340
10	November 27, 1952	at Detroit Lions	L 48–24	Briggs Stadium	39,101
11	December 7, 1952	at Los Angeles Rams	L 45–27	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	49,822
12	December 14, 1952	at San Francisco 49ers	L 24–14	Kezar Stadium	17,579

Game summaries

Week 7

	1	2	3	4	Total
• 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

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

15 Babe Parilli
18 Tobin Rote

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Apr-20.

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Green Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 Based and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Franchise	Franchise Team history Green Bay Packers, Inc. Board of Directors

Records	Seasons Coaches Players A–D E–K L–R S–Z Starting quarterbacks Pro Football Hall of Famers Retired numbers First-round draft picks Records Pro Bowlers Stadiums

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Training Facilities	Don Hutson Center Clarke Hinkle Field Ray Nitschke Field St. Norbert College (training camp) Rockwood Lodge (former)

Culture	Cheesehead Lambeau Leap Hall of Fame Packers Fan Hall of Fame "Bang the Drum All Day" Cheerleaders Fight song Lumberjack Band Pigskin Champions Vernon Biever Hungry Five George Whitney Calhoun The Dope Sheet Curly Lambeau Vince Lombardi Ron Wolf Lombardi Pitch Perfect 2 Packers Heritage Trail Packers Pro Shop

Lore	Dolly Gray impostor The Ice Bowl The Snow Bowl Instant Replay Game 4th and 26 Fail Mary Miracle in Motown

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Conference championships (9)	1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1996 1997 2010

League championships (13^†)	1929 1930 1931 1936 1939 1944 1961 1962 1965 1966 (I) 1967 (II) 1996 (XXXI) 2010 (XLV) ^† does not include 1966 or 1967 NFL championships

Retired numbers	3 4 14 15 66 92

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings

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Championship seasons in bold

1952 NFL season

American Conference	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	CHI Bears	Green Bay	National Conference
	New York	CHI Cardinals	Dallas	Los Angeles
	Philadelphia	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco

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