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1953 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 11-1-0, Finished 1st in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 348 points (29.0/g), 4th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 162 points (13.5/g), 1st.
 Differential of 186 points (15.5/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 10.3-1.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +17 (1.4/g), 1st.

Coached by Paul Brown (11-1-0)

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

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 27 box W 1-0 @ Green Bay Packers 27 0 19 366 270 96 3 12 148 55 93 4
2 Sun October 4 box W 2-0 @ Chicago Cardinals 27 7 12 343 272 71 2 17 239 128 111 5
3 Sat October 10 box W 3-0 Philadelphia Eagles 37 13 20 416 291 125 3 20 415 228 187 5
4 Sun October 18 box W 4-0 @ Washington Redskins 30 14 24 403 206 197 1 12 246 87 159 3
5 Sun October 25 box W 5-0 @ New York Giants 7 0 12 178 9 169 2 8 133 66 67 3
6 Sun November 1 box W 6-0 Washington Redskins 27 3 17 379 189 190 1 15 298 205 93 6
7 Sun November 8 box W 7-0 Pittsburgh Steelers 34 16 16 422 218 204 4 22 356 209 147 2
8 Sun November 15 box W 8-0 San Francisco 49ers 23 21 22 457 280 177 2 18 336 202 134 3
9 Sun November 22 box W 9-0 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 20 16 13 235 175 60 1 17 288 72 216 3
10 Sun November 29 box W 10-0 Chicago Cardinals 27 16 18 358 243 115 1 18 374 241 133 2
11 Sun December 6 box W 11-0 New York Giants 62 14 20 495 389 106 1 16 283 209 74 4
12 Sun December 13 box L 11-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 27 42 20 339 272 67 3 31 459 313 146 1
Playoffs
Championship December 27 box L 11-2 @ Detroit Lions 16 17

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 348 4391 713 6.2 213 191 303 2814 16 9 8.4 122 379 1577 20 4.2 79 24 15 12
Team Defense 162 3575 795 4.5 323 164 389 2015 10 25 4.8 101 374 1560 11 4.2 206 41 16 16
Lg Rank Offense 4 4 5 11 2 5 1 1 9 7 4 6 1 4
Lg Rank Defense 1 6 9 12 6 2 6 4 3 5 5 9 6 7

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%
Otto Graham*+ 32 QB 12 11 167 258 64.7 2722 11 4.3 9 3.5 70 10.6 9.4 16.3 226.8 99.7
George Ratterman 27 9 1 23 41 56.1 301 4 9.8 0 0.0 45 7.3 8.3 13.1 33.4 111.9
Ray Renfro* 24 lh 12 0 1 3 33.3 36 1 33.3 0 0.0 36 12.0 15.3 36.0 3.0 119.4
Dub Jones 29 RH 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.1 12 191 303 63.0 3059 16 5.3 9 3.0 70 10.1 9.3 16.0 254.9 101.9
Opp Total 12 164 389 42.2 2015 10 2.6 25 6.4 5.2 2.5 12.3 167.9 40.6 32 256 4.8 1.7

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
Chick Jagade* 27 FB 12 0 86 344 4 23 4.0 28.7 7.2 20 193 9.7 0 37 1.7 16.1 537 4 0
Billy Reynolds 22 rh 12 0 72 313 3 16 4.3 26.1 6.0 9 120 13.3 0 55 0.8 10.0 433 3 4
Ray Renfro* 24 lh 12 0 60 352 4 58 5.9 29.3 5.0 39 722 18.5 4 70 3.3 60.2 1074 8 4
Ken Carpenter 27 LH 12 0 46 195 3 30 4.2 16.3 3.8 9 109 12.1 2 32 0.8 9.1 304 5 2
Otto Graham*+ 32 QB 12 11 43 143 6 21 3.3 11.9 3.6 143 6 8
Marion Motley 33 fb 12 0 32 161 0 34 5.0 13.4 2.7 6 47 7.8 0 23 0.5 3.9 208 0 1
Dub Jones 29 RH 12 0 31 28 0 10 0.9 2.3 2.6 24 373 15.5 0 58 2.0 31.1 401 0 3
Sherman Howard 29 12 0 7 42 0 34 6.0 3.5 0.6 42 0 0
George Ratterman 27 9 1 2 6 0 3 3.0 0.7 0.2 6 0 0
Dante Lavelli* 30 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 45 783 17.4 6 55 3.8 65.3 783 6 1
Pete Brewster 23 LE 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 632 19.8 4 45 2.7 52.7 632 4 1
Horace Gillom 32 P 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 80 11.4 0 23 0.6 6.7 80 0 1
Team Total 27.1 12 379 1577 20 58 4.2 131.4 31.6 191 3059 16.0 16 70 15.9 254.9 4636 36 27
Opp Total 12 374 1560 11 4.2 130.0 31.2 164 2015 12.3 10 13.7 167.9 3575 21 25

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
Ken Carpenter 27 LH 12 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 16 367 0 40 22.9 671
Billy Reynolds 22 rh 12 0 18 111 0 28 6.2 4 74 0 21 18.5 618
Ray Renfro* 24 lh 12 0 17 53 0 16 3.1 1127
Marion Motley 33 fb 12 0 3 60 0 22 20.0 268
Walt Michaels 24 12 0 2 40 0 22 20.0 40
Gene Donaldson 23 11 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Sherman Howard 29 12 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 48
Dub Jones 29 RH 12 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 408
Ken Konz 25 RS 12 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Chuck Noll 21 RG 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Don Steinbrunner 21 8 0 1 23 0 23 23.0 23
George Young 29 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.1 12 43 175 0 28 4.1 30 579 0 40 19.3 5390
Opp Total 12 35 0 46 1114 0 24.2

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
Lou Groza*+ 29 LT 12 0 26 23 88.5% 40 39 97.5%
Horace Gillom 32 P 12 0 63 2760 67 0 43.8
Team Total 27.1 12 26 23 88.5% 40 39 97.5% 63 2760 67 0 43.8
Opp Total 12 13 2 15.4% 22 20 90.9% 72 2938 40.8

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
Pete Brewster 23 LE 12 12 1 0 0 0
Ken Carpenter 27 LH 12 0 2 2 0 0
Tom Catlin 22 LLB 12 0 1 16 0 16 0 1 0 0
Don Colo 28 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Len Ford*+ 27 RDE 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Horace Gillom 32 P 12 0 1 1 0 0
Ken Gorgal 24 LS 12 0 4 25 0 19 0 2 0 0
Otto Graham*+ 32 QB 12 11 8 5 0 0
Lou Groza*+ 29 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jerry Helluin 24 6 0 0 1 42 1
Sherman Howard 29 12 0 1 3 0 3
Tommy James* 30 RDH 12 0 5 21 0 11 0 2 37 1
Dub Jones 29 RH 12 0 3 0 0 0
Ken Konz 25 RS 12 0 5 15 0 9 1 1 0 0
Warren Lahr* 30 LDH 12 0 5 119 0 42
Dante Lavelli* 30 RE 12 0 1 1 0 0
Walt Michaels 24 12 0 1 34 1 34 1 1 0 0
Marion Motley 33 fb 12 0 1 0 0 0
Ray Renfro* 24 lh 12 0 4 1 0 0
Billy Reynolds 22 rh 12 0 4 0 0 0
John Sandusky 28 RT 12 0 0 3 0 0
Tommy W. Thompson+ 26 RLB 9 0 2 13 0 8
Bill Willis+ 32 MG 11 0 0 1 0 0
George Young 29 12 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.1 12 25 246 1 42 27 28 79 2
Opp Total 12 31 25 9 2

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
Lou Groza*+ 29 LT 12 0 39 23 108
Ray Renfro* 24 lh 12 0 4 4 1 54
Otto Graham*+ 32 QB 12 11 6 36
Dante Lavelli* 30 RE 12 0 6 36
Ken Carpenter 27 LH 12 0 3 2 30
Pete Brewster 23 LE 12 12 4 24
Chick Jagade* 27 FB 12 0 4 24
Billy Reynolds 22 rh 12 0 3 18
Jerry Helluin 24 6 0 1 6
Tommy James* 30 RDH 12 0 1 6
Walt Michaels 24 12 0 1 6
Team Total 27.1 12 20 16 2 1 1 39 23 348
Opp Total 12 11 10 20 2 2 162