1953 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 1st place Western Conference 10-2-0 .833 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Buddy Parker |
| Aldo Forte | Line |
| Buster Ramsey | Defense |
| Russ Thomas | Assistant Coach |
| George Wilson | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/14/1953 | A | College All-Stars | 24-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 93818 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1953 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16-13 | W | Syracuse, NY | Archbold Stadium | 22000 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1953 | N | New York Giants | 38-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 37000 | |
| Fri | 9/4/1953 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-24 | T | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 39985 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1953 | N | Washington Redskins | 31-17 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 23088 | |
| Thu | 9/17/1953 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 44300 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1953 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 38-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 44587 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1953 | A | Baltimore Colts | 27-17 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 25159 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1953 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 58079 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1953 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 19-31 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55772 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1953 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-10 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 54862 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1953 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 24-37 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 93751 | |
| Sat | 11/7/1953 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 46508 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1953 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 20834 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1953 | A | Chicago Bears | 20-16 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 36165 | |
| Thu | 11/26/1953 | H | Green Bay Packers | 34-15 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 52547 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1953 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 58056 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1953 | A | New York Giants | 27-16 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28390 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/27/1953 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-16 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 54577 | |
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 |
| 50 | Charlie Ane | LOT-C | 6-2 | 260 | 22 | Compton JC; Southern California | 12 | 9 |
| 51 | Vince Banonis | C | 6-1 | 230 | 32 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 9 |
| 65 | Les Bingaman | MG-LOG | 6-3 | 272 | 27 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| 80 | Cloyce Box | LOE | 6-4 | 220 | 30 | West Texas A&M | 12 | 10 |
| 88 | Jim Cain | LDE-RDE | 6-1 | 202 | 26 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| 32 | Lew Carpenter | FB-LDH | 6-2 | 209 | 21 | Arkansas | 12 | 3 |
| 24 | Jack Christiansen | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| 33 | Ollie Cline | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 28 | Ohio State | 12 | 7 |
| 76 | Lou Creekmur | LOT-LOG | 6-4 | 246 | 26 | William & Mary | 12 | 10 |
| 25 | Jimmy David | LDH | 5-10 | 178 | 26 | Colorado State | 12 | 9? |
| 87 | Dorne Dibble | LOE | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Michigan State | 12 | 1 |
| 83 | Jim Doran | RDE-ROE | 6-2 | 201 | 26 | Iowa State | 7 | 0 |
| 42 | Bob Dove | LDE-RDE | 6-1 | 222 | 32 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Tom Dublinski | QB | 6-2 | 197 | 23 | Utah | 7 | 1 |
| 86 | Blaine Earon | LDE-RDE | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Duke | 6 | 6 |
| 85 | Sonny Gandee | LDE | 6-0 | 216 | 24 | Ohio State | 8 | 6 |
| 26 | Gene Gedman | ROH-FB | 5-11 | 195 | 21 | Indiana | 12 | 4 |
| 23 | Jug Girard | LOH | 5-11 | 176 | 26 | Wisconsin | 11 | 1 |
| 34 | Pat Harder | FB | 5-11 | 203 | 31 | Wisconsin | 5 | 1 |
| 82 | Leon Hart | ROE | 6-5 | 257 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 14 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | ROH-FB | 5-11 | 194 | 28 | Indiana; Navy | 12 | 11 |
| 21 | Carl Karilivacz | LDH-RS | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Syracuse | 12 | 2 |
| 28 | Yale Lary | RS-P | 6-0 | 187 | 23 | Texas A&M | 11 | 11 |
| 82 | Bobby Layne | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 27 | Texas | 12 | 11 |
| 84 | Gil Mains | LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 243 | 24 | Murray State | 3 | 0 |
| 62 | Jim Martin | K-RLB | 6-2 | 227 | 29 | Notre Dame | 8 | 1 |
| 73 | Thurman McGraw | LDT | 6-5 | 235 | 26 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| 74 | Bob Miller | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 242 | 24 | Virginia | 12 | 1 |
| 75 | John Prchlik | RDT | 6-4 | 234 | 28 | Yale | 11 | 11 |
| 56 | Joe Schmidt | LLB | 6-1 | 220 | 21 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| 66 | Harley Sewell | LOG-MG | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | Texas | 12 | 7 |
| 40 | Bob Smith | RDH-P | 6-1 | 198 | 28 | Tulsa; Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Bob Smith | FB | 6-0 | 204 | 24 | Texas A&M | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | Ollie Spencer | ROT | 6-2 | 245 | 22 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| 63 | Dick Stanfel | ROG | 6-3 | 236 | 26 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | LaVern Torgeson | RLB | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | Washington State | 11 | 11 |
| 37 | Doak Walker | LOH-K | 5-11 | 173 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | Harley Sewell | G | Texas |
| 2 | 25 | Gene Gedman | B | Indiana |
| 4 | 50 | Charlie Ane | T | Southern California |
| 6 | 74 | Ollie Spencer | T | Kansas |
| 7 | 86 | Joe Schmidt | B | Pittsburgh |
| 8 | 98 | Lew Carpenter | B | Arkansas |
| 9 | 110 | Jim McCormack | C | Texas Christian |
| 10 | 122 | Dreher Gaskin | E | Clemson |
| 11 | 134 | Elmer Messenger | G | Washington State |
| 12 | 146 | Larry Spencer | B | Wake Forest |
| 13 | 158 | Bob Thomas | E | Washington & Lee |
| 14 | 170 | Jack Barger | T | New Mexico |
| 15 | 182 | Ted Topor | B | Michigan |
| 16 | 194 | Bob Volonnino | G | Villanova |
| 17 | 206 | Ray Green | T | Duke |
| 18 | 218 | Ed Mioduszewski | B | William & Mary |
| 19 | 230 | Paul Held | B | San Diego State |
| 20 | 242 | Gerry Hart | T | Mississippi State |
| 21 | 254 | Bob Tata | B | Virginia |
| 22 | 266 | Pete Retzlaff | B | South Dakota State |
| 23 | 278 | Carl Karilivacz | B | Syracuse |
| 24 | 290 | Truett Grant | T | Duke |
| 25 | 302 | Marv Brown | B | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 26 | 314 | Jim Dooley | C | Penn State |
| 27 | 326 | Jackie Parker | B | Mississippi State |
| 28 | 338 | Laurin Pepper | B | Southern Mississippi |
| 29 | 350 | Harley Rector | T | Peru State |
| 30 | 361 | Hal Maus | E | Montana |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 88 | 67 | 62 | |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 52 | 42 | 44 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 206 | 105 | 96 | 5 | / % | / % | 52 | 427 | |
| Opponents Totals | 194 | 91 | 96 | 7 | / % | / % | 53 | 463 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 5 | 27 | 29 | 93.1 | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 0 | 93 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Leon Hart | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Dorne Dibble | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Cloyce Box | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Martin | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 0 | 271 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 23 | 27 | 85.2 | 6 | 19 | 31.6 | 1 | 205 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 0 | 41 | 2/7 | 4/4 | 3/3 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
| Jim Martin | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 25 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 0 | 41 | 2/8 | 6/7 | 3/3 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 19 | 31.6 | 2/ | 0/ | 1/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 101 | 482 | 4.8 | 49t | 7 |
| Bobby Layne | 87 | 343 | 3.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 66 | 337 | 5.1 | 50t | 2 |
| Gene Gedman | 83 | 255 | 3.1 | 27 | 3 |
| Ollie Cline | 42 | 169 | 4.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 19 | 73 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom Dublinski | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 0 | -5 | -5L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 427 | 1812 | 4.2 | 50t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 404 | 1580 | 3.9 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 273 | 125 | 45.8 | 127 | 2088 | 7.6 | 16.7 | 97t | 16 | 5.9 | 21 | 7.7 | 127 | 1961 | 59.6 | |
| Tom Dublinski | 30 | 14 | 46.7 | 11 | 174 | 5.8 | 12.4 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 16.7 | 26 | 148 | 25.6 | |
| Doak Walker | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 31 | 4.4 | 10.3 | 23t | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 95.8 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 16 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 10 | 6 | 48.8 | |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 316 | 144 | 45.6 | 145 | 2309 | 7.3 | 16.0 | 97t | 18 | 5.7 | 27 | 8.5 | 163 | 2146 | 53.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 354 | 159 | 44.9 | 157 | 2162 | 6.1 | 13.6 | 13 | 3.7 | 38 | 10.7 | 197 | 1965 | 37.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Walker | 30 | 502 | 16.7 | 83t | 3 |
| Leon Hart | 25 | 472 | 18.9 | 49t | 7 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 23 | 282 | 12.3 | 35 | 2 |
| Cloyce Box | 16 | 403 | 25.2 | 97t | 2 |
| Dorne Dibble | 16 | 274 | 17.1 | 47t | 3 |
| Gene Gedman | 14 | 121 | 8.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 10 | 126 | 12.6 | 28 | 1 |
| Jim Doran | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 144 | 2309 | 16.0 | 97t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 159 | 2162 | 13.6 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Christiansen | 12 | 238 | 19.8 | 92t | 1 |
| Yale Lary | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 32 | 0 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Jimmy David | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 73 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 73t | 1 |
| Harley Sewell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Thurman McGraw | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Les Bingaman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sonny Gandee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 663 | 17.4 | 92t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 426 | 15.8 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Smith | 40 | 1647 | 41.2 | 57 | 0 | |||||
| Yale Lary | 28 | 1112 | 39.7 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 68 | 2759 | 40.6 | 61 | 0 | 275 | 36.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 2507 | 40.4 | 233 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 41 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 13 | 115 | 8.8 | 74t | 1 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 | |
| Gene Gedman | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 233 | 6.7 | 74t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 275 | 6.7 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 9 | 252 | 28.0 | 85 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 10 | 183 | 18.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Doak Walker | 4 | 139 | 34.8 | 54 | 0 | |
| Gene Gedman | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Dick Stanfel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Les Bingaman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 926 | 21.5 | 85 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1193 | 22.1 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Ane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Bingaman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Cain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Doran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Dublinski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Gandee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Karilivacz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Layne | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harley Sewell | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Spencer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 1 |
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