| Baltimore Colts at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1953 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 26696 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 65 F Humidty: 18% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles Rams | Vitamin Smith 13 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Tom Fears kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Rams | Dan Towler 1 run (Tom Fears kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams | Tom Fears 10 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams | Tank Younger 1 run (Tom Fears kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams | Tom Fears 5 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Elroy Hirsch kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams | Dan Towler 2 run (Elroy Hirsch kick) | 0 | 38 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams | Dan Towler 14 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Elroy Hirsch kick) | 0 | 45 |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts | Safety, John Hock tackled in end zone by Art Donovan | 2 | 45 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| John Huzvar | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Buck McPhail | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Del Bello | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Skeet Quinlan | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 56 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 21 | 2 |
| Tank Younger | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Rudy Bukich | 4 | -12 | -3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Brad Myers | 2 | -13 | -6.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Jack Del Bello | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 0 | 37 | 1.9 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 54.1 | |
| Ed Mioduszewski | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 24 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | |
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 1 | 239 | 12.6 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 128.8 | |
| Rudy Bukich | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 56.2 | |
| Vitamin Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Danny Edwards | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 |
| John Huzvar | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Buck McPhail | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mel Embree | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tom Fears | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 20 | 1 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22 | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Brad Myers | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Monte Brethauer | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
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