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1953 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-8-1, 4th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Halas (3-8-1)

Points For: 218 (18.2/g) 6th of 12

Points Against: 262 (21.8/g) 7th of 12

Expected W-L: 4.7-7.3

SRS: -4.58 (8th of 12), SOS: -0.91

Other Notable Asst.: Paddy Driscoll (Assistant Coach), Phil Handler (Line Coach), Luke Johnsos (Assistant Coach) and Clark Shaughnessy (Defensive Assistant)

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Principal Owner/Head Coach/General Manager: George Halas

Training Camp: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)

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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	218	3628	813	4.5	51	21	214	206	446	2499	15	30	5.6	119	367	1129	9	3.1	79	61	530	16
Opp. Stats	262	4152	801	5.2	37	23	213	174	364	2376	14	14	6.5	109	437	1776	15	4.1	94	79	711	10
Lg Rank Offense	6	6			12	9	3		1	4	7	9	6		11	11	9	11
Lg Rank Defense	7	11			9	2	10		7	11	4	12	11		9	10	8	7

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	@	Baltimore Colts	9	13	20	334	225	109	8	9	164	74	90	3
2	Sun	October 4		boxscore	W		1-1	@	Green Bay Packers	17	13	16	220	139	81	4	13	270	188	82	5
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	L		1-2		Baltimore Colts	14	16	15	235	134	101	5	19	327	216	111	2
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	L		1-3		San Francisco 49ers	28	35	17	265	191	74	4	20	379	128	251	3
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	L		1-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	24	38	24	376	296	80	6	19	525	312	213	1
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	L		1-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	24	19	273	244	29	2	29	495	278	217	4
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	T		1-5-1		Green Bay Packers	21	21	17	288	234	54	3	15	331	237	94	2
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	W		2-5-1	@	Washington Redskins	27	24	25	354	117	237	5	14	291	177	114	4
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	L		2-6-1		Detroit Lions	16	20	17	335	225	110	5	28	417	240	177	2
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	W		3-6-1		Los Angeles Rams	24	21	10	303	177	126	1	19	356	215	141	4
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	L		3-7-1	@	Detroit Lions	7	13	13	247	193	54	6	12	309	137	172	4
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	L		3-8-1		Chicago Cardinals	17	24	21	398	324	74	2	16	288	174	114	3

Passing

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	George Blanda	26	QB	12	12	3-8-1	169	362	46.7	2164	14	3.9	23	6.4	72	6.0	3.9	12.8	180.3	52.3	110	2	2
2	Tommy O'Connell	23	QB	12	0		33	67	49.3	437	1	1.5	4	6.0	40	6.5	4.1	13.2	36.4	50.4	14	0	0
3	Willie Thrower	23	QB	1	0		3	8	37.5	27	0	0.0	1	12.5	12	3.4	-2.3	9.0	27.0	7.8	9	0	0
4	Steve Romanik	29	QB	1	0		1	8	12.5	9	0	0.0	2	25.0	9	1.1	-10.1	9.0	9.0	0.0	5	0	0
5	Eddie Macon	26	LDH	12	5		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	3-8-1	206	446	46.2	2499	15	3.4	30	6.7	72	5.9	3.6	12.8	208.3	48.4	138	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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	Jim Dooley	23	LE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	53	841	15.9	4	72	4.4	70.1	53	15.9	841	4	1
2	Billy Stone	28	LH/RH	12	10	72	169	2	28	2.3	14.1	6.0	34	376	11.1	4	51	2.8	31.3	106	5.1	545	6	7
3	Fred Morrison	27	FB	12	9	95	307	2	17	3.2	25.6	7.9	16	214	13.4	0	44	1.3	17.8	111	4.7	521	2	2
4	Bill McColl	23	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	36	453	12.6	4	55	3.0	37.8	36	12.6	453	4	2
5	John Hoffman	28	RH	12	11	32	95	3	34	3.0	7.9	2.7	28	341	12.2	1	40	2.3	28.4	60	7.3	436	4	2	PB
6	Leon Campbell	26	FB	12	3	22	130	0	39	5.9	10.8	1.8	5	74	14.8	0	47	0.4	6.2	27	7.6	204	0	3
7	John Dottley	25	FB	10	1	58	150	1	12	2.6	15.0	5.8	5	21	4.2	0	8	0.5	2.1	63	2.7	171	1	4
8	Eddie Macon	26	LDH	12	5	40	130	1	17	3.3	10.8	3.3	6	24	4.0	2	10	0.5	2.0	46	3.3	154	3	2
9	Bobby Jack Floyd	24	FB	8	1	16	70	0	16	4.4	8.8	2.0	9	63	7.0	0	16	1.1	7.9	25	5.3	133	0	1
10	Dick Hensley	26	DE	11	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	117	29.3	0	50	0.4	10.6	4	29.3	117	0	0
11	George Blanda	26	QB	12	12	24	62	0	16	2.6	5.2	2.0	0	7		0	7	0.0	0.6	24	2.9	69	0	3
12	Loyd Lowe	25	DB	7	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	34	8.5	0	11	0.6	4.9	4	8.5	34	0	1
13	Billy Anderson	24	RDH	12	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	33	11.0	0	16	0.3	2.8	3	11.0	33	0	0
14	Bill Wightkin	26	LDE	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	22	11.0	0	13	0.2	1.8	2	11.0	22	0	0
15	George Connor	28	LT	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	17	17.0	0	17	0.1	1.4	1	17.0	17	0	0	PB,AP-1
16	Tommy O'Connell	23	QB	12	0	7	16	0	17	2.3	1.3	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	2.3	16	0	3
17	Steve Romanik	29	QB	1	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	367	1129	9	39	3.1	94.1	30.6	206	2637	12.8	15	72	17.2	219.8	573	6.6	3766	24	31

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bill Bishop	22	RDT	12	12	1	30	0	30	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
2	George Blanda	26	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	George Connor	28	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Jim Dooley	23	LE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Wayne Hansen	25	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Don Kindt	28	FS	12	12	6	172	1	67	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
7	John Kreamcheck	27	MG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Bill McColl	23	RE	12	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.0	0
9	Ed Sprinkle	30	RDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Bones Weatherly	25	RLB	12	12	1	13	0	13	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
11	Fred Williams	24	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
12	John Hoffman	28	RH	12	11	1	27	0	27	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
13	Bill Wightkin	26	LDE	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0
14	Billy Stone	28	LH/RH	12	10	0	0	0	0	7	1	6	0	0.0	0
15	Fred Morrison	27	FB	12	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	S.J. Whitman	27	SS	9	9	2	36	0	30	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Frank Dempsey	28	LLB	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0.0	0
18	George Figner	22	LDH	5	5	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Loyd Lowe	25	DB	7	5	1	6	0	6	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Eddie Macon	26	LDH	12	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Leon Campbell	26	FB	12	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	John Helwig	26	DB	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Rex Proctor	24	DB	3	3	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	John Dottley	25	FB	10	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bobby Jack Floyd	24	FB	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Dick Hensley	26	DE	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0.0	1
27	Bob Moser	25	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Tommy O'Connell	23	QB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	14	292	1	67	32	34	24	2	0.0	1

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