1953 Texas Longhorns football team

1953 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference co-champion
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 8
AP No. 11
1953 record 7–3 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach Ed Price (3rd season)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,130)
1953 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Rice + 5 1 0  9 2 0
No. 11 Texas + 5 1 0  7 3 0
Baylor 4 2 0  7 3 0
SMU 3 3 0  5 5 0
Arkansas 2 4 0  3 7 0
Texas A&M 1 5 0  4 5 1
TCU 1 5 0  3 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas in the 1953 college football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 19 at LSU* No. 11 Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA L 720   45,000
September 26 Villanova* No. 11 Memorial StadiumAustin, TX W 4112   27,000
October 3 Houston* No. 17 Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) W 287   30,000
October 10 vs. No. 16 Oklahoma* No. 15 Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Red River Shootout) L 1419   75,504
October 17 at Arkansas Razorback StadiumFayetteville, AR (Rivalry) W 167   19,654
October 24 Rice Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) L 1318   48,000
October 31 at No. 11 SMU Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX W 167   51,000
November 7 No. 3 Baylor No. 19 Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 2120   54,000
November 14 TCU No. 10 Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) W 133   42,000
November 26 at Texas A&M No. 7 Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (rivalry) W 2112   42,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Awards and honors

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  2. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf


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