1953 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
| 5th place • Western Conference • 3-9-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Keith Molesworth |
| Otis Douglas | Assistant Line |
| Ray Richards | Line |
| Nick Wasylik | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/15/1953 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-10 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 14000 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1953 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 10-7 | W | Lubbock, TX | Jones Field | 7000 | |
| Wed | 8/26/1953 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-6 | W | Rochester, NY | Aquinas Stadium | 15000 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1953 | A | Cleveland Browns | 21-23 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 20000 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1953 | N | New York Giants | 6-10 | L | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1953 | H | Washington Redskins | 9-3 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 22800 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1953 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-9 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 23715 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1953 | H | Detroit Lions | 17-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 25159 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1953 | A | Chicago Bears | 16-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 35326 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1953 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-37 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 18713 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1953 | H | Washington Redskins | 27-17 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 34031 | |
| Sat | 10/31/1953 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-35 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 33797 | |
| Sat | 11/7/1953 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-17 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 46508 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1953 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-45 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 27813 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1953 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 13-21 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 27268 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1953 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 21-38 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 26005 | |
| Sat | 12/5/1953 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 2-45 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 26696 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1953 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-45 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 23932 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Alex Agase | 62 | LLB | 5-10 | 210 | 31 | Illinois; Purdue; Illinois | 10 | 10 |
| Sisto Averno | 60 | MG | 5-11 | 237 | 28 | Muhlenberg | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Barwegen | 61 | LOG | 6-1 | 227 | 31 | Purdue | 11 | 11 |
| Ernie Blandin | 68 | LOT-ROT-ROG | 6-4 | 248 | 34 | Tulane | 12 | 2 |
| Monte Brethauer | 86 | LOE-S | 6-1 | 178 | 22 | Oregon | 12 | 4 |
| Joe Campanella | 73 | ROT | 6-1 | 242 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 11 |
| Larry Coutre | 24 | LDH | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | Notre Dame | 3 | 1 |
| Jack Del Bello | 19 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 0 |
| Art Donovan | 70 | LDT | 6-2 | 263 | 29 | Notre Dame; Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Brad Ecklund | 50 | C | 6-3 | 215 | 31 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| Danny Edwards | 82 | ROE | 6-1 | 197 | 27 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Mel Embree | 85 | LOE | 6-3 | 192 | 26 | Los Angeles CC; Pepperdine | 12 | 8 |
| Fred Enke | 17 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 29 | Arizona | 8 | 8 |
| Tom Finnin | 77 | RDT | 6-2 | 262 | 26 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Flowers | 18 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Northwestern | 3 | 0 |
| John Huzvar | 38 | FB | 6-4 | 247 | 24 | North Carolina State; Pittsburgh | 12 | 8 |
| Ken Jackson | 74 | LOG-LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 236 | 24 | Texas | 12 | 1 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 40 | ROH-LOH | 5-8 | 171 | 27 | Pittsburgh; Nevada-Reno | 8 | 3 |
| Tom Keane | 21 | LS-P | 6-1 | 192 | 27 | Ohio State; West Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Lange | 66 | ROG | 6-1 | 239 | 25 | Dayton | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Little | 72 | RDE-RDT | 6-4 | 235 | 22 | Texas A&M | 12 | 0 |
| Gino Marchetti | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 244 | 27 | Modesto JC; San Francisco | 11 | 11 |
| Buck McPhail | 31 | FB-ROH | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Oklahoma | 12 | 8 |
| Ed Mioduszewski | 26 | LDH-QB-LOH | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | William & Mary | 12 | 4 |
| Bill Pellington | 65 | LLB | 6-2 | 234 | 26 | Defiance; Rutgers | 12 | 2 |
| Barney Poole | 83 | RDE | 6-2 | 231 | 30 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Army; Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| Bert Rechichar | 44 | RS-K | 6-1 | 209 | 23 | Tennessee | 11 | 11 |
| Ed Sharkey | 64 | RLB | 6-3 | 229 | 26 | Duke; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 12 |
| Don Shula | 25 | RDH-OHB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | John Carroll | 12 | 12 |
| Art Spinney | 81 | LDE-OE | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | Boston College | 12 | 9 |
| George Taliaferro | 20 | LOH-QB | 5-11 | 196 | 26 | Indiana | 11 | 11 |
| Carl Taseff | 23 | LDH-OHB-RS | 5-11 | 182 | 25 | John Carroll | 9 | 9 |
| Elmer Wingate | 84 | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Maryland | 12 | 4 |
| Jim Winkler | 76 | LDT-MG | 6-2 | 250 | 26 | Texas A&M | 9 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 22 | ROH-LOH | 5-4 | 173 | 27 | Illinois | 10 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Billy Vessels | B | Oklahoma |
| 2 | 14 | Bernie Flowers | E | Purdue |
| 3 | 26 | Buck McPhail | B | Oklahoma |
| 4 | 39 | Tom Catlin | C | Oklahoma |
| 5 | 51 | Jack Little | T | Texas A&M |
| 6 | 63 | Jimmy Sears | B | Southern California |
| 7 | 75 | Billy Joe Athey | G | Baylor |
| 8 | 87 | Jim Prewett | T | Tulsa |
| 9 | 99 | Bob Blair | E | Texas Christian |
| 10 | 111 | Johnny Cole | B | Arkansas |
| 11 | 123 | Gene Rossi | B | Cincinnati |
| 12 | 135 | Kaye Vaughan | G | Tulsa |
| 13 | 147 | Bobby Moorhead | B | Georgia Tech |
| 14 | 159 | Frank Continetti | G | George Washington |
| 15 | 171 | Buddy Sutton | B | Arkansas |
| 16 | 183 | Jim Currin | E | Dayton |
| 17 | 195 | George Rambour | T | Dartmouth |
| 18 | 207 | Leroy Labat | B | Louisiana State |
| 19 | 219 | Bill Powell | B | California |
| 20 | 231 | Pete Russo | T | Indiana |
| 21 | 243 | Frank Kirby | T | Bucknell |
| 22 | 255 | Merlin Gish | C | Kansas |
| 23 | 267 | Mike Housepian | G | Tulane |
| 24 | 279 | Monte Brethauer | E | Oregon |
| 25 | 291 | Joe Szombathy | E | Syracuse |
| 26 | 303 | Scott Prescott | C | Minnesota |
| 27 | 315 | Ray Graves | B | Texas A&M |
| 28 | 327 | Joe Sabol | B | UCLA |
| 29 | 339 | Jack Alessandrini | G | Notre Dame |
| 30 | 351 | Tom Roche | T | Northwestern |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 38 | 44 | 39 | 61 | 182 |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 105 | 83 | 85 | 350 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 157 | 75 | 66 | 16 | / % | / % | 69 | 623 | |
| Opponents Totals | 232 | 121 | 95 | 16 | / % | / % | 87 | 757 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Rechichar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 0 | 33 | |
| John Huzvar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Buck McPhail | 0 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 27 |
| George Taliaferro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Buddy Young | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Danny Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mel Embree | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Art Donovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 23 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 7 | 18 | 38.9 | 1 | 182 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 45 | 46 | 97.8 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 1 | 350 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Rechichar | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 2 | 56 | 0/6 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 2/2 |
| Buck McPhail | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 45 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 18 | 38.9 | 2 | 56 | 1/10 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 2/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 4/ | 4/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Huzvar | 119 | 515 | 4.3 | 36t | 4 |
| George Taliaferro | 102 | 479 | 4.7 | 50 | 2 |
| Buck McPhail | 53 | 138 | 2.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 40 | 135 | 3.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 28 | 91 | 3.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Ed Mioduszewski | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jack Del Bello | 14 | 14 | 1.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 376 | 1459 | 3.9 | 50 | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 445 | 2315 | 5.2 | 66 | 21 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Enke | 169 | 71 | 71 | 83 | 1054 | 6.2 | 14.8 | 55t | 8 | 4.7 | 15 | 8.9 | 144 | 910 | 41.9 | |
| Jack Del Bello | 61 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 229 | 3.8 | 8.5 | 66t | 1 | 1.6 | 5 | 8.2 | 164 | 65 | 25.9 | |
| George Taliaferro | 55 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 211 | 3.8 | 14.1 | 45 | 2 | 3.6 | 5 | 9.1 | 50 | 161 | 17.3 | |
| Ed Mioduszewski | 30 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 113 | 3.8 | 10.3 | 17 | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 6.7 | 0 | 113 | 42.8 | |
| Dick Flowers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 8 | 62.5 | |
| Team Totals | 319 | 126 | 126 | 166 | 1625 | 5.1 | 12.9 | 66t | 13 | 4.1 | 27 | 8.5 | 368 | 1257 | 34.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 321 | 165 | 165 | 128 | 2411 | 7.5 | 14.6 | 59 | 21 | 6.5 | 28 | 8.7 | 240 | 2171 | 61.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Edwards | 35 | 312 | 8.9 | 32t | 3 |
| Mel Embree | 23 | 272 | 11.8 | 24 | 1 |
| George Taliaferro | 20 | 346 | 17.3 | 54 | 2 |
| Buddy Young | 12 | 201 | 16.8 | 49t | 3 |
| Monte Brethauer | 10 | 133 | 13.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Buck McPhail | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 45 | 0 |
| John Huzvar | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 30t | 1 |
| Bert Rechichar | 3 | 151 | 50.3 | 66t | 2 |
| Tom Keane | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 22t | 1 |
| Don Shula | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gino Marchetti | 0 | 19 | 19L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 126 | 1625 | 12.9 | 66t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 165 | 2411 | 14.6 | 59 | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Keane | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Bert Rechichar | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 36t | 1 |
| Don Shula | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bill Pellington | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Monte Brethauer | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Alex Agase | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ed Mioduszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 308 | 11.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 469 | 17.4 | 54t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Taliaferro | 65 | 2437 | 37.5 | 61 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Tom Keane | 18 | 753 | 41.8 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 83 | 3190 | 38.4 | 61 | 0 | 4 | 307 | 2803 | 33.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 2217 | 40.3 | 65 | 0 | 184 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Taliaferro | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Larry Coutre | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ed Mioduszewski | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 71 | 71.0 | 71t | 1 | |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 184 | 6.3 | 71t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 307 | 7.7 | 74 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 11 | 378 | 34.4 | 104t | 1 | |
| Larry Coutre | 9 | 266 | 29.6 | 78 | 0 | |
| George Taliaferro | 16 | 331 | 20.7 | 39 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ken Jackson | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Barney Poole | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Joe Campanella | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ed Mioduszewski | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Tom Finnin | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 53 | 1258 | 23.7 | 104t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 724 | 18.1 | 28 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sisto Averno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Barwegen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Monte Brethauer | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | |
| Joe Campanella | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Del Bello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Donovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Embree | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Finnin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Huzvar | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Keane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| Gino Marchetti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck McPhail | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Mioduszewski | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Pellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney Poole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 0 |
| Bert Rechichar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Sharkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Shula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Spinney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Winkler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 21 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 68 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 0 |
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