| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: November 1, 1953 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 93751 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 63 F Humidty: 84% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 38 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jack Christiansen 92 interception return (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Skeet Quinlan 5 run (Ben Agajanian kick blocked) | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Ben Agajanian 18 FG | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 3 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 17 | 9 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Skeet Quinlan 74 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 17 | 16 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Woodley Lewis 45 lateral from Don Paul 15 interception return (Ben Agajanian kick) | 17 | 23 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jack Dwyer 31 interception return (Ben Agajanian kick) | 17 | 30 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Vitamin Smith 54 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Ben Agajanian kick) | 17 | 37 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Hoernschemeyer 1 run (Doak Walker kick) | 24 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Cloyce Box |
| 50 | LOT | Charlie Ane |
| 76 | LOG | Lou Creekmur |
| 51 | C | Vince Banonis |
| 63 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 78 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 82 | ROE | Leon Hart |
| 82 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 33 | FB | Ollie Cline |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Blaine Earon |
| 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 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | LOE | Elroy Hirsch |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Fry |
| 61 | LOG | Duane Putnam |
| 50 | C | Leon McLaughlin |
| 67 | ROG | Dick Daugherty |
| 71 | ROT | Tom Dahms |
| 82 | ROE | Bob Boyd |
| 11 | QB | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 21 | LOH | Skeet Quinlan |
| 23 | ROH | Tom McCormick |
| 32 | FB | Dan Towler |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Larry Brink |
| 70 | LDT | Charley Toogood |
| 62 | MG | Bud McFadin |
| 79 | RDT | Frank Fuller |
| 84 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 65 | LLB | Harland Svare |
| 57 | RLB | Don Paul |
| 29 | LDH | Jack Dwyer |
| 88 | LS | Norb Hecker |
| 42 | RS | Herb Rich |
| 81 | RDH | Dick Lane |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bobby Layne | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 16 | 1 |
| Ollie Cline | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Skeet Quinlan | 12 | 130 | 10.8 | 74t | 2 |
| Dan Towler | 14 | 79 | 5.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Brad Myers | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom McCormick | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 3 | 50 | 2.9 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 19.6 | |
| Tom Dublinski | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 68 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 | |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 2 | 153 | 8.5 | 54t | 1 | 11 | 62.7 | |
| Rudy Bukich | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 28 | 9.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 96.5 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leon Hart | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 23 | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Cloyce Box | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 54t | 1 |
| Dan Towler | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 92 | 92.0 | 92t | 1 |
| Jimmy David | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Thurman McGraw | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jack Dwyer | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Herb Rich | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 0 | 45 | 45Lt | 1 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 61 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
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