1953 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

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1953 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
ConferenceGulf States Conference
1953 record4–7 (2–4 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Gulf States Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northwestern State + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Louisiana Tech + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
McNeese State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Louisiana College 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Northeast Louisiana State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1953 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1953 college football season. In their third year under head coach Raymond Didier, the team compiled a 4–7 record.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Lamar Tech*
W 22–13
September 26at Southeastern Louisiana
L 13–39
October 3East Texas State*
L 7–41
October 10No. 20 Mississippi Southern*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 14–41[3]
October 17at Arkansas State*
L 12–13
October 24at Stephen F. Austin*Nacogdoches, TXW 14–7
October 31at Louisiana Tech
L 7–276,500[4]
November 7Louisiana College
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 19–6
November 14Northwestern State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 7–12
November 21McNeese State
W 47–13
November 28at Northeast Louisiana State
L 6–35[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. ^ Ducote, Mary Helen, ed. (1954). "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. pp. 34–45. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Mississippi Southern crushes SLI, 41–14". The Daily Advertiser. October 11, 1953. Retrieved March 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Goal line defense helps Tech whip SLI, 27–7". The Daily Advertiser. November 1, 1953. Retrieved June 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "NE State hands SLI crushing 35–6 defeat". The Daily Advertiser. November 29, 1953. p. 9. Retrieved January 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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