1953 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-8-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (3-8-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1953 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 3-8-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (3-8-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1953 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 3 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.
The Bears netted 218 points, but the defensive squad allowed 262. George Blanda passed for 2,164 yards. Jim Dooley hauled in 53 balls for 841 yards.
Fred Morrison rushed for a team-leading 307 yards for Chicago.
Don Kindt seized 6 opponent throws.
George Halas coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | George Blanda | 362 | 169 | 46.7 | 2164 | 6.0 | 14 | 3.9 | 23 | 6.4 | 72 | 52.3 | Tommy O'Connell | 67 | 33 | 49.3 | 437 | 6.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 4 | 6.0 | 40 | 50.4 | Willie Thrower | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 12 | 7.8 | Steve Romanik | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 9 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 9 | 0.0 | Eddie Macon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 446 | 206 | 46.2 | 2637 | 5.9 | 15 | 3.4 | 30 | 6.7 | 72 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Fred Morrison | 95 | 307 | 3.2 | 17 | 2 | Billy Stone | 72 | 169 | 2.3 | 28 | 2 | John Dottley | 58 | 150 | 2.6 | 12 | 1 | Leon Campbell | 22 | 130 | 5.9 | 39 | 0 | Eddie Macon | 40 | 130 | 3.2 | 17 | 1 | John Hoffman | 32 | 95 | 3.0 | 34 | 3 | Bobby Floyd | 16 | 70 | 4.4 | 16 | 0 | George Blanda | 24 | 62 | 2.6 | 16 | 0 | Tommy O'Connell | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 17 | 0 | Steve Romanik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 367 | 1129 | 3.1 | 39 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jim Dooley | 53 | 841 | 15.9 | 72 | 4 | Bill McColl | 36 | 453 | 12.6 | 55 | 4 | Billy Stone | 34 | 376 | 11.1 | 51 | 4 | John Hoffman | 28 | 341 | 12.2 | 40 | 1 | Fred Morrison | 16 | 214 | 13.4 | 44 | 0 | Bobby Floyd | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 | Eddie Macon | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 10 | 2 | Leon Campbell | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 47 | 0 | John Dottley | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 | Dick Hensley | 4 | 117 | 29.2 | 50 | 0 | Lloyd Lowe | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 | Billy Anderson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 | Bill Wightkin | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 | George Connor | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | George Blanda | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 206 | 2637 | 12.8 | 72 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | George Blanda | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 48 | Bill George | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 48 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Fred Morrison | 65 | 2766 | 42.6 | 65 | Billy Anderson | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 66 | 2812 | 42.6 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eddie Macon | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 | Lloyd Lowe | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 28 | 0 | Billy Stone | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 | Billy Anderson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Frank Dempsey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 143 | 3.8 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Leon Campbell | 19 | 455 | 23.9 | 41 | 0 | Eddie Macon | 13 | 373 | 28.7 | 70 | 0 | Billy Anderson | 5 | 127 | 25.4 | 28 | 0 | Fred Morrison | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 14 | 0 | John Hoffman | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 | Lloyd Lowe | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | George Connor | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | John Helwig | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Wightkin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 48 | 1089 | 22.7 | 70 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Kindt | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 67 | 1 | S.J. Whitman | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 | Bill Bishop | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | John Hoffman | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | Bones Weatherly | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Lloyd Lowe | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | George Figner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Rex Proctor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 14 | 292 | 20.9 | 67 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Bones Weatherly | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Kindt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Hoffman | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Williams | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Dottley | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Bishop | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Dooley | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Dempsey | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | George Blanda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill McColl | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Leon Campbell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Moser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Macon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hansen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Connor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Hensley | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | S.J. Whitman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Helwig | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Stone | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | John Kreamcheck | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Wightkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Lloyd Lowe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Floyd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tommy O'Connell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 34 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | George Blanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 48 | Billy Stone | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Bill McColl | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Jim Dooley | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | John Hoffman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Eddie Macon | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Fred Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ed Sprinkle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bill Wightkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Don Kindt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Dottley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dick Hensley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 218 |
