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1953 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 2-9-1, 6th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Hugh Devore (0-2-0) (co-coach with Ray McLean 0-2-0) and Gene Ronzani (2-7-1)

Points For: 200 (16.7/g) 9th of 12

Points Against: 338 (28.2/g) 11th of 12

Expected W-L: 2.7-9.3

SRS: -9.78 (11th of 12), SOS: 1.72

Other Notable Asst.: Chuck Drulis (Line Coach)

Stadium: City Stadium

President: Russ Bogda (GNB is operated by Packers Board of Directors; Bogda was president of its Executive Committee)

Head Coach/General Manager: Gene Ronzani

Training Camp: UM North Central Agriculture School (Grand Rapids, Minnesota)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	200	3220	776	4.1	48	14	189	147	352	1555	9	34	4.4	79	424	1665	14	3.9	93	67	624	17
Opp. Stats	338	3851	719	5.4	47	19	199	144	312	2105	15	28	6.7	91	407	1746	24	4.3	95	84	617	13
Lg Rank Offense	9	9			9	2	8		5	10	12	11	11		5	6	5	7
Lg Rank Defense	11	9			3	3	6		1	7	5	4	9		8	9	11	11

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 27		boxscore	L		0-1		Cleveland Browns	0	27	12	148	55	93	4	19	366	270	96	3
2	Sun	October 4		boxscore	L		0-2		Chicago Bears	13	17	13	270	188	82	5	16	220	139	81	4
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	L		0-3		Los Angeles Rams	20	38	18	278	172	106	4	16	412	320	92	2
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	W		1-3		Baltimore Colts	37	14	21	337	34	303	3	10	193	128	65	7
5	Sat	October 24		boxscore	L		1-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	31	11	125	91	34	1	24	351	69	282	2
6	Sat	October 31		boxscore	W		2-4	@	Baltimore Colts	35	24	25	404	173	231	2	11	268	97	171	2
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	T		2-4-1	@	Chicago Bears	21	21	15	331	237	94	2	17	288	234	54	3
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	L		2-5-1		Detroit Lions	7	14	19	361	228	133	5	11	295	163	132	5
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	L		2-6-1		San Francisco 49ers	7	37	14	218	34	184	6	20	353	63	290	1
10	Thu	November 26		boxscore	L		2-7-1	@	Detroit Lions	15	34	13	227	73	154	6	17	351	141	210	7
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	L		2-8-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	48	17	282	188	94	6	15	291	176	115	2
12	Sat	December 12		boxscore	L		2-9-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	33	11	239	82	157	4	23	463	305	158	9

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Tobin Rote	25	QB	12	7	2-4-1	72	185	38.9	1005	5	2.7	15	8.1	80	5.4	2.32	14.0	83.8	32.4	117	0	0
2	Babe Parilli	23	QB	12	5	0-5-0	74	166	44.6	830	4	2.4	19	11.4	45	5.0	0.33	11.2	69.2	28.5	161	1	0
3	J.R. Boone	28	HB	8	2		1	1	100.0	-2	0	0.0	0	0.0	-4	-2.0	-2.00	-2.0	-0.3	79.2		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	2-9-1	147	352	41.8	1555	9	2.6	34	9.7	80	5.2	0.58	12.5	129.6	27.5	278	1	0

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Breezy Reid	26	LH	12	12	95	492	3	43	5.2	41.0	7.9	10	100	10.0	0	26	0.8	8.3	105	5.6	592	3	5
2	Fred Cone	27	FB	12	9	92	301	5	41	3.3	25.1	7.7	18	165	9.2	1	30	1.5	13.8	110	4.2	466	6	2
3	Billy Howton	23	RE	8	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	25	463	18.5	4	80	3.1	57.9	25	18.5	463	4	1
4	Al Carmichael	25	RH	12	11	49	199	1	41	4.1	16.6	4.1	12	131	10.9	0	52	1.0	10.9	61	5.4	330	1	3
5	Bob Mann	29	LE	10	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	23	327	14.2	2	45	2.3	32.7	23	14.2	327	2	0
6	Howie Ferguson	23	FB	11	3	52	134	0	12	2.6	12.2	4.7	15	86	5.7	0	23	1.4	7.8	67	3.3	220	0	4
7	Clive Rush	22	RE	11	4	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0.1	14	190	13.6	0	24	1.3	17.3	15	12.3	184	0	1
8	Tobin Rote	25	QB	12	7	33	180	0	21	5.5	15.0	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	33	5.5	180	0	2
9	Babe Parilli	23	QB	12	5	42	171	4	19	4.1	14.3	3.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	42	4.1	171	4	8
10	Carl Elliott	26	E	12	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	150	11.5	0	19	1.1	12.5	13	11.5	150	0	0
11	Byron Bailey	23	HB	10	0	13	29	0	13	2.2	2.9	1.3	8	119	14.9	0	50	0.8	11.9	21	7.0	148	0	1
12	Don Barton	23	HB	5	0	7	40	0	14	5.7	8.0	1.4	2	51	25.5	1	42	0.4	10.2	9	10.1	91	1	0
13	J.R. Boone	28	HB	8	2	7	24	0	24	3.4	3.0	0.9	6	55	9.2	1	18	0.8	6.9	13	6.1	79	1	1
14	Johnny Papit	25	HB	4	0	6	44	1	21	7.3	11.0	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	7.3	44	1	0
15	Larry Coutre	25	HB	7	0	22	39	0	8	1.8	5.6	3.1	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4	0.1	-0.6	23	1.5	35	0	0
16	Gib Dawson	23	HB	7	0	5	18	0	18	3.6	2.6	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	3.6	18	0	1
	Team Totals			12	12	424	1665	14	43	3.9	138.8	35.3	147	1833	12.5	9	80	12.3	152.8	571	6.1	3498	23	29

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Gus Cifelli	27	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Bill Forester	21	MG	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Dave Hanner	23	RDT	12	12	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	John Martinkovic	26	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Breezy Reid	26	LH	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	0.0	0
6	Val Joe Walker	23	SS	12	12	4	74	1	54	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
7	Al Carmichael	25	RH	12	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Buddy Brown	28	RG/LG	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Steve Ruzich	26	LG/RG	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Fred Cone	27	FB	12	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	0.0	0
11	Bobby Dillon	23	FS	10	9	9	112	1	49	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Ace Loomis	25	RDH	10	9	4	39	0	27	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bennie Aldridge	27	LDH	8	8	5	85	0	34	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Billy Howton	23	RE	8	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Marvin Johnson	26	LDH	7	7	4	39	0	36	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Tobin Rote	25	QB	12	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Bob Forte	31	LLB	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Babe Parilli	23	QB	12	5	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	0.0	0
19	Carl Elliott	26	E	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	1	0.0	0
20	Dick Logan	23	G	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Clive Rush	22	RE	11	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Howie Ferguson	23	FB	11	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Len Szafaryn	25	T	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	J.R. Boone	28	HB	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Roger Zatkoff	22	DE	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Byron Bailey	23	HB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Gib Dawson	23	HB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Howie Ruetz	26	DT	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	28	0	2		29	15	40	1	0	0

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