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Record: 6 - 6 (pythagorean: 4 - 8, .348) Coaching: Joe Bach 6 - 6 1953 Pro Bowl Players: G - Dale Dodrill G - George Hughes HB - Lynn Chandnois E - Elbie Nickel DE - Bill McPeak DT - Ernie Stautner LB - Marv Matuszak 1953 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-5 (5) - Ted Marchibroda, Detroit, QB   2-5 (18) - John Henry Johnson, Arizona State, RB   3-4 (29) - Marv Matuszak, Tulsa, T   4-5 (42) - Lloyd Colteryahnn, Maryland, E   5-4 (53) - Bob Gaona, Wake Forest, T   6-5 (66) - Tom Barton, Clemson, G   7-4 (77) - John Alderton, Maryland, E   8-5 (90) - Lowell Perry, Michigan, E   9-4 (101) - Pat Sarnese, Temple, T   10-5 (114) - Frank Holohan, Tennessee, T   12-5 (138) - Jerry Robertson, Kansas, B   13-4 (149) - Leo Davis, Bradley, E   14-5 (162) - Charley Montgomery, Mississippi, T   15-4 (173) - Bob O'Neil, Notre Dame, E   16-5 (186) - John Zachary, Miami (OH), B   17-4 (197) - Reed Quinn, Florida, B   18-5 (210) - Carl Holben, Duke, T   19-4 (221) - Jim Williams, Louisville, B   20-5 (234) - Will Lee Hayley, Auburn, E   21-4 (245) - Don Earley, South Carolina, G   22-5 (258) - Ed O'Connor, Maryland, T   23-4 (269) - Ray Correll, Kentucky, G   24-5 (282) - Bob Schneidenbach, Miami (FL), B   25-4 (293) - Vic Hampel, Houston, E   26-5 (306) - Jack (Goose) McClairen, Bethune-Cookman, E   27-4 (317) - Jack Delaney, Cincinnati, B   28-5 (330) - Joe Cimini, Mississippi State, T   29-4 (341) - Art Massaro, Washington & Jefferson, B   30-5 (354) - Lou Tepe, Duke, C
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 PIT 21 at DET 38 Week 2 NYG 14 at PIT 24 Week 3 CHC 28 at PIT 31 Week 4 PIT 7 at PHI 23 Week 5 GNB 14 at PIT 31 Week 6 PHI 35 at PIT 7 Week 7 PIT 16 at CLE 34 Week 8 PIT 14 at NYG 10 Week 9 CLE 20 at PIT 16 Week 10 WAS 17 at PIT 9 Week 11 PIT 21 at CHC 17 Week 12 PIT 14 at WAS 13
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 211 3399 28 98 97 11 206   416 189 2014 10 21 0 164   432 1549 13   54 546 28 14 -- DEFENSE 263 3381 33 63 110 11 184   372 193 2413 22 21 0 157   366 1125 9   66 603 29 -- 14     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 50 269 0   OPP: 50 403 0   OWN: 44 1101 1   OPP: 37 604 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 80 3752 0 0 0   OPP: 83 3531   OWN: 27 28 4 12   OPP: 32 33 11 19
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Jim Finks 12 292 131 44.9 1484 5.08 8 14 0 0 49.8   12 0 0.0 2 4t   0 0 0.0 0 0 Bill Mackrides 10 94 48 51.1 453 4.82 1 5 0 0 46.1   13 25 1.9 1 4   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ted Marchibroda 4 22 9 40.9 66 3.00 1 2 0 0 25.9   1 15 15.0 0 15   0 0 0.0 0 0 Lynn Chandnois 12 3 1 33.3 11 3.67 0 0 0 0 45.1   123 470 3.8 3 38   43 412 9.6 0 55 Ray Mathews 12 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   65 260 4.0 2 31   27 346 12.8 4 77t Fran Rogel 12 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   137 527 3.8 2 58   19 95 5.0 0 19 Jim Brandt 12 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   42 106 2.5 3 9   2 15 7.5 0 11 Pat Brady 12 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Leo Elter 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   26 81 3.1 0 10   3 29 9.7 0 15 Tom Calvin 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   13 65 5.0 0 15   4 28 7.0 0 16 Elbie Nickel 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   62 743 12.0 4 40 Ed Barker 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   17 172 10.1 1 22 George Sulima 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   10 131 13.1 0 17 Jack Butler 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 43 21.5 1 33t   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Lynn Chandnois 12 26 101 3.9 0 15 0   21 610 29.0 93t 1 Ray Mathews 12 16 128 8.0 0 54 0   10 261 26.1 44 0 Jim Brandt 12 6 34 5.7 0 18 0   6 135 22.5 44 0 Jack Butler 12 1 5 5.0 0 5 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Art DeCarlo 12 1 1 1.0 0 1 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Lou Tepe 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 47 15.7 18 0 Ted Marchibroda 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 25 25.0 25 0 George Hughes 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0 Leo Elter 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 23 23.0 23 0 Bob Gaona 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Nick Bolkovac 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 4 12 27 28 Pat Brady 12 80 3752 64 0 0 0 0.0 46.9   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Jack Butler 12 0.0 0   9 147 28 1 Art DeCarlo 12 0.0 0   5 83 27 0 Dale Dodrill 12 0.0 0   1 3 3 0 Dick Flanagan 12 0.0 0   2 23 23 0 Ray Mathews 12 0.0 0   1 17 17 0 Marv Matuszak 12 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Claude Hipps 5 0.0 0   2 0 0 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD John Alderton 10 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Barker 6 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Bolkovac 12 0 0 1 14 1 Pat Brady 12 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Brandt 12 1 0 1 0 0 Jack Butler 12 0 1 2 0 0 Tom Calvin 10 0 0 0 0 0 Lynn Chandnois 12 9 3 0 0 0 Art DeCarlo 12 1 1 0 0 0 Dale Dodrill 12 0 0 3 16 1 Leo Elter 12 0 0 0 0 0 Lou Ferry 12 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Finks 12 3 1 0 0 0 Dick Flanagan 12 0 0 1 0 0 Ed Fullerton 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Gaona 10 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Hegarty 1 0 0 0 0 0 Claude Hipps 5 0 0 0 0 0 Darrell Hogan 12 0 0 1 0 0 George Hughes 12 1 0 0 0 0 Bill Mackrides 10 3 3 0 0 0 Ted Marchibroda 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Mathews 12 5 2 1 1 1 Marv Matuszak 12 0 0 2 0 0 Marv Mcfadden 12 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Mcpeak 12 0 0 0 0 0 Elbie Nickel 12 1 0 0 0 0 Tom Palmer 11 0 0 0 0 0 Fran Rogel 12 2 1 0 0 0 John Schweder 12 0 1 1 0 0 Ernie Stautner 8 0 0 0 0 0 George Sulima 10 1 0 0 0 0 George Tarasovic 12 0 0 1 3 0 Lou Tepe 10 1 1 0 0 0

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