1953 Baltimore Colts (NFL) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/15/1953	N	Philadelphia Eagles	7-10	L	Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	14000
Sat	8/22/1953	N	Chicago Cardinals	10-7	W	Lubbock, TX	Jones Field	7000
Wed	8/26/1953	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-6	W	Rochester, NY	Aquinas Stadium	15000
Mon	9/7/1953	A	Cleveland Browns	21-23	L	Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	20000
Sat	9/12/1953	N	New York Giants	6-10	L	St. Louis, MO	Walsh Memorial Stadium	12000
Sun	9/20/1953	H	Washington Redskins	9-3	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	22800
Sun	9/27/1953	H	Chicago Bears	13-9	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	23715
Sat	10/3/1953	H	Detroit Lions	17-27	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	25159
Sun	10/11/1953	A	Chicago Bears	16-14	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	35326
Sun	10/18/1953	A	Green Bay Packers	14-37	L	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	18713
Sun	10/25/1953	H	Washington Redskins	27-17	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	34031
Sat	10/31/1953	H	Green Bay Packers	24-35	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	33797
Sat	11/7/1953	A	Detroit Lions	7-17	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	46508
Sun	11/15/1953	A	Philadelphia Eagles	14-45	L	Philadelphia, PA	Connie Mack Stadium	27813
Sun	11/22/1953	H	Los Angeles Rams	13-21	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	27268
Sun	11/29/1953	H	San Francisco 49ers	21-38	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	26005
Sat	12/5/1953	A	Los Angeles Rams	2-45	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	26696
Sun	12/13/1953	A	San Francisco 49ers	14-45	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	23932

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
62	Alex Agase	LLB	5-10	210	31	Illinois; Purdue; Illinois	10	10
60	Sisto Averno	MG	5-11	237	28	Muhlenberg	12	12
61	Dick Barwegen	LOG	6-1	227	31	Purdue	11	11
68	Ernie Blandin	LOT-ROT-ROG	6-4	248	34	Tulane	9	2
86	Monte Brethauer	LOE-S	6-1	178	22	Oregon	12	4
73	Joe Campanella	ROT	6-1	242	23	Ohio State	12	11
24	Larry Coutre	LDH	5-10	175	25	Notre Dame	3	1
19	Jack Del Bello	QB	6-1	190	26	Miami (Florida)	5	0
70	Art Donovan	LDT	6-2	263	29	Notre Dame; Boston College	12	12
50	Brad Ecklund	C	6-3	215	31	Oregon	12	12
82	Danny Edwards	ROE	6-1	197	27	Georgia	12	12
85	Mel Embree	LOE	6-3	192	26	Los Angeles CC; Pepperdine	12	8
17	Fred Enke	QB	6-1	201	29	Arizona	8	8
77	Tom Finnin	RDT	6-2	262	26	Detroit Mercy	12	12
18	Dick Flowers	QB	6-0	190	26	Northwestern	1	0
38	John Huzvar	FB	6-4	247	24	North Carolina State; Pittsburgh	12	8
74	Ken Jackson	LOG-LOT-ROT	6-2	236	24	Texas	12	1
40	Tommy Kalmanir	ROH-LOH	5-8	171	27	Pittsburgh; Nevada-Reno	9	3
21	Tom Keane	LS-P	6-1	192	27	Ohio State; West Virginia	12	12
66	Bill Lange	ROG	6-1	239	25	Dayton	12	12
72	Jack Little	RDE-RDT	6-4	235	22	Texas A&M	9	0
75	Gino Marchetti	LOT	6-4	244	27	Modesto JC; San Francisco	11	11
31	Buck McPhail	FB-ROH	6-1	205	24	Oklahoma	12	8
26	Ed Mioduszewski	LDH-QB-LOH	5-10	185	22	William & Mary	12	4
65	Bill Pellington	LLB	6-2	234	26	Defiance; Rutgers	12	2
83	Barney Poole	RDE	6-2	231	30	Mississippi; North Carolina; Army; Mississippi	12	11
44	Bert Rechichar	RS-K	6-1	209	23	Tennessee	11	11
64	Ed Sharkey	RLB	6-3	229	26	Duke; Nevada-Reno	12	12
25	Don Shula	RDH-OHB	5-11	190	23	John Carroll	12	12
81	Art Spinney	LDE-OE	6-0	230	26	Boston College	12	9
20	George Taliaferro	LOH-QB	5-11	196	26	Indiana	11	11
23	Carl Taseff	LDH-OHB-RS	5-11	182	25	John Carroll	9	9
84	Elmer Wingate	LDE-RDE	6-3	235	25	Maryland	12	4
76	Jim Winkler	LDT-MG	6-2	250	26	Texas A&M	9	0
22	Buddy Young	ROH-LOH	5-4	173	27	Illinois	10	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Billy Vessels	B	Oklahoma
2	14	Bernie Flowers	E	Purdue
3	26	Buck McPhail	B	Oklahoma
4	39	Tom Catlin	C	Oklahoma
5	51	Jack Little	T	Texas A&M
6	63	Jimmy Sears	B	Southern California
7	75	Billy Joe Athey	G	Baylor
8	87	Jim Prewett	T	Tulsa
9	99	Bob Blair	E	Texas Christian
10	111	Johnny Cole	B	Arkansas
11	123	Gene Rossi	B	Cincinnati
12	135	Kaye Vaughan	G	Tulsa
13	147	Bobby Moorhead	B	Georgia Tech
14	159	Frank Continetti	G	George Washington
15	171	Buddy Sutton	B	Arkansas
16	183	Jim Currin	E	Dayton
17	195	George Rambour	T	Dartmouth
18	207	Leroy Labat	B	Louisiana State
19	219	Bill Powell	B	California
20	231	Pete Russo	T	Indiana
21	243	Frank Kirby	T	Bucknell
22	255	Merlin Gish	C	Kansas
23	267	Mike Housepian	G	Tulane
24	279	Monte Brethauer	E	Oregon
25	291	Joe Szombathy	E	Syracuse
26	303	Scott Prescott	C	Minnesota
27	315	Ray Graves	B	Texas A&M
28	327	Joe Sabol	B	UCLA
29	339	Jack Alessandrini	G	Notre Dame
30	351	Tom Roche	T	Northwestern

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	38	44	39	61
Opponents Totals	77	105	83	85

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		157	75	66	16	/ %	/ %	69	623
Opponents Totals		232	121	95	16	/ %	/ %	87	757

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bert Rechichar	3	0	0		5	13	38.5	0	33
John Huzvar	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Buck McPhail	0	21	23	91.3	2	5	40.0	0	27
George Taliaferro	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Buddy Young	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Danny Edwards	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Carl Taseff	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mel Embree	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tommy Kalmanir	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Art Donovan	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	23	21	23	91.3	7	18	38.9	1	182
Opponents Totals	46	45	46	97.8	9	16	56.3	1	350

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Buck McPhail	2	5	40.0	1/	0/	0/	1/	0/
Bert Rechichar	5	13	38.5	0/	1/	1/	1/	2/
Team Totals	7	18	38.9	1/	1/	1/	2/	2/
Opponents Totals	9	16	56.3	4/	4/	1/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Huzvar	119	515	4.3	36t	4
George Taliaferro	102	479	4.7	50	2
Buck McPhail	53	138	2.6	30	0
Buddy Young	40	135	3.4	24	0
Fred Enke	28	91	3.3	25	0
Tommy Kalmanir	16	53	3.3	32	0
Ed Mioduszewski	3	33	11.0	25	0
Jack Del Bello	14	14	1.0	9	0
Carl Taseff	1	1	1.0	1t	1
Team Totals	376	1459	3.9	50	7
Opponents Totals	445	2315	5.2	66	21

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Fred Enke	169	71	42.0	83	1054	6.2	14.8	55t	8	4.7	15	8.9	113	941	41.9
Jack Del Bello	61	27	44.3	29	229	3.8	8.5	66t	1	1.6	5	8.2	107	122	25.9
George Taliaferro	55	15	27.3	35	211	3.8	14.1	45	2	3.6	5	9.1	81	130	17.3
Ed Mioduszewski	30	11	36.7	17	113	3.8	10.3	17	2	6.7	2	6.7	0	113	42.8
Dick Flowers	4	2	50.0	2	18	4.5	9.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	8	62.5
Team Totals	319	126	39.5	166	1625	5.1	12.9	66t	13	4.1	27	8.5	368	1257	34.5
Opponents Totals	321	165	51.4	128	2411	7.5	14.6	59	21	6.5	28	8.7	240	2171	61.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Danny Edwards	35	312	8.9	32t	3
Mel Embree	23	272	11.8	24	1
George Taliaferro	20	346	17.3	54	2
Buddy Young	12	201	16.8	49t	3
Monte Brethauer	10	133	13.3	25	0
Buck McPhail	10	38	3.8	45	0
John Huzvar	6	55	9.2	30t	1
Bert Rechichar	3	151	50.3	66t	2
Tom Keane	3	61	20.3	37	0
Tommy Kalmanir	3	31	10.3	22t	1
Don Shula	1	6	6.0	6	0
Gino Marchetti	0	19		19L	0
Team Totals	126	1625	12.9	66t	13
Opponents Totals	165	2411	14.6	59	21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Keane	11	118	10.7	35	0
Bert Rechichar	7	64	9.1	36t	1
Don Shula	3	46	15.3	35	0
Carl Taseff	2	36	18.0	29	0
Bill Pellington	2	22	11.0	22	0
Monte Brethauer	1	17	17.0	17	0
Alex Agase	1	5	5.0	5	0
Ed Mioduszewski	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	308	11.0	36t	1
Opponents Totals	27	469	17.4	54t	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
George Taliaferro	65	2437	37.5	61	4
Tom Keane	18	753	41.8	56	0
Team Totals	83	3190	38.4	61	4	307	2803	33.8
Opponents Totals	55	2217	40.3	65		184

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
George Taliaferro	10	31	3.1	7	0
Buddy Young	6	9	1.5	9	0
Larry Coutre	4	38	9.5	25	0
Ed Mioduszewski	4	13	3.3	5	0
Tommy Kalmanir	2	19	9.5	14	0
Carl Taseff	1	71	71.0	71t	1
Tom Keane	1	3	3.0	3	0
Bert Rechichar	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	29	184	6.3	71t	1
Opponents Totals	40	307	7.7	74	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Buddy Young	11	378	34.4	104t	1
Larry Coutre	9	266	29.6	78	0
George Taliaferro	16	331	20.7	39	0
Carl Taseff	4	87	21.8	35	0
Tommy Kalmanir	3	51	17.0	25	0
Ken Jackson	3	37	12.3	19	0
Barney Poole	2	24	12.0	21	0
Joe Campanella	2	13	6.5	13	0
Bert Rechichar	1	28	28.0	28	0
Ed Mioduszewski	1	25	25.0	25	0
Tom Finnin	1	18	18.0	18	0
Team Totals	53	1258	23.7	104t	1
Opponents Totals	40	724	18.1	28	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Sisto Averno	0	0	0	2	2	0
Dick Barwegen	0	0	1	0	1	0
Monte Brethauer	1		0	2	2	34
Joe Campanella	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jack Del Bello	2		0	0	0	0
Art Donovan	0	0	0	2	2	0
Mel Embree	0	0	1	0	1	0
Fred Enke	5		2	0	2	0
Tom Finnin	1		1	0	1	5
John Huzvar	5		1	0	1	0
Ken Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	0
Tommy Kalmanir	1		1	0	1	0
Tom Keane	0	0	0	4	4	12
Gino Marchetti	0	0	1	0	1	0
Buck McPhail	1		1	0	1	0
Ed Mioduszewski	1		0	2	2	0
Bill Pellington	0	0	0	2	2	0
Barney Poole	0	0	0	6	6	17
Bert Rechichar	0	0	0	3	3	0
Ed Sharkey	0	0	0	1	1	0
Don Shula	0	0	0	1	1	0
Art Spinney	0	0	0	1	1	0
George Taliaferro	10		2	0	2	0
Jim Winkler	1		0	0	0	0
Buddy Young	6		1	0	1	0
Team Totals	34	21	13	27	40	68
Opponents Totals	42	27	20	21	41

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