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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1952 seasonW1952 NFL season↗

12 teams in NFL · 73 regular-season games, 1952-09-28 to 1952-12-14 · attendance 2,224,100

◀ 1951 1953 ▶

NFL Championship Game

Detroit Lions
17–7 over Cleveland Browns

Playoffs

Round	Date	Result	Stadium
Tiebreaker	1952-12-21	Detroit Lions 31–21 Los Angeles Rams	Briggs Stadium
Championship	1952-12-28	Detroit Lions 17–7 Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Standings

NFL American

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Cleveland Browns	8	4	0	.667	310	213	Paul Brown	Lost NFL Championship (vs. Lions) 7–17
2	Philadelphia Eagles	7	5	0	.583	252	271	Jim Trimble	Did not qualify
3	New York Giants	7	5	0	.583	234	231	Steve Owen	Did not qualify
4	Pittsburgh Steelers	5	7	0	.417	300	273	Joe Bach	Did not qualify
5	Chicago Cardinals	4	8	0	.333	172	221	Joe Kuharich	Did not qualify
6	Washington Redskins	4	8	0	.333	240	287	Curly Lambeau	Did not qualify

NFL National

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Detroit Lions	9	3	0	.750	344	192	Buddy Parker	Won Conference Playoff (vs. Rams) 31–21 Won NFL Championship (at Brown Champion
2	Los Angeles Rams	9	3	0	.750	349	234	Hamp Pool	Lost Conference Playoff (at Lions) 21–31
3	San Francisco 49ers	7	5	0	.583	285	221	Buck Shaw	Did not qualify
4	Green Bay Packers	6	6	0	.500	295	312	Gene Ronzani	Did not qualify
5	Chicago Bears	5	7	0	.417	245	326	George Halas	Did not qualify
6	Dallas Texans	1	11	0	.083	182	427	Jimmy Phelan	Did not qualify

League leaders

passing yards

1. 2,816Otto Graham Cleveland Browns

passing tds

1. 20Jim Finks Pittsburgh Steelers

passing tds

1. 20Otto Graham Cleveland Browns

rushing yards

1. 894Dan Towler Los Angeles Rams

rushing tds

1. 10Dan Towler Los Angeles Rams

receiving yards

1. 1,231Billy Howton Green Bay Packers

receiving tds

1. 15Cloyce Box Detroit Lions

receptions

1. 62Mac Speedie Cleveland Browns

interceptions

1. 14Night Train Lane Los Angeles Rams

points

1. 94Gordy Soltau San Francisco 49ers