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1953 Cleveland Browns (NFL)

1st place Eastern Conference 11-1-0 .917

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Head Coach: Paul Brown

Howard Brinker	Ends
Blanton Collier	Backfield
Weeb Ewbank	Tackles
Fritz Heisler	Guards

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/23/1953	A	San Francisco 49ers	20-7	W		San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	36273
Fri	8/28/1953	A	Los Angeles Rams	9-27	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	21440
Fri	9/4/1953	A	Detroit Lions	24-24	T		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	39985
Mon	9/7/1953	H	Baltimore Colts	23-21	W		Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	20000
Fri	9/11/1953	A	Chicago Bears	20-14	W		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	36796
Sat	9/19/1953	H	Green Bay Packers	21-13	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	22336
Sun	9/27/1953	A	Green Bay Packers	27-0	W		Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	22604
Sun	10/4/1953	A	Chicago Cardinals	27-7	W		Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	24374
Sat	10/10/1953	H	Philadelphia Eagles	37-13	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	45802
Sun	10/18/1953	A	Washington Redskins	30-14	W		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	33963
Sun	10/25/1953	A	New York Giants	7-0	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	30773
Sun	11/1/1953	H	Washington Redskins	27-3	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	47845
Sun	11/8/1953	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	34-16	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	35592
Sun	11/15/1953	H	San Francisco 49ers	23-21	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	80698
Sun	11/22/1953	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	20-16	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	32904
Sun	11/29/1953	H	Chicago Cardinals	27-16	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	24499
Sun	12/6/1953	H	New York Giants	62-14	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	40235
Sun	12/13/1953	A	Philadelphia Eagles	27-42	L		Philadelphia, PA	Connie Mack Stadium	38654
League Championship
Sun	12/27/1953	A	Detroit Lions	16-17	L		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	54577

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
83	Doug Atkins	LDE	6-8	257	23	Tennessee	8	8
88	Darrel Brewster	LOE	6-3	210	23	Purdue	12	12
20	Ken Carpenter	LOH	6-0	195	27	Oregon State	12	12
50	Tom Catlin	LLB	6-1	213	22	Oklahoma	12	12
70	Don Colo	LDT-RDT	6-3	252	28	Brown	12	12
66	Gene Donaldson	LOG	5-9	225	23	Kentucky	11	2
80	Len Ford	RDE	6-4	245	27	Morgan State; Michigan	12	12
52	Frank Gatski	C	6-2	233	32	Marshall; Auburn	12	12
64	Abe Gibron	LOG	5-11	243	28	Valparaiso; Purdue	10	10
84	Horace Gillom	P-ROE	6-1	221	32	Ohio State; Nevada-Reno	12	0
15	Ken Gorgal	LS	6-2	200	24	Purdue	12	12
14	Otto Graham	QB	6-1	196	32	Northwestern	12	11
76	Lou Groza	LOT-K	6-3	240	29	Ohio State	12	12
79	Jerry Helluin	MG-RDT	6-2	272	24	Tulane	6	4
62	Lin Houston	ROG	6-0	213	32	Ohio State	12	0
30	Sherman Howard	FB-RDH	5-11	193	29	Iowa; Nevada-Reno	12	0
32	Harry Jagade	FB	6-0	213	27	Indiana	12	12
42	Tommy James	RDH	5-10	184	30	Ohio State	12	12
40	Dub Jones	ROH	6-3	202	29	Louisiana State; Tulane	12	11
22	Kenny Konz	RS	5-10	184	25	Louisiana State	12	12
24	Warren Lahr	LDH	5-11	189	30	Western Reserve	12	12
86	Dante Lavelli	ROE	6-1	191	30	Ohio State	12	12
34	Walt Michaels	RLB	6-0	231	24	Washington & Lee	12	3
36	Marion Motley	FB	6-1	232	33	Nevada-Reno	12	0
65	Chuck Noll	ROG	6-1	218	21	Dayton	12	12
72	Derrell Palmer	RDT-LDT	6-2	240	31	Texas Christian	11	11
16	George Ratterman	QB	6-0	192	27	Notre Dame	9	1
26	Ray Renfro	LOH	6-1	190	24	North Texas	12	0
46	Billy Reynolds	ROH	5-11	195	22	Pittsburgh	12	1
78	John Sandusky	ROT	6-1	251	28	Villanova	12	12
74	Don Steinbrunner	MG-LDT	6-3	220	21	Washington State	8	4
54	Tommy Thompson	RLB	6-1	221	26	William & Mary	9	9
60	Bill Willis	MG-RDT	6-2	213	32	Ohio State	11	5
82	George Young	LDE	6-3	214	29	Georgia	12	4

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	11	Doug Atkins	T	Tennessee
2	23	Billy Reynolds	B	Pittsburgh
3	35	Fred Bruney	B	Ohio State
3	37	Gene Donaldson	G	Kentucky
3	38	Jim Hietikko	T	Ohio State
4	48	Dick Tamburo	C	Michigan State
5	60	Bob Van Doren	E	Southern California
6	72	Don Steinbrunner	E	Washington State
7	84	Gene Filipski	B	Villanova
8	96	Carlton Massey	E	Texas
9	108	Bob McNamara	B	Minnesota
10	120	Elmo Natali	B	California (Pennsylvania)
11	132	Dick Hilinski	T	Ohio State
12	144	Elmer Willhoite	G	Southern California
13	156	Galen Fiss	B	Kansas
14	168	Gern Nagler	E	Santa Clara
15	180	Johnny Carson	E	Georgia
16	192	Eric Kuykendall	B	Illinois
17	204	George Bean	B	Utah
18	216	Dick Batten	T	Pacific
19	228	Tom Cain	G	Colorado
20	240	Chuck Noll	T	Dayton
21	252	Bill Crockett	G	Rice
22	264	Byrd Looper	B	Duke
23	276	Ronnie Kent	B	Tulane
24	288	John LaBenda	T	Wittenberg
25	300	Jim Ellis	B	Michigan State
26	312	Charley Hoag	B	Kansas
27	324	Jack Sisco	C	Baylor
28	336	Ray Verkerk	T	North Texas
29	348	Clell Hobson	B	Alabama
30	359	Andy Myers	G	Tennessee

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	67	121	61	99
Opponents Totals	31	45	42	44

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		213	79	122	12	/ %	/ %	86	680
Opponents Totals		206	89	101	16	/ %	/ %	40	335

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Lou Groza	0	39	40	97.5	23	26	88.5	0	108
Ray Renfro	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Otto Graham	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Dante Lavelli	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Ken Carpenter	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Darrel Brewster	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Harry Jagade	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Billy Reynolds	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jerry Helluin	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tommy James	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Walt Michaels	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	40	39	40	97.5	23	26	88.5	0	348
Opponents Totals	22	20	22	90.9	2	13	15.4	2	162

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Lou Groza	23	26	88.5	10/	6/	3/	3/	1/
Team Totals	23	26	88.5	10/	6/	3/	3/	1/
Opponents Totals	2	13	15.4	1/	1/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Renfro	60	352	5.9	58t	4
Harry 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
Abe Gibron	0	-7		-7L	0
Team Totals	379	1577	4.2	58t	20
Opponents Totals	374	1560	4.2	56	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Otto Graham	258	167	64.7	82	2722	10.6	16.3	70	11	4.3	9	3.5		245	2477	99.7
George Ratterman	41	23	56.1	18	301	7.3	13.1	45	4	9.8	0	0.0	0	0	301	111.9
Ray Renfro	3	1	33.3	2	36	12.0	36.0	36t	1	33.3	0	0.0		0	36	119.4
Dub Jones	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0		0	0	39.6
Team Totals	303	191	63.0	103	3059	10.1	16.0	70	16	5.3	9	3.0		245	2814	101.9
Opponents Totals	389	164	42.2	200	2271	5.8	13.8	77t	10	2.6	25	6.4		256	2015	43.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dante Lavelli	45	783	17.4	55t	6
Ray Renfro	39	722	18.5	70	4
Darrel Brewster	32	632	19.8	45	4
Dub Jones	24	373	15.5	58	0
Harry Jagade	20	193	9.7	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
Team Totals	191	3059	16.0	70	16
Opponents Totals	164	2271	13.8	77t	10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Warren Lahr	5	119	23.8	42	0
Tommy James	5	21	4.2	11	0
Kenny Konz	5	15	3.0	9	0
Ken Gorgal	4	25	6.3	19	0
Tommy Thompson	2	13	6.5	8	0
Walt Michaels	1	34	34.0	34t	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
Team Totals	25	246	9.8	42	1
Opponents Totals	9	94	10.4	28t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Horace Gillom	63	2760	43.8	67	0	4		156	2524	40.1
Team Totals	63	2760	43.8	67	0	4		156	2524	40.1
Opponents Totals	72	2934	40.8	61	0	5		175	2659	36.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Reynolds	18		111	6.2	28	0
Ray Renfro	17		53	3.1	16	0
Ken Carpenter	6		0	0.0	0	0
Dub Jones	1		7	7.0	7	0
Kenny Konz	1		4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	43		175	4.1	28	0
Opponents Totals	35		156	4.5	17	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
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
Team Totals	30		579	19.3	40	0
Opponents Totals	46		1114	24.2	49	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Darrel Brewster	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ken Carpenter	2		1	1	2	0	0
Tom Catlin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Colo	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Len Ford	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Horace Gillom	1		1	0	1	0	0
Ken Gorgal	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Otto Graham	8		5	0	5	0	0
Lou Groza	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jerry Helluin	0	0	0	1	1	42	1
Tommy James	0	0	0	2	2	37	1
Dub Jones	3		0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Konz	1		1	0	1	0	0
Dante Lavelli	1		1	0	1	0	0
Walt Michaels	1		0	1	1	0	0
Marion Motley	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ray Renfro	4		1	0	1	0	0
Billy Reynolds	4		0	0	0	0	0
John Sandusky	0	0	1	2	3	0	0
Bill Willis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
George Young	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	27	15	12	16	28	79	2
Opponents Totals	25	16	9	15	24		0

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