1953 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 6th place • Western Conference • 2-9-1 .182 |
| Head Coach: Gene Ronzani (2-7-1);Co-Head Coaches: Hugh Devore and Ray McLean (0-2-0) |
| Hugh Devore | Assistant Coach |
| Chuck Drulis | Line |
| Ray McLean | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/22/1953 | N | New York Giants | 31-7 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Parade Stadium | 20560 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1953 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 7-13 | L | Spokane, WA | Memorial Stadium | 17000 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1953 | H | Washington Redskins | 6-13 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 16425 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1953 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23-26 | L | Milwaukee, WI | Marquette Stadium | 16859 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1953 | A | Cleveland Browns | 13-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 22336 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1953 | H | Cleveland Browns | 0-27 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 22604 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1953 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-17 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24835 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1953 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 20-38 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 23352 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1953 | H | Baltimore Colts | 37-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 18713 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1953 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-31 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 22918 | |
| Sat | 10/31/1953 | A | Baltimore Colts | 35-24 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 33797 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1953 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-21 | T | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 39899 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1953 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-14 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 20834 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1953 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 7-37 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 16378 | |
| Thu | 11/26/1953 | A | Detroit Lions | 15-34 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 52547 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1953 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-48 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31337 | |
| Sat | 12/12/1953 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-33 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 23069 | |
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 |
| Dick Afflis | 72 | LOT | 5-11 | 250 | 24 | Purdue; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 9 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 40 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 8 |
| By Bailey | 20 | ROH | 5-10 | 192 | 23 | Washington State | 9 | 0 |
| Don Barton | 28 | ROH-LOH-RS | 5-11 | 174 | 23 | Kemper Military JC; Texas | 5 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 22 | LOH-DB | 5-8 | 162 | 28 | Tulsa | 8 | 0 |
| Buddy Brown | 62 | LOG | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | Arkansas | 11 | 8 |
| Al Carmichael | 42 | ROH | 6-1 | 192 | 25 | Santa Ana JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Gus Cifelli | 73 | ROT | 6-4 | 244 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Fred Cone | 31 | FB-K | 5-11 | 199 | 27 | Clemson | 12 | 6 |
| Larry Coutre | 27 | ROH | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | Notre Dame | 7 | 0 |
| Gib Dawson | 26 | LOH-LS | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Texas | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Dillon | 44 | RS | 6-1 | 182 | 23 | Texas | 10 | 10 |
| Carl Elliott | 80 | RDE-ROE-LOE | 6-4 | 220 | 26 | Temple; Virginia | 12 | 3 |
| Howie Ferguson | 37 | FB | 6-2 | 214 | 23 | none | 11 | 6 |
| Bill Forester | 69 | MG-C | 6-3 | 237 | 21 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Forte | 8 | LLB-RLB | 6-0 | 199 | 31 | Arkansas | 11 | 5 |
| Dave Hanner | 75 | RDT | 6-2 | 257 | 23 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| George Hays | 88 | RDE | 6-2 | 211 | 29 | St. Bonaventure | 9 | 9 |
| Billy Howton | 86 | ROE | 6-2 | 191 | 23 | Rice | 8 | 8 |
| Marv Johnson | 41 | LCB-RS | 5-11 | 183 | 26 | San Jose State | 7 | 7 |
| Dick Logan | 67 | ROG | 6-2 | 238 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 9 |
| Ace Loomis | 48 | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 10 | 9 |
| Bob Mann | 87 | LOE | 5-11 | 172 | 29 | Michigan | 10 | 9 |
| John Martinkovic | 83 | LDE | 6-3 | 241 | 26 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Papit | 22 | ROH | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | Virginia | 4 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 15 | QB-P | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Kentucky | 12 | 5 |
| Floyd Reid | 24 | LOH | 5-10 | 187 | 26 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Ringo | 51 | C | 6-1 | 232 | 22 | Syracuse | 5 | 5 |
| Tobin Rote | 18 | QB | 6-3 | 211 | 25 | Rice | 12 | 7 |
| Howie Ruetz | 75 | RDT | 6-3 | 257 | 26 | Loras | 5 | 0 |
| Clive Rush | 81 | ROE-LOE-RS | 6-2 | 197 | 22 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 5 |
| Steve Ruzich | 61 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 228 | 26 | Ohio State | 12 | 7 |
| Dan Sandifer | 23 | LDH | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Louisiana State | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Stephenson | 53 | C | 6-2 | 232 | 28 | Tennessee; West Virginia | 12 | 6 |
| Len Szafaryn | 68 | LOT-ROG | 6-2 | 226 | 25 | North Carolina | 7 | 3 |
| Deral Teteak | 66 | LLB | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | Wisconsin | 7 | 7 |
| Clay Tonnemaker | 58 | RLB | 6-2 | 237 | 25 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
| Val Joe Walker | 47 | LS | 6-1 | 179 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Wildung | 70 | LDT | 6-0 | 221 | 32 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
| Roger Zatkoff | 74 | RDE-LLB-RLB | 6-2 | 216 | 22 | Michigan | 12 | 2 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Al Carmichael | B | Southern California |
| 2 | 19 | Gil Reich | B | Kansas |
| 3 | 31 | Bill Forester | T | Southern Methodist |
| 4 | 44 | Gib Dawson | B | Texas |
| 5 | 56 | Roger Zatkoff | T | Michigan |
| 6 | 68 | Bob Kennedy | G | Wisconsin |
| 7 | 80 | Jim Ringo | C | Syracuse |
| 8 | 92 | Lauren Hargrove | B | Georgia |
| 9 | 104 | Floyd Harrawood | T | Tulsa |
| 10 | 116 | Vic Rimkus | G | Holy Cross |
| 11 | 128 | Joe Johnson | B | Boston College |
| 12 | 140 | Dick Curran | B | Arizona State |
| 13 | 152 | Bob Orders | C | West Virginia |
| 14 | 164 | Charley Wrenn | T | Texas Christian |
| 15 | 176 | Gene Helwig | B | Tulsa |
| 16 | 188 | John Hlay | B | Ohio State |
| 17 | 200 | Bill Georges | E | Texas |
| 18 | 212 | Jim Philbee | B | Bradley |
| 19 | 224 | Bill Lucky | T | Baylor |
| 20 | 236 | John Harville | B | Texas Christian |
| 21 | 248 | Bob Conway | B | Alabama |
| 22 | 260 | Bill Turnbeaugh | T | Auburn |
| 23 | 272 | Bill Murray | E | American International |
| 24 | 284 | Jim Haslam | T | Tennessee |
| 25 | 296 | Ike Jones | E | UCLA |
| 26 | 308 | George Bozanic | B | Southern California |
| 27 | 320 | Jim McConaughey | E | Houston |
| 28 | 332 | Zack Jordan | B | Colorado |
| 29 | 344 | Henry O'brien | G | Boston College |
| 30 | 356 | Al Barry | G | Southern California |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 52 | 62 | 31 | 55 | 200 |
| Opponents Totals | 98 | 76 | 92 | 72 | 338 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 189 | 93 | 79 | 17 | / % | / % | 67 | 624 | |
| Opponents Totals | 199 | 95 | 91 | 13 | / % | / % | 84 | 617 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cone | 6 | 23 | 25 | 92.0 | 5 | 16 | 31.3 | 0 | 74 |
| Billy Howton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Babe Parilli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Floyd Reid | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Mann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Barton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| J.R. Boone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Carmichael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gib Dawson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bobby Dillon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Carl Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Papit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Val Joe Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Forte | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 23 | 27 | 85.2 | 5 | 16 | 31.3 | 0 | 200 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 41 | 44 | 93.2 | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 0 | 338 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cone | 5 | 16 | 31.3 | 3 | 44 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 2/4 | 2/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 16 | 31.3 | 3 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 2/4 | 2/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 2/ | 4/ | 1/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Reid | 95 | 492 | 5.2 | 43 | 3 |
| Fred Cone | 92 | 301 | 3.3 | 41t | 5 |
| Al Carmichael | 49 | 199 | 4.1 | 41t | 1 |
| Tobin Rote | 33 | 180 | 5.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 42 | 171 | 4.1 | 19 | 4 |
| Howie Ferguson | 52 | 134 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Johnny Papit | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Don Barton | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Coutre | 22 | 39 | 1.8 | 17 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 13 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Gib Dawson | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Clive Rush | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 424 | 1665 | 3.9 | 43 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 407 | 1746 | 4.3 | 24 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 185 | 72 | 72 | 98 | 1005 | 5.4 | 14.0 | 80t | 5 | 2.7 | 15 | 8.1 | 117 | 888 | 32.4 | |
| Babe Parilli | 166 | 74 | 74 | 73 | 830 | 5.0 | 11.2 | 45 | 4 | 2.4 | 19 | 11.4 | 161 | 669 | 28.5 | |
| J.R. Boone | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 79.2 |
| Team Totals | 352 | 147 | 147 | 171 | 1833 | 5.2 | 12.5 | 80t | 9 | 2.6 | 34 | 9.7 | 278 | 1555 | 27.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 312 | 144 | 144 | 140 | 2341 | 7.5 | 16.3 | 15 | 4.8 | 28 | 9.0 | 236 | 2105 | 50.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Howton | 25 | 463 | 18.5 | 80t | 4 |
| Bob Mann | 23 | 327 | 14.2 | 45 | 2 |
| Fred Cone | 18 | 165 | 9.2 | 30 | 1 |
| Howie Ferguson | 15 | 86 | 5.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Clive Rush | 14 | 190 | 13.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Carl Elliott | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Al Carmichael | 12 | 131 | 10.9 | 52 | 0 |
| Floyd Reid | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | 26 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 8 | 119 | 14.9 | 50 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Don Barton | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 42t | 1 |
| Larry Coutre | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 147 | 1833 | 12.5 | 80t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 144 | 2341 | 16.3 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Dillon | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 49t | 1 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Val Joe Walker | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 54t | 1 |
| Marv Johnson | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Ace Loomis | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Dave Hanner | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Forester | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 351 | 12.5 | 54t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 407 | 12.0 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Rush | 60 | 2263 | 37.7 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Babe Parilli | 19 | 685 | 36.1 | 58 | 0 | |||||
| Tobin Rote | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 80 | 3005 | 37.6 | 60 | 0 | 232 | 34.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2750 | 41.7 | 60 | 1 | 348 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Carmichael | 20 | 199 | 10.0 | 52 | 0 | |
| Gib Dawson | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 60t | 1 | |
| J.R. Boone | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dan Sandifer | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Don Barton | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Larry Coutre | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 348 | 8.9 | 60t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 232 | 5.7 | 71t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Carmichael | 26 | 641 | 24.7 | 43 | 0 | |
| Howie Ferguson | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 30 | 0 | |
| Gib Dawson | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Floyd Reid | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Larry Coutre | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| Deral Teteak | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 47 | 0 | |
| Johnny Papit | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| By Bailey | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| John Martinkovic | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Ace Loomis | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Don Barton | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bill Forester | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Dick Wildung | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1197 | 21.4 | 47 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 851 | 21.3 | 47 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennie Aldridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.R. Boone | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Carmichael | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gus Cifelli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Cone | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Gib Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Dillon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Elliott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Howie Ferguson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Forester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Forte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Howton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marv Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Logan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ace Loomis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Martinkovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Reid | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tobin Rote | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howie Ruetz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Clive Rush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Ruzich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Szafaryn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Val Joe Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Zatkoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 40 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0 |
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