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1953 Baltimore Colts
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)
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1953 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Fred Enke | 29 | 5 | 8 | 71 for 169, 1,054 yards, 8 td, 15 int, & 28 rushes for 91 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 7th / 47th pick / 1948 |
| FB | John Huzvar | 24 | 1 | 0 | 119 rushes for 515 yards, 4 td, & 6 catches for 55 yards and 1 td | |
| LH | George Taliaferro* | 26 | 4 | 11 | 102 rushes for 479 yards, 2 td, & 20 catches for 346 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 13th / 129th pick / 1949 |
| RH | Buddy Young | 27 | 6 | 0 | 40 rushes for 135 yards, 0 td, & 12 catches for 201 yards and 3 td | |
| LE | Mel Embree | 26 | Rook | 0 | 23 catches for 272 yards, 1 td | |
| LT | Gino Marchetti | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 14th pick / 1952 |
| LG | Dick Barwegan* | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 6th / 44th pick / 1945 |
| C | Brad Ecklund | 31 | 4 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 20th / 181st pick / 1947 |
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| RG | Bill Lange | 25 | 2 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 30th / 389th pick / 1950 |
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| RT | Joe Campanella | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 36th pick / 1952 |
| RE | Dan Edwards | 27 | 5 | 0 | 35 catches for 312 yards, 3 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 9th pick / 1948 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Art Spinney | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 184th pick / 1950 |
| LDT | Art Donovan* | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 22nd / 204th pick / 1947 |
| RDT | Tom Finnin | 26 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 24th / 306th pick / 1950 |
| RDE | Barney Poole | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 6 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 6th / 53rd pick / 1945 |
| LLB | Bill Pellington | 26 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Sisto Averno | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Alex Agase | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 71st pick / 1944 |
| LDH | Bert Rechichar | 23 | 1 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| RDH | Don Shula | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 110th pick / 1951 |
| LS | Carl Taseff | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 |
| RS | Tom Keane*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 11 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 18th pick / 1948 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bert Rechichar | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 of 13 field goals & 0 of 0 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| P | George Taliaferro* | 26 | 4 | 11 | 65 punts for a 37.5 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Bears / 13th / 129th pick / 1949 |
| PR | George Taliaferro* | 26 | 4 | 11 | 10 punt returns for a 3.1 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 13th / 129th pick / 1949 |
| KR | George Taliaferro* | 26 | 4 | 11 | 16 kick returns for a 20.7 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 13th / 129th pick / 1949 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Alex Agase | 31 | LB-G | 10 | 0 | 212 | 5-10 | Illinois,Purdue | 3/27/1922 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 71st pick / 1944 |
| Sisto Averno | 28 | LB-MG-G | 12 | 0 | 235 | 5-11 | Muhlenberg | 5/12/1925 | 3 | |
| Dick Barwegan* | 32 | G | 11 | 0 | 227 | 6-1 | Purdue | 12/25/1921 | 6 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 6th / 44th pick / 1945 |
| Ernie Blandin | 34 | T-DT | 9 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | Tulane | 6/21/1919 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 33rd pick / 1942 |
| Monte Brethauer | 22 | DB-E | 12 | 0 | 178 | 6-1 | Oregon | 4/8/1931 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 24th / 278th pick / 1953 |
| Joe Campanella | 23 | LB-DT-T | 12 | 0 | 242 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 9/3/1930 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 36th pick / 1952 |
| Larry Coutre | 25 | HB | 3 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 4/11/1928 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 43rd pick / 1950 |
| Jack Del Bello | 26 | QB | 5 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 12/9/1927 | Rook | |
| Art Donovan* | 28 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 263 | 6-2 | Boston College,Notre Dame | 6/5/1925 | 3 | New York Giants / 22nd / 204th pick / 1947 |
| Brad Ecklund | 31 | C-LB | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Oregon | 5/9/1922 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 20th / 181st pick / 1947 |
| Dan Edwards | 27 | E | 12 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Georgia | 7/18/1926 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 9th pick / 1948 |
| Mel Embree | 26 | E | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Pepperdine | 1/26/1927 | Rook | |
| Fred Enke | 29 | QB | 8 | 8 | 208 | 6-1 | Arizona | 12/15/1924 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 47th pick / 1948 |
| Tom Finnin | 26 | DT | 11 | 0 | 262 | 6-2 | Detroit Mercy | 9/28/1927 | Rook | New York Giants / 24th / 306th pick / 1950 |
| Dick Flowers | 26 | QB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 8/13/1927 | Rook | |
| John Huzvar | 24 | FB | 12 | 0 | 247 | 6-4 | North Carolina State,Pittsburgh | 8/6/1929 | 1 | |
| Ken Jackson | 24 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | Texas | 4/26/1929 | 1 | New York Yanks / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1951 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 27 | HB | 9 | 0 | 171 | 5-8 | Nevada-Reno,Pittsburgh | 3/30/1926 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 25th / 229th pick / 1947 |
| Tom Keane*+ | 27 | DB-E | 12 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Ohio State,West Virginia | 9/7/1926 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 18th pick / 1948 |
| Bill Lange | 25 | G-LB | 12 | 0 | 239 | 6-1 | Dayton | 1/12/1928 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 30th / 389th pick / 1950 |
| Jack Little | 22 | T | 9 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 12/31/1931 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 50th pick / 1953 |
| Gino Marchetti | 26 | DE-T-DT | 11 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | San Francisco | 1/2/1927 | 1 | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 14th pick / 1952 |
| Buck McPhail | 24 | FB-K | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 12/25/1929 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 26th pick / 1953 |
| Ed Mioduszewski | 22 | QB-DB | 12 | 1 | 185 | 5-10 | William & Mary | 10/28/1931 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 18th / 217th pick / 1953 |
| Bill Pellington | 26 | LB | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6-2 | Defiance,Rutgers | 9/25/1927 | Rook | |
| Barney Poole | 30 | DE-E | 12 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Army,Mississippi,North Carolina | 10/29/1923 | 4 | New York Giants / 6th / 53rd pick / 1945 |
| Bert Rechichar | 23 | DB-LB-HB-E | 11 | 0 | 209 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 7/16/1930 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| Ed Sharkey | 26 | LB-G-T-DG | 12 | 0 | 229 | 6-3 | Duke,Nevada-Reno | 7/6/1927 | 6 | |
| Don Shula | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | John Carroll | 1/4/1930 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 110th pick / 1951 |
| Art Spinney | 26 | G-DE | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Boston College | 11/8/1927 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 184th pick / 1950 |
| George Taliaferro* | 26 | HB-TB-QB-DB | 11 | 11 | 196 | 5-11 | Indiana | 1/8/1927 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 129th pick / 1949 |
| Carl Taseff | 25 | DB-HB | 9 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | John Carroll | 9/28/1928 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 |
| Elmer Wingate | 25 | DE | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Maryland | 10/26/1928 | Rook | New York Yanks / 4th / 46th pick / 1951 |
| Jim Winkler | 26 | DT-G | 9 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 7/21/1927 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 27th pick / 1949 |
| Buddy Young | 27 | HB-FB-DB | 10 | 0 | 175 | 5-4 | Illinois | 1/5/1926 | 6 | |
| Team Total | 26.2 | 12 | 215.5 | 6-0.8 | 2.5 |