1952 San Francisco 49ers season

The 1952 San Francisco 49ers season was the team's third season in the NFL and their seventh overall; they were coming off a 7–4–1 record in 1951.

1952 San Francisco 49ers season
Head coachBuck Shaw
Home fieldKezar Stadium
Results
Record7–5
Division place3rd NFL National
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 49ers won their first five games by at least two touchdowns and had visions of playing in their first-ever NFL Championship Game. However, they lost five of their final seven games to finish at 7–5, third place in the six-team National Conference (which became the Western Conference in 1953).

Y. A. Tittle emerged as the starting quarterback, as he had a completion rate of 51.0% along with eleven touchdowns and 1,407 yards. Frankie Albert also had some action, completing 55.0% of his passes, along with eight TDs and 964 yards.

Joe Perry rushed for a team-high 725 yards and eight TDs, while rookie Hugh McElhenny had 684 yards on 98 attempts (7.0 yards/carry), along with six rushing TDs, while he caught 26 passes for 367 yards and earned another three touchdowns. Gordie Soltau led the club with 55 receptions for 774 yards and seven TDs.

Offseason

NFL Draft
See also: 1952 NFL Draft

Regular season

Schedule
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordAttendance
1September 28Detroit Lions3–17San Francisco 49ers1–0–052,750
2October 4San Francisco 49ers37–14Dallas Texans2–0–012,566
3October 12San Francisco 49ers28–0Detroit Lions3–0–042,842
4October 19San Francisco 49ers40–16Chicago Bears4–0–046,338
5October 26Dallas Texans21–48San Francisco 49ers5–0–026,887
6November 2Chicago Bears20–17San Francisco 49ers5–1–058,255
7November 9San Francisco 49ers14–23New York Giants5–2–054,230
8November 16San Francisco 49ers23–17Washington Redskins6–2–030,863
9November 23San Francisco 49ers9–35Los Angeles Rams6–3–064,450
10November 30Los Angeles Rams34–21San Francisco 49ers6–4–049,420
11December 7Pittsburgh Steelers24–7San Francisco 49ers6–5–013,886
12December 14Green Bay Packers14–24San Francisco 49ers7–5–017,579

Standings
NFL National Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Detroit Lions 9 3 0 .750 7–3 354 192 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.

Pro Bowl

San Francisco's players selected for the Pro Bowl:

Player Position
Hardy BrownLinebacker
Ed HenkeDefensive Line
Bill JohnsonOffensive Line
Hugh McElhennyRunning Back
Leo NomelliniDefensive Line
Joe PerryRunning Back
Gordie SoltauWide Receiver

References
  1. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 398
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