1953 Green Bay Packers season


The 1953 Green Bay Packers season was their 35th season overall and their 33rd in the National Football League. The team finished with 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; McLean and Devore co-coached the last two games of the season, both losses.
It was the only in-season coaching change in Packers history, until 2018. This season also marked the first season that the Packers played at the recently completed Milwaukee County Stadium.

Offseason

NFL draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/club team
17Al CarmichaelHalfbackUSC
219Gil ReichBackArmy/Kansas
331Bill ForesterLinebackerSMU
443Gib DawsonHalfbackTexas
555Roger ZatkoffLinebackerMichigan
667Bob KennedyGuardWisconsin
779Jim RingoCenterSyracuse
891Lauren HargroveBackGeorgia
9103Floyd HarrawoodTackleTulsa
10115Vic RimkusGuardHoly Cross
11127Joe JohnsonHalfbackBoston College
12139Dick CurranBackArizona State
13151Bob OrdersCenterArmy/West Virginia
14163Charley WrennTackleTCU
15175Gene HelwigBackTulsa
16187John HlayFullbackOhio State
17199Bill GeorgesEndTexas
18211Jim PhileeBackBradley
19223Bill LuckyDefensive tackleBaylor
20235John HarvilleBackTCU
21247Bob ConwayBackAlabama
22259Bill TurnbeaughTackleAuburn
23271Bill MurrayEndAmerican International
24283James Haslam Jr.TackleTennessee
25295Ike JonesEndUCLA
26307George BozanicBackUSC
27319Jim McConaugheyEndHouston
28331Zack JordanEndColorado
29343John O'BrienGuardBoston College
30355Al BarryGuardUSC

Schedule

Standings

Roster