1953 NFL Passing

League Champion: Detroit Lions

Passing Leader: Otto Graham, 2722 Yds

Rushing Leader: Joe Perry, 1018 Yds

Receiving Leader: Pete Pihos, 1049 Yds

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Otto Graham*+	CLE	32	QB	12	11	10-1-0	167	258	64.7	2722	11	4.3	9	3.5	70	10.6	9.8	16.3	226.8	99.7		245				2	2
2	Bobby Thomason*	PHI	25	QB	12	8	6-2-0	162	304	53.3	2462	21	6.9	20	6.6	62	8.1	6.5	15.2	205.2	75.8		129				1	1
3	Norm Van Brocklin*	RAM	27	QB	12	12	8-3-1	156	286	54.5	2393	19	6.6	14	4.9	70	8.4	7.5	15.3	199.4	84.1		61				1	2
4	George Blanda	CHI	26	QB	12	12	3-8-1	169	362	46.7	2164	14	3.9	23	6.4	72	6.0	3.9	12.8	180.3	52.3		110				2	2
5	Y.A. Tittle*	SFO	27	QB	11	10	8-2-0	149	259	57.5	2121	20	7.7	16	6.2	71	8.2	7.0	14.2	192.8	84.1		221				2	2
6	Bobby Layne*	DET	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
7	Charlie Conerly	NYG	32	QB	12	11	3-8-0	143	303	47.2	1711	13	4.3	25	8.3	60	5.6	2.8	12.0	142.6	44.9		266				1	1
8	Jim Finks	PIT	26	QB	11	9	4-5-0	131	292	44.9	1484	8	2.7	14	4.8	77	5.1	3.5	11.3	134.9	49.8		100				3	3
9	Jim Root	CRD	22	QB	11	6	0-5-1	80	192	41.7	1149	8	4.2	11	5.7	77	6.0	4.2	14.4	104.5	51.8		193
10	Fred Enke	BAL	29	QB	8	8	3-5-0	71	169	42.0	1054	8	4.7	15	8.9	55	6.2	3.2	14.8	131.8	41.9		150
11	Tobin Rote	GNB	25	QB	12	7	2-4-1	72	185	38.9	1005	5	2.7	15	8.1	80	5.4	2.3	14.0	83.8	32.4		117
12	Eddie LeBaron	WAS	23	QB	12	8	4-3-1	62	149	41.6	874	3	2.0	17	11.4	66	5.9	1.1	14.1	72.8	28.3		111				3	3
13	Jack Scarbath	WAS	23	QB	12	4	2-2-0	45	129	34.9	862	9	7.0	12	9.3	71	6.7	3.9	19.2	71.8	43.5		120				1	2
14	Babe Parilli	GNB	23	QB	12	5	0-5-0	74	166	44.6	830	4	2.4	19	11.4	45	5.0	0.3	11.2	69.2	28.5		161				1	0
15	Adrian Burk	PHI	26	QB	10	4	1-2-1	56	119	47.1	788	4	3.4	9	7.6	61	6.6	3.9	14.1	78.8	48.6		120				1	0
16	Steve Romanik	2TM	29	QB	7	4	1-3-0	51	125	40.8	650	4	3.2	11	8.8	42	5.2	1.9	12.7	92.9	31.7		64
17	Bill Mackrides	2TM	28	QB	7	3	2-1-0	54	109	49.5	506	2	1.8	8	7.3	36	4.6	1.7	9.4	72.3	38.2		27				1	1
18	Tommy O'Connell	CHI	23	QB	12	0		33	67	49.3	437	1	1.5	4	6.0	40	6.5	4.1	13.2	36.4	50.4		14
19	George Ratterman	CLE	27	QB	9	1	1-0-0	23	41	56.1	301	4	9.8	0	0.0	45	7.3	9.3	13.1	33.4	111.9
20	Jim Powers	SFO	25	QB	12	2	1-1-0	22	49	44.9	259	1	2.0	2	4.1	28	5.3	3.9	11.8	21.6	51.3		18				0	1
21	Jack Del Bello	BAL	26	QB	5	0		27	61	44.3	229	1	1.6	5	8.2	66	3.8	0.4	8.5	45.8	25.9		164
22	George Taliaferro*	BAL	26	LH/QB	11	11	0-3-0	15	55	27.3	211	2	3.6	5	9.1	45	3.8	0.5	14.1	19.2	17.3		87
23	Charley Trippi*	CRD	32	LH	12	11		20	34	58.8	195	2	5.9	1	2.9	21	5.7	5.6	9.8	16.3	82.4		46				1	0
24	Ray Nagel	CRD	26	QB	4	2	0-2-0	30	62	48.4	192	0	0.0	5	8.1	27	3.1	-0.5	6.4	48.0	21.7		30
25	Tom Dublinski	DET	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
26	Rudy Bukich	RAM	23	QB	8	0		14	32	43.8	169	0	0.0	3	9.4	30	5.3	1.1	12.1	21.1	21.5		46
27	Arnie Galiffa	NYG	26	QB	3	1	0-1-0	4	13	30.8	129	1	7.7	5	38.5	75	9.9	-5.8	32.3	43.0	55.1		16				1	1
28	Ed Mioduszewski	BAL	22	QB	12	2	0-1-0	11	30	36.7	113	2	6.7	2	6.7	17	3.8	2.1	10.3	9.4	42.8
29	Bob Gambold	PHI	24	QB	3	0		6	14	42.9	107	0	0.0	2	14.3	41	7.6	1.2	17.8	35.7	30.1		19
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
30	Ted Marchibroda	PIT	22	QB	4	0		9	22	40.9	66	1	4.5	2	9.1	16	3.0	-0.2	7.3	16.5	25.9		12
31	Skeet Quinlan	RAM	25	LH	12	11		2	4	50.0	60	0	0.0	1	25.0	40	15.0	3.8	30.0	5.0	56.2
32	Vitamin Smith	RAM	30	HB	11	3		1	2	50.0	50	0	0.0	0	0.0	50	25.0	25.0	50.0	4.5	95.8
33	Frank Gifford*	NYG	23	FS/LH	12	9		3	6	50.0	47	1	16.7	0	0.0	21	7.8	11.2	15.7	3.9	116.0
34	Kyle Rote*	NYG	25	RH	9	7		2	8	25.0	45	0	0.0	1	12.5	23	5.6	0.0	22.5	5.0	10.9
35	Ray Renfro*	CLE	24	FL	12	0		1	3	33.3	36	1	33.3	0	0.0	36	12.0	18.7	36.0	3.0	119.4
36	Doak Walker*+	DET	26	LH	12	12		3	7	42.9	31	1	14.3	0	0.0	23	4.4	7.3	10.3	2.6	95.8
37	Willie Thrower	CHI	23	QB	1	0		3	8	37.5	27	0	0.0	1	12.5	12	3.4	-2.3	9.0	27.0	7.8		9
38	Dick Flowers	BAL	26	QB	1	0		2	4	50.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	4.5	4.5	9.0	18.0	62.5		10
39	Bob Hoernschemeyer	DET	28	RH	12	12		2	5	40.0	16	1	20.0	1	20.0	8	3.2	-1.8	8.0	1.3	48.7		10
40	Joe Perry*+	SFO	26	FB	12	12		1	1	100.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	14.0	14.0	14.0	1.2	118.7
41	Hugh McElhenny*+	SFO	25	RH	12	12		2	3	66.7	13	1	33.3	0	0.0	11	4.3	11.0	6.5	1.1	115.3
42	Don Paul*	CRD	27	RDH/S	12	12		1	2	50.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	6.5	6.5	13.0	1.1	70.8
43	Lynn Chandnois*	PIT	28	RH	12	11		1	3	33.3	11	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	3.7	3.7	11.0	0.9	45.1		15
44	Joe Arenas	SFO	28	LH	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
45	Pat Brady	PIT	27	P	12	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
46	Jim Brandt	PIT	24	S	12	9		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
47	Jug Girard	DET	26	HB	11	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
48	Dub Jones	CLE	29	RH	12	6		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
49	Hal Ledyard	SFO	22	QB	10	0		0	9	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	11.1	0	0.0	-5.0		0.0	0.0
50	Eddie Macon	CHI	26	LDH	12	11		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
51	Ray Mathews	PIT	24	LH	12	12		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		10
52	Johnny Olszewski*	CRD	23	FB	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
53	Fran Rogel	PIT	26	FB	12	10		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
54	Frank Ziegler	PHI	30	RH	12	11		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
55	J.R. Boone	GNB	28	HB	8	2		1	1	100.0	-2	0	0.0	0	0.0	-4	-2.0	-2.0	-2.0	-0.3	79.2

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