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1953 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 3-9-0, Finished 5th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 182 points (15.2/g), 11th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 350 points (29.2/g), 12th.
 Differential of -168 points (-14.0/g), 12th.
 Expected W-L: 2.1-9.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.7/g), 3rd.

Coached by Keith Molesworth (3-9-0)

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 Chicago Bears 13 9 9 164 74 90 3 20 334 225 109 8
2 Sat October 3 box L 1-1 Detroit Lions 17 27 14 286 203 83 5 14 271 74 197 7
3 Sun October 11 box W 2-1 @ Chicago Bears 16 14 19 327 216 111 2 15 235 134 101 5
4 Sun October 18 box L 2-2 @ Green Bay Packers 14 37 10 193 128 65 7 21 337 34 303 3
5 Sun October 25 box W 3-2 Washington Redskins 27 17 17 329 115 214 3 17 296 129 167 6
6 Sat October 31 box L 3-3 Green Bay Packers 24 35 11 268 97 171 2 25 404 173 231 2
7 Sat November 7 box L 3-4 @ Detroit Lions 7 17 14 233 54 179 6 19 318 138 180 2
8 Sun November 15 box L 3-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 14 45 15 222 169 53 6 21 497 331 166 8
9 Sun November 22 box L 3-6 Los Angeles Rams 13 21 12 254 9 245 4 14 495 192 303 4
10 Sun November 29 box L 3-7 San Francisco 49ers 21 38 18 234 74 160 4 16 368 180 188 3
11 Sat December 5 box L 3-8 @ Los Angeles Rams 2 45 6 70 39 31 3 19 334 216 118 4
12 Sun December 13 box L 3-9 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 45 12 136 79 57 3 31 597 345 252 4

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 182 2716 741 3.7 157 126 319 1257 13 27 3.4 66 376 1459 7 3.9 75 48 21 16
Team Defense 350 4486 796 5.6 343 165 321 2171 21 29 6.2 95 445 2315 21 5.2 232 56 27 16
Lg Rank Offense 11 12 12 9 12 9 5 12 10 9 10 8 9 9
Lg Rank Defense 12 12 12 2 8 11 3 9 11 12 10 12 1 1

Passing

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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%
Fred Enke 29 QB 8 8 71 169 42.0 1054 8 4.7 15 8.9 55 6.2 2.7 14.8 131.8 41.9
Jack Del Bello 26 5 0 27 61 44.3 229 1 1.6 5 8.2 66 3.8 0.2 8.5 45.8 25.9
George Taliaferro* 26 LH 11 11 15 55 27.3 211 2 3.6 5 9.1 45 3.8 0.1 14.1 19.2 17.3
Ed Mioduszewski 22 12 1 11 30 36.7 113 2 6.7 2 6.7 17 3.8 1.4 10.3 9.4 42.8
Dick Flowers 26 1 0 2 4 50.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 4.5 4.5 9.0 18.0 62.5
Team Total 26.2 12 126 319 39.5 1625 13 4.1 27 8.5 66 5.1 1.7 12.9 135.4 34.5
Opp Total 12 165 321 51.4 2171 21 6.5 29 9.0 6.8 3.4 13.2 180.9 57.3 30 240 6.2 2.4

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
John Huzvar 24 FB 12 0 119 515 4 36 4.3 42.9 9.9 6 55 9.2 1 30 0.5 4.6 570 5 5
George Taliaferro* 26 LH 11 11 102 479 2 50 4.7 43.5 9.3 20 346 17.3 2 54 1.8 31.5 825 4 10
Buck McPhail 24 12 0 53 138 0 30 2.6 11.5 4.4 10 38 3.8 0 45 0.8 3.2 176 0 1
Buddy Young 27 RH 10 0 40 135 0 24 3.4 13.5 4.0 12 201 16.8 3 49 1.2 20.1 336 3 6
Fred Enke 29 QB 8 8 28 91 0 25 3.3 11.4 3.5 91 0 5
Tommy Kalmanir 27 9 0 16 53 0 32 3.3 5.9 1.8 3 31 10.3 1 22 0.3 3.4 84 1 1
Jack Del Bello 26 5 0 14 14 0 9 1.0 2.8 2.8 14 0 2
Ed Mioduszewski 22 12 1 3 33 0 25 11.0 2.8 0.3 33 0 1
Carl Taseff 25 LS 9 0 1 1 1 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 1 0
Dan Edwards 27 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 312 8.9 3 32 2.9 26.0 312 3 0
Mel Embree 26 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 272 11.8 1 24 1.9 22.7 272 1 0
Monte Brethauer 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 133 13.3 0 25 0.8 11.1 133 0 1
Tom Keane*+ 27 RS 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 61 20.3 0 37 0.3 5.1 61 0 0
Bert Rechichar 23 LDH 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 151 50.3 2 66 0.3 13.7 151 2 0
Don Shula 23 RDH 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.5 6 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 376 1459 7 50 3.9 121.6 31.3 126 1625 12.9 13 66 10.5 135.4 3084 20 34
Opp Total 12 445 2315 21 5.2 192.9 37.1 165 2171 13.2 21 13.8 180.9 4486 42 42

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
George Taliaferro* 26 LH 11 11 10 31 0 7 3.1 16 331 0 39 20.7 1187
Buddy Young 27 RH 10 0 6 9 0 9 1.5 11 378 1 104 34.4 723
Larry Coutre 25 3 0 4 38 0 25 9.5 9 266 0 78 29.6 304
Tommy Kalmanir 27 9 0 2 19 0 14 9.5 3 51 0 25 17.0 154
Ed Mioduszewski 22 12 1 4 13 0 5 3.3 1 25 0 25 25.0 71
Carl Taseff 25 LS 9 0 1 71 1 71 71.0 4 87 0 35 21.8 159
Ken Jackson 24 12 0 3 37 0 19 12.3 37
Joe Campanella 23 RT 12 0 2 13 0 13 6.5 13
Barney Poole 30 RDE 12 0 2 24 0 21 12.0 24
Bert Rechichar 23 LDH 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 28 0 28 28.0 179
Tom Finnin 26 RDT 11 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Tom Keane*+ 27 RS 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 64
Team Total 26.2 12 29 184 1 71 6.3 53 1258 1 104 23.7 4526
Opp Total 12 40 1 40 724 0 18.1

Kicking & Punting

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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
George Taliaferro* 26 LH 11 11 65 2437 61 0 37.5
Buck McPhail 24 12 0 5 2 40.0% 23 21 91.3%
Tom Keane*+ 27 RS 12 0 18 753 56 0 41.8
Bert Rechichar 23 LDH 11 0 13 5 38.5%
Team Total 26.2 12 18 7 38.9% 23 21 91.3% 83 3190 61 0 38.4
Opp Total 12 16 9 56.3% 46 45 97.8% 55 2216 40.3

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
Alex Agase 31 RLB 10 0 1 5 0 5
Sisto Averno 28 MLB 12 0 0 2 0 0
Dick Barwegan* 32 LG 11 0 0 1 0 0
Monte Brethauer 22 12 0 1 17 0 17 1 2 34 0
Joe Campanella 23 RT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Del Bello 26 5 0 2 0 0 0
Art Donovan* 28 LDT 12 0 0 2 0 0 1
Mel Embree 26 LE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Fred Enke 29 QB 8 8 5 2 0 0
Tom Finnin 26 RDT 11 0 1 1 5 0
John Huzvar 24 FB 12 0 5 1 0 0
Ken Jackson 24 12 0 0 1 0 0
Tommy Kalmanir 27 9 0 1 1 0 0
Tom Keane*+ 27 RS 12 0 11 118 0 35 0 4 12 0
Gino Marchetti 26 LT 11 0 0 1 0 0
Buck McPhail 24 12 0 1 1 0 0
Ed Mioduszewski 22 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Bill Pellington 26 LLB 12 0 2 22 0 22 0 2 0 0
Barney Poole 30 RDE 12 0 0 6 17 0
Bert Rechichar 23 LDH 11 0 7 64 1 36 0 3 0 0
Ed Sharkey 26 12 0 0 1 0 0
Don Shula 23 RDH 12 0 3 46 0 35 0 1 0 0
Art Spinney 26 LDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
George Taliaferro* 26 LH 11 11 10 2 0 0
Carl Taseff 25 LS 9 0 3 36 0 29
Jim Winkler 26 9 0 1 0 0 0
Buddy Young 27 RH 10 0 6 1 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 29 308 1 36 34 40 68 0 1
Opp Total 12 46 42 15 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bert Rechichar 23 LDH 11 0 2 1 5 33
John Huzvar 24 FB 12 0 4 1 30
Buck McPhail 24 12 0 21 2 27
George Taliaferro* 26 LH 11 11 2 2 24
Buddy Young 27 RH 10 0 3 1 24
Dan Edwards 27 RE 12 0 3 18
Carl Taseff 25 LS 9 0 1 1 12
Mel Embree 26 LE 12 0 1 6
Tommy Kalmanir 27 9 0 1 6
Art Donovan* 28 LDT 12 0 1 2
Team Total 26.2 12 7 13 1 1 1 21 7 1 182
Opp Total 12 21 21 1 45 9 1 350