Английская Википедия:1953 Baltimore Colts season

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox NFL season The Шаблон:Nfly Baltimore Colts season was officially the first season for the team as a member club of the National Football League. The Colts had a record of 3 wins and 9 losses and finished fifth in the Western Conference.

In January 1953, a Baltimore-based group led by Carroll Rosenbloom won the rights to a new Baltimore franchise. Rosenbloom was granted an NFL team, and awarded the holdings of the defunct Dallas Texans organization, the descendant of the last remaining Ohio League founding APFA member Dayton Triangles, who lasted only one season in Dallas. Amongst these assets and players were future hall of famer players Gino Marchetti and Art Donovan, the nucleus of the group of players that remained from the Texans and carried on the legacy of the original Triangles franchise. Despite these definitive connections through the years, what was, and is still recognized as the new team was named the Colts after the unrelated previous team that folded following the Шаблон:Nfly season. The team kept the blue and white color scheme that the Triangles franchise had for much of its existence. Baltimore was without a team in Шаблон:Nfly and Шаблон:Nfly.

The 1953 Colts have the unusual distinction of having a losing record, despite having a league-leading 56 defensive takeaways. Baltimore had a winning record after five games, defeating neighbor Washington before a capacity crowd of over 34,000 at Memorial Stadium, then lost seven straight to finish the season.

In the season opener against the Chicago Bears on September 27, Colts' defensive back Bert Rechichar set an NFL record for the longest field goal Шаблон:Nowrap breaking the previous unofficial record of 55 yards (set by drop kick by Paddy Driscoll in Шаблон:Nfly). It stood for over seventeen years, until Tom Dempsey booted a 63-yarder in Шаблон:Nfly.

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 27	Chicago Bears	W 13–9	1–0	Memorial Stadium	23,715	Recap
2	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	Detroit Lions	L 17–27	1–1	Memorial Stadium	25,159	Recap
3	October 11	at Chicago Bears	W 16–14	2–1	Wrigley Field	35,316	Recap
4	October 18	at Green Bay Packers	L 14–37	2–2	City Stadium	18,713	Recap
5	October 25	Washington Redskins	W 27–17	3–2	Memorial Stadium	34,031	Recap
6	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	Green Bay Packers	L 24–35	3–3	Memorial Stadium	33,797	Recap
7	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	at Detroit Lions	L 7–17	3–4	Tiger Stadium	46,508	Recap
8	November 15	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 14–45	3–5	Shibe Park	27,813	Recap
9	November 22	Los Angeles Rams	L 13–21	3–6	Memorial Stadium	27,268	Recap
10	November 29	San Francisco 49ers	L 21–38	3–7	Memorial Stadium	26,005	Recap
11	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	at Los Angeles Rams	L 2–45	3–8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	26,696	Recap
12	December 13	at San Francisco 49ers	L 14–45	3–9	Kezar Stadium	23,432	Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

See also

• History of the Indianapolis Colts
• Indianapolis Colts seasons