1953 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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

1953 Mississippi State Maroons football
1953 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1953 record	5–2–3 (3–1–3 SEC)
Head coach	Murray Warmath (2nd season);
Home stadium	Scott Field; (Capacity: 35,000)
	Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

The 1953 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1953 college football season. This would be the last season for head coach Murray Warmath, who was hired by Minnesota after the season,^[1] and for quarterback Jackie Parker, who went on to have along career in the CFL. Parker would win his second SEC "Player of the Year" award by the Nashville Banner.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Memphis State*		Crump Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	W 34–6		^[2]
September 26	at No. 17 Tennessee		Shields-Watkins Field Knoxville, Tennessee	W 26–0
October 3	North Texas State*	No. 11	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 21–6	15,000	^[3]
October 10	Auburn	No. 13	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	T 21–21
October 17	at Kentucky	No. 20	McLean Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	L 13–32
October 24	at Alabama		Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (rivalry)	T 7–7
October 31	Texas Tech*		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, Mississippi	L 20–27	16,000
November 7	at Tulane		Tulane Stadium New Orleans	W 21–0		^[4]
November 14	at LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (rivalry)	W 26–13
November 28	Ole Miss		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	T 7–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ AP (2011-03-17). "Murray Warmath, former Mississippi State football coach, dies at age 98". gulflive.com. Gulf Live.
^ "Maroons top Memphians in 34–6 rout". The Clarion-Ledger. September 20, 1953. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "State tops North Texas State". The Clarion-Ledger. October 4, 1953. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Maroons defeat Tulane". The Clarion-Ledger. November 8, 1953. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015

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Venues	Davis Wade Stadium (1914–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1953–1991)
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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