1953 North Dakota State Bison football team

1953 North Central Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1953 North Dakota State Bison football
1953 North Dakota State Bison football
Conference	North Central Conference
1953 record	3–5 (2–4 NCC)
Head coach	Mac Wenskunas (4th season);
Home stadium	Dacotah Field
	Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

The 1953 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1953 college football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their fourth year under head coach Mac Wenskunas, the team compiled a 3–5 record.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	Concordia–Moorhead*	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 7–6		^[2]
September 18	at Detroit*	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 6–33	18,200	^[3]
October 3	at Morningside	Public School Stadium Sioux City, IA	L 14–20		^[4]
October 9	Iowa State Teachers	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	L 21–27		^[5]
October 16	South Dakota	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 12–6		^[6]
October 24	at South Dakota State	State Field Brookings, SD (Dakota Marker)	L 14–32	7,500	^[7]
October 31	North Dakota	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	L 6–26		^[8]
November 7	at Augustana (SD)	Viking Stadium Sioux Falls, SD	W 34–18		^[9]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^ "1953 NDSU football schedule". North Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ "Bison have trouble; Nip Concordia 7–6". Argus-Leader. September 13, 1953. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Titans coast in opener, 33–6". Detroit Free Press. September 19, 1953. pp. 13, 16. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Morningside nips Bison by 20 to 14". Sioux City Journal. October 4, 1953. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tutors in 27–21 win at N.D. State". The Gazette. October 10, 1953. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "N.D. State tips Coyotes by 12–6". Rapid City Journal. October 17, 1953. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "State blasts Bison, 32–14". Rapid City Journal. October 25, 1953. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sioux down State, 26–6 in annual Nickel Trophy tilt". The Bismarck Tribune. November 2, 1953. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bison spill Augie 34 to 18". Argus-Leader. November 8, 1953. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Dacotah Field (1910–1992) Fargodome (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Dakota Marker (South Dakota State) Nickel Trophy (North Dakota)
Culture & lore	Thundar "On Bison" Gold Star Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1953 North Central Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
South Dakota State $	5	–	0	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Iowa State Teachers	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
North Dakota	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Morningside	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
North Dakota State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
South Dakota	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Augustana (SD)	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion