| Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 18, 1953 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 55772 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 80 F Humidty: 23% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles Rams | Tank Younger 1 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Leon Hart 16 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick blocked) | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams | Elroy Hirsch 40 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Ben Agajanian kick) | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams | Ben Agajanian 12 FG | 17 | 6 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Doak Walker 40 FG | 17 | 9 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams | Woodley Lewis 78 punt return (Ben Agajanian kick) | 24 | 9 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Doak Walker 35 FG | 24 | 12 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Dorne Dibble 36 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 24 | 19 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams | Bob Boyd 45 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Ben Agajanian kick) | 31 | 19 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Skeet Quinlan | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 25 | 1 |
| Brad Myers | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bobby Layne | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 1 | 208 | 7.7 | 45t | 2 | 0 | 80.5 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 30 | 14 | 46.7 | 2 | 255 | 8.5 | 38 | 2 | 35 | 70.8 | |
| Tom Dublinski | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 43 | 14.3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 109.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 40t | 1 |
| Bob Boyd | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 45t | 1 |
| Tom Fears | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leon Hart | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 38 | 1 |
| Dorne Dibble | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 136 | 34.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Smith | 6 | 272 | 45.3 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 78t | 1 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 5 | 174 | 34.8 | 69 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 31 | 0 | |
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