1953 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1953 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1953 college football season. In 1953, Tom Nugent, the creator of the I formation, became head coach and led the team to a 5-5 record.[1] He was coach for six years, and compiled a 34–28–1 record.

1953 Florida State Seminoles football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record5–5
Head coachTom Nugent (1st season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 15,000)
1953 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Delaware      7 1 0
Maryland State      7 1 0
Mississippi Southern      9 2 0
Western Maryland      4 3 1
Navy      4 3 2
Florida State      5 5 0
Tampa      6 6 0
Miami (FL)      4 5 0
Chattanooga      3 7 0
Louisville      1 7 0
Virginia      1 8 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25at Miami (FL)L 0–27
October 3LouisvilleW 59–0
October 10Abilene Christian
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 7–20
October 17at Louisiana Tech
L 21–32
October 31VMI
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 12–7
November 7at Mississippi SouthernL 0–21
November 14Furman
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 7–14
November 21Stetson
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 13–6
November 28NC State
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 23–13
December 5at Tampa
W 41–6

References


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