| Detroit Lions at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1953 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 25159 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 59 F Humidty: 83% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Hoernschemeyer 49 run (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Tommy Kalmanir 22 pass from Fred Enke (Buck McPhail kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 23 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | George Taliaferro 21 pass from Fred Enke (Buck McPhail kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Buck McPhail 45 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Yale Lary 74 punt return (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 26 FG | 20 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Hoernschemeyer 1 run (Doak Walker kick) | 27 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Cloyce Box |
| 50 | LOT | Charlie Ane |
| 65 | LOG | Les Bingaman |
| 51 | C | Vince Banonis |
| 63 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 78 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 82 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 82 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 33 | FB | Ollie Cline |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Blaine Earon |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 32 | LDH | Lew Carpenter |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LOE | Mel Embree |
| 68 | LOT | Ernie Blandin |
| 61 | LOG | Dick Barwegen |
| 50 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 66 | ROG | Bill Lange |
| 73 | ROT | Joe Campanella |
| 82 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 17 | QB | Fred Enke |
| 20 | LOH | George Taliaferro |
| 40 | ROH | Tommy Kalmanir |
| 31 | FB | Buck McPhail |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Art Spinney |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 60 | MG | Sisto Averno |
| 77 | RDT | Tom Finnin |
| 83 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 62 | LLB | Alex Agase |
| 64 | RLB | Ed Sharkey |
| 23 | LDH | Carl Taseff |
| 21 | LS | Tom Keane |
| 44 | RS | Bert Rechichar |
| 25 | RDH | Don Shula |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 10 | 63 | 6.3 | 49t | 2 |
| Doak Walker | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Dublinski | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| John Huzvar | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Buck McPhail | 6 | -6 | -1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 65 | 8.1 | 59 | 0 | 7 | 27.6 | |
| Tom Dublinski | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 41 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 | 25 | 46.7 | |
| Doak Walker | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Fred Enke | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 1 | 189 | 6.5 | 43 | 2 | 31 | 75.2 | |
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 45 | 15.0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 59 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 43 | 1 |
| Danny Edwards | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mel Embree | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Buck McPhail | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Don Shula | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Agase | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Tom Keane | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 42 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 74t | 1 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Ed Mioduszewski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Ed Mioduszewski | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
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