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1953 NFL Season

🏆 Detroit Lions won the NFL Championship

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Pete Pihos (Rec Yds, Rec TD, Rec) · Joe Perry (Rush Yds, Rush TD)

Passing Yards
  1. 1Otto GrahamCLE2,722
  2. 2Norm Van BrocklinLAR2,393
  3. 3George BlandaCHI2,164
Passing Touchdowns
  1. 1Y. A. TittleSF20
  2. 2Norm Van BrocklinLAR19
  3. 3Bobby LayneDET16
Rushing Yards
  1. 1Joe PerrySF1,018
  2. 2Hugh McElhennySF503
  3. 3Charley TrippiARI433
Rushing Touchdowns
  1. 1Joe PerrySF10
  2. 2Otto GrahamCLE6
  3. 3Y. A. TittleSF6
Receiving Yards
  1. 1Pete PihosPHI1,049
  2. 2Elroy (Crazylegs) HirschLAR941
  3. 3Dante LavelliCLE783
Receiving Touchdowns
  1. 1Pete PihosPHI10
  2. 2Dante LavelliCLE6
  3. 3Elroy (Crazylegs) HirschLAR4
Receptions
  1. 1Pete PihosPHI63
  2. 2Elroy (Crazylegs) HirschLAR61
  3. 3Dante LavelliCLE45
Interceptions
  1. 1Jack ChristiansenDET12
  2. 2Bobby DillonGB9
  3. 3Jack ButlerPIT9

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Y. A. TittleQB33.6
  2. 2Otto GrahamQB33.1
  3. 3Norm Van BrocklinQB32.2
  4. 4Elroy (Crazylegs) HirschRB18.9
  5. 5Joe PerryRB14.7
  6. 6Pete PihosTE13.1
  7. 7Doak WalkerRB12.1
  8. 8Jack ChristiansenDB12.1
  9. 9George BlandaQB11.9
  10. 10Jack ButlerDB9.7
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Doug AtkinsDE59.8
  2. 2Rosey BrownOT31.2
  3. 3Joe SchmidtLB27.6
  4. 4Bob St. ClairOT10
  5. 5Jim RingoC6.2

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Bill DudleyRB41.9

Teams · 12

TeamRecordResult
Cleveland Browns11-1Playoffs
Detroit Lions10-2Won NFL Championship
San Francisco 49ers9-33rd
Los Angeles Rams8-3-13rd
Philadelphia Eagles7-4-12nd
Washington Redskins6-5-1Playoffs
Pittsburgh Steelers6-64th
Chicago Bears3-8-14th
Baltimore Colts3-95th
New York Giants3-9Playoffs
Green Bay Packers2-9-16th
Chicago Cardinals1-10-16th