| Detroit Lions at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1953 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 28390 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 49 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 25 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 49 pass from Charley Conerly (Randy Clay kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 34 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 50 run (Doak Walker kick failed) | 20 | 7 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Ray Pelfrey 10 pass from Frank Gifford (Randy Clay kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Safety, Yale Lary ran out of end zone | 20 | 16 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 5 run (Doak Walker kick) | 27 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Dorne Dibble |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 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 |
| 26 | ROH | Gene Gedman |
| 14 | FB | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Sonny Gandee |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 40 | RDH | Bob Smith |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Cliff Anderson |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 60 | LOG | Bill Austin |
| 53 | C | John Rapacz |
| 67 | ROG | George Kennard |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Yelvington |
| 81 | ROE | Bill Stribling |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 16 | LOH | Frank Gifford |
| 22 | ROH | Buford Long |
| 31 | FB | Eddie Price |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Jim Duncan |
| 73 | LDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 51 | LDG | Dick Woodard |
| 63 | RDG | Bob Peviani |
| 75 | RDT | Bill Albright |
| 21 | RDE | Joe Sulaitis |
| 52 | LB | John Cannady |
| 38 | LDH | Don Menasco |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 47 | RS | Leo Miles |
| 49 | RDH | Tom Landry |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 50t | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 7 | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Buford Long | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 2 | 212 | 7.6 | 34t | 2 | 5 | 78.3 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 5 | 212 | 6.4 | 49t | 1 | 17 | 47.4 | |
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 10t | 1 | 0 | 104.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 34t | 1 |
| Cloyce Box | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Eddie Price | 8 | 74 | 9.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 49t | 1 |
| Buford Long | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 10t | 1 |
| Bill Stribling | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| LaVern Torgeson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 73 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 5 | 189 | 37.8 | 47 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Landry | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 | |
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