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1953 Detroit Lions

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Record: 10-2-0, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

1953 NFL Champions

Scored 271 points (22.6/g), 5th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 205 points (17.1/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 66 points (5.5/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 7.9-4.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.9/g), 2nd.

Coached by Buddy Parker (10-2-0)

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 Pittsburgh Steelers 38 21 20 432 375 57 1 18 319 223 96 3
2 Sat October 3 box W 2-0 @ Baltimore Colts 27 17 14 271 74 197 7 14 286 203 83 5
3 Sun October 11 box W 3-0 San Francisco 49ers 24 21 14 291 174 117 4 11 135 59 76 5
4 Sun October 18 box L 3-1 Los Angeles Rams 19 31 23 426 263 163 4 18 391 208 183 1
5 Sun October 25 box W 4-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 10 13 239 118 121 25 351 124 227 2
6 Sun November 1 box L 4-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 37 19 255 116 139 4 14 392 170 222 4
7 Sat November 7 box W 5-2 Baltimore Colts 17 7 19 318 138 180 2 14 233 54 179 6
8 Sun November 15 box W 6-2 @ Green Bay Packers 14 7 11 295 163 132 5 19 361 228 133 5
9 Sun November 22 box W 7-2 @ Chicago Bears 20 16 28 417 240 177 2 17 335 225 110 5
10 Thu November 26 box W 8-2 Green Bay Packers 34 15 17 351 141 210 7 13 227 73 154 6
11 Sun December 6 box W 9-2 Chicago Bears 13 7 12 309 137 172 4 13 247 193 54 6
12 Sun December 13 box W 10-2 @ New York Giants 27 16 16 354 207 147 2 18 268 205 63 5
Playoffs
Championship December 27 box W 11-2 Cleveland Browns 17 16

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 271 3958 763 5.2 206 144 316 2146 18 27 6.4 96 427 1812 12 4.2 105 42 15 5
Team Defense 205 3545 783 4.5 297 159 354 1965 13 38 5.2 96 404 1580 10 3.9 194 53 15 7
Lg Rank Offense 5 5 6 10 6 4 5 4 3 3 7 3 5 4
Lg Rank Defense 2 5 1 5 5 3 1 6 7 7 3 6 2 8

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%
Bobby Layne* 27 QB 12 11 125 273 45.8 2088 16 5.9 21 7.7 97 7.6 4.8 16.7 174.0 59.6
Tom Dublinski 23 7 1 14 30 46.7 174 0 0.0 5 16.7 26 5.8 -1.7 12.4 24.9 25.6
Doak Walker*+ 26 LH 12 0 3 7 42.9 31 1 14.3 0 0.0 23 4.4 5.9 10.3 2.6 95.8
Bob Hoernschemeyer 28 RH 12 0 2 5 40.0 16 1 20.0 1 20.0 8 3.2 -3.8 8.0 1.3 48.7
Jug Girard 26 11 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 12 144 316 45.6 2309 18 5.7 27 8.5 97 7.3 4.0 16.0 192.4 53.9
Opp Total 12 159 354 44.9 1965 13 3.7 38 10.7 5.6 1.1 12.4 163.8 35.3 25 197 5.2 0.5

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
Bob Hoernschemeyer 28 RH 12 0 101 482 7 49 4.8 40.2 8.4 23 282 12.3 2 35 1.9 23.5 764 9 3
Bobby Layne* 27 QB 12 11 87 343 0 23 3.9 28.6 7.3 343 0 8
Gene Gedman 21 rh 12 0 83 255 3 27 3.1 21.3 6.9 14 121 8.6 0 25 1.2 10.1 376 3 0
Doak Walker*+ 26 LH 12 0 66 337 2 50 5.1 28.1 5.5 30 502 16.7 3 83 2.5 41.8 839 5 2
Ollie Cline 28 FB 12 0 42 169 0 31 4.0 14.1 3.5 10 126 12.6 1 28 0.8 10.5 295 1 1
Jug Girard 26 11 0 19 73 0 17 3.8 6.6 1.7 2 24 12.0 0 15 0.2 2.2 97 0 0
Pat Harder 31 5 0 8 21 0 10 2.6 4.2 1.6 1 19 19.0 0 19 0.2 3.8 40 0 1
Lew Carpenter 21 12 0 7 24 0 13 3.4 2.0 0.6 24 0 1
Bob L. Smith 24 3 0 6 51 0 30 8.5 17.0 2.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.3 3.7 62 0 1
Tom Dublinski 23 7 1 6 39 0 17 6.5 5.6 0.9 39 0 2
Leon Hart 25 RE 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 25 472 18.9 7 49 2.1 39.3 474 7 1
Yale Lary* 23 RS 11 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 1.9 0.1 21 0 1
Cloyce Box 30 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 403 25.2 2 97 1.3 33.6 403 2 0
Dorne Dibble 24 le 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 274 17.1 3 47 1.3 22.8 274 3 0
Jim Doran 26 RDE 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 75 12.5 0 30 0.9 10.7 75 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 427 1812 12 50 4.2 151.0 35.6 144 2309 16.0 18 97 12.0 192.4 4121 30 24
Opp Total 12 404 1580 10 3.9 131.7 33.7 159 1965 12.4 13 13.3 163.8 3545 23 31

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
Yale Lary* 23 RS 11 0 13 115 1 74 8.8 6 116 0 33 19.3 252
Jack Christiansen*+ 25 LS 12 0 8 22 0 10 2.8 10 183 0 34 18.3 200
Jug Girard 26 11 0 9 86 0 41 9.6 9 252 0 85 28.0 435
Lew Carpenter 21 12 0 8 172 0 30 21.5 196
Gene Gedman 21 rh 12 0 4 10 0 5 2.5 2 47 0 25 23.5 433
Doak Walker*+ 26 LH 12 0 4 139 0 54 34.8 978
Les Bingaman*+ 27 MG 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Ollie Cline 28 FB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 295
Bob Hoernschemeyer 28 RH 12 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 774
Joe Schmidt 21 LLB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Dick Stanfel*+ 26 RG 12 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Team Total 25.6 12 35 233 1 74 6.7 43 926 0 85 21.5 5280
Opp Total 12 41 1 54 1193 0 22.1

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
Doak Walker*+ 26 LH 12 0 19 12 63.2% 29 27 93.1%
Bob Smith 28 RDH 12 0 40 1647 57 0 41.2
Yale Lary* 23 RS 11 0 28 1112 61 0 39.7
Jim Martin 29 8 0 4 2 50.0% 4 4 100.0%
Team Total 25.6 12 23 14 60.9% 33 31 93.9% 68 2759 61 0 40.6
Opp Total 12 19 6 31.6% 26 23 88.5% 62 2505 40.4

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
Charlie Ane 22 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Les Bingaman*+ 27 MG 12 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Jim Cain 26 LDE 12 0 0 3 0 0
Lew Carpenter 21 12 0 1 73 1 73 1 1 0 0
Jack Christiansen*+ 25 LS 12 0 12 238 1 92 3 3 0 0
Ollie Cline 28 FB 12 0 1 0 0 0
Jim David 26 LDH 12 0 4 50 0 21
Jim Doran 26 RDE 7 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Dublinski 23 7 1 2 0 0 0
Sonny Gandee 24 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Pat Harder 31 5 0 1 0 0 0
Leon Hart 25 RE 12 0 1 1 0 0
Bob Hoernschemeyer 28 RH 12 0 3 1 0 0
Carl Karilivacz 23 12 0 0 1 0 0
Yale Lary* 23 RS 11 0 5 98 0 32 1 0 0 0
Bobby Layne* 27 QB 12 11 8 2 0 0
Jim Martin 29 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Thurman McGraw 26 LDT 11 0 1 2 0 2
Bob Miller 24 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Schmidt 21 LLB 12 0 2 51 0 30
Harley Sewell 22 LG 12 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 0 0
Bob Smith 28 RDH 12 0 3 119 0 73
Bob L. Smith 24 3 0 1 0 0 0
Ollie Spencer 22 RT 12 0 0 1 3 0
LaVern Torgeson 24 RLB 11 0 5 27 0 10 0 3 0 0
Doak Walker*+ 26 LH 12 0 2 0 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 38 663 2 92 24 25 3 0
Opp Total 12 20 31 16 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
Doak Walker*+ 26 LH 12 0 2 3 27 12 93
Bob Hoernschemeyer 28 RH 12 0 7 2 54
Leon Hart 25 RE 12 0 7 42
Dorne Dibble 24 le 12 0 3 18
Gene Gedman 21 rh 12 0 3 18
Cloyce Box 30 LE 12 0 2 12
Jim Martin 29 8 0 4 2 10
Lew Carpenter 21 12 0 1 6
Jack Christiansen*+ 25 LS 12 0 1 6
Ollie Cline 28 FB 12 0 1 6
Yale Lary* 23 RS 11 0 1 6
Team Total 25.6 12 12 18 1 2 31 14 271
Opp Total 12 10 13 1 23 6 1 205