1953 Green Bay Packers season

1953 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Gene Ronzani (10 games) Ray McLean (interim) Hugh Devore (interim)
Home field	City Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	2–9–1
Division place	6th NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1953 Green Bay Packers season was their 34th in the National Football League. The club posted 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;^[1] McLean and Devore co-coached the last two games of the season, both losses. This season also marked the first season that the Packers played at the recently completed Milwaukee County Stadium.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1953 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	7	Al Carmichael	Halfback	USC
2	19	Gil Reich	Back	Army/Kansas
3	31	Bill Forester	Linebacker	SMU
4	43	Gib Dawson	Halfback	Texas
5	55	Roger Zatkoff	Linebacker	Michigan
6	67	Bob Kennedy	Guard	Wisconsin
7	79	Jim Ringo	Center	Syracuse
8	91	Lauren Hargrove	Back	Georgia
9	103	Floyd Harrawood	Tackle	Tulsa
10	115	Vic Rimkus	Guard	Holy Cross
11	127	Joe Johnson	Halfback	Boston College
12	139	Dick Curran	Back	Arizona State
13	151	Bob Orders	Center	Army/West Virginia
14	163	Charley Wrenn	Tackle	TCU
15	175	Gene Helwig	Back	Tulsa
16	187	John Hlay	Fullback	Ohio State
17	199	Bill Georges	End	Texas
18	211	Jim Philee	Back	Bradley
19	223	Bill Lucky	Defensive Tackle	Baylor
20	235	John Harville	Back	TCU
21	247	Bob Conway	Back	Alabama
22	259	Bill Turnbeaugh	Tackle	Auburn
23	271	Bill Murray	End	American International
24	283	James Haslam Jr.	Tackle	Tennessee
25	295	Ike Jones	End	UCLA
26	307	George Bozanic	Back	USC
27	319	Jim McConaughey	End	Houston
28	331	Zack Jordan	End	Colorado
29	343	Henry O'Brien	Guard	Boston College
30	355	Al Barry	Guard	USC

Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection
Green indicates a future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 27	Cleveland Browns	L 27–0	0–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	22,604
2	October 4	Chicago Bears	L 17–13	0–2	City Stadium	24,835
3	October 11	Los Angeles Rams	L 38–20	0–3	Milwaukee County Stadium	23,353
4	October 18	Baltimore Colts	W 37–14	1–3	City Stadium	18,713
5	October 24	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 31–14	1–4	Forbes Field	22,918
6	October 31	at Baltimore Colts	W 35–24	2–4	Memorial Stadium	33,797
7	November 8	at Chicago Bears	T 21–21	2–4–1	Wrigley Field	39,889
8	November 15	Detroit Lions	L 14–7	2–5–1	City Stadium	20,834
9	November 22	San Francisco 49ers	L 37–7	2–6–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	16,378
10	November 26	at Detroit Lions	L 34–15	2–7–1	Briggs Stadium	52,607
11	December 6	at San Francisco 49ers	L 48–14	2–8–1	Kezar Stadium	31,337
12	December 12	at Los Angeles Rams	L 33–17	2–9–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	23,069

Standings

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Detroit Lions	10	2	0	.833	8–2	271	205	W6
San Francisco 49ers	9	3	0	.750	8–2	372	237	W4
Los Angeles Rams	8	3	1	.727	7–3	366	236	W2
Chicago Bears	3	8	1	.273	2–7–1	218	262	L2
Baltimore Colts	3	9	0	.250	2–8	182	350	L7
Green Bay Packers	2	9	1	.182	2–7–1	200	338	L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

15 Babe Parilli
18 Tobin Rote

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

↑ "Loss-plagued pilot leaves Green Bay pros". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. November 28, 1953. p. 11.

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Green Bay Packers seasons

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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

Green Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 Based and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Franchise	Franchise Team history Green Bay Packers, Inc. Board of Directors

Records	Seasons Coaches Players A–D E–K L–R S–Z Starting quarterbacks Pro Football Hall of Famers Retired numbers First-round draft picks Records Pro Bowlers Stadiums

Stadiums	Hagemeister Park Bellevue Park City Stadium Borchert Field Wisconsin State Fair Park Marquette Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Lambeau Field

Training Facilities	Don Hutson Center Clarke Hinkle Field Ray Nitschke Field St. Norbert College (training camp) Rockwood Lodge (former)

Culture	Cheesehead Lambeau Leap Hall of Fame Packers Fan Hall of Fame "Bang the Drum All Day" Cheerleaders Fight song Lumberjack Band Pigskin Champions Vernon Biever Hungry Five George Whitney Calhoun The Dope Sheet Curly Lambeau Vince Lombardi Ron Wolf Lombardi Pitch Perfect 2 Packers Heritage Trail Packers Pro Shop

Lore	Dolly Gray impostor The Ice Bowl The Snow Bowl Instant Replay Game 4th and 26 Fail Mary Miracle in Motown

Division championships (22)	1936 1938 1939 1944 1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1972 1995 1996 1997 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference championships (9)	1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1996 1997 2010

League championships (13^†)	1929 1930 1931 1936 1939 1944 1961 1962 1965 1966 (I) 1967 (II) 1996 (XXXI) 2010 (XLV) ^† does not include 1966 or 1967 NFL championships

Retired numbers	3 4 14 15 66 92

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings

Broadcasters	Radio: Packers Radio Network WTMJ WKTI-HD2 WIXX WTAQ Television (pre-season & official in-season team programming): WGBA-TV WTMJ-TV Personnel: Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) Larry McCarren (color/analysis)

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1921–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (97)	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

1953 NFL season

Eastern Conference	CHI Cardinals	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Green Bay	Western Conference
	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	CHI Bears	Los Angeles
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco

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