1953 Cleveland Browns Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Paul Brown (11-1)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1953 Cleveland Browns RosterTeam Record: 11-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Paul Brown (11-1)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1953 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 11 wins and 1 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1. Paul Brown coached the team. The 1953 Cleveland Browns lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Otto Graham | 258 | 167 | 64.7 | 2722 | 10.6 | 11 | 4.3 | 9 | 3.5 | 70 | 99.7 | George Ratterman | 41 | 23 | 56.1 | 301 | 7.3 | 4 | 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 111.9 | Ray Renfro | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 36 | 12.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 119.4 | Dub Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 303 | 191 | 63.0 | 3059 | 10.1 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 3.0 | 70 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ray Renfro | 60 | 352 | 5.9 | 58 | 4 | Chick Jagade | 86 | 344 | 4.0 | 23 | 4 | Billy Reynolds | 72 | 313 | 4.3 | 16 | 3 | Ken Carpenter | 46 | 195 | 4.2 | 30 | 3 | Marion Motley | 32 | 161 | 5.0 | 34 | 0 | Otto Graham | 43 | 143 | 3.3 | 21 | 6 | Sherman Howard | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 34 | 0 | Dub Jones | 31 | 28 | 0.9 | 10 | 0 | George Ratterman | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 379 | 1584 | 4.2 | 58 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dante Lavelli | 45 | 783 | 17.4 | 55 | 6 | Ray Renfro | 39 | 722 | 18.5 | 70 | 4 | Pete Brewster | 32 | 632 | 19.8 | 45 | 4 | Dub Jones | 24 | 373 | 15.5 | 58 | 0 | Chick Jagade | 20 | 193 | 9.6 | 37 | 0 | Billy Reynolds | 9 | 120 | 13.3 | 55 | 0 | Ken Carpenter | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 32 | 2 | Horace Gillom | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 23 | 0 | Marion Motley | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 23 | 0 |
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| Totals | 191 | 3059 | 16.0 | 70 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Horace Gillom | 63 | 2760 | 43.8 | 67 |
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| Totals | 63 | 2760 | 43.8 | 67 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Reynolds | 18 | 111 | 6.2 | 28 | 0 | Ray Renfro | 17 | 53 | 3.1 | 16 | 0 | Dub Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Ken Konz | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Ken Carpenter | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 43 | 175 | 4.1 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ken Carpenter | 16 | 367 | 22.9 | 40 | 0 | Billy Reynolds | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 | Marion Motley | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | Walt Michaels | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | Don Steinbrunner | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | Gene Donaldson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Sherman Howard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Chuck Noll | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | George Young | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 30 | 579 | 19.3 | 40 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Warren Lahr | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 42 | 0 | Tommy James | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 | Ken Konz | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | Ken Gorgal | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 | Tommy Thompson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | Walt Michaels | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 1 | Tom Catlin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Sherman Howard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Len Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 25 | 246 | 9.8 | 42 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Otto Graham | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | John Sandusky | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Len Ford | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Gorgal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tommy James | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 0 | Ken Carpenter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Ken Konz | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Colo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Catlin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Helluin | 0 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | Ray Renfro | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lou Groza | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Walt Michaels | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Dante Lavelli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Horace Gillom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Willis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dub Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Brewster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 28 | 79 | 2 | 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 | Lou Groza | 23 | 39 | 0 | 108 | Ray Renfro | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Otto Graham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Dante Lavelli | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Ken Carpenter | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Chick Jagade | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Pete Brewster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Billy Reynolds | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Walt Michaels | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tommy James | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jerry Helluin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 348 |
