1952 Cleveland Browns

The 1952 Cleveland Browns season was the team's third season with the National Football League. The Browns won the American Conference with an 8-4 record, but were beaten in the NFL Championship Game by the Detroit Lions.

Exhibition Schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	August 23, 1952	at Green Bay Packers	W 21–14	22,215
2	August 29, 1952	Chicago Bears	W 14–7	37,976
3	September 6, 1952	vs. Detroit Lions at Syracuse	L 21–28	26,000
4	September 13, 1952	vs. San Francisco 49ers at Akron	L 31–35	30,119

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 28, 1952	Los Angeles Rams	W 37–7	57,832
2	October 4, 1952	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 21–20	27,923
3	October 12, 1952	New York Giants	L 17–9	51,858
4	October 19, 1952	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 49–7	27,874
5	October 26, 1952	Washington Redskins	W 19–15	32,496
6	November 2, 1952	at Detroit Lions	L 17–6	56,029
7	November 9, 1952	Chicago Cardinals	W 28–13	34,097
8	November 16, 1952	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 29–28	34,973
9	November 23, 1952	Philadelphia Eagles	L 28–20	28,948
10	November 30, 1952	at Washington Redskins	W 48–24	22,679
11	December 7, 1952	at Chicago Cardinals	W 10–0	24,541
12	December 14, 1952	at New York Giants	L 37–34	41,610

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Championship	December 28, 1952	Detroit Lions	L 17–7	50,934

**1952 Cleveland Browns roster**
Quarterbacks 60 Otto Graham 16 George Ratterman Halfbacks 90 Rex Bumgardner 84 Ken Carpenter 44 Sherman Howard 82 Tommy James 86 Dub Jones 80 Warren Lahr 94 Don Phelps 15 Bert Rechichar 96 Don Shula		Fullbacks 70 Emerson Cole 72 Chick Jagade 76 Marion Motley Ends 83 Pete Brewster 53 Len Ford 59 Horace Gillom 56 Dante Lavelli 26 Ray Renfro 58 Mac Speedie 52 George Young		Guards 64 Abe Gibron 32 Lin Houston 34 Walt Michaels 68 Ed Sharkey 65 Joe Skibinski 30 Bill Willis Tackles 74 Bob Gain 46 Lou Groza 79 Jerry Helluin 45 John Kissell 42 Derrell Palmer 49 John Sandusky Centers 22 Frank Gatski 20 Hal Herring 24 Tommy Thompson				Assistants Blanton Collier (Backfield) Weeb Ewbank (Tackles) Howard Brinker (Ends) Rookies in italics (5) 36 Active, 0 Inactive
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