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 Roster
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.

Chicago netted 218 points, while 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 the Bears.

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
Eddie Macon	17	68	4.0	15
Lloyd Lowe	15	51	3.4	28
Billy Stone	4	12	3.0	10
Billy Anderson	1	7	7.0	7
Frank Dempsey	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	38	143	3.8	28

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Leon Campbell	19	455	23.9	41
Eddie Macon	13	373	28.7	70
Billy Anderson	5	127	25.4	28
Fred Morrison	4	43	10.8	14
John Hoffman	2	32	16.0	17
Lloyd Lowe	1	26	26.0	26
George Connor	1	21	21.0	21
John Helwig	1	12	12.0	12
Ed Sprinkle	1	0	0.0	0
Bill Wightkin	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	48	1089	22.7	70

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
Bones Weatherly		0	0	3	0	0
Don Kindt		0	0	3	0	0
John Hoffman		0	2	2	0	0
Fred Williams			0	2	0	0
Ed Sprinkle			1	2	0	0
John Dottley			4	2	0	0
Bill Bishop		0	0	2	0	0
Jim Dooley			1	2	0	0
Frank Dempsey			0	2	10	0
George Blanda			3	2	0	0
Bill McColl			2	1	0	1
Leon Campbell			3	1	0	0
Bob Moser			0	1	0	0
Eddie Macon			2	1	0	0
Wayne Hansen			0	1	0	0
George Connor			0	1	0	0
Dick Hensley			0	1	8	0
S.J. Whitman		0	0	1	0	0
John Helwig			0	1	0	0
Billy Stone			7	1	6	0
John Kreamcheck			0	1	0	0
Bill Wightkin			0	1	0	1
Lloyd Lowe		0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Floyd			1	0	0	0
Fred Morrison			2	0	0	0
Tommy O'Connell			3	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	32	34	24	2

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