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Pittsburgh Steelers 21 at Detroit Lions 38

Sunday, September 27, 1953

Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Detroit Lions 38

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Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1-0)770721
Detroit Lions (1-0-0)7177738

Scoring

PITDET
1stDETLew Carpenter 73 yard interception return (Doak Walker kick)07
PITElbie Nickel 14 yard pass from Jim Finks (Nick Bolkovac kick)77
2ndDETGene Gedman 1 yard rush (Doak Walker kick)714
DETDoak Walker 40 yard field goal717
PITRay Mathews 1 yard fumble return (Nick Bolkovac kick)1417
DETLeon Hart 49 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick)1424
3rdDETDoak Walker 8 yard pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Doak Walker kick)1431
4thDETBob Hoernschemeyer 29 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick)1438
PITElbie Nickel 15 yard pass from Ted Marchibroda (Nick Bolkovac kick)2138

Team Stats

PITDET
First downs1820
Rush-yards-TDs25-96-031-57-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT20-41-234-2-119-37-375-3-0
Sacked-yards1-110-0
Net pass yards223375
Total yards319432
Fumbles-lost3-21-1
Turnovers31
Penalties-yards2-302-22

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bobby Layne DET 16 34 364 2 0 61