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1953 Green Bay Packers season

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{{Infobox NFL season

| team = Green Bay Packers

| year = 1953

| record = 2–9–1

| division_place = 6th NFL Western

| coach = Gene Ronzani (10 games)
Ray McLean (interim)
Hugh Devore (interim)

| stadium = City Stadium
Milwaukee County Stadium

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| shortnavlink = Packers seasons

}}

The 1953 Green Bay Packers season was their 35th season overall and their 33rd in the National Football League. The team finished with a 2–9–1 record under head coach Gene Ronzani and interim co-coaches Ray McLean, and Hugh Devore, and finished last in the newly named Western Conference.

Fourth-year head coach Ronzani led the team for the first ten games, but resigned after a nationally televised Thanksgiving Day loss, his eighth loss to the Detroit Lions in four seasons;{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ky9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=POYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6830%2C5030279 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |title=Loss-plagued pilot leaves Green Bay pros |date=November 28, 1953 |page=11 }} McLean and Devore co-coached the last two games of the season, both losses.

It was the only in-season coaching change in Packers history, until 2018. This season also marked the first season that the Packers played at the recently completed Milwaukee County Stadium.

Offseason

= NFL draft =

{{main|1953 NFL draft}}

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! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers 50thru53}};" width="7%"| Round

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers 50thru53}};" width="7%"| Pick

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers 50thru53}};" width="20%"| Player

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers 50thru53}};" width="15%"| Position

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers 50thru53}};" width="20%"| School/club team

17Al CarmichaelHalfbackUSC
219Gil ReichBackArmy/Kansas
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|3

31Bill ForesterLinebackerSMU
443Gib DawsonHalfbackTexas
bgcolor="#FFCC00"

|5

55Roger ZatkoffLinebackerMichigan
667Bob KennedyGuardWisconsin
bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|7

79Jim RingoCenterSyracuse
891Lauren HargroveBackGeorgia
9103Floyd HarrawoodTackleTulsa
10115Vic RimkusGuardHoly Cross
11127Joe JohnsonHalfbackBoston College
12139Dick CurranBackArizona State
13151Bob OrdersCenterArmy/West Virginia
14163Charley WrennTackleTCU
15175Gene HelwigBackTulsa
16187John HlayFullbackOhio State
17199Bill GeorgesEndTexas
18211Jim PhileeBackBradley
19223Bill LuckyDefensive tackleBaylor
20235John HarvilleBackTCU
21247Bob ConwayBackAlabama
22259Bill TurnbeaughTackleAuburn
23271Bill MurrayEndAmerican International
24283James Haslam Jr.TackleTennessee
25295Ike JonesEndUCLA
26307George BozanicBackUSC
27319Jim McConaugheyEndHouston
28331Zack JordanEndColorado
29343John O'BrienGuardBoston College
30355Al BarryGuardUSC

Regular season

= Schedule =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1953|border=2}}"| Week

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1953|border=2}}"| Date

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1953|border=2}}"| Opponent

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1953|border=2}}"| Result

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1953|border=2}}"| Record

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1953|border=2}}"| Venue

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers|year=1953|border=2}}"| Attendance

style="background:#fcc"

! 1

| September 27

| Cleveland Browns

| L 0–27

| 0–1

| Milwaukee County Stadium

| 22,604

style="background:#fcc"

! 2

| October 4

| Chicago Bears

| L 13–17

| 0–2

| City Stadium

| 24,835

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! 3

| October 11

| Los Angeles Rams

| L 20–38

| 0–3

| Milwaukee County Stadium

| 23,353

style="background:#cfc"

! 4

| October 18

| Baltimore Colts

| W 37–14

| 1–3

| City Stadium

| 18,713

style="background:#fcc"

! 5

| October 24

| at Pittsburgh Steelers

| L 14–31

| 1–4

| Forbes Field

| 22,918

style="background:#cfc"

! 6

| October 31

| at Baltimore Colts

| W 35–24

| 2–4

| Memorial Stadium

| 33,797

style="background:#ffc"

! 7

| November 8

| at Chicago Bears

| T 21–21

| 2–4–1

| Wrigley Field

| 39,889

style="background:#fcc"

! 8

| November 15

| Detroit Lions

| L 7–14

| 2–5–1

| City Stadium

| 20,834

style="background:#fcc"

! 9

| November 22

| San Francisco 49ers

| L 7–37

| 2–6–1

| Milwaukee County Stadium

| 16,378

style="background:#fcc"

! 10

| November 26

| at Detroit Lions

| L 15–34

| 2–7–1

| Briggs Stadium

| 52,607

style="background:#fcc"

! 11

| December 6

| at San Francisco 49ers

| L 14–48

| 2–8–1

| Kezar Stadium

| 31,337

style="background:#fcc"

! 12

| December 12

| at Los Angeles Rams

| L 17–33

| 2–9–1

| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

| 23,069

= Standings =

{{1953 NFL Western standings}}

= Roster =

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colspan="9" style="text-align:center; {{NFLPrimaryStyle|Green Bay Packers 50thru53|border=2}};"|Green Bay Packers roster
style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

| style="width: 25px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

| style="width: 25px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Linebackers

Defensive backs

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/gb/packers.html Sportsencyclopedia.com]

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