1953 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
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 RosterTeam 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.
The Lions scored 271 points, and the solid defense yielded 205. Bob Hoernschemeyer rushed for a team-leading 482 yards for Detroit.
Bobby Layne threw for 2,088 yards. Doak Walker topped all receivers, hauling in 30 balls for 502 yards. Leon Hart and Bob Hoernschemeyer contributed to the receiving game, too.
The opportunistic defense led the way with 53 turnovers. Jack Christiansen snatched 12 opponent throws.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
