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1953 Chicago Bears

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Record: 3-8-1, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 218 points (18.2/g), 6th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 262 points (21.8/g), 7th.
 Differential of -44 points (-3.7/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 4.7-7.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-1.2/g), 12th.

Coached by George Halas (3-8-1)

1953 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 27 box L 0-1 @ Baltimore Colts 9 13 20 334 225 109 8 9 164 74 90 3
2 Sun October 4 box W 1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 17 13 16 220 139 81 4 13 270 188 82 5
3 Sun October 11 box L 1-2 Baltimore Colts 14 16 15 235 134 101 5 19 327 216 111 2
4 Sun October 18 box L 1-3 San Francisco 49ers 28 35 17 265 191 74 4 20 379 128 251 3
5 Sun October 25 box L 1-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 38 24 376 296 80 6 19 525 312 213 1
6 Sun November 1 box L 1-5 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 24 19 273 244 29 2 29 495 278 217 4
7 Sun November 8 box T 1-5-1 Green Bay Packers 21 21 17 288 234 54 3 15 331 237 94 2
8 Sun November 15 box W 2-5-1 @ Washington Redskins 27 24 25 354 117 237 5 14 291 177 114 4
9 Sun November 22 box L 2-6-1 Detroit Lions 16 20 17 335 225 110 5 28 417 240 177 2
10 Sun November 29 box W 3-6-1 Los Angeles Rams 24 21 10 303 177 126 1 19 356 215 141 4
11 Sun December 6 box L 3-7-1 @ Detroit Lions 7 13 13 247 193 54 6 12 309 137 172 4
12 Sun December 13 box L 3-8-1 Chicago Cardinals 17 24 21 398 324 74 2 16 288 174 114 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 218 3628 830 4.4 214 206 446 2499 15 30 5.4 119 367 1129 9 3.1 79 51 21 16
Team Defense 262 4152 820 5.1 332 174 364 2376 14 14 6.2 109 437 1776 15 4.1 213 37 23 10
Lg Rank Offense 6 6 3 1 4 7 9 6 11 11 9 11 12 9
Lg Rank Defense 7 11 10 7 11 4 12 12 9 10 8 7 9 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
George Blanda 26 QB 12 12 169 362 46.7 2164 14 3.9 23 6.4 72 6.0 3.5 12.8 180.3 52.3
Tommy O'Connell 23 12 0 33 67 49.3 437 1 1.5 4 6.0 40 6.5 4.0 13.2 36.4 50.4
Steve Romanik 29 1 0 1 8 12.5 9 0 0.0 2 25.0 9 1.1 -10.1 9.0 9.0 0.0
Willie Thrower 23 1 0 3 8 37.5 27 0 0.0 1 12.5 12 3.4 -2.3 9.0 27.0 7.8
Eddie Macon 26 RS 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.6 12 206 446 46.2 2637 15 3.4 30 6.7 72 5.9 3.2 12.8 219.8 48.4
Opp Total 12 174 364 47.8 2376 14 3.8 14 3.8 6.5 5.2 13.7 198.0 65.9 19 154 6.2 4.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Fred Morrison 27 FB 12 0 95 307 2 17 3.2 25.6 7.9 16 214 13.4 0 44 1.3 17.8 521 2 2
Billy Stone 28 LH 12 0 72 169 2 28 2.3 14.1 6.0 34 376 11.1 4 51 2.8 31.3 545 6 7
John Dottley 25 fb 10 0 58 150 1 12 2.6 15.0 5.8 5 21 4.2 0 8 0.5 2.1 171 1 4
Eddie Macon 26 RS 12 0 40 130 1 17 3.3 10.8 3.3 6 24 4.0 2 10 0.5 2.0 154 3 2
John Hoffman* 28 RH 12 0 32 95 3 34 3.0 7.9 2.7 28 341 12.2 1 40 2.3 28.4 436 4 2
George Blanda 26 QB 12 12 24 62 0 16 2.6 5.2 2.0 69 0 3
Leon Campbell 26 RET 12 0 22 130 0 39 5.9 10.8 1.8 5 74 14.8 0 47 0.4 6.2 204 0 3
Bobby Jack Floyd 24 8 0 16 70 0 16 4.4 8.8 2.0 9 63 7.0 0 16 1.1 7.9 133 0 1
Tommy O'Connell 23 12 0 7 16 0 17 2.3 1.3 0.6 16 0 3
Steve Romanik 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 0
Jim Dooley 23 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 53 841 15.9 4 72 4.4 70.1 841 4 1
Bill McColl 23 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 453 12.6 4 55 3.0 37.8 453 4 2
Dick Hensley 26 LDE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 117 29.3 0 50 0.4 10.6 117 0 0
Lloyd Lowe 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 34 8.5 0 11 0.6 4.9 34 0 1
Billy Anderson 24 RDH 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 33 11.0 0 16 0.3 2.8 33 0 0
Bill Wightkin 26 le 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 22 11.0 0 13 0.2 1.8 22 0 0
George Connor*+ 28 LT 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.1 1.4 17 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 367 1129 9 39 3.1 94.1 30.6 206 2637 12.8 15 72 17.2 219.8 3766 24 32
Opp Total 12 437 1776 15 4.1 148.0 36.4 174 2376 13.7 14 14.5 198.0 4152 29 34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Eddie Macon 26 RS 12 0 17 68 0 15 4.0 13 373 0 70 28.7 595
Leon Campbell 26 RET 12 0 19 455 0 41 23.9 659
Lloyd Lowe 25 7 0 15 51 0 28 3.4 1 26 0 26 26.0 111
Billy Anderson 24 RDH 12 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 5 127 0 28 25.4 167
Fred Morrison 27 FB 12 0 4 43 0 14 10.8 564
Billy Stone 28 LH 12 0 4 12 0 10 3.0 557
John Hoffman* 28 RH 12 0 2 32 0 17 16.0 468
George Connor*+ 28 LT 12 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 38
Frank Dempsey 28 LLB 11 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
John Helwig 26 12 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Ed Sprinkle 30 RDE 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Bill Wightkin 26 le 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 22
Team Total 25.6 12 38 143 0 28 3.8 48 1089 0 70 22.7 4998
Opp Total 12 34 1 36 844 0 23.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Fred Morrison 27 FB 12 0 65 2766 65 2 42.6
George Blanda 26 QB 12 12 20 7 35.0% 27 27 100.0%
Billy Anderson 24 RDH 12 0 1 46 46 0 46.0
Bill George 24 RG 12 0 1 0.0%
Team Total 25.6 12 21 7 33.3% 27 27 100.0% 66 2812 65 2 42.6
Opp Total 12 30 11 36.7% 33 31 93.9% 73 2664 36.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bill Bishop 22 RDT 12 0 1 30 0 30 0 2 0 0
George Blanda 26 QB 12 12 3 2 0 0
Leon Campbell 26 RET 12 0 3 1 0 0
George Connor*+ 28 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Frank Dempsey 28 LLB 11 0 0 2 10 0
Jim Dooley 23 LE 12 0 1 2 0 0
John Dottley 25 fb 10 0 4 2 0 0
George Figner 22 5 0 1 4 0 4
Bobby Jack Floyd 24 8 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Hansen 25 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
John Helwig 26 12 0 0 1 0 0
Dick Hensley 26 LDE 11 0 0 1 8 0 1
John Hoffman* 28 RH 12 0 1 27 0 27 2 2 0 0
Don Kindt* 28 LS 12 0 6 172 1 67 0 3 0 0
John Kreamcheck 27 MG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Lloyd Lowe 25 7 0 1 6 0 6 1 0 0 0
Eddie Macon 26 RS 12 0 2 1 0 0
Bill McColl 23 RE 12 0 2 1 0 1
Fred Morrison 27 FB 12 0 2 0 0 0
Bob Moser 25 6 0 0 1 0 0
Tommy O'Connell 23 12 0 3 0 0 0
Rex Proctor 24 3 0 1 4 0 4
Ed Sprinkle 30 RDE 12 0 1 2 0 0
Billy Stone 28 LH 12 0 7 1 6 0
Bones Weatherly 25 RLB 12 0 1 13 0 13 0 3 0 0
S.J. Whitman 27 LDH 9 0 2 36 0 30 0 1 0 0
Bill Wightkin 26 le 12 0 0 1 0 1
Fred Williams* 24 LDT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 14 292 1 67 32 34 24 2 1
Opp Total 12 17 34 11

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
George Blanda 26 QB 12 12 27 7 48
Billy Stone 28 LH 12 0 2 4 36
Bill McColl 23 RE 12 0 4 1 30
Jim Dooley 23 LE 12 0 4 24
John Hoffman* 28 RH 12 0 3 1 24
Eddie Macon 26 RS 12 0 1 2 18
Fred Morrison 27 FB 12 0 2 12
John Dottley 25 fb 10 0 1 6
Don Kindt* 28 LS 12 0 1 6
Ed Sprinkle 30 RDE 12 0 1 6
Bill Wightkin 26 le 12 0 1 6
Dick Hensley 26 LDE 11 0 1 2
Team Total 25.6 12 9 15 2 1 1 27 7 1 218
Opp Total 12 15 14 1 31 11 262