1953 Cleveland Browns Statistics
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 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.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Browns surrendered 162 points, lowest in the league. Cleveland netted 348 points. Otto Graham passed for 2,722 yards. Dante Lavelli snagged 45 passes for 783 yards, while Pete Brewster and Ray Renfro were targeted regularly as well.
Ray Renfro ran for a team-leading 352 yards, while Chick Jagade and Billy Reynolds also buoyed the ground attack.
Warren Lahr, Tommy James and Ken Konz each snatched 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Totals | 191 | 3059 | 16.0 | 70 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Gillom | 63 | 2760 | 43.8 | 67 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 28 | 79 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
