1953 Denver Pioneers football team

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1953 Denver Pioneers football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
1953 record3–5–2 (1–5–1 MSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDU Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Skyline Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   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

The 1953 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1953 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bob Blackman, the team compiled a 3–5–2 record (1–5–1 against MSC opponents), tied for last place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 195 to 159.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 18at Colorado College*
W 19–13
September 26Drake*
W 33–14
October 3at Colorado A&M
L 6–21
October 10Montana
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
L 13–22
October 17at Utah
L 6–40
October 23BYU
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
W 27–19
October 31at New Mexico
L 18–20
November 7at Wichita*
T 12–12
November 14Utah State
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
L 12–21
November 26Wyoming
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
T 13–13
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "1953 Denver Pioneers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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