Detroit Lions
1953 Season Recap

Teams Detroit Lions 1953 Season Recap

The Lions finish 10-2 to earn a return trip to the NFL Championship game where they a matched up in a rematch with the Cleveland Browns. On December 27th in front of a load crowd of 54,577 the Lions win a 17-16 nail bitter to claim their second consecutive NFL Championship.

1953 Lions

1953 Detroit LionsLions

Won NFL Championship
1953 NFL Champions

11-2 (.846)

1st place in NFL Western Conference

Head Coach

Buddy Parker

General Manager

Nick Kerbawy

Team Owner

Lyle Fife
Edwin Anderson

Stadium

Briggs Stadium

Attendance

315,549 total
52,592 per game

1953 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

1 13 Harley Sewell G

2 25 Gene Gedman B

4 49 Charlie Ane T

6 73 Ollie Spencer T

7 85 Joe Schmidt LB

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