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1953 Green Bay Packers

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Record: 2-9-1, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 200 points (16.7/g), 9th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 338 points (28.2/g), 11th.
 Differential of -138 points (-11.5/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 2.7-9.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 7th.

Coached by Hugh Devore (0-2-0) (co-coach with Ray McLean), Ray McLean (0-2-0) and Gene Ronzani (2-7-1)

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 L 0-1 Cleveland Browns 0 27 12 148 55 93 4 19 366 270 96 3
2 Sun October 4 box L 0-2 Chicago Bears 13 17 13 270 188 82 5 16 220 139 81 4
3 Sun October 11 box L 0-3 Los Angeles Rams 20 38 18 278 172 106 4 16 412 320 92 2
4 Sun October 18 box W 1-3 Baltimore Colts 37 14 21 337 34 303 3 10 193 128 65 7
5 Sat October 24 box L 1-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 14 31 11 125 91 34 1 24 351 69 282 2
6 Sat October 31 box W 2-4 @ Baltimore Colts 35 24 25 404 173 231 2 11 268 97 171 2
7 Sun November 8 box T 2-4-1 @ Chicago Bears 21 21 15 331 237 94 2 17 288 234 54 3
8 Sun November 15 box L 2-5-1 Detroit Lions 7 14 19 361 228 133 5 11 295 163 132 5
9 Sun November 22 box L 2-6-1 San Francisco 49ers 7 37 14 216 32 184 6 20 353 63 290 1
10 Thu November 26 box L 2-7-1 @ Detroit Lions 15 34 13 227 73 154 6 17 351 141 210 7
11 Sun December 6 box L 2-8-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 48 17 284 190 94 6 15 291 176 115 2
12 Sat December 12 box L 2-9-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 17 33 11 239 82 157 4 23 463 305 158 9

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 200 3220 811 4.0 189 147 352 1555 9 34 4.0 79 424 1665 14 3.9 93 48 14 17
Team Defense 338 3851 749 5.1 303 144 312 2105 15 28 6.2 91 407 1746 24 4.3 199 47 19 13
Lg Rank Offense 9 9 8 5 10 12 11 11 5 6 5 7 9 2
Lg Rank Defense 11 9 4 1 7 5 4 8 8 9 11 11 3 3

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%
Tobin Rote 25 qb 12 7 72 185 38.9 1005 5 2.7 15 8.1 80 5.4 2.1 14.0 83.8 32.4
Babe Parilli 23 QB 12 5 74 166 44.6 830 4 2.4 19 11.4 45 5.0 0.1 11.2 69.2 28.5
J.R. Boone 28 8 0 1 1 100.0 -2 0 0.0 0 0.0 -4 -2.0 -2.0 -2.0 -0.3 79.2
Team Total 25.2 12 147 352 41.8 1833 9 2.6 34 9.7 80 5.2 1.1 12.5 152.8 27.5
Opp Total 12 144 312 46.2 2105 15 4.8 28 9.0 6.7 3.2 14.6 175.4 47.3 30 236 6.2 2.2

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
Breezy Reid 26 LH 12 0 95 492 3 43 5.2 41.0 7.9 10 100 10.0 0 26 0.8 8.3 592 3 5
Fred Cone 27 K 12 0 92 301 5 41 3.3 25.1 7.7 18 165 9.2 1 30 1.5 13.8 466 6 2
Howie Ferguson 23 FB 11 0 52 134 0 12 2.6 12.2 4.7 15 86 5.7 0 23 1.4 7.8 220 0 4
Al Carmichael 25 RH 12 0 49 199 1 41 4.1 16.6 4.1 12 131 10.9 0 52 1.0 10.9 330 1 3
Babe Parilli 23 QB 12 5 42 171 4 19 4.1 14.3 3.5 171 4 8
Tobin Rote 25 qb 12 7 33 180 0 21 5.5 15.0 2.8 180 0 2
Larry Coutre 25 7 0 22 39 0 8 1.8 5.6 3.1 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 0.1 -0.6 35 0 0
Byron Bailey 23 10 0 13 29 0 13 2.2 2.9 1.3 8 119 14.9 0 50 0.8 11.9 148 0 1
J.R. Boone 28 8 0 7 24 0 24 3.4 3.0 0.9 6 55 9.2 1 18 0.8 6.9 79 1 1
Don Barton 23 5 0 7 40 0 14 5.7 8.0 1.4 2 51 25.5 1 42 0.4 10.2 91 1 0
Johnny Papit 25 4 0 6 44 1 21 7.3 11.0 1.5 44 1 1
Gib Dawson 23 7 0 5 18 0 18 3.6 2.6 0.7 18 0 1
Clive Rush 22 P 11 0 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -0.5 0.1 14 190 13.6 0 24 1.3 17.3 184 0 1
Billy Howton 23 RE 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 463 18.5 4 80 3.1 57.9 463 4 1
Bob Mann 29 LE 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 327 14.2 2 45 2.3 32.7 327 2 0
Carl Elliott 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 150 11.5 0 19 1.1 12.5 150 0 0
Team Total 25.2 12 424 1665 14 43 3.9 138.8 35.3 147 1833 12.5 9 80 12.3 152.8 3498 23 30
Opp Total 12 407 1746 24 4.3 145.5 33.9 144 2105 14.6 15 12.0 175.4 3851 39 28

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
Al Carmichael 25 RH 12 0 20 199 0 52 10.0 26 641 0 43 24.7 1170
Gib Dawson 23 7 0 7 72 1 60 10.3 4 102 0 33 25.5 192
Howie Ferguson 23 FB 11 0 7 123 0 30 17.6 343
J.R. Boone 28 8 0 5 24 0 9 4.8 103
Larry Coutre 25 7 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 3 52 0 27 17.3 92
Breezy Reid 26 LH 12 0 4 82 0 23 20.5 674
Don Barton 23 5 0 2 13 0 9 6.5 1 14 0 14 14.0 118
Dan Sandifer 26 1 0 3 35 0 23 11.7 35
Byron Bailey 23 10 0 2 34 0 21 17.0 182
John Martinkovic* 26 LDE 12 0 2 12 0 8 6.0 12
Johnny Papit 25 4 0 2 38 0 21 19.0 82
Deral Teteak 24 7 0 2 62 0 47 31.0 62
Bennie Aldridge 27 8 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Bill Forester 21 MG 12 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Ace Loomis 25 LDH 10 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
Dick Wildung 32 LDT 12 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Team Total 25.2 12 39 348 1 60 8.9 56 1197 0 47 21.4 5043
Opp Total 12 41 1 40 851 0 21.3

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
Clive Rush 22 P 11 0 60 2263 60 0 37.7
Fred Cone 27 K 12 0 16 5 31.3% 25 23 92.0%
Babe Parilli 23 QB 12 5 19 685 58 0 36.1
Tobin Rote 25 qb 12 7 1 57 57 0 57.0
Team Total 25.2 12 16 5 31.3% 25 23 92.0% 80 3005 60 0 37.6
Opp Total 12 22 11 50.0% 43 41 95.3% 66 2752 41.7

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
Bennie Aldridge 27 8 0 5 85 0 34 0 2 0 0
Byron Bailey 23 10 0 1 0 0 0
J.R. Boone 28 8 0 1 1 0 0
Buddy Brown 27 LG 11 0 0 2 0 0
Al Carmichael 25 RH 12 0 3 0 0 0
Gus Cifelli 27 RT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Fred Cone 27 K 12 0 2 2 5 0
Gib Dawson 23 7 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Dillon 23 RS 10 0 9 112 1 49 0 1 0 0
Carl Elliott 26 12 0 0 1 17 1
Howie Ferguson 23 FB 11 0 4 1 0 0
Bill Forester 21 MG 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Forte 31 LLB 11 0 0 1 0 0
Dave Hanner* 23 RDT 12 0 1 2 0 2
Billy Howton 23 RE 8 0 1 0 0 0
Marvin Johnson 26 LS 7 0 4 39 0 36 0 1 0 0
Dick Logan 23 RG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ace Loomis 25 LDH 10 0 4 39 0 27 0 3 0 0
John Martinkovic* 26 LDE 12 0 0 1 3 0
Johnny Papit 25 4 0 1 0 0 0
Babe Parilli 23 QB 12 5 8 3 0 0
Breezy Reid 26 LH 12 0 5 4 2 0
Tobin Rote 25 qb 12 7 2 0 0 0
Howie Ruetz 26 5 0 0 1 13 0
Clive Rush 22 P 11 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Ruzich 26 12 0 0 1 0 0
Len Szafaryn 25 7 0 0 1 0 0
Val Joe Walker 23 RDH 12 0 4 74 1 54 0 3 0 0
Roger Zatkoff 22 12 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.2 12 28 351 2 54 30 34 40 1
Opp Total 12 35 28 9

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
Fred Cone 27 K 12 0 5 1 23 5 74
Billy Howton 23 RE 8 0 4 24
Babe Parilli 23 QB 12 5 4 24
Breezy Reid 26 LH 12 0 3 18
Bob Mann 29 LE 10 0 2 12
Don Barton 23 5 0 1 6
J.R. Boone 28 8 0 1 6
Al Carmichael 25 RH 12 0 1 6
Gib Dawson 23 7 0 1 6
Bobby Dillon 23 RS 10 0 1 6
Carl Elliott 26 12 0 1 6
Johnny Papit 25 4 0 1 6
Val Joe Walker 23 RDH 12 0 1 6
Team Total 25.2 12 14 9 1 1 2 23 5 200
Opp Total 12 24 15 1 41 11 338