1952  1951 1950

1951 NFL Standings, Stats and Awards

Postseason
Sunday, December 23
CLE	17	at LAM	24		League Championship

1951 Regular Season Schedule

DEFENSE				1st DOWNS					PASSING										RUSHING					MISC
	PTS	YDS	TD	RS	PS	PEN	TOT		ATT	CMP	YDS	YPA	TD	SKD	SKY	INT	RAT		ATT	YDS	YPR	TD		PEN	PYD	FUM	REC
CLE	152	3432	20	88	81	32	201		330	151	1978	5.99	10	0	430	22	47.5		428	1454	3.40	8		59	505	35	29
NYG	161	3250	20	60	103	11	174		377	162	2337	6.20	11	0	276	41	33.9		392	913	2.33	8		60	506	37	12
SFO	205	3862	24	91	84	13	188		353	158	2313	6.55	15	0	212	33	41.9		417	1549	3.71	9		68	526	22	9
PIT	235	3546	31	97	74	17	188		266	136	1687	6.34	12	0	201	30	46.6		499	1859	3.73	13		84	725	30	16
DET	259	4117	32	102	107	26	235		374	181	2608	6.97	18	0	253	15	70.8		454	1509	3.32	13		81	656	22	16
LAM	261	4198	35	125	84	22	231		329	140	1992	6.05	13	0	319	19	51.9		478	2206	4.62	17		107	1028	26	10
PHI	264	3564	32	92	77	14	183		287	119	1748	6.09	17	0	270	18	55.6		462	1816	3.93	12		53	458	28	19
CHI	282	4389	39	100	101	27	228		337	160	2431	7.21	21	0	343	21	66.5		372	1958	5.26	15		102	1022	25	21
CHC	287	3950	38	116	83	13	212		265	123	1973	7.45	18	0	197	27	54.8		476	1977	4.15	15		80	711	21	16
WAS	296	4197	40	135	92	14	241		295	140	2104	7.13	16	0	147	18	64.0		464	2093	4.51	20		71	630	28	15
GNB	375	4687	50	127	95	14	236		313	157	2535	8.10	25	0	217	22	75.0		496	2152	4.34	22		99	924	23	13
NYK	382	5173	50	125	118	14	257		355	182	2776	7.82	24	0	182	22	74.1		464	2397	5.17	23		87	797	18	12

SPECIAL TEAMS		PUNT RETURN				PUNTS						KICK RETURN				KICKS						PUNT RETURN				PUNTS			KICK RETURN				KICKS
		RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS	TB	BLK	IN20		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA			RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA
CHC	OWN:	30	192	0		70	2789	0	1	0		43	1051	0		27	27	7	13		OPP:	47	677	4		62	2538		42	801	0		38	38	7	17
CHI	OWN:	44	374	1		62	2390	0	1	0		46	974	0		37	38	7	19		OPP:	25	251	0		66	2490		38	977	0		37	39	3	5
CLE	OWN:	30	230	0		73	3321	0	0	0		27	496	0		43	43	10	23		OPP:	49	340	0		69	2746		34	763	0		18	20	4	14
DET	OWN:	32	483	4		58	2398	0	1	0		45	1053	0		43	44	9	17		OPP:	33	386	1		56	2335		58	1328	0		31	32	12	22
GNB	OWN:	29	213	0		61	2504	0	0	0		60	1449	0		29	35	5	8		OPP:	38	564	2		62	2333		40	741	0		49	50	8	17
LAM	OWN:	37	344	1		52	2158	0	1	0		44	826	0		47	51	13	24		OPP:	33	365	3		75	3064		54	1478	0		33	35	6	12
NYG	OWN:	48	675	4		87	3494	0	0	0		28	724	1		30	31	12	16		OPP:	54	399	0		86	3453		49	1002	1		20	20	7	15
NYK	OWN:	29	379	1		81	3105	0	1	0		55	1256	1		31	31	6	14		OPP:	33	333	1		66	2631		48	1077	1		44	49	12	18
PHI	OWN:	43	382	0		77	3013	0	0	0		48	920	0		28	31	6	11		OPP:	34	261	1		70	3108		41	923	0		31	32	13	21
PIT	OWN:	47	464	1		80	3089	0	1	0		34	858	0		22	23	7	14		OPP:	40	411	0		77	3133		32	597	0		28	30	7	12
SFO	OWN:	35	407	1		54	2354	0	0	0		38	820	0		31	33	6	18		OPP:	21	140	0		70	2826		44	957	0		22	24	13	24
WAS	OWN:	40	333	0		59	2285	0	0	0		47	896	0		21	22	10	13		OPP:	37	349	1		55	2243		35	679	0		38	40	6	13

League Leaders

Pass Att 1. Bobby Layne - DET 332 2. Otto Graham - CLE 265 3. Tobin Rote - GNB 256 4. Bob Celeri - NYK 238 5. Bobby Thomason - GNB 221 6. Adrian Burk - PHI 218 7. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 194 8. Charley Trippi - CHC 191 9. Charley Conerly - NYG 189 10. Johnny Lujack - CHI 176 Bob Waterfield - LAM 176	Pass Comp 1. Bobby Layne - DET 152 2. Otto Graham - CLE 147 3. Bobby Thomason - GNB 125 4. Tobin Rote - GNB 106 5. Bob Celeri - NYK 102 6. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 100 7. Charley Conerly - NYG 93 8. Adrian Burk - PHI 92 9. Frankie Albert - SFO 90 10. Charley Trippi - CHC 88 Bob Waterfield - LAM 88	Comp Pct 1. Bobby Thomason - GNB .566 2. Otto Graham - CLE .555 3. Norm Van brocklin - LAM .515 4. Bob Waterfield - LAM .500 5. Charley Conerly - NYG .492 6. Johnny Lujack - CHI .483 7. Charley Trippi - CHC .461 8. Bobby Layne - DET .458 9. Bob Celeri - NYK .429 10. Adrian Burk - PHI .422 min 168 att	Pass Yards 1. Bobby Layne - DET 2403 2. Otto Graham - CLE 2205 3. Bob Celeri - NYK 1797 4. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 1725 5. Bob Waterfield - LAM 1566 6. Tobin Rote - GNB 1540 7. Adrian Burk - PHI 1329 8. Bobby Thomason - GNB 1306 9. Johnny Lujack - CHI 1295 10. Charley Conerly - NYG 1277	Pass YPA 1. Bob Waterfield - LAM 8.90 2. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 8.89 3. Otto Graham - CLE 8.32 4. Bob Celeri - NYK 7.55 5. Johnny Lujack - CHI 7.36 6. Bobby Layne - DET 7.24 7. Charley Conerly - NYG 6.76 8. Charley Trippi - CHC 6.24 9. Adrian Burk - PHI 6.10 10. Tobin Rote - GNB 6.02 min 168 att
Pass TD 1. Bobby Layne - DET 26 2. Otto Graham - CLE 17 3. Tobin Rote - GNB 15 4. Adrian Burk - PHI 14 5. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 13 Bob Waterfield - LAM 13 7. Bob Celeri - NYK 12 8. Bobby Thomason - GNB 11 9. Charley Conerly - NYG 10 10. Johnny Lujack - CHI 8 Y.A. Tittle - SFO 8 Charley Trippi - CHC 8	Pass INT 1. Adrian Burk - PHI 23 Bobby Layne - DET 23 3. Charley Conerly - NYG 22 4. Tobin Rote - GNB 20 5. Sammy Baugh - WAS 17 6. Otto Graham - CLE 16 7. Bob Celeri - NYK 15 8. Chuck Ortmann - PIT 13 Charley Trippi - CHC 13 10. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 11	Times Sacked	Pass Rating 1. Bob Waterfield - LAM 81.8 2. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 80.8 3. Otto Graham - CLE 79.2 4. Bobby Thomason - GNB 73.5 5. Johnny Lujack - CHI 69.2 6. Bobby Layne - DET 67.6 7. Bob Celeri - NYK 59.8 8. Charley Trippi - CHC 52.1 9. Charley Conerly - NYG 49.3 10. Tobin Rote - GNB 48.6 min 168 att	Rush Att 1. Eddie Price - NYG 271 2. Rob Goode - WAS 208 3. Joe Perry - SFO 136 4. Bob Hoernschemeyer - DET 132 5. Kayo Dottley - CHI 127 6. Dan Towler - LAM 126 7. Elmer Angsman - CHC 121 8. Zollie Toth - NYK 119 9. Frank Ziegler - PHI 113 10. Steve Van buren - PHI 112
Rush Yards 1. Eddie Price - NYG 971 2. Rob Goode - WAS 951 3. Dan Towler - LAM 854 4. Bob Hoernschemeyer - DET 678 5. Joe Perry - SFO 677 6. Kayo Dottley - CHI 670 7. Dick Hoerner - LAM 569 8. Tobin Rote - GNB 523 9. Charley Trippi - CHC 501 10. Dub Jones - CLE 492	Rush AVG 1. Tobin Rote - GNB 6.9 2. Dan Towler - LAM 6.8 3. Charley Trippi - CHC 6.4 4. Dick Hoerner - LAM 6.1 5. Verl Lillywhite - SFO 5.9 6. George Taliaferro - NYK 5.3 7. Kayo Dottley - CHI 5.3 8. Bob Hoernschemeyer - DET 5.1 9. Chuck Hunsinger - CHI 5.1 10. Joe Perry - SFO 5.0 min 60 att	Rush TD 1. Rob Goode - WAS 9 2. Dub Jones - CLE 7 Johnny Lujack - CHI 7 Eddie Price - NYG 7 5. Pat Harder - DET 6 Dick Hoerner - LAM 6 Dan Towler - LAM 6 Steve Van buren - PHI 6 9. Ken Carpenter - CLE 4 George Gulyanics - CHI 4 Sherman Howard - NYK 4 Julie Rykovoch - CHI 4 Zollie Toth - NYK 4 Charley Trippi - CHC 4	Receptions 1. Elroy Hirsch - LAM 66 2. Gordy Soltau - SFO 59 3. Fran Polsfoot - CHC 57 4. Bob Mann - GNB 50 5. Dante Lavelli - CLE 43 6. Danny Edwards - NYK 39 7. Ray Pelfrey - GNB 38 8. Carl Elliott - GNB 35 Leon Hart - DET 35 Hank Minarik - PIT 35 Pete Pihos - PHI 35	Rec Yards 1. Elroy Hirsch - LAM 1495 2. Gordy Soltau - SFO 826 3. Fran Polsfoot - CHC 796 4. Bob Mann - GNB 696 5. Dorne Dibble - DET 613 6. Mac Speedie - CLE 589 7. Dante Lavelli - CLE 586 8. Dub Jones - CLE 570 9. Leon Hart - DET 544 10. Pete Pihos - PHI 536
Rec AVG 1. Elroy Hirsch - LAM 22.7 2. Sherman Howard - NYK 21.3 3. Dorne Dibble - DET 20.4 4. Gene Schroeder - CHI 19.2 5. Doak Walker - DET 19.1 6. Dub Jones - CLE 19.0 7. Billy Cross - CHC 17.9 8. Billy Stone - CHI 17.8 9. Mac Speedie - CLE 17.3 10. Don Paul - CHC 17.3 min 18 rec	Rec TD 1. Elroy Hirsch - LAM 17 2. Leon Hart - DET 12 3. Bob Mann - GNB 8 Bobby Walston - PHI 8 5. Gordy Soltau - SFO 7 6. Dorne Dibble - DET 6 Dante Lavelli - CLE 6 8. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 5 Carl Elliott - GNB 5 Dub Jones - CLE 5 Ray Pelfrey - GNB 5 Pete Pihos - PHI 5	Fumbles 1. Rob Goode - WAS 9 2. Bobby Layne - DET 8 3. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 7 Otto Graham - CLE 7 Forrest Griffith - NYG 7 Eddie Price - NYG 7 Dan Towler - LAM 7 8. Elmer Angsman - CHC 6 Sammy Baugh - WAS 6 Clyde Scott - PHI 6 Frank Ziegler - PHI 6	Punt Returns 1. Emlen Tunnell - NYG 34 2. Bill Dudley - WAS 22 3. Joe Arenas - SFO 21 4. Don Paul - CHC 19 5. Jack Christiansen - DET 18 Howard Hartley - PIT 18 7. Billy Grimes - GNB 16 8. Glenn Davis - LAM 15 Ray Mathews - PIT 15 Al Pollard - PHI 15	Punt Ret Avg 1. Buddy Young - NYK 19.3 2. Jack Christiansen - DET 19.1 3. Ray Mathews - PIT 15.4 4. Emlen Tunnell - NYG 14.4 5. Joe Arenas - SFO 13.0 6. Ken Carpenter - CLE 12.4 7. Vitamin Smith - LAM 11.6 8. Dan Sandifer - PHI 9.8 9. Wilford White - CHI 9.4 10. Jim Cason - SFO 8.8 min 12 returns
Punt Ret FC	Punt Ret TD 1. Jack Christiansen - DET 4 2. Emlen Tunnell - NYG 3 3. Tommy Kalmanir - LAM 1 Ray Mathews - PIT 1 Leo Nomellini - SFO 1 Bosh Pritchard - NYG 1 Bill Wightkin - CHI 1 Buddy Young - NYK 1	Kickoff Ret 1. George Taliaferro - NYK 27 2. Billy Grimes - GNB 23 3. Joe Arenas - SFO 21 4. Dom Moselle - GNB 20 5. Emil Sitko - CHC 17 6. Don Paul - CHC 15 Brad Rowland - CHI 15 Vitamin Smith - LAM 15 Doak Walker - DET 15 10. Al Pollard - PHI 14 Adam Walker - NYK 14	Kick Ret Avg 1. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 32.5 2. Adam Walker - NYK 30.5 3. Don Paul - CHC 28.3 4. Dom Moselle - GNB 27.4 5. Doak Walker - DET 27.2 6. Fred Morrison - CHI 27.2 7. Harry Dowda - WAS 26.2 8. Joe Arenas - SFO 25.8 9. Billy Grimes - GNB 25.3 10. Emil Sitko - CHC 25.2 min 12 returns	Kickoff Ret TD 1. Emlen Tunnell - NYG 1 Adam Walker - NYK 1
Punts 1. George Taliaferro - NYK 76 2. Joe Geri - PIT 73 Horace Gillom - CLE 73 4. Charley Conerly - NYG 72 5. Adrian Burk - PHI 67 6. Fred Morrison - CHI 57 7. Earl Girard - GNB 52 8. Bob Smith - DET 49 9. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 48 10. Fran Polsfoot - CHC 47	Punt Avg 1. George Taliaferro - NYK 0.0 2. Joe Geri - PIT 0.0 3. Fred Morrison - CHI 0.0 4. Adrian Burk - PHI 0.0 5. Charley Conerly - NYG 0.0 6. Earl Girard - GNB 0.0 7. Fran Polsfoot - CHC 0.0 8. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 0.0 9. Bob Smith - DET 0.0 10. Frankie Albert - SFO 0.0 min 30 returns	Field Goals Made 1. Bob Waterfield - LAM 13 2. Bill Dudley - WAS 10 Lou Groza - CLE 10 4. Joe Geri - PIT 7 5. George Blanda - CHI 6 Harvey Johnson - NYK 6 Gordy Soltau - SFO 6 Doak Walker - DET 6 Bobby Walston - PHI 6 10. Fred Cone - GNB 5 Cliff Patton - CHC 5	Field Goals Att 1. Lou Groza - CLE 23 Bob Waterfield - LAM 23 3. Gordy Soltau - SFO 18 4. George Blanda - CHI 17 5. Joe Geri - PIT 14 Harvey Johnson - NYK 14 7. Bill Dudley - WAS 13 8. Doak Walker - DET 12 9. Cliff Patton - CHC 8 10. Fred Cone - GNB 7	Defensive Sacks
Defensive INT 1. Otto Schnellbacher - NYG 11 2. Howard Hartley - PIT 10 3. Emlen Tunnell - NYG 9 Lowell Wagner - SFO 9 5. Jim Cason - SFO 8 Tom Landry - NYG 8 7. S.j. Whitman - CHC 7 8. Jerry Shipkey - PIT 6 9. Bennie Aldridge - NYK 5 Jack Butler - PIT 5 Harry Gilmer - WAS 5 Earl Girard - GNB 5 Warren Lahr - CLE 5 Cliff Lewis - CLE 5 Ray Ramsey - CHC 5 Eddie Salem - WAS 5 Gene Schroeder - CHI 5	INT TD Ret 1. Warren Lahr - CLE 2 Tom Landry - NYG 2 Otto Schnellbacher - NYG 2 4. Jack Butler - PIT 1 Jim Cason - SFO 1 Jim Finks - PIT 1 Jerry Shipkey - PIT 1 Bob Summerhays - GNB 1 Jerry Williams - LAM 1

Awards

Pro Bowl MVP - Dan Towler

Pro Bowl
AMER	QB	Sammy Baugh
AMER	QB	Otto Graham
AMER	FB	Rob Goode
AMER	B	Tony Adamle
AMER	FB	Eddie Price
AMER	FB	Jerry Shipkey
AMER	T	Laurie Niemi
AMER	T	Arnie Weinmeister
AMER	T	Tex Coulter
AMER	T	Al DeRogatis
AMER	T	Paul Lipscomb
AMER	T	Lou Groza
AMER	T	Bill Fischer
AMER	G	George Hughes
AMER	G	Jon Baker
AMER	G	Bill Willis
AMER	C	Bill Walsh
AMER	HB	Ken Carpenter
AMER	HB	Bill Dudley
AMER	HB	Russ Craft
AMER	HB	Dub Jones
AMER	HB	Joe Geri
AMER	E	Dante Lavelli
AMER	E	Pete Pihos
AMER	E	Fran Polsfoot
AMER	E	Tom Wham
AMER	DE	Len Ford
AMER	DT	Mike Jarmoluk
AMER	LB	Chuck Bednarik
AMER	DB	Otto Schnellbacher
AMER	S	Emlen Tunnell
NATI	QB	Bob Waterfield
NATI	QB	Norm Van Brocklin
NATI	QB	Bobby Layne
NATI	QB	Johnny Lujack
NATI	FB	Kayo Dottley
NATI	FB	Dan Towler
NATI	T	Dick Wildung
NATI	T	Mike McCormack
NATI	T	Ray Collins
NATI	T	George Connor
NATI	G	Lou Creekmur
NATI	G	Les Bingaman
NATI	G	Ray Bray
NATI	G	Dick Barwegan
NATI	G	Stan West
NATI	C	Bulldog Turner
NATI	C	Brad Ecklund
NATI	HB	Jim Cason
NATI	HB	Bob Hoernschemeyer
NATI	HB	Billy Grimes
NATI	HB	George Taliaferro
NATI	HB	Doak Walker
NATI	E	Gordie Soltau
NATI	E	Ed Sprinkle
NATI	E	Leon Hart
NATI	E	Elroy Hirsch
NATI	DE	Larry Brink
NATI	DT	Leo Nomellini
NATI	LB	Don Paul
NATI	LB	Tank Younger
NATI	DB	Don Doll

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