1953 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1953 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record4–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
(Capacity: 18,155)
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Western college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pacific (CA)   –   4 – 4 – 2
San Jose State   –   4 – 4 – 1
Hawaii   –   5 – 6 – 0
Nevada   –   2 – 3 – 0
La Verne   –   3 – 7 – 0
Cal Poly San Dimas   –   2 – 6 – 0

The 1953 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1953 college football season.

San Jose State played as an Independent in 1953. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Bob Bronzan, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins, four losses and one tie. Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 156–220 for the season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Idaho
W 34���6
September 25at BYU
W 28–25
October 3at Fresno State[note 3]
W 27–215,574[1]
October 10Arizona State[note 4]
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
L 20–35
October 17at No. 16 California
L 14–34
October 24at Oregon
L 13–26
October 31North Texas State[note 5]
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
T 13–137,500[2]
November 7Pacific (CA)[note 6]
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
W 7–6
November 14at No. 16 Stanford
L 0–54
  • Rankings from no poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL[]

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1954 NFL Draft.[5][6]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Charlie Allen Tackle 5 57 Los Angeles Rams

Notes[]

  1. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
  2. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Cougar Stadium on the BYU campus, which was opened for the 1964 season
  3. ^ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
  4. ^ Arizona State University was known as Arizona State College from 1945 to 1957.
  5. ^ University of North Texas was known as North Texas State College from 1949 to 1960.
  6. ^ University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.

References[]

  1. ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "San Jose State ties North Texas, 13–13". The San Francisco Examiner. November 1, 1957. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  4. ^ "San Jose State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved February 1, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "1954 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  6. ^ "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
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