Gopher Football 1953 Season

1953 Schedule Date Opponent W/L/T Score 09/26/1953 @ Southern California (6-3-1) L 7-17 10/03/1953 Michigan State (9-1) L 0-21 10/10/1953 @ Northwestern (3-6) W 30-13 10/17/1953 @ Illinois (7-1-1) L 7-27 10/24/1953 Michigan (6-3) W 22-0 10/31/1953 Pittsburgh (3-5-1) W 35-14 11/07/1953 Homecoming Indiana (2-7) W 28-20 11/14/1953 @ Iowa (5-3-1) L 0-27 11/21/1953 Wisconsin (6-2-1) T 21-21

1953 Big Ten Standings Team Conference Overall W L T PCT W L T PCT Michigan State 5 1 0 .833 9 1 0 .900 Illinois 5 1 0 .833 7 1 1 .833 Wisconsin 4 1 1 .750 6 2 1 .722 Ohio State 4 3 0 .571 6 3 0 .667 Minnesota 3 3 1 .500 4 4 1 .500 Iowa 3 3 0 .500 5 3 1 .611 Michigan 3 3 0 .500 6 3 0 .667 Purdue 2 4 0 .333 2 7 0 .222 Indiana 1 5 0 .167 2 7 0 .222 Northwestern 0 6 0 .000 3 6 0 .333

Season notes:

Coached by Wes Fesler (3rd season).

1953 Poll Results

Associated Press	United Press
1. Maryland 10-1-0 2. Notre Dame 9-0-1 3. Michigan State 9-1-0 4. Oklahoma 9-1-1 5. UCLA 8-2-0 6. Rice 9-2-0 7. Illinois 7-1-1 8. Georgia Tech 9-2-1 9. Iowa 5-3-1 10. West Virginia 8-2-0 11. Texas 7-3-0 12. Texas Tech 11-1-0 13. Alabama 6-3-3 14. Army 7-1-1 15. Wisconsin 6-2-1 16. Kentucky 7-2-1 17. Auburn 7-3-1 18. Duke 7-2-1 19. Stanford 6-3-1 20. Michigan 6-3-0	1. Maryland 10-1-0 2. Notre Dame 9-0-1 3. Michigan State 9-1-0 4. UCLA 8-2-0 5. Oklahoma 9-1-1 6. Rice 9-2-0 7. Illinois 7-1-1 8. Texas 7-3-0 9. Georgia Tech 9-2-1 10. Iowa 5-3-1 11. Alabama 6-3-3 12. Texas Tech 11-1-0 13. West Virginia 8-2-0 14. Wisconsin 6-2-1 15. Kentucky 7-2-1 16. Army 7-1-1 17. Stanford 6-3-1 18. Duke 7-2-1 19. Michigan 6-3-0 20. Ohio State 6-3-0

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1953 Season Bowl Results Orange Bowl - 01/01/1954 Oklahoma 7, Maryland 0 Sugar Bowl - 01/01/1954 Georgia Tech 42, West Virginia 19 Cotton Bowl - 01/01/1954 Rice 28, Alabama 6 Sun Bowl - 01/01/1954 Texas-El Paso 37, Southern Misssissippi 14 Gator Bowl - 01/01/1954 Texas Tech 35, Auburn 13 Tangerine Bowl - 01/01/1954 Arkansas State 7, East Texas State 7