1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 42–19 vs. West Virginia
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 9
AP No. 8
1953 record 9–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach Bobby Dodd (9th season)
Captain Sam Hensley
Ed Gossage
Orville Vereen
Home stadium Grant Field
(Capacity: 44,000)
1953 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1953 college football season.[1] The Yellow Jackets were led by ninth-year head coach Bobby Dodd and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. They finished second in the Southeastern Conference to Alabama, who had upset then-No. 5 Georgia Tech in Birmingham, giving the Yellow Jackets their first conference loss since 1950.[2] The Yellow Jackets were invited to the 1954 Sugar Bowl, where they defeated West Virginia, 42–19.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 19 Davidson* No. 3 Grant FieldAtlanta W 530   22,000
September 26 at No. 15 Florida No. 3 Florida FieldGainesville, Florida T 00   41,000
October 3 SMU* No. 9 Grant Field • Atlanta W 64   37,000
October 10 at Tulane No. 10 Tulane StadiumNew Orleans W 2713   30,000
October 17 No. 19 Auburn No. 6 Grant Field • Atlanta (Rivalry) W 366   39,500
October 24 at No. 1 Notre Dame* No. 4 Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, Indiana L 1427   58,254
October 31 at Vanderbilt No. 8 Dudley FieldNashville, Tennessee W 430   24,000
November 7 Clemson*dagger No. 6 Grant Field • Atlanta (Rivalry) W 207   35,000
November 14 at Alabama No. 5 Legion FieldBirmingham, Alabama L 613   42,500
November 21 No. 15 Duke* No. 12 Grant Field • Atlanta W 1310   40,000
November 28 Georgia No. 10 Grant Field • Atlanta (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) W 2812   41,000
January 1 vs. No. 10 West Virginia* No. 8 Tulane Stadium • New Orleans (Sugar Bowl) ABC W 4219   70,500
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Source:[3]

References

  1. "1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
  2. "Alabama, Capitalizing on Two Pass Interceptions, Upsets Georgia Tech Team". New York Times. November 15, 1953. p. S4.
  3. 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 170.


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