1953 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 4th place Western Conference 3-8-1 .273 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Paddy Driscoll | Backfield |
| Phil Handler | Line |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| Clark Shaughnessy | Defense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/15/1953 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-29 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26927 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1953 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-24 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 13405 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1953 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31-28 | W | Tulsa, OK | Skelly Field | 12000 | |
| Thu | 9/3/1953 | N | New York Giants | 7-14 | L | Des Moines, IA | Drake Stadium | 7500 | |
| Fri | 9/11/1953 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 36796 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1953 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 14-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 25840 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1953 | A | Baltimore Colts | 9-13 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 23715 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1953 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-13 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24835 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1953 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 35326 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1953 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 28-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 36909 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1953 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 24-38 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49546 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1953 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 26308 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1953 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-21 | T | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 39899 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1953 | A | Washington Redskins | 27-24 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 21392 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1953 | H | Detroit Lions | 16-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 36165 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1953 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 24-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 31626 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1953 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-13 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 58056 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1953 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 17-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 38059 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 46 | Billy Anderson | RDH-ROH-LDH | 6-0 | 198 | 24 | Compton JC | 12 | 8 |
| 53 | Billy Autrey | C | 6-3 | 220 | 20 | East Texas Baptist; Stephen F. Austin State | 7 | 0 |
| 68 | Johnny Badaczewski | LOG | 6-1 | 235 | 31 | Western Reserve | 12 | 12 |
| 73 | Bill Bishop | RDT | 6-4 | 248 | 22 | North Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | George Blanda | QB-P | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| 32 | Leon Campbell | ROH | 6-0 | 199 | 26 | Arkansas | 12 | 3 |
| 71 | George Connor | LOT | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | Holy Cross; Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 78 | Art Davis | ROT-LOT | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Alabama State | 7 | 0 |
| 62 | Frank Dempsey | LLB-C | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Florida | 11 | 6 |
| 43 | Jim Dooley | LOE | 6-4 | 198 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | Kayo Dottley | FB | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Mississippi | 10 | 1 |
| 21 | George Figner | DH | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Colorado | 5 | 0 |
| 35 | Bobby Jack Floyd | FB-ROH | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Texas Christian | 8 | 0 |
| 72 | Bill George | ROG-K | 6-2 | 237 | 24 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| 74 | Kline Gilbert | ROT | 6-2 | 233 | 23 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| 51 | Wayne Hansen | C | 6-2 | 231 | 25 | Texas-El Paso | 12 | 12 |
| 65 | Johnny Hatley | ROG | 6-3 | 249 | 23 | Baylor; Southwest Texas JC; Sul Ross State | 10 | 0 |
| 60 | John Helwig | RDH | 6-2 | 208 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 4 |
| 82 | Dick Hensley | LDE-LOE | 6-4 | 213 | 26 | Kentucky | 11 | 1 |
| 89 | John Hoffman | ROH-FB-DB | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | Arkansas | 12 | 9 |
| 6 | Don Kindt | RS-LS | 6-1 | 207 | 28 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| 58 | John Kreamcheck | MG-LDT | 6-5 | 255 | 27 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| 48 | Howie Livingston | DH | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | Fullerton JC | 5 | 3 |
| 28 | Loyd Lowe | LDH-LOH | 5-10 | 155 | 25 | North Texas | 7 | 6 |
| 25 | Eddie Macon | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 177 | 26 | Pacific | 12 | 4 |
| 83 | Bill McColl | ROE | 6-4 | 230 | 23 | Stanford | 12 | 12 |
| 15 | Fred Morrison | FB-P | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Ohio State | 12 | 9 |
| 55 | Bob Moser | C-ROT | 6-3 | 238 | 25 | Pacific | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Tommy O'Connell | QB | 5-11 | 187 | 23 | Notre Dame; Illinois | 12 | 0 |
| 47 | Rex Proctor | RS | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Rice | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Steve Romanik | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Villanova | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Jerry Shipkey | LLB-RLB | 6-1 | 213 | 28 | Southern California; UCLA | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | Ed Sprinkle | RDE | 6-1 | 206 | 30 | Hardin-Simmons; Navy | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | Billy Stone | LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 191 | 28 | Bradley | 12 | 10 |
| 14 | Willie Thrower | QB | 5-11 | 182 | 23 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Gerry Weatherly | RLB | 6-5 | 218 | 25 | Rice | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | S.J. Whitman | LS | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Tulsa | 9 | 9 |
| 88 | Bill Wightkin | LDE-LOE | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| 75 | Fred Williams | LDT-MG | 6-4 | 249 | 24 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Billy Anderson | B | Compton JC |
| 2 | 17 | Zeke Bratkowski | QB | Georgia |
| 3 | 30 | Bill Rowekamp | B | Missouri |
| 4 | 42 | Joe Koch | B | Wake Forest |
| 5 | 55 | Stan Jones | T | Maryland |
| 6 | 66 | Art DeCarlo | B | Georgia |
| 6 | 69 | Kline Gilbert | T | Mississippi |
| 7 | 76 | Bucky McElroy | B | Southern Mississippi |
| 7 | 79 | Don Bingham | B | Sul Ross State |
| 8 | 90 | John Kreamcheck | T | William & Mary |
| 9 | 103 | Bruno Ashley | T | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 10 | 114 | Jimmy Moore | B | Florida A&M |
| 11 | 126 | Ralph Charney | B | Kentucky |
| 11 | 127 | Jim Slowey | C | Georgetown (DC) |
| 12 | 138 | Jim Lawrence | T | Duke |
| 13 | 151 | Larry Strickland | C | North Texas |
| 14 | 162 | Harland Carl | B | Wisconsin |
| 15 | 175 | Ralph Jecha | G | Northwestern |
| 16 | 186 | John Hatley | T | Sul Ross State |
| 17 | 199 | Bob Beal | E | California |
| 18 | 210 | Jim Shirley | B | Clemson |
| 19 | 223 | Bill Byrus | T | Iowa State |
| 20 | 234 | Tom Mahin | T | Tampa |
| 21 | 247 | Wayne Martin | E | Texas Christian |
| 22 | 258 | Wayne Wood | T | Memphis |
| 23 | 271 | Jim Mask | E | Mississippi |
| 24 | 282 | Paul Hatcher | C | Cowley County CC |
| 25 | 295 | Clyde Pickard | G | Wake Forest |
| 26 | 306 | Bob Evans | T | Pennsylvania |
| 27 | 319 | Marv Wahlin | B | Arizona State |
| 28 | 330 | Jim Caldwell | T | Tennessee State |
| 29 | 343 | Jack Lewis | E | Wake Forest |
| 30 | 354 | Bill Brehany | QB | Virginia Military Institute |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 86 | 50 | 14 | 68 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 93 | 47 | 62 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 214 | 79 | 119 | 16 | / % | / % | 61 | 530 | |
| Opponents Totals | 213 | 94 | 109 | 10 | / % | / % | 79 | 711 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 0 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 7 | 20 | 35.0 | 0 | 48 |
| Billy Stone | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bill McColl | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jim Dooley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| John Hoffman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Eddie Macon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Fred Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Kayo Dottley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Kindt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Wightkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Hensley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 7 | 21 | 33.3 | 1 | 218 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | 11 | 30 | 36.7 | 0 | 262 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 7 | 20 | 35.0 | 2 | 44 | 1/4 | 3/4 | 1/3 | 2/6 | 0/3 |
| Bill George | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 21 | 33.3 | 2 | 44 | 1/5 | 3/4 | 1/3 | 2/6 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 30 | 36.7 | 3/ | 2/ | 4/ | 1/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Morrison | 95 | 307 | 3.2 | 17 | 2 |
| Billy Stone | 72 | 169 | 2.3 | 28 | 2 |
| Kayo Dottley | 58 | 150 | 2.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Leon Campbell | 22 | 130 | 5.9 | 39 | 0 |
| Eddie Macon | 40 | 130 | 3.3 | 17 | 1 |
| John Hoffman | 32 | 95 | 3.0 | 34t | 3 |
| Bobby Jack Floyd | 16 | 70 | 4.4 | 16 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 24 | 62 | 2.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Steve Romanik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 367 | 1129 | 3.1 | 39 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 437 | 1776 | 4.1 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 362 | 169 | 46.7 | 170 | 2164 | 6.0 | 12.8 | 72 | 14 | 3.9 | 23 | 6.4 | 110 | 2054 | 52.3 | |
| Tommy O'Connell | 67 | 33 | 49.3 | 30 | 437 | 6.5 | 13.2 | 40 | 1 | 1.5 | 4 | 6.0 | 14 | 423 | 50.4 | |
| Willie Thrower | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 4 | 27 | 3.4 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 9 | 18 | 7.8 | |
| Steve Romanik | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 5 | 9 | 1.1 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Eddie Macon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 446 | 206 | 46.2 | 210 | 2637 | 5.9 | 12.8 | 72 | 15 | 3.4 | 30 | 6.7 | 138 | 2499 | 48.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 364 | 174 | 47.8 | 176 | 2530 | 7.0 | 14.5 | 14 | 3.8 | 14 | 3.8 | 154 | 2376 | 67.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Dooley | 53 | 841 | 15.9 | 72 | 4 |
| Bill McColl | 36 | 453 | 12.6 | 55t | 4 |
| Billy Stone | 34 | 376 | 11.1 | 51 | 4 |
| John Hoffman | 28 | 341 | 12.2 | 40 | 1 |
| Fred Morrison | 16 | 214 | 13.4 | 44 | 0 |
| Bobby Jack Floyd | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Eddie Macon | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 10t | 2 |
| Leon Campbell | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 47 | 0 |
| Kayo Dottley | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Dick Hensley | 4 | 117 | 29.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Loyd Lowe | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Anderson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Wightkin | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| George Connor | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 206 | 2637 | 12.8 | 72 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 174 | 2530 | 14.5 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Kindt | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 67t | 1 |
| S.J. Whitman | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Bishop | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Gerry Weatherly | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Loyd Lowe | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| George Figner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rex Proctor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 292 | 20.9 | 67t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 449 | 15.0 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Morrison | 65 | 2766 | 42.6 | 65 | 2 | |||||
| Billy Anderson | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 66 | 2812 | 42.6 | 65 | 0 | 234 | 39.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 2665 | 36.5 | 143 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Macon | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Loyd Lowe | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 28 | 0 | |
| Billy Stone | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Billy Anderson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Frank Dempsey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 143 | 3.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 234 | 6.9 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Macon | 13 | 373 | 28.7 | 70 | 0 | |
| Leon Campbell | 19 | 455 | 23.9 | 41 | 0 | |
| Billy Anderson | 5 | 127 | 25.4 | 28 | 0 | |
| Fred Morrison | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 14 | 0 | |
| John Hoffman | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Loyd Lowe | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| George Connor | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| John Helwig | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Wightkin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 1089 | 22.7 | 70 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 844 | 23.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bishop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Campbell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Dempsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Dooley | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kayo Dottley | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jack Floyd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Hansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Helwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Hensley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Kindt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kreamcheck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Loyd Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Macon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill McColl | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fred Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Moser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Stone | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Gerry Weatherly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Wightkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 21 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 24 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 0 |
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