| Washington Redskins at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 27, 1953 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 16055 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 70 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Charlie Justice 52 pass from Jack Scarbath (Bill Dudley kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Johnny Olszewski 2 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Summerall 17 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Summerall 10 FG | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Chuck Drazenovich 1 run (Bill Dudley kick) | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bill Dudley 15 FG | 17 | 13 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Leon Heath 14 run (Bill Dudley kick) | 24 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Hugh Taylor |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 67 | LOG | Dave Suminski |
| 50 | C | Harry Ulinski |
| 78 | ROG | Ted Hazelwood |
| 75 | ROT | Don Campora |
| 83 | ROE | Paul Dekker |
| 14 | QB | Eddie LeBaron |
| 22 | LOH | Charlie Justice |
| 20 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 32 | FB | Leon Heath |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 70 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 55 | MG | Jim Ricca |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Lipscomb |
| 89 | RDE | Joe Tereshinski |
| 36 | LLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 34 | RLB | Jack Cloud |
| 44 | LDH | Harry Dowda |
| 46 | LS | Don Doll |
| 43 | RS | Johnny Williams |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Cliff Anderson |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Higgins |
| 66 | LOG | Ed Husmann |
| 50 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 60 | ROG | Gordon Polofsky |
| 70 | ROT | Jack Jennings |
| 80 | ROE | Don Stonesifer |
| 7 | QB | Ray Nagel |
| 2 | LOH | Charley Trippi |
| 22 | ROH | Don Paul |
| 33 | FB | Johnny Olszewski |
| Defense | ||
| 42 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 76 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 68 | MG | Nick Chickillo |
| 71 | RDT | Don Joyce |
| 82 | RDE | Tom Bienemann |
| 31 | LLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 34 | MLB | John Panelli |
| 51 | RLB | Leo Sanford |
| 21 | LDH | S.J. Whitman |
| 24 | S | Jim Psaltis |
| 49 | RDH | Roy Barni |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Charlie Justice | 13 | 73 | 5.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Leon Heath | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 14t | 1 |
| Julie Rykovich | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Scarbath | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Billy Cross | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Nagel | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Jack Scarbath | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 2 | 108 | 13.5 | 52t | 1 | 6 | 85.4 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 39.6 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Ray Nagel | 29 | 19 | 65.5 | 2 | 106 | 3.7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 | |
| Jim Root | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 48 | 9.6 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 106.7 | |
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 104.2 | ||
| Don Paul | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Charlie Justice | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 52t | 1 |
| Paul Dekker | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 5 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Leon Heath | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Don Stonesifer | 10 | 92 | 9.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cliff Anderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick Alban | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| S.J. Whitman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Baker | 6 | 208 | 34.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Johnny Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
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