1953 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1953 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1953 record 523 (313 SEC)
Head coach Murray Warmath (2nd year)
Home stadium Scott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1953 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#13 Alabama $ 4 0 3     6 3 3
#8 Georgia Tech 4 1 1     9 2 1
#16 Kentucky 4 1 1     7 2 1
Ole Miss 4 1 1     7 2 1
#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

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 19 at Memphis State* Crump StadiumMemphis, TN W 346  
September 26 at #17 Tennessee Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN W 260  
October 3 North Texas State* #11 Scott FieldStarkville, MS W 216  
October 10 Auburn #13 Scott FieldStarkville, MS T 2121  
October 17 at Kentucky #20 Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY (Rivalry) L 1332  
October 24 at Alabama Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry) T 77  
October 31 Texas Tech* Scott Field • Jackson, MS L 2027  
November 7 at Tulane Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA W 210  
November 14 at LSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) W 2613  
November 28 Ole Miss Scott FieldStarkville, MS (Egg Bowl) T 77  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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