1953 Baltimore Colts Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Keith Molesworth (3-9)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1953 Baltimore Colts RosterTeam Record: 3-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Keith Molesworth (3-9)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1953 Baltimore Colts Results
The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division. Keith Molesworth coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Fred Enke | 169 | 71 | 42.0 | 1054 | 6.2 | 8 | 4.7 | 15 | 8.9 | 55 | 41.9 | Jack Del Bello | 61 | 27 | 44.3 | 229 | 3.8 | 1 | 1.6 | 5 | 8.2 | 66 | 25.9 | George Taliaferro | 55 | 15 | 27.3 | 211 | 3.8 | 2 | 3.6 | 5 | 9.1 | 45 | 17.3 | Ed Mioduszewski | 30 | 11 | 36.7 | 113 | 3.8 | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 6.7 | 17 | 42.8 | Dick Flowers | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 62.5 |
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| Totals | 319 | 126 | 39.5 | 1625 | 5.1 | 13 | 4.1 | 27 | 8.5 | 66 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | John Huzvar | 119 | 515 | 4.3 | 36 | 4 | George Taliaferro | 102 | 479 | 4.7 | 50 | 2 | Buck McPhail | 53 | 138 | 2.6 | 30 | 0 | Buddy Young | 40 | 135 | 3.4 | 24 | 0 | Fred Enke | 28 | 91 | 3.2 | 25 | 0 | Tommy Kalmanir | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 32 | 0 | Ed Mioduszewski | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 25 | 0 | Jack Del Bello | 14 | 14 | 1.0 | 9 | 0 | Carl Taseff | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
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| Totals | 376 | 1459 | 3.9 | 50 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dan Edwards | 35 | 312 | 8.9 | 32 | 3 | Mel Embree | 23 | 272 | 11.8 | 24 | 1 | George Taliaferro | 20 | 346 | 17.3 | 54 | 2 | Buddy Young | 12 | 201 | 16.8 | 49 | 3 | Monte Brethauer | 10 | 133 | 13.3 | 25 | 0 | Buck McPhail | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 45 | 0 | John Huzvar | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 30 | 1 | Bert Rechichar | 3 | 151 | 50.3 | 66 | 2 | Tom Keane | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 37 | 0 | Tommy Kalmanir | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 22 | 1 | Don Shula | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 126 | 1606 | 12.7 | 66 | 13 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Bert Rechichar | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 15 | Buck McPhail | 23 | 21 | 91.3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 27 |
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| Totals | 23 | 21 | 91.3 | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 42 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Carl Taseff | 1 | 71 | 71.0 | 71 | 1 | Larry Coutre | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 25 | 0 | George Taliaferro | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 | Tommy Kalmanir | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 | Ed Mioduszewski | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 | Buddy Young | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 | Tom Keane | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Bert Rechichar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 29 | 184 | 6.3 | 71 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Buddy Young | 11 | 378 | 34.4 | 104 | 1 | George Taliaferro | 16 | 331 | 20.7 | 39 | 0 | Larry Coutre | 9 | 266 | 29.6 | 78 | 0 | Carl Taseff | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 35 | 0 | Tommy Kalmanir | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 | Ken Jackson | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 | Bert Rechichar | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | Ed Mioduszewski | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | Barney Poole | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 | Tom Finnin | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Joe Campanella | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
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| Totals | 53 | 1258 | 23.7 | 104 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tom Keane | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 35 | 0 | Bert Rechichar | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 36 | 1 | Don Shula | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 35 | 0 | Carl Taseff | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 29 | 0 | Bill Pellington | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 | Monte Brethauer | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Alex Agase | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Ed Mioduszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 29 | 308 | 10.6 | 36 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Barney Poole | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Tom Keane | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Bert Rechichar | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Ed Mioduszewski | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Enke | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Taliaferro | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Monte Brethauer | 0 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | Sisto Averno | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Pellington | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Art Donovan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Buddy Young | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mel Embree | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Ed Sharkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Art Spinney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Barwegen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Buck McPhail | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | John Huzvar | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Joe Campanella | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Shula | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Finnin | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Gino Marchetti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Del Bello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Winkler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 40 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Bert Rechichar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | John Huzvar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Buck McPhail | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 27 | Buddy Young | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | George Taliaferro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Dan Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Carl Taseff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Tommy Kalmanir | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mel Embree | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Art Donovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 182 |
