The 1953 NFL season was the 34th regular season of the National Football League. The names of the American and National conferences were changed to the Eastern and Western conferences.
Meanwhile, a Baltimore, Maryland, group headed by Carroll Rosenbloom was granted an NFL team, and was awarded the holdings of the defunct Dallas Texans organization, who can trace their lineage to the Dayton Triangles, founded in 1913, thus sending Rosenbloom a franchise with a tenuous connection to being the final remaining Ohio League member. The new team was named the Baltimore Colts, after the unrelated previous team that folded after the 1950 season, and kept the blue and white color scheme of the Triangles-Texans franchise. The 12 teams of this NFL season continued for the rest of the 1950s; these teams became known as "old-line" teams as they predated the 1960 launch of the American Football League.
The definition of illegal motion is clarified. A player must be moving directly forward at the snap to be considered illegally in motion.
Conference racesedit
For 1953, the former American and National Conferences of the previous three seasons were renamed the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively. The Western race saw the Rams beat the Lions twice, in Detroit (October 18) and in L.A. (November 1), and at the midway point in Week Six, the Rams were a full game ahead in the race. In Week Seven (November 8), the 49ers beat the Rams 31–27, and the Lions won their game, to put all three teams at 5–2–0. In Week Eight, the Lions beat Green Bay 14–7, while the Rams were tied 24–24 by the Cards, and the 49ers lost 23–21 to the Browns. As both teams won their remaining games, San Francisco was always a game behind Detroit.
In the Eastern, the Cleveland Browns won their first eleven games and led wire-to-wire, clinching a playoff spot by week 10. Their shot at a 12–0–0 regular season was spoiled by a 42–27 loss in the finale on December 13, and tarnished further by the championship game loss to the Lions two weeks later.
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The 1953 NFL season was the 34th regular season of the National Football League The names of the American and National conferences were changed to the Eastern and Western conferences 1953 National Football League seasonRegular seasonDurationSeptember 27 December 13 1953East ChampionsCleveland BrownsWest ChampionsDetroit LionsChampionship GameChampionsDetroit Lions 1952 NFL seasons 1954 EaglesBrownsGiantsBearsCardinals Steelers RedskinsPackersLions49ersColtsRamsclass notpageimage NFL teams West East Meanwhile a Baltimore Maryland group headed by Carroll Rosenbloom was granted an NFL team and was awarded the holdings of the defunct Dallas Texans organization who can trace their lineage to the Dayton Triangles founded in 1913 thus sending Rosenbloom a franchise with a tenuous connection to being the final remaining Ohio League member The new team was named the Baltimore Colts after the unrelated previous team that folded after the 1950 season and kept the blue and white color scheme of the Triangles Texans franchise The 12 teams of this NFL season continued for the rest of the 1950s these teams became known as old line teams as they predated the 1960 launch of the American Football League The 1953 season ended on December 27 with the NFL championship game the Detroit Lions defeated the Cleveland Browns for the second year in a row Contents 1 Draft 2 Major rule changes 3 Conference races 4 Final standings 5 NFL Championship Game 6 League leaders 7 Awards 8 Coaching changes 8 1 Offseason 8 2 In season 9 Stadium changes 10 ReferencesDraft editThe 1953 NFL Draft was held on January 22 1953 at Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia With the first pick the San Francisco 49ers selected defensive end Harry Babcock from Georgia Major rule changes editThe definition of illegal motion is clarified A player must be moving directly forward at the snap to be considered illegally in motion Conference races editFor 1953 the former American and National Conferences of the previous three seasons were renamed the Eastern and Western Conferences respectively The Western race saw the Rams beat the Lions twice in Detroit October 18 and in L A November 1 and at the midway point in Week Six the Rams were a full game ahead in the race In Week Seven November 8 the 49ers beat the Rams 31 27 and the Lions won their game to put all three teams at 5 2 0 In Week Eight the Lions beat Green Bay 14 7 while the Rams were tied 24 24 by the Cards and the 49ers lost 23 21 to the Browns As both teams won their remaining games San Francisco was always a game behind Detroit In the Eastern the Cleveland Browns won their first eleven games and led wire to wire clinching a playoff spot by week 10 Their shot at a 12 0 0 regular season was spoiled by a 42 27 loss in the finale on December 13 and tarnished further by the championship game loss to the Lions two weeks later Week Western Record Eastern Record1 4 teams 1 0 0 Tie Cle Was 1 0 02 Tie Det SF 2 0 0 Cleveland Browns 2 0 03 Detroit Lions 3 0 0 Cleveland Browns 3 0 04 3 teams 3 1 0 Cleveland Browns 4 0 05 Tie Det LA 4 1 0 Cleveland Browns 5 0 06 Los Angeles Rams 5 1 0 Cleveland Browns 6 0 07 3 teams 5 2 0 Cleveland Browns 7 0 08 Detroit Lions 6 2 0 Cleveland Browns 8 0 09 Detroit Lions 7 2 0 Cleveland Browns 9 0 010 Detroit Lions 8 2 0 Cleveland Browns 10 0 011 Detroit Lions 9 2 0 Cleveland Browns 11 0 012 Detroit Lions 10 2 0 Cleveland Browns 11 1 0Final standings editNFL Eastern Conferenceviewtalkedit W L T PCT CONF PF PA STKCleveland Browns 11 1 0 917 9 1 348 162 L1Philadelphia Eagles 7 4 1 636 6 3 1 352 215 W1Washington Redskins 6 5 1 545 6 3 1 208 215 L1Pittsburgh Steelers 6 6 0 500 5 5 211 263 W2New York Giants 3 9 0 250 3 7 179 277 L2Chicago Cardinals 1 10 1 091 0 10 190 337 W1Note Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972 NFL Western Conferenceviewtalkedit W L T PCT CONF PF PA STKDetroit Lions 10 2 0 833 8 2 271 205 W6San Francisco 49ers 9 3 0 750 8 2 372 237 W4Los Angeles Rams 8 3 1 727 7 3 366 236 W2Chicago Bears 3 8 1 273 2 7 1 218 262 L2Baltimore Colts 3 9 0 250 2 8 182 350 L7Green Bay Packers 2 9 1 182 2 7 1 200 338 L5NFL Championship Game editMain article 1953 NFL Championship Game Detroit 17 Cleveland 16 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit on December 27 1953League leaders editStatistic Name Team YardsPassing Otto Graham Cleveland 2 722Rushing Joe Perry San Francisco 1 018Receiving Pete Pihos Philadelphia 1 049Awards editUPI NFL Most Valuable Player Otto Graham Cleveland BrownsCoaching changes editOffseason edit Baltimore Colts The new Colts team hired Keith Molesworth as their first head coach Chicago Cardinals Joe Kuharich was replaced by Joe Stydahar In season edit Green Bay Packers Gene Ronzani resigned after 10 games Hugh Devore and Ray McLean served as co head coaches for the rest of the season Stadium changes editThe new Baltimore Colts move into Memorial Stadium the home of the previous Colts team The Green Bay Packers home games in Milwaukee moved from Marquette Stadium to Milwaukee County Stadium Shibe Park the home of the Philadelphia Eagles was renamed Connie Mack Stadium References editNFL Record and Fact Book ISBN 1 932994 36 X NFL History 1951 1960 Last accessed December 4 2005 Total Football The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League ISBN 0 06 270174 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1953 NFL season amp oldid 1098395964, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
