1953 Cleveland Browns

1953 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach	Paul Brown
Home Field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	11–1–0
Place	1st NFL American
Playoff Finish	Lost NFL Championship
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1952	1954

The 1953 Cleveland Browns season was the team's fourth season with the National 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

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	August 23	at San Francisco 49ers	W 20–7	36,273
2	August 28	at Los Angeles Rams	L 27–9	21,440
3	September 4	at Detroit Lions	T 24–24	39,985
4	September 7	vs. Baltimore Colts at Akron	W 23–21	20,000
5	September 11	at Chicago Bears	W 20–14	36,796
6	September 19	Green Bay Packers	W 21–13	22,336

Regular Season Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 27	at Green Bay Packers	W 27–0	22,604
2	October 4	at Chicago Cardinals	W 27–7	24,374
3	October 10	Philadelphia Eagles	W 37–13	45,802
4	October 18	at Washington Redskins	W 30–14	33,963
5	October 25	at New York Giants	W 7–0	30,773
6	November 1	Washington Redskins	W 27–3	47,845
7	November 8	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–16	35,592
8	November 15	San Francisco 49ers	W 23–21	80,698
9	November 22	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 20–16	32,904
10	November 29	Chicago Cardinals	W 27–16	24,499
11	December 6	New York Giants	W 62–14	40,235
12	December 13	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 42–27	38,654

NFL Championship Game

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Championship	December 27	at Detroit Lions	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)

Standings

NFL Eastern
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	11	1	0	.917	348	162	L-1
Philadelphia Eagles	7	4	1	.636	352	215	W-1
Washington Redskins	6	5	1	.545	208	215	L-1
Pittsburgh Steelers	6	6	0	.500	211	263	W-2
New York Giants	3	9	0	.250	179	277	L-2
Chicago Cardinals	1	10	1	.091	190	337	W-1

Awards and records

• Otto Graham, NFL MVP

External links

• 1953 Cleveland Browns season article at Wikipedia
• 1953 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference
• 1953 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
• 1953 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
• 1953 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com