1954  1953 1952

1953 NFL Standings, Stats and Awards

Postseason
Sunday, December 27
CLE	16	at DET	17		League Championship

1953 Regular Season Schedule

DEFENSE				1st DOWNS					PASSING										RUSHING					MISC
	PTS	YDS	TD	RS	PS	PEN	TOT		ATT	CMP	YDS	YPA	TD	SKD	SKY	INT	RAT		ATT	YDS	YPR	TD		PEN	PYD	FUM	REC
CLE	162	3575	22	89	101	16	206		389	164	2271	5.84	10	0	256	25	43.3		374	1560	4.17	11		40	335	25	16
DET	205	3545	27	91	96	7	194		354	159	2162	6.11	13	0	197	38	37.6		404	1580	3.91	10		53	463	31	15
PHI	215	2998	27	69	98	19	186		374	167	2289	6.12	17	0	408	24	53.2		331	1117	3.37	6		63	606	27	17
WAS	215	3638	25	102	93	15	210		350	171	1950	5.57	8	0	198	27	41.5		455	1886	4.15	15		68	596	34	17
LAM	236	3452	29	91	92	11	194		366	161	2181	5.96	15	0	299	30	43.1		375	1570	4.19	10		51	465	22	13
SFO	237	3425	30	99	95	12	206		356	173	2100	5.90	17	0	223	23	56.2		398	1548	3.89	12		71	615	33	17
CHI	262	4152	33	94	109	10	213		364	174	2530	6.95	14	0	154	14	67.7		437	1776	4.06	15		79	711	34	23
PIT	263	3381	33	63	110	11	184		372	193	2413	6.49	22	0	157	21	68.5		366	1125	3.07	9		66	603	29	14
NYG	277	3741	36	81	99	9	189		368	173	2558	6.95	20	0	177	23	62.3		385	1360	3.53	12		68	625	32	14
CHC	337	4026	45	95	111	10	216		341	176	2619	7.68	17	0	255	24	64.4		440	1662	3.78	24		72	615	23	12
GNB	338	3851	44	95	91	13	199		312	144	2341	7.50	15	0	236	28	50.4		407	1746	4.29	24		84	617	28	19
BLC	350	4486	46	121	95	16	232		321	165	2411	7.51	21	0	240	29	60.4		445	2315	5.20	21		87	757	42	27

SPECIAL TEAMS		PUNT RETURN				PUNTS						KICK RETURN				KICKS						PUNT RETURN				PUNTS			KICK RETURN				KICKS
		RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS	TB	BLK	IN20		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA			RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA
BLC	OWN:	29	184	1		83	3190	0	0	0		53	1258	1		21	23	7	18		OPP:	40	307	1		55	2217		40	724	0		45	46	9	16
CHC	OWN:	50	349	0		76	3159	0	0	0		50	1120	0		23	23	9	24		OPP:	44	68	0		74	3110		35	852	0		43	45	8	13
CHI	OWN:	38	143	0		66	2812	0	0	0		48	1089	0		27	27	7	21		OPP:	34	234	1		73	2665		36	844	0		31	33	11	30
CLE	OWN:	43	175	0		63	2760	0	0	0		30	579	0		39	40	23	26		OPP:	35	156	0		72	2934		46	1114	0		20	22	2	13
DET	OWN:	35	233	1		68	2759	0	0	0		43	926	0		31	33	14	23		OPP:	41	275	1		62	2507		54	1193	0		23	26	6	19
GNB	OWN:	39	348	1		80	3005	0	0	0		56	1197	0		23	25	5	16		OPP:	41	232	1		66	2750		40	851	0		41	43	11	22
LAM	OWN:	55	326	1		60	2529	0	0	0		48	1136	0		45	48	11	25		OPP:	45	356	0		75	3036		59	1600	0		27	29	11	23
NYG	OWN:	55	334	0		86	3369	0	1	0		41	1077	0		22	24	3	12		OPP:	69	521	0		72	3095		36	705	1		34	35	9	20
PHI	OWN:	46	166	0		53	2248	0	0	0		37	787	0		46	49	4	15		OPP:	45	257	0		79	3354		49	1208	1		26	27	9	18
PIT	OWN:	50	269	0		80	3752	0	0	0		44	1101	1		27	28	4	12		OPP:	50	403	0		83	3531		37	604	0		32	33	11	19
SFO	OWN:	33	250	0		42	1706	0	1	0		43	1105	0		48	49	10	18		OPP:	27	109	0		60	2457		59	1264	0		30	30	9	16
WAS	OWN:	36	306	0		68	2618	0	1	0		41	797	0		25	25	11	22		OPP:	38	165	0		54	2251		43	1213	0		25	25	12	23

League Leaders

Pass Att 1. George Blanda - CHI 362 2. Bobby Thomason - PHI 304 3. Charley Conerly - NYG 303 4. Jim Finks - PIT 292 5. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 286 6. Bobby Layne - DET 273 7. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 259 8. Otto Graham - CLE 258 9. Jim Root - CHC 192 10. Tobin Rote - GNB 185	Pass Comp 1. George Blanda - CHI 169 2. Otto Graham - CLE 167 3. Bobby Thomason - PHI 162 4. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 156 5. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 149 6. Charley Conerly - NYG 143 7. Jim Finks - PIT 131 8. Bobby Layne - DET 125 9. Jim Root - CHC 80 10. Babe Parilli - GNB 74	Comp Pct 1. Otto Graham - CLE .647 2. Y.A. Tittle - SFO .575 3. Norm Van brocklin - LAM .545 4. Bobby Thomason - PHI .533 5. Charley Conerly - NYG .472 6. George Blanda - CHI .467 7. Bobby Layne - DET .458 8. Jim Finks - PIT .449 9. Fred Enke - BLC .420 10. Jim Root - CHC .417 min 168 att	Pass Yards 1. Otto Graham - CLE 2722 2. Bobby Thomason - PHI 2462 3. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 2393 4. George Blanda - CHI 2164 5. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 2121 6. Bobby Layne - DET 2088 7. Charley Conerly - NYG 1711 8. Jim Finks - PIT 1484 9. Jim Root - CHC 1149 10. Fred Enke - BLC 1054	Pass YPA 1. Otto Graham - CLE 10.55 2. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 8.37 3. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 8.19 4. Bobby Thomason - PHI 8.10 5. Bobby Layne - DET 7.65 6. Fred Enke - BLC 6.24 7. Jim Root - CHC 5.98 8. George Blanda - CHI 5.98 9. Charley Conerly - NYG 5.65 10. Tobin Rote - GNB 5.43 min 168 att
Pass TD 1. Bobby Thomason - PHI 21 2. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 20 3. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 19 4. Bobby Layne - DET 16 5. George Blanda - CHI 14 6. Charley Conerly - NYG 13 7. Otto Graham - CLE 11 8. Jack Scarbath - WAS 9 9. Fred Enke - BLC 8 Jim Finks - PIT 8 Jim Root - CHC 8	Pass INT 1. Charley Conerly - NYG 25 2. George Blanda - CHI 23 3. Bobby Layne - DET 21 4. Bobby Thomason - PHI 20 5. Babe Parilli - GNB 19 6. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 17 7. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 16 8. Fred Enke - BLC 15 Tobin Rote - GNB 15 10. Jim Finks - PIT 14 Norm Van brocklin - LAM 14	Times Sacked	Pass Rating 1. Otto Graham - CLE 99.7 2. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 84.1 3. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 84.1 4. Bobby Thomason - PHI 75.8 5. Bobby Layne - DET 59.6 6. George Blanda - CHI 52.3 7. Jim Root - CHC 51.8 8. Jim Finks - PIT 49.8 9. Charley Conerly - NYG 44.9 10. Fred Enke - BLC 41.9 min 168 att	Rush Att 1. Joe Perry - SFO 192 2. Dan Towler - LAM 152 3. Fran Rogel - PIT 137 4. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 123 5. John Huzvar - BLC 119 6. Charlie Justice - WAS 115 7. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 112 8. Sonny Grandelius - NYG 108 9. Johnny Olszewski - CHC 106 10. George Taliaferro - BLC 102
Rush Yards 1. Joe Perry - SFO 1018 2. Dan Towler - LAM 879 3. Skeet Quinlan - LAM 705 4. Charlie Justice - WAS 616 5. Fran Rogel - PIT 527 6. John Huzvar - BLC 515 7. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 503 8. Floyd Reid - GNB 492 9. Bob Hoernschemeyer - DET 482 10. George Taliaferro - BLC 479	Rush AVG 1. Skeet Quinlan - LAM 7.3 2. Ray Renfro - CLE 5.9 3. Dan Towler - LAM 5.8 4. Jerry Williams - PHI 5.7 5. Charlie Justice - WAS 5.4 6. Joe Perry - SFO 5.3 7. Don Johnson - PHI 5.3 8. Joe Arenas - SFO 5.3 9. Floyd Reid - GNB 5.2 10. Doak Walker - DET 5.1 min 60 att	Rush TD 1. Joe Perry - SFO 10 2. Tank Younger - LAM 8 3. Bob Hoernschemeyer - DET 7 Dan Towler - LAM 7 5. Joe Arenas - SFO 6 Otto Graham - CLE 6 Y.A. Tittle - SFO 6 8. Fred Cone - GNB 5 Don Johnson - PHI 5 Frank Ziegler - PHI 5	Receptions 1. Pete Pihos - PHI 63 2. Elbie Nickel - PIT 62 3. Elroy Hirsch - LAM 61 4. Don Stonesifer - CHC 56 5. Jim Dooley - CHI 53 6. Billy Wilson - SFO 51 7. Dante Lavelli - CLE 45 8. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 43 Gern Nagler - CHC 43 Gordy Soltau - SFO 43	Rec Yards 1. Pete Pihos - PHI 1049 2. Elroy Hirsch - LAM 941 3. Jim Dooley - CHI 841 4. Billy Wilson - SFO 840 5. Dante Lavelli - CLE 783 6. Bobby Walston - PHI 750 7. Elbie Nickel - PIT 743 8. Ray Renfro - CLE 722 9. Hugh Taylor - WAS 703 10. Don Stonesifer - CHC 684
Rec AVG 1. Bob Boyd - LAM 22.8 2. Hugh Taylor - WAS 20.1 3. Pete Brewster - CLE 19.8 4. Charlie Justice - WAS 19.7 5. Leon Hart - DET 18.9 6. Billy Howton - GNB 18.5 7. Ray Renfro - CLE 18.5 8. Bobby Walston - PHI 18.3 9. Dante Lavelli - CLE 17.4 10. Hal Giancanelli - PHI 17.3 George Taliaferro - BLC 17.3 min 18 rec	Rec TD 1. Pete Pihos - PHI 10 Billy Wilson - SFO 10 3. Hugh Taylor - WAS 8 4. Leon Hart - DET 7 5. Dante Lavelli - CLE 6 Gern Nagler - CHC 6 Gordy Soltau - SFO 6 8. Hal Giancanelli - PHI 5 Kyle Rote - NYG 5 Bobby Walston - PHI 5	Fumbles 1. George Taliaferro - BLC 10 2. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 9 Charlie Justice - WAS 9 4. Otto Graham - CLE 8 Bobby Layne - DET 8 Babe Parilli - GNB 8 Joe Perry - SFO 8 8. Adrian Burk - PHI 7 Billy Cross - CHC 7 Jim Root - CHC 7 Jack Scarbath - WAS 7 Billy Stone - CHI 7	Punt Returns 1. Emlen Tunnell - NYG 38 2. Woodley Lewis - LAM 35 3. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 26 4. Charley Trippi - CHC 21 5. Al Carmichael - GNB 20 Al Pollard - PHI 20 7. Don Paul - CHC 18 Billy Reynolds - CLE 18 Johnny Williams - WAS 18 10. Eddie Macon - CHI 17 Ray Renfro - CLE 17	Punt Ret Avg 1. Charley Trippi - CHC 11.4 2. Al Carmichael - GNB 10.0 3. Johnny Williams - WAS 9.6 4. Yale Lary - DET 8.8 5. Ray Mathews - PIT 8.0 6. Woodley Lewis - LAM 7.6 7. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 6.9 8. Frank Gifford - NYG 6.6 9. Billy Reynolds - CLE 6.2 10. Emlen Tunnell - NYG 5.9 min 12 returns
Punt Ret FC	Punt Ret TD 1. Gib Dawson - GNB 1 Yale Lary - DET 1 Woodley Lewis - LAM 1 Carl Taseff - BLC 1	Kickoff Ret 1. Woodley Lewis - LAM 32 2. Al Carmichael - GNB 26 3. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 21 4. Leon Campbell - CHI 19 5. Emlen Tunnell - NYG 17 6. Joe Arenas - SFO 16 Ken Carpenter - CLE 16 George Taliaferro - BLC 16 9. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 15 10. Frank Gifford - NYG 13 Eddie Macon - CHI 13 Al Pollard - PHI 13	Kick Ret Avg 1. Joe Arenas - SFO 34.4 2. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 29.0 3. Eddie Macon - CHI 28.7 4. Emlen Tunnell - NYG 28.2 5. Woodley Lewis - LAM 25.9 6. Frank Gifford - NYG 25.2 7. Al Carmichael - GNB 24.7 8. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 24.5 9. Leon Campbell - CHI 23.9 10. Al Pollard - PHI 23.2 min 12 returns	Kickoff Ret TD 1. Lynn Chandnois - PIT 1 Adam Walker - BLC 1
Punts 1. Pat Brady - PIT 80 2. Fred Morrison - CHI 65 George Taliaferro - BLC 65 4. Horace Gillom - CLE 63 5. Clive Rush - GNB 60 Norm Van brocklin - LAM 60 7. Charley Trippi - CHC 54 8. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 51 9. Tom Landry - NYG 44 10. Clarence Avinger - NYG 42 Jim Powers - SFO 42	Punt Avg 1. George Taliaferro - BLC 0.0 2. Clive Rush - GNB 0.0 3. Clarence Avinger - NYG 0.0 4. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 0.0 5. Tom Landry - NYG 0.0 6. Jim Powers - SFO 0.0 7. Bob Smith - DET 0.0 8. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 0.0 9. Fred Morrison - CHI 0.0 10. Charley Trippi - CHC 0.0 min 30 returns	Field Goals Made 1. Lou Groza - CLE 23 2. Doak Walker - DET 12 3. Bill Dudley - WAS 11 4. Ben Agajanian - LAM 10 Gordy Soltau - SFO 10 6. Pat Summerall - CHC 9 7. George Blanda - CHI 7 8. Fred Cone - GNB 5 Bert Rechichar - BLC 5 10. Nick Bolkovac - PIT 4 Bobby Walston - PHI 4	Field Goals Att 1. Lou Groza - CLE 26 2. Ben Agajanian - LAM 24 Pat Summerall - CHC 24 4. Bill Dudley - WAS 22 5. George Blanda - CHI 20 6. Doak Walker - DET 19 7. Fred Cone - GNB 16 8. Gordy Soltau - SFO 15 9. Bert Rechichar - BLC 13 Bobby Walston - PHI 13	Defensive Sacks
Defensive INT 1. Jack Christiansen - DET 12 2. Tom Keane - BLC 11 3. Don Doll - WAS 10 Ray Ramsey - CHC 10 5. Jack Butler - PIT 9 Bobby Dillon - GNB 9 7. Tom Brookshier - PHI 8 8. Rex Berry - SFO 7 Norb Hecker - LAM 7 Woodley Lewis - LAM 7 Bert Rechichar - BLC 7	INT TD Ret 1. Chuck Bednarik - PHI 1 Rex Berry - SFO 1 Jack Butler - PIT 1 Lew Carpenter - DET 1 Jack Christiansen - DET 1 Jack Cloud - WAS 1 Bobby Dillon - GNB 1 Harry Dowda - WAS 1 Jack Dwyer - LAM 1 Frank Gifford - NYG 1 Don Kindt - CHI 1 Woodley Lewis - LAM 1 Walt Michaels - CLE 1 Ray Ramsey - CHC 1 Bert Rechichar - BLC 1 Herb Rich - LAM 1 Leo Sanford - CHC 1 Val Walker - GNB 1

Awards

Heisman Trophy Winner - Johnny Lattner
Pro Bowl MVP - Chuck Bednarik
UPI MVP - Otto Graham

Pro Bowl
EAST	QB	Otto Graham
EAST	QB	Bobby Thomason
EAST	FB	Johnny Olszewski
EAST	FB	Harry Jagade
EAST	T	Paul Lipscomb
EAST	T	Lou Groza
EAST	T	Lum Snyder
EAST	T	Arnie Weinmeister
EAST	G	Abe Gibron
EAST	G	Dale Dodrill
EAST	G	George Hughes
EAST	G	Frank Kilroy
EAST	C	Ken Farragut
EAST	HB	Lynn Chandnois
EAST	HB	Charlie Trippi
EAST	HB	Ray Renfro
EAST	HB	Kyle Rote
EAST	E	Pete Pihos
EAST	E	Elbie Nickel
EAST	E	Dante Lavelli
EAST	DE	Gene Brito
EAST	DE	Len Ford
EAST	DE	Bill McPeak
EAST	DT	Ernie Stautner
EAST	DHB	Don Paul
EAST	DHB	Frank Gifford
EAST	DHB	Warren Lahr
EAST	DHB	Tommy James
EAST	LB	Marv Matuszak
EAST	LB	Chuck Bednarik
EAST	DB	Don Doll
EAST	DB	Bill Svoboda
EAST	S	Emlen Tunnell
WEST	QB	Norm Van Brocklin
WEST	QB	Y.A. Tittle
WEST	QB	Bobby Layne
WEST	FB	Dan Towler
WEST	FB	Joe Perry
WEST	T	George Connor
WEST	G	Lou Creekmur
WEST	G	Les Bingaman
WEST	G	Dick Barwegan
WEST	G	Art Michalik
WEST	G	Dick Stanfel
WEST	C	Bill Johnson
WEST	HB	Don Kindt
WEST	HB	Hugh McElhenny
WEST	HB	Doak Walker
WEST	HB	George Taliaferro
WEST	E	Gordie Soltau
WEST	E	Elroy Hirsch
WEST	DE	John Martinkovic
WEST	DE	Andy Robustelli
WEST	DT	Leo Nomellini
WEST	DT	Fred Williams
WEST	DT	Art Donovan
WEST	DT	Dave Hanner
WEST	DHB	Tom Keane
WEST	LB	Tank Younger
WEST	LB	Clay Tonnemaker
WEST	LB	Don Paul
WEST	DB	Jack Christiansen
WEST	S	Yale Lary

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