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1953 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1953 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–2–3 (3–1–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Alabama $ 4 0 3 6 3 3
No. 8 Georgia Tech 4 1 1 9 2 1
No. 16 Kentucky 4 1 1 7 2 1
Ole Miss 4 1 1 7 2 1
No. 17 Auburn 4 2 1 7 3 1
Mississippi State 3 1 3 5 2 3
Tennessee 3 2 1 6 4 1
LSU 2 3 3 5 3 3
Florida 1 3 2 3 5 2
Vanderbilt 1 5 0 3 7 0
Georgia 1 5 0 3 8 0
Tulane 0 7 0 1 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1953 college football season. This would be the last season for head coach Murray Warmath, who was hired by Minnesota after the season,[1] and for quarterback Jackie Parker, who went on to have along career in the CFL.

Schedule

September 19at Memphis State*

W 34–6 September 26at No. 17 Tennessee

W 26–0 October 3North Texas State*No. 11

W 21–6 October 10AuburnNo. 13

T 21–21 October 17at KentuckyNo. 20

L 13–32 October 24at Alabama

T 7–7 October 31Texas Tech*

L 20–27 November 7at Tulane

W 21–0 November 14at LSU

W 26–13 November 28Ole Miss

T 7–7

Template:CFB Schedule End [2]

References

  1. ^ AP (2011-03-17). "Murray Warmath, former Mississippi State football coach, dies at age 98". gulflive.com. Gulf Live.
  2. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015