1953 Utah Utes football team

1953 Utah Utes football
MSC champion
Conference Mountain States Conference
1953 record 8–2 (5–0 MSC)
Head coach Jack Curtice
Home stadium Ute Stadium
1953 MSC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Utah $ 5 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
Utah State 5 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Wyoming 4 –2 –1  5 –4 –1
New Mexico 3 –2 –1  5 –3 –1
Colorado A&M 3 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Montana 2 –4 –0  3 –5 –0
Denver 1 –5 –1  3 –5 –2
BYU 1 –5 –1  2 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 1953 college football season. Utah played its first nationally televised game in the final game of the season in 1953. NBC broadcast 12 games during the season, which makes the BYU–Utah game played on Thanksgiving Day among the first nationally broadcast college football games. The previous week Utah had already clinched the Skyline Conference championship. BYU had only one two games that year. Consequently, Utah was favored to win the game. BYU played tough, though, and Utah ended up winning by one point, 33–32.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 19 at Arizona* Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona W 28–7  
September 26 Idaho* Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah W 21–0  
October 3 Hawaii* Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah W 47–24  
October 10 at Utah A.C. Old Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah (Battle of the Brothers) W 33–13  
October 17 Denver Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah W 40–6  
October 24 Wyoming Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah W 13–12  
October 31 at Washington* Husky Stadium • Seattle, Washington L 14–21  
November 7 at Colorado* Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado (Utah–Colorado football rivalry) L 0–21  
November 14 Colorado A&Mdagger Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah W 35–14  
November 26 BYU Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah (The Holy War) NBC W 33–32  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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After the season

NFL draft

Utah had four players selected in the 1954 NFL Draft.[4]

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Jack CrossBack785Detroit Lions
Charlie GrantCenter16189Philadelphia Eagles
Don RydalchBack19223Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim DurrantGuard20241Detroit Lions

References

  1. ↑ Hinckley, Shane (2010). University of Utah Football Vault : The History of the Utes. Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, LLC. pp. 53–54. ISBN 0-7948-2797-7.
  2. ↑ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 6. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  3. ↑ "Coaching Records Game by Game Jack C. Curtice 1953". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
  4. ↑ "1954 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
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