
1953 Detroit Lions Statistics
Team Record: 10-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Buddy Parker (10-2)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1953 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 10 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0. Buddy Parker coached the team. The 1953 Detroit Lions won the Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Bobby Layne | 273 | 125 | 45.8 | 2088 | 7.6 | 16 | 5.9 | 21 | 7.7 | 97 | 59.6 | Tom Dublinski | 30 | 14 | 46.7 | 174 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 16.7 | 26 | 25.6 | Doak Walker | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 31 | 4.4 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 95.8 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 16 | 3.2 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 8 | 48.8 | Jug Girard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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Totals | 316 | 144 | 45.6 | 2309 | 7.3 | 18 | 5.7 | 27 | 8.5 | 97 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 101 | 482 | 4.8 | 49 | 7 | Bobby Layne | 87 | 343 | 3.9 | 23 | 0 | Doak Walker | 66 | 337 | 5.1 | 50 | 2 | Gene Gedman | 83 | 255 | 3.1 | 27 | 3 | Ollie Cline | 42 | 169 | 4.0 | 31 | 0 | Jug Girard | 19 | 73 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 | Bob Smith | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 30 | 0 | Tom Dublinski | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 17 | 0 | Lew Carpenter | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 | Yale Lary | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Pat Harder | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 | Leon Hart | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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Totals | 427 | 1817 | 4.3 | 50 | 12 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Doak Walker | 30 | 502 | 16.7 | 83 | 3 | Leon Hart | 25 | 472 | 18.9 | 49 | 7 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 23 | 282 | 12.3 | 35 | 2 | Cloyce Box | 16 | 403 | 25.2 | 97 | 2 | Dorne Dibble | 16 | 274 | 17.1 | 47 | 3 | Gene Gedman | 14 | 121 | 8.6 | 25 | 0 | Ollie Cline | 10 | 126 | 12.6 | 28 | 1 | Jim Doran | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 30 | 0 | Jug Girard | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | Pat Harder | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Bob Smith | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
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Totals | 144 | 2309 | 16.0 | 97 | 18 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Doak Walker | 29 | 27 | 93.1 | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 63 | Jim Martin | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 10 |
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Totals | 33 | 31 | 93.9 | 23 | 14 | 60.9 | 73 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Yale Lary | 13 | 115 | 8.8 | 74 | 1 | Jug Girard | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 41 | 0 | Jack Christiansen | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 | Gene Gedman | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Joe Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 35 | 233 | 6.7 | 74 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jug Girard | 9 | 252 | 28.0 | 85 | 0 | Jack Christiansen | 10 | 183 | 18.3 | 34 | 0 | Lew Carpenter | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 | Doak Walker | 4 | 139 | 34.8 | 54 | 0 | Yale Lary | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 33 | 0 | Gene Gedman | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Dick Stanfel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Les Bingaman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Ollie Cline | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 43 | 926 | 21.5 | 85 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jack Christiansen | 12 | 238 | 19.8 | 92 | 1 | Yale Lary | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 32 | 0 | LaVern Torgeson | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 | Jim David | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 21 | 0 | Bob Smith | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 73 | 0 | Joe Schmidt | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 30 | 0 | Lew Carpenter | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 73 | 1 | Harley Sewell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Thurman McGraw | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Les Bingaman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Bob Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Gandee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 38 | 663 | 17.4 | 92 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Jack Christiansen | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | LaVern Torgeson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harley Sewell | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Cain | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Layne | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Doran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Ane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Les Bingaman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leon Hart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Carl Karilivacz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ollie Spencer | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lew Carpenter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Gandee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Harder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ollie Cline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doak Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Dublinski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yale Lary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 25 | 3 | 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 | Doak Walker | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 93 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Leon Hart | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Dorne Dibble | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Gene Gedman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Cloyce Box | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Martin | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | Yale Lary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jack Christiansen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ollie Cline | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lew Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Totals | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 271 |