1953 Football

6-4 overall · 2-4 Big Seven Dal Ward

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1953 Passing Statistics

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737 yds · 9 TDs · 19 INTs · 10 games

Player

Pos

Cmp

Att

Pct

Yards

Int

Yds/A

Yds/C

QBR

Yds/G

Frank Bernardi Leader

50.0%

176

8.0

16.0

119.9

17.6

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	TD	Int	QBR	Long
Sep 19	Washington	W 21-20	0	3	0.0%	0	0	2	-133.3	—
Sep 26	Arizona	W 20-14	1	3	33.3%	33	0	1	59.1	—
Oct 10	Kansas	L 21-27	3	4	75.0%	34	0	0	146.4	—
Oct 24	Oklahoma	L 20-27	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	—
Oct 31	Iowa State	W 41-34	3	4	75.0%	45	1	0	252.0	—
Nov 7	Utah	W 21-0	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	—
Nov 14	Nebraska	W 14-10	1	1	100.0%	4	1	0	463.6	—
Nov 28	Colorado State	W 13-7	3	3	100.0%	60	0	0	268.0	—
	Totals		11	22	50.0%	176	2	3	—

Homer Jenkins

34.6%

163

6.3

18.1

86.9

16.3

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	TD	Int	QBR	Long
Sep 19	Washington	W 21-20	2	6	33.3%	66	2	0	235.7	—
Sep 26	Arizona	W 20-14	2	2	100.0%	16	0	0	167.2	—
Oct 3	Missouri	L 16-27	3	11	27.3%	80	1	2	82.0	—
Nov 14	Nebraska	W 14-10	1	4	25.0%	-1	0	1	-27.1	—
Nov 28	Colorado State	W 13-7	1	3	33.3%	2	0	2	-94.4	—
	Totals		9	26	34.6%	163	3	5	—

Bill Horton

50.0%

111

6.9

13.9

103.9

11.1

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	TD	Int	QBR	Long
Oct 3	Missouri	L 16-27	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	—
Oct 10	Kansas	L 21-27	5	10	50.0%	76	1	2	106.8	—
Oct 17	Kansas State	L 14-28	3	4	75.0%	35	0	0	148.5	—
	Totals		8	16	50.0%	111	1	2	—

Carroll Hardy

31.6%

104

5.5

17.3

84.4

10.4

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	TD	Int	QBR	Long
Sep 19	Washington	W 21-20	1	4	25.0%	1	0	0	27.1	—
Sep 26	Arizona	W 20-14	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	—
Oct 24	Oklahoma	L 20-27	1	1	100.0%	6	0	0	150.4	—
Oct 31	Iowa State	W 41-34	1	5	20.0%	25	0	0	62.0	—
Nov 7	Utah	W 21-0	2	4	50.0%	29	1	1	143.4	—
Nov 14	Nebraska	W 14-10	1	2	50.0%	43	0	0	230.6	—
Nov 28	Colorado State	W 13-7	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	—
	Totals		6	19	31.6%	104	1	1	—

Ron Johnson

41.2%

5.2

12.6

80.5

8.8

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	TD	Int	QBR	Long
Oct 10	Kansas	L 21-27	2	3	66.7%	33	0	0	159.1	—
Oct 17	Kansas State	L 14-28	1	3	33.3%	3	0	0	41.7	—
Oct 24	Oklahoma	L 20-27	2	6	33.3%	5	0	1	7.0	—
Oct 31	Iowa State	W 41-34	2	4	50.0%	47	1	0	231.2	—
Nov 28	Colorado State	W 13-7	0	1	0.0%	0	0	1	-200.0	—
	Totals		7	17	41.2%	88	1	2	—

Charles Toms

37.5%

5.6

15.0

34.8

4.5

Pete Middlemist

28.6%

4.1

14.5

24.8

2.9

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	TD	Int	QBR	Long
Oct 3	Missouri	L 16-27	1	2	50.0%	17	0	1	21.4	—
Oct 10	Kansas	L 21-27	0	3	0.0%	0	0	1	-66.7	—
Nov 28	Colorado State	W 13-7	1	2	50.0%	12	1	1	165.4	—
	Totals		2	7	28.6%	29	1	3	—

Don Neary

100.0%

22.0

284.8

2.2

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	TD	Int	QBR	Long
Oct 17	Kansas State	L 14-28	1	1	100.0%	22	0	0	284.8	—
	Totals		1	1	100.0%	22	—	—	—

Bill Lamont

0.0%

0.0

-200.0

0.0

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	TD	Int	QBR	Long
Oct 31	Iowa State	W 41-34	0	1	0.0%	0	0	1	-200.0	—
	Totals		0	1	0.0%	0	—	1	—

Don Piper

100.0%

-1

-1.0

91.6

-0.1

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	TD	Int	QBR	Long
Oct 17	Kansas State	L 14-28	1	1	100.0%	-1	0	0	91.6	—
	Totals		1	1	100.0%	-1	—	—	—

Team Totals

118

40.7%

737

6.3

15.4

86.1

73.7