1953 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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.

1953 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1953 record5–2–3 (3–1–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(capacity: 35,000)
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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Memphis State*W 34–6[2]
September 26at No. 17 TennesseeW 26–025,000[3]
October 3North Texas State*No. 11W 21–615,000[4]
October 10AuburnNo. 13
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
T 21–21
October 17at KentuckyNo. 20L 13–32
October 24at AlabamaT 7–728,000[5]
October 31Texas Tech*L 20–2716,000
November 7at TulaneW 21–0[6]
November 14at LSUW 26–13
November 28Ole 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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