1953 Baltimore Colts season

The 1953 Baltimore Colts season was the 1^st season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1953 season with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses and finished fifth in the Western Conference. In 1953, a Baltimore-based group led by Carroll Rosenbloom won the rights to a new Baltimore franchise. Rosenbloom was granted an NFL team, and was awarded the holdings of the defunct Dallas Texans organization. The new team was named the Colts after the previous team that folded after the 1950 NFL season.

Regular season

Regular season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site
1	September 27, 1953	Chicago Bears	W 13-9	1-0	Memorial Stadium
2	October 3, 1953	Detroit Lions	L 17-27	1-1	Memorial Stadium
3	October 11, 1953	@ Chicago Bears	W 16-14	2-1	Wrigley Field
4	October 18, 1953	@ Green Bay Packers	L 14-37	2-2	City Stadium
5	October 25, 1953	Washington Redskins	W 27-17	3-2	Memorial Stadium
6	October 31, 1953	Green Bay Packers	L 24-35	3-3	Memorial Stadium
7	November 7, 1953	@ Detroit Lions	L 7-17	3-4	Tiger Stadium
8	November 15, 1953	@ Philadelphia Eagles	L 14-45	3-5	Shibe Park
9	November 22, 1953	Los Angeles Rams	L 13-21	3-6	Memorial Stadium
10	November 29, 1953	San Francisco 49ers	L 21-38	3-7	Memorial Stadium
11	December 5, 1953	@ Los Angeles Rams	L 2-45	3-8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
12	December 13, 1953	@ San Francisco 49ers	L 14-45	3-9	Kezar Stadium

Conference standings

Western Conference
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Detroit Lions	10	2	0	.833	271	205
San Francisco 49ers	9	3	0	.750	372	237
Los Angeles Rams	8	3	1	.727	366	236
Chicago Bears	3	8	1	.273	218	262
Baltimore Colts	3	9	0	.250	182	350
Green Bay Packers	2	9	1	.182	200	338

See also

• History of the Indianapolis Colts
• Indianapolis Colts seasons
• Colts-Patriots rivalry
• Chiefs-Colts rivalry