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1953 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-2-0, 1st in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Buddy Parker (10-2-0)

Points For: 271 (22.6/g) 5th of 12

Points Against: 205 (17.1/g) 2nd of 12

Expected W-L: 7.9-4.1

SRS: 3.39 (5th of 12), SOS: -2.11

Playoffs:
Won Championship 17-16 vs. Cleveland Browns

Defensive Coordinator: Buster Ramsey

Other Notable Asst.: George Wilson (Offensive Coach)

Stadium: Briggs Stadium

Partial Owner/President: Edwin Anderson

Partial Owner: Lyle Fife

General Manager: Nick Kerbawy

Training Camp: Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	271	3958	743	5.3	42	15	206	144	316	2146	18	27	6.8	96	427	1812	12	4.2	105	52	427	5
Opp. Stats	205	3545	758	4.7	53	15	194	159	354	1965	13	38	5.6	96	404	1580	10	3.9	91	53	463	7
Lg Rank Offense	5	5			5	4	6		10	6	4	5	4		3	3	7	3
Lg Rank Defense	2	5			2	8	4		5	5	3	1	6		7	7	3	6

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 27		boxscore	W		1-0		Pittsburgh Steelers	38	21	20	432	375	57	1	18	319	223	96	3
2	Sat	October 3		boxscore	W		2-0	@	Baltimore Colts	27	17	14	271	74	197	7	14	286	203	83	5
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	W		3-0		San Francisco 49ers	24	21	14	291	174	117	4	11	135	59	76	5
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	L		3-1		Los Angeles Rams	19	31	23	426	263	163	4	18	391	208	183	1
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	W		4-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	10	13	239	118	121		25	351	124	227	2
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	L		4-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	24	37	19	255	116	139	4	14	392	170	222	4
7	Sat	November 7		boxscore	W		5-2		Baltimore Colts	17	7	19	318	138	180	2	14	233	54	179	6
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	W		6-2	@	Green Bay Packers	14	7	11	295	163	132	5	19	361	228	133	5
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	W		7-2	@	Chicago Bears	20	16	28	417	240	177	2	17	335	225	110	5
10	Thu	November 26		boxscore	W		8-2		Green Bay Packers	34	15	17	351	141	210	7	13	227	73	154	6
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	W		9-2		Chicago Bears	13	7	12	309	137	172	4	13	247	193	54	6
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	W		10-2	@	New York Giants	27	16	16	354	207	147	2	18	268	205	63	5
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 27		boxscore	W		11-2		Cleveland Browns	17	16	18	293	164	129	4	11	191	9	182	4

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bobby Layne	27	QB	12	11	9-2-0	125	273	45.8	2088	16	5.9	21	7.7	97	7.6	5.4	16.7	174.0	59.6	127	2	2	PB
2	Tom Dublinski	23	QB	7	1	1-0-0	14	30	46.7	174	0	0.0	5	16.7	26	5.8	-1.7	12.4	24.9	25.6	26	0	0
3	Doak Walker	26	LH	12	11		3	7	42.9	31	1	14.3	0	0.0	23	4.4	7.3	10.3	2.6	95.8		0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Bob Hoernschemeyer	28	RH	12	11		2	5	40.0	16	1	20.0	1	20.0	8	3.2	-1.8	8.0	1.3	48.7	10	0	0
5	Jug Girard	26	HB	11	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	10-2-0	144	316	45.6	2146	18	5.7	27	8.5	97	7.3	4.6	16.0	178.8	53.9	163	2	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bobby Layne	27	QB	1	1	1-0-0	12	25	48.0	179	1	4.0	2	8.0	33	7.2	4.4	14.9	179.0	51.9	15	1	1
	Team Totals			1	1	1-0-0	12	25	48.0	164	1	4.0	2	8.0	33	7.2	4.4	14.9	164.0	51.9	15	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Doak Walker	26	LH	12	11	66	337	2	50	5.1	28.1	5.5	30	502	16.7	3	83	2.5	41.8	96	8.7	839	5	2	PB,AP-1
2	Bob Hoernschemeyer	28	RH	12	11	101	482	7	49	4.8	40.2	8.4	23	282	12.3	2	35	1.9	23.5	124	6.2	764	9	3
3	Leon Hart	25	RE	12	12	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	25	472	18.9	7	49	2.1	39.3	26	18.2	474	7	1
4	Cloyce Box	30	LE	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	403	25.2	2	97	1.3	33.6	16	25.2	403	2	0
5	Gene Gedman	21	RH	12	4	83	255	3	27	3.1	21.3	6.9	14	121	8.6	0	25	1.2	10.1	97	3.9	376	3	0
6	Bobby Layne	27	QB	12	11	87	343	0	23	3.9	28.6	7.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	87	3.9	343	0	8	PB
7	Ollie Cline	28	FB	12	7	42	169	0	31	4.0	14.1	3.5	10	126	12.6	1	28	0.8	10.5	52	5.7	295	1	1
8	Dorne Dibble	24	E	12	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	274	17.1	3	47	1.3	22.8	16	17.1	274	3	0
9	Jug Girard	26	HB	11	1	19	73	0	17	3.8	6.6	1.7	2	24	12.0	0	15	0.2	2.2	21	4.6	97	0	0
10	Jim Doran	26	DE	7	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	75	12.5	0	30	0.9	10.7	6	12.5	75	0	0
11	Bob Smith	24	FB	3	1	6	51	0	30	8.5	17.0	2.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.3	3.7	7	8.9	62	0	1
12	Pat Harder	31	FB	5	1	8	21	0	10	2.6	4.2	1.6	1	19	19.0	0	19	0.2	3.8	9	4.4	40	0	1
13	Tom Dublinski	23	QB	7	1	6	39	0	17	6.5	5.6	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	6.5	39	0	2
14	Lew Carpenter	21	FB	12	3	7	24	0	13	3.4	2.0	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	3.4	24	0	1
15	Yale Lary	23	FS	11	11	1	21	0	21	21.0	1.9	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	21.0	21	0	1	PB
16	Jack Christiansen	25	SS	12	12	0	-5	0	-5		-0.4	0.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0		-5	0	3	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			12	12	427	1812	12	50	4.2	151.0	35.6	144	2309	16.0	18	97	12.0	192.4	571	7.2	4121	30	24

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jim Doran	26	DE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	95	23.8	1	33	4.0	95.0	4	23.8	95	1	0
2	Cloyce Box	30	LE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	54	13.5	0	16	4.0	54.0	4	13.5	54	0	0
3	Bob Hoernschemeyer	28	RH	1	1	17	51	0	16	3.0	51.0	17.0	2	-2	-1.0	0	1	2.0	-2.0	19	2.6	49	0	2
4	Bobby Layne	27	QB	1	1	9	44	0	8	4.9	44.0	9.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	4.9	44	0	1
5	Gene Gedman	21	RH	1	1	8	29	0	6	3.6	29.0	8.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	3.6	29	0	0
6	Dorne Dibble	24	E	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	22	22.0	0	22	1.0	22.0	1	22.0	22	0	0
7	Doak Walker	26	LH	1	1	3	5	1	3	1.7	5.0	3.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	1.0	10.0	4	3.8	15	1	0
	Team Totals			1	1	37	129	1	16	3.5	129.0	39.0	12	179	14.9	1	33	12.0	179.0	49	6.3	308	2	3

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Les Bingaman	27	MG	12	12	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Jim Cain	26	RDE/LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jack Christiansen	25	SS	12	12	12	238	1	92	3	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Leon Hart	25	RE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Joe Schmidt	21	LLB	12	12	2	51	0	30	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Bob Smith	28	RDH	12	12	3	119	0	73	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Ollie Spencer	22	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
8	Bob Hoernschemeyer	28	RH	12	11	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Yale Lary	23	FS	11	11	5	98	0	32	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
10	Bobby Layne	27	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Thurman McGraw	26	LDT	11	11	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	LaVern Torgeson	24	RLB	11	11	5	27	0	10	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
13	Doak Walker	26	LH	12	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
14	Charlie Ane	22	LT	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Jim David	26	LDH	12	9	4	50	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Ollie Cline	28	FB	12	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Harley Sewell	22	LG	12	7	1	4	0	4	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
18	Sonny Gandee	24	LDE	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Lew Carpenter	21	FB	12	3	1	73	1	73	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Carl Karilivacz	23	DB	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Tom Dublinski	23	QB	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Pat Harder	31	FB	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Jim Martin	29	LB	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bob Miller	24	RDT	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bob Smith	24	FB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Jim Doran	26	DE	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	38	663	2	92	24	25	3	0	0.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Les Bingaman	27	MG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Jim Cain	26	RDE/LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
3	Jim David	26	LDH	1	1	1	36	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Sonny Gandee	24	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Bob Hoernschemeyer	28	RH	1	1				0	0	2	0	-6	0	0.0	0	0
6	Bobby Layne	27	QB	1	1				0	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0
7	LaVern Torgeson	24	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
8	Charlie Ane	22	LT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Jim Doran	26	DE	1	0				0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
10	Carl Karilivacz	23	DB	1	0	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	2	48	0	36	0	3	3	-3	0	3.0	0	0

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