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1953 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-1-0, 1st in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Paul Brown (11-1-0)

Points For: 348 (29.0/g) 4th of 12

Points Against: 162 (13.5/g) 1st of 12

Expected W-L: 10.3-1.7

SRS: 14.03 (1st of 12), SOS: -1.47

Playoffs:
Lost Championship 16-17 vs. Detroit Lions

Other Notable Asst.: Howard Brinker (Ends Coach), Blanton Collier (Backfield Coach) and Weeb Ewbank (Tackles)

Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium

President/Partial Owner: Ellis Ryan

Partial Owner: David Jones

Head Coach/General Manager: Paul Brown

Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)

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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	348	4391	682	6.4	24	15	213	191	303	2814	16	9	9.3	122	379	1577	20	4.2	79	86	680	12
Opp. Stats	162	3575	763	4.7	41	16	206	164	389	2015	10	25	5.2	101	374	1560	11	4.2	89	40	335	16
Lg Rank Offense	4	4			1	4	5		11	2	5	1	1		9	7	4	6
Lg Rank Defense	1	6			6	7	7		12	6	2	6	4		3	5	5	9

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	@	Green Bay Packers	27	0	19	366	270	96	3	12	148	55	93	4
2	Sun	October 4		boxscore	W		2-0	@	Chicago Cardinals	27	7	12	337	266	71	2	17	239	128	111	5
3	Sat	October 10		boxscore	W		3-0		Philadelphia Eagles	37	13	20	422	297	125	3	20	415	228	187	5
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	W		4-0	@	Washington Redskins	30	14	24	403	206	197	1	12	246	87	159	3
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	W		5-0	@	New York Giants	7	0	12	178	9	169	2	8	133	66	67	3
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	W		6-0		Washington Redskins	27	3	17	379	189	190	1	15	298	205	93	6
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	W		7-0		Pittsburgh Steelers	34	16	16	422	218	204	4	22	356	209	147	2
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	W		8-0		San Francisco 49ers	23	21	22	457	280	177	2	18	336	202	134	3
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	W		9-0	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	20	16	13	235	175	60	1	17	288	72	216	3
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	W		10-0		Chicago Cardinals	27	16	18	358	243	115	1	18	374	241	133	2
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	W		11-0		New York Giants	62	14	20	495	389	106	1	16	283	209	74	4
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	L		11-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	27	42	20	339	272	67	3	31	459	313	146	1
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 27		boxscore	L		11-2	@	Detroit Lions	16	17	11	191	9	182	4	18	293	164	129	4

Passing

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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	Otto Graham	32	QB	12	11	10-1-0	167	258	64.7	2722	11	4.3	9	3.5	70	10.6	9.83	16.3	226.8	99.7	245	2	2	PB,AP-1
2	George Ratterman	27	QB	9	1	1-0-0	23	41	56.1	301	4	9.8	0	0.0	45	7.3	9.29	13.1	33.4	111.9		0	0
3	Ray Renfro	24	FL	12	0		1	3	33.3	36	1	33.3	0	0.0	36	12.0	18.67	36.0	3.0	119.4		0	0	PB
4	Dub Jones	29	RH	12	6		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	11-1-0	191	303	63.0	2814	16	5.3	9	3.0	70	10.1	9.01	16.0	234.5	101.9	245	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	Otto Graham	32	QB	1	1	0-1-0	2	15	13.3	20	0	0.0	2	13.3	13	1.3	-4.67	10.0	20.0	0.0	16	0	0
2	George Ratterman	27	QB	1	0		1	1	100.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	18.0	18.00	18.0	18.0	118.7	13	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	3	16	18.8	9	0	0.0	2	12.5	50	2.4	-5.06	12.7	9.0	0.0	29

Rushing & Receiving

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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	Ray Renfro	24	FL	12	0	60	352	4	58	5.9	29.3	5.0	39	722	18.5	4	70	3.3	60.2	99	10.8	1074	8	4	PB
2	Dante Lavelli	30	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	45	783	17.4	6	55	3.8	65.3	45	17.4	783	6	1	PB
3	Pete Brewster	23	LE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	32	632	19.8	4	45	2.7	52.7	32	19.8	632	4	1
4	Chick Jagade	27	FB	12	12	86	344	4	23	4.0	28.7	7.2	20	193	9.7	0	37	1.7	16.1	106	5.1	537	4	0	PB
5	Billy Reynolds	22	RH	12	6	72	313	3	16	4.3	26.1	6.0	9	120	13.3	0	55	0.8	10.0	81	5.3	433	3	4
6	Dub Jones	29	RH	12	6	31	28	0	10	0.9	2.3	2.6	24	373	15.5	0	58	2.0	31.1	55	7.3	401	0	3
7	Ken Carpenter	27	LH	12	12	46	195	3	30	4.2	16.3	3.8	9	109	12.1	2	32	0.8	9.1	55	5.5	304	5	2
8	Marion Motley	33	FB	12	0	32	161	0	34	5.0	13.4	2.7	6	47	7.8	0	23	0.5	3.9	38	5.5	208	0	1
9	Otto Graham	32	QB	12	11	43	143	6	21	3.3	11.9	3.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	43	3.3	143	6	8	PB,AP-1
10	Horace Gillom	32	DE	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	80	11.4	0	23	0.6	6.7	7	11.4	80	0	1
11	Sherman Howard	29	HB	12	0	7	42	0	34	6.0	3.5	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	6.0	42	0	0
12	George Ratterman	27	QB	9	1	2	6	0	3	3.0	0.7	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	3.0	6	0	0
13	Abe Gibron	28	LG	10	10	0	-7	0	-7		-0.7	0.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0		-7	0	0	PB
	Team Totals			12	12	379	1577	20	58	4.2	131.4	31.6	191	3059	16.0	16	70	15.9	254.9	570	8.1	4636	36	27

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	Chick Jagade	27	FB	1	1	15	102	1	30	6.8	102.0	15.0	1	18	18.0	0	18	1.0	18.0	16	7.5	120	1	0
2	Dub Jones	29	RH	1	0	3	28	0	19	9.3	28.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	9.3	28	0	1
3	Billy Reynolds	22	RH	1	1	6	17	0	8	2.8	17.0	6.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	1.0	7.0	7	3.4	24	0	0
4	Ken Carpenter	27	LH	1	0	3	15	0	11	5.0	15.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	5.0	15	0	0
5	Dante Lavelli	30	RE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	1.0	13.0	1	13.0	13	0	0
6	Ray Renfro	24	FL	1	1	4	11	0	6	2.8	11.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	2.8	11	0	0
7	Otto Graham	32	QB	1	1	5	9	0	5	1.8	9.0	5.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	1.8	9	0	1
	Team Totals			1	1	36	182	1	15	5.1	182.0	36.0	3	38	12.7	0	18	3.0	38.0	39	5.6	220	1	2

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Pete Brewster	23	LE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Ken Carpenter	27	LH	12	12	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Don Colo	28	LDT/RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Len Ford	27	RDE	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Ken Gorgal	24	SS	12	12	4	25	0	19	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Lou Groza	29	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
7	Tommy James	30	RDH	12	12	5	21	0	11	0	2	37	1	0.0	0	PB
8	Ken Konz	25	FS	12	12	5	15	0	9	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Warren Lahr	30	LDH	12	12	5	119	0	42	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
10	Dante Lavelli	30	RE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Walt Michaels	24	LLB	12	12	1	34	1	34	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Otto Graham	32	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	8	5	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
13	John Sandusky	28	RT	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
14	Tommy Thompson	26	RLB	9	9	2	13	0	8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
15	Bill Willis	32	MG	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
16	Dub Jones	29	RH	12	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Billy Reynolds	22	RH	12	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Tom Catlin	22	LB	12	4	1	16	0	16	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Jerry Helluin	24	MG	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	42	1	0.0	0
20	George Young	29	DE	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Horace Gillom	32	DE	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Sherman Howard	29	HB	12	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Marion Motley	33	FB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Ray Renfro	24	FL	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
	Team Totals			12	12	25	0	1		27	12	79	2	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	Don Colo	28	LDT/RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
2	Len Ford	27	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
3	Ken Gorgal	24	SS	1	1	2	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Otto Graham	32	QB	1	1				0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Dub Jones	29	RH	1	0				0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						2	0	0	0	2		0

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