| Detroit Lions at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1953 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 25159 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 59 F Humidty: 83% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| Baltimore Colts | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Bob Hoernschemeyer 49 run (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Baltimore Colts | Tommy Kalmanir 22 pass from Fred Enke (Buck McPhail kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Doak Walker 23 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | George Taliaferro 21 pass from Fred Enke (Buck McPhail kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | Buck McPhail 45 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Yale Lary 74 punt return (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Doak Walker 26 FG | 20 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Bob Hoernschemeyer 1 run (Doak Walker kick) | 27 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 10 | 63 | 6.3 | 49t | 2 |
| DET | Doak Walker | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Tom Dublinski | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Ollie Cline | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| BAL | George Taliaferro | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 18 | 0 |
| BAL | Fred Enke | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 20 | 0 |
| BAL | Tommy Kalmanir | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| BAL | John Huzvar | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| BAL | Buck McPhail | 6 | -6 | -1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 65 | 8.1 | 59 | 0 | 7 | 27.6 | |
| DET | Tom Dublinski | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 41 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 | 25 | 46.7 | |
| DET | Doak Walker | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| DET | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| BAL | Fred Enke | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 1 | 189 | 6.5 | 43 | 2 | 31 | 75.2 | |
| BAL | George Taliaferro | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 45 | 15.0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Doak Walker | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 59 | 0 |
| DET | Ollie Cline | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Leon Hart | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| BAL | George Taliaferro | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 43 | 1 |
| BAL | Danny Edwards | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| BAL | Mel Embree | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 10 | 0 |
| BAL | Tom Keane | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 37 | 0 |
| BAL | Buck McPhail | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 45 | 0 |
| BAL | Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Joe Schmidt | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| DET | LaVern Torgeson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| BAL | Don Shula | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BAL | Alex Agase | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| BAL | Tom Keane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BAL | Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Bob Smith | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 53 | 0 |
| BAL | George Taliaferro | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Yale Lary | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 74t | 1 | |
| BAL | Ed Mioduszewski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Yale Lary | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 33 | 0 |
| DET | Jack Christiansen | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| BAL | Ed Mioduszewski | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| BAL | Carl Taseff | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
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