The 1953 Cleveland Browns seasonNational Football League . Their start of 11-0-0 before losing their last game was the closest to a true perfect season in the NFL until the 1972 Miami Dolphins , but after losing to the Philadelphia Eagles in their last game and missing a perfect regular season, the Browns were beaten in the NFL Championship Game by the Detroit Lions .
Exhibition Schedule [ ] Regular Season [ ] Schedule [ ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
ReCord
Attendance
1
September 27
at Green Bay
W 27–0
1-0
22,604
2
October 4
at Chi. Cardinals
W 27–7
2-0
24,374
3
October 10
Philadelphia
W 37–13
3-0
45,802
4
October 18
at Washington
W 30–14
4-0
33,963
5
October 25
at NY Giants
W 7–0
5-0
30,773
6
November 1
Washington
W 27–3
6-0
47,845
7
November 8
Pittsburgh
W 34–16
7-0
35,592
8
November 15
San Francisco
W 23–21
8-0
80,698
9
November 22
at Pittsburgh
W 20–16
9-0
32,904
10
November 29
Chi. Cardinals
W 27–16
10-0
24,499
11
December 6
NY Giants
W 62–14
11-0
40,235
12
December 13
at Philadelphia
L 42–27
11-1
38,654
Game Summaries [ ] Week 3 vs Philadelphia [ ]
Week 3: Philadelphia Eagles 13 (0–2–1) at Cleveland Browns 37 (3–0–0) – Game summary
1
2
3
4
Total
Philadelphia Eagles
6
0
7
0
13
Cleveland Browns
6
7
14
10
37
at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio
Date : Saturday, October 10, 1953Game time : ? PM ESTGame attendance : 45,802Recap and Stats
Game information
1st Browns – Lou Groza 20 yard field goal Cleve 3 – 0
Browns – Lou Groza 16 yard field goal Cleve 6 – 0
Eagles – Frank Ziegler 1 yard rush (kick failed) Tied 6 – 6 2nd Browns – Chick Jagade 14 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) Cleve 13 – 6
Browns – Dante Lavelli 25 yard pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) Cleve 20 – 6 3rd Eagles – Adrian Burk 32 yard rush (Bobby Walston kick) Cleve 20 – 13
Browns – Chick Jagade 13 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) Cleve 27 – 13 4th Browns – Lou Groza 27 yard field goal Cleve 30 – 13
Browns – Jerry Helluin 42 yard fumble return (Lou Groza kick) Cleve 37 – 13
Week 7 @ Cleveland [ ]
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
9
7
0
0
7
Browns
0
24
0
10
34
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium , Cleveland, Ohio
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 35,592Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Bolkovac 27
Pittsburgh – Mathews 2 run (kick failed)
Cleveland – Carpenter 7 run (Groza kick)
Cleveland – FG Groza 20
Cleveland – Renfro 44 run (Groza kick)
Pittsburgh – Mathews 77 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
Cleveland – Renfro 79 blocked field goal return (Groza kick)
Cleveland – Lavelli 17 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
Cleveland – FG Groza 14 Week 8 vs San Francisco [ ]
Week 8: San Francisco 49ers 21 (5–3–0) at Cleveland Browns 23 (8–0–0) – Game summary
Game information
1st Browns – Billy Reynolds 5 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) Browns 7 – 0 2nd 3rd Browns – Lou Groza 11 yard field goal Browns 13 – 7 4th Browns – Ray Renfro 34 yard pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) Browns 20 – 7
49ers – Hugh McElhenny 39 yard pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) Browns 20 – 14
Browns – Lou Groza 28 yard field goal Browns 23 – 14
49ers – Y.A. Tittle 7 yard rush (Gordy Soltau kick) Browns 23 – 21
Week 9 vs Cleveland [ ]
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
Browns
7
10
3
0
20
Steelers
9
0
0
7
16
at Forbes Field , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 32,904Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives:
Cleveland – Renfro 54 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
Pittsburgh – Finks 1 run (Bolkovac kick)
Pittsburgh – Safety, Lahr tackled in end zone by Mathews
Cleveland – FG Groza 50
Cleveland – Brewster 31 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
Cleveland – FG Groza 41
Pittsburgh – Mathews 1 run (Bolkovac kick) Week 12 @ Philadelphia [ ] The Eagles give the Cleveland Browns their only loss of the regular season in the final week of the season. Cleveland would have 3 turn overs during the game.
Week 12: Philadelphia Eagles 42 (7–4–1) vs Cleveland Browns 27 (11–1–0) – Game summary
at Shibe Park , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date : Sunday, December 13, 1953Game time : ? pm ESTGame attendance : 38,654Recap and Stats
Game information
1st Browns – Ray Renfro 11 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) Cleve 7 – Phila 0
Browns Lou Groza 19 yard field goal Cleve 10 – Phila 0 2nd Eagles Pete Pihos 15 yard pass from Bobby Thomason (Bobby Walston kick) Cleve 10 – Phila 7
Eagles Bobby Thomason 1 yard rush (Bobby Walston kick) Cleve 10 – Phila 14
Browns Lou Groza 24 yard field goal Cleve 13 – Phila 14 3rd Browns Ken Carpenter 8 yard pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) Cleve 20 – Phila 14
Eagles Toy Ledbetter 14 yard pass from Bobby Thomason (Bobby Walston kick) Cleve 20 – Phila 21
Eagles Don Johnson 2 yard rush (Bobby Walston kick) Cleve 20 – Phila 28 4th Eagles Toy Ledbetter 3 yard rush (Bobby Walston kick) Cleve 20 – Phila 35
Eagles Bobby Walston 17 yard pass from Bobby Thomason (Bobby Walston kick) Cleve 20 – Phila 42
Browns Dante Lavelli 17 yard pass from George Ratterman (Lou Groza kick) Cleve 27 – Phila 42
Standings [ ] NFL Championship Game [ ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Attendance
Championship
December 27
at Detroit
L 17–16
54,577
at Briggs Stadium , Detroit
1
2
3
4
Total
Browns
0
3
7
6
16
Lions
7
3
0
7
17
Scoring
DET – Walker 1 yard run (Walker Kick)
CLE – FG Groza 13 yard
DET – FG Walker 23 yard
CLE – Jagade 9 yard run (Groza kick)
CLE – FG Groza 15 yard
CLE – FG Groza 43 yard
DET – Doran 33 yard pass from Layne (Walker kick) Awards and records [ ] References [ ]
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