1953 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1953 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record5–2–3 (3–1–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Scott Field
(capacity: 35,000)
Seasons
←  1952
1954  →
1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Alabama $ 4 –0 –36 –3 –3
No. 8 Georgia Tech 4 –1 –19 –2 –1
No. 16 Kentucky 4 –1 –17 –2 –1
Ole Miss 4 –1 –17 –2 –1
No. 17 Auburn 4 –2 –17 –3 –1
Mississippi State 3 –1 –35 –2 –3
Tennessee 3 –2 –16 –4 –1
LSU 2 –3 –35 –3 –3
Florida 1 –3 –23 –5 –2
Vanderbilt 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
Georgia 1 –5 –03 –8 –0
Tulane 0 –7 –01 –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 a long career in the CFL. Parker would win his second SEC "Player of the Year" award by the Nashville Banner.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Memphis State *
W 34–6 [2]
September 26at No. 17 Tennessee
W 26–025,000 [3]
October 3 North Texas State *No. 11
W 21–615,000 [4]
October 10 Auburn No. 13
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
T 21–21
October 17at Kentucky No. 20
L 13–32
October 24at Alabama
T 7–728,000 [5]
October 31 Texas Tech *
L 20–2716,000
November 7at Tulane
W 21–0 [6]
November 14at LSU
W 26–13
November 28 Ole Miss
T 7–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ AP (2011-03-17). "Murray Warmath, former Mississippi State football coach, dies at age 98". gulflive.com. Gulf Live.
  2. ↑ "Maroons top Memphians in 34–6 rout". The Clarion-Ledger. September 20, 1953. Retrieved September 21, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Maroons maul Vols". Kingsport Times-News. September 27, 1953. Retrieved March 29, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "State tops North Texas State". The Clarion-Ledger. October 4, 1953. Retrieved November 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Watkins, Edwin (October 25, 1953). "Near-record crowd sees Tide tie State 7 to 7". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Maroons defeat Tulane". The Clarion-Ledger. November 8, 1953. Retrieved September 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015


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