1953 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1953 college football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Source
September 19	at Villanova*		Villanova Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 32–19
September 26	Tulane		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	W 16–14	^[1]
October 3	vs. Texas A&M*	No. 18	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 12–14
October 10	at No. 4 Maryland*		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 13–40
October 17	LSU		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 6–14
October 24	North Carolina*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	W 27–14
October 31	Alabama		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	L 12–33
November 7	vs. Florida		Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	L 7–21
November 14	vs. No. 19 Auburn		A. J. McClung Memorial Stadium Columbus, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 18–39
November 21	at Mississippi Southern*		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 0–14	^[2]
November 28	at Georgia Tech		Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	L 12–28
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

^ "Tulane fumbles and stumbles to Brat 'n' the Bulldogs, 16 to 14". The Birmingham News. September 27, 1953. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Pepper and McElroy lead Southern to win over Georgia". The Clarion-Ledger. November 22, 1953. Retrieved March 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1953 Football Schedule". GeorgiaDogs.com. Retrieved December 15, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

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1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Alabama $	4	–	0	–	3	6	–	3	–	3
No. 8 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 16 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
No. 17 Auburn	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	1	–	3	5	–	2	–	3
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	3	5	–	3	–	3
Florida	1	–	3	–	2	3	–	5	–	2
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Tulane	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll