| Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 27, 1953 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 44587 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 69 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Lew Carpenter 73 interception return (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Elbie Nickel 14 pass from Jim Finks (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 1 run (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 40 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ray Mathews 1 own fumble recovery (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 49 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 8 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Hoernschemeyer 29 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Elbie Nickel 15 pass from Ted Marchibroda (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 21 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | George Sulima |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Gaona |
| 66 | LOG | John Schweder |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 64 | ROG | Marv McFadden |
| 65 | ROT | George Hughes |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 7 | QB | Jim Finks |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 49 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois |
| 33 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 78 | LDT | Lou Ferry |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 72 | RDT | Tom Palmer |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 57 | LLB | Dick Flanagan |
| 63 | MLB | Darrell Hogan |
| 61 | RLB | Marv Matuszak |
| 26 | LDH | Art DeCarlo |
| 24 | S | Claude Hipps |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Cloyce Box |
| 50 | LOT | Charlie Ane |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 51 | C | Vince Banonis |
| 63 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 78 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 82 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 82 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 33 | FB | Ollie Cline |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Blaine Earon |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 32 | LDH | Lew Carpenter |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fran Rogel | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Tom Dublinski | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 30 | 14 | 46.7 | 1 | 178 | 5.9 | 44 | 1 | 11 | 62.9 | |
| Ted Marchibroda | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 56 | 5.1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 99.0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 0 | 364 | 10.7 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 105.5 | |
| Tom Dublinski | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 | 0 | 139.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 40 | 2 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| George Sulima | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ed Barker | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Calvin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Cloyce Box | 5 | 143 | 28.6 | 61 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Leon Hart | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 49t | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Gene Gedman | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 73t | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 36 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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