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. Parker would win his second SEC "Player of the Year" award by the Nashville Banner.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 19at Memphis State*W 34–6
September 26at No. 17 TennesseeW 26–0
October 3North Texas State*No. 11W 21–6
October 10AuburnNo. 13T 21–21
October 17at KentuckyNo. 20L 13–32
October 24at AlabamaT 7–7
October 31Texas Tech*L 20–2716,000
November 7at TulaneW 21–0
November 14at LSUW 26–13
November 28Ole MissT 7–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[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