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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)
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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 | Babe Parilli | 23 | 1 | 5 | 74 for 166, 830 yards, 4 td, 19 int, & 42 rushes for 171 yards and 4 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| QB | Tobin Rote | 25 | 3 | 7 | 72 for 185, 1,005 yards, 5 td, 15 int, & 33 rushes for 180 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1950 |
| FB | Howie Ferguson | 23 | Rook | 0 | 52 rushes for 134 yards, 0 td, & 15 catches for 86 yards and 0 td | |
| LH | Breezy Reid | 26 | 3 | 0 | 95 rushes for 492 yards, 3 td, & 10 catches for 100 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 9th / 107th pick / 1950 |
| RH | Al Carmichael | 25 | Rook | 0 | 49 rushes for 199 yards, 1 td, & 12 catches for 131 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1953 |
| LE | Bob Mann | 29 | 5 | 0 | 23 catches for 327 yards, 2 td | |
| LT | Dick Afflis | 24 | 2 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 16th / 186th pick / 1951 |
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| LG | Buddy Brown | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 19th / 221st pick / 1951 |
| C | Dave Stephenson | 28 | 3 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 15th / 194th pick / 1950 |
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| C | Jim Ringo | 22 | Rook | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 79th pick / 1953 |
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| RG | Dick Logan | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 132nd pick / 1952 |
| RT | Gus Cifelli | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 19th / 239th pick / 1950 |
| RE | Billy Howton | 23 | 1 | 0 | 25 catches for 463 yards, 4 td | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1952 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | John Martinkovic* | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 6th / 65th pick / 1951 |
| LDT | Dick Wildung | 32 | 7 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 8th pick / 1943 |
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| MG | Bill Forester | 21 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 31st pick / 1953 |
| RDT | Dave Hanner* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 52nd pick / 1952 |
| RDE | George Hays | 29 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LLB | Bob Forte | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 98th pick / 1943 |
| RLB | Clayton Tonnemaker* | 25 | 3 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1950 |
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| LDH | Ace Loomis | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 62nd pick / 1951 |
| RDH | Val Joe Walker | 23 | Rook | 0 | 4 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 7th / 83rd pick / 1952 |
| LS | Marvin Johnson | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RS | Bobby Dillon | 23 | 1 | 0 | 9 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 28th pick / 1952 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Fred Cone | 27 | 2 | 0 | 5 of 16 field goals & 23 of 25 extra points | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1951 |
| P | Clive Rush | 22 | Rook | 0 | 60 punts for a 37.7 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Al Carmichael | 25 | Rook | 0 | 20 punt returns for a 9.9 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1953 |
| KR | Al Carmichael | 25 | Rook | 0 | 26 kick returns for a 24.7 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1953 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Dick Afflis | 24 | T-DG-G | 12 | 0 | 251 | 6-0 | Nevada-Reno,Purdue | 6/27/1929 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 16th / 186th pick / 1951 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 27 | DB-HB | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Oklahoma State | 10/24/1926 | 3 | New York Yanks / 6th / 68th pick / 1950 |
| Byron Bailey | 23 | HB | 10 | 0 | 192 | 5-10 | Washington State | 10/12/1930 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 25th / 298th pick / 1952 |
| Don Barton | 23 | HB | 5 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Texas | 5/29/1930 | Rook | |
| J.R. Boone | 28 | E-HB | 8 | 0 | 162 | 5-8 | Tulsa | 7/28/1925 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 22nd / 203rd pick / 1948 |
| Buddy Brown | 27 | G | 11 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 10/19/1926 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 221st pick / 1951 |
| Al Carmichael | 25 | HB | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | USC | 11/10/1928 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1953 |
| Gus Cifelli | 27 | T | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Nevada-Reno,Notre Dame | 2/3/1926 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 19th / 239th pick / 1950 |
| Fred Cone | 27 | FB-K | 12 | 0 | 199 | 5-11 | Clemson | 6/21/1926 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1951 |
| Larry Coutre | 25 | HB | 7 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 4/11/1928 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 43rd pick / 1950 |
| Gib Dawson | 23 | HB | 7 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Texas | 8/27/1930 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 43rd pick / 1953 |
| Bobby Dillon | 23 | DB | 10 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Texas | 2/23/1930 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 28th pick / 1952 |
| Carl Elliott | 26 | DE-E | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Virginia | 11/12/1927 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 13th / 160th pick / 1950 |
| Howie Ferguson | 23 | FB-HB | 11 | 0 | 218 | 6-2 | none | 8/5/1930 | Rook | |
| Bill Forester | 21 | LB-MG-DT | 12 | 0 | 237 | 6-3 | SMU | 8/9/1932 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 31st pick / 1953 |
| Bob Forte | 31 | HB-LB-DB | 11 | 0 | 199 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 7/15/1922 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 98th pick / 1943 |
| Dave Hanner* | 23 | DT | 12 | 0 | 257 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 5/22/1930 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 52nd pick / 1952 |
| George Hays | 29 | DE-E | 9 | 0 | 211 | 6-2 | St. Bonaventure | 8/29/1924 | 3 | |
| Billy Howton | 23 | E | 8 | 0 | 191 | 6-2 | Rice | 7/5/1930 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1952 |
| Marvin Johnson | 26 | DB-HB | 7 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | San Jose State | 4/13/1927 | 2 | |
| Dick Logan | 23 | G-DT | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 5/4/1930 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 132nd pick / 1952 |
| Ace Loomis | 25 | DB-HB | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 6/12/1928 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 62nd pick / 1951 |
| Bob Mann | 29 | E | 10 | 0 | 172 | 5-11 | Michigan | 4/8/1924 | 5 | |
| John Martinkovic* | 26 | DE-DT | 12 | 0 | 241 | 6-3 | Xavier (OH) | 2/4/1927 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 65th pick / 1951 |
| Johnny Papit | 25 | HB | 4 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Virginia | 7/25/1928 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 76th pick / 1951 |
| Babe Parilli | 23 | QB | 12 | 5 | 196 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/7/1930 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| Breezy Reid | 26 | HB | 12 | 0 | 187 | 5-10 | Georgia | 9/14/1927 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 107th pick / 1950 |
| Jim Ringo | 22 | C | 5 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 11/21/1931 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 79th pick / 1953 |
| Tobin Rote | 25 | QB | 12 | 7 | 211 | 6-3 | Rice | 1/18/1928 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1950 |
| Howie Ruetz | 26 | DT | 5 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Loras | 8/18/1927 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 26th / 313th pick / 1951 |
| Clive Rush | 22 | E | 11 | 0 | 197 | 6-2 | Miami (OH) | 2/14/1931 | Rook | |
| Steve Ruzich | 26 | G-LB-T-DT | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 12/24/1927 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 168th pick / 1952 |
| Dan Sandifer | 26 | DB-HB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | LSU | 3/1/1927 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 28th pick / 1948 |
| Dave Stephenson | 28 | G-C-DG | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Tennessee,West Virginia | 10/22/1925 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 15th / 194th pick / 1950 |
| Len Szafaryn | 25 | T-G-LB-DT | 7 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 1/19/1928 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 28th pick / 1949 |
| Deral Teteak | 24 | LB-G | 7 | 0 | 210 | 5-10 | Wisconsin | 12/11/1929 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 100th pick / 1952 |
| Clayton Tonnemaker* | 25 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 237 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 6/8/1928 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1950 |
| Val Joe Walker | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 179 | 6-1 | SMU | 1/7/1930 | Rook | New York Giants / 7th / 83rd pick / 1952 |
| Dick Wildung | 32 | T-DT-G | 12 | 0 | 221 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 8/16/1921 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 8th pick / 1943 |
| Roger Zatkoff | 22 | LB-DE | 12 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Michigan | 3/25/1931 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 55th pick / 1953 |
| Team Total | 25.2 | 12 | 208.7 | 6-0.8 | 2.1 |