1953 Temple Owls football team

The 1953 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1953 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Albert Kawal, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record.[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

1953 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record4–4–1
Head coachAlbert Kawal (5th season)
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 Army      7 1 1
Harvard      6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 2 0
Yale      5 2 2
Penn State      6 3 0
Carnegie Tech      5 3 0
Boston College      5 3 1
Boston University      5 3 1
Syracuse      5 3 1
Tufts      4 3 0
Cornell      4 3 2
Holy Cross      5 5 0
Temple      4 4 1
Colgate      3 4 2
Columbia      4 5 0
Fordham      4 5 0
Villanova      4 6 0
Drexel      2 3 1
Penn      3 5 1
Pittsburgh      3 5 1
Dartmouth      2 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 18AlbrightW 34–0
September 26at Syracuse
L 0–42
October 3Bowling Green
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–0
October 17at Bucknell
W 27–21
October 24Scranton
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 33–7
October 31Bainbridge Naval Training Center
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 7–7[2]
November 7at Yale
L 6–32[3]
November 14at FordhamL 0–28[4]
November 21Boston University
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–20
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 130. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. Stan Baumgartner (November 1, 1953). "Fumble Helps Temple Tie Bainbridge, 7-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. Sports 1 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Yale Gridders Top Temple By 32 to 6". The Hartford Courant. November 8, 1953. p. III-1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Fordham Crushes Owls 28-0 as Griffin Shines". The New York Daily News. November 15, 1953. p. 105 via Newspapers.com.
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