1953 Texas Longhorns football team

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1953 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference co-champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 11
1953 record7–3 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach
  • Ed Price (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,130)
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Rice + 5 1 0 9 2 0
No. 11 Texas + 5 1 0 7 3 0
Baylor 4 2 0 7 3 0
SMU 3 3 0 5 5 0
Arkansas 2 4 0 3 7 0
Texas A&M 1 5 0 4 5 1
TCU 1 5 0 3 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas in the 1953 college football season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 19at LSU*No. 11
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
L 7–2045,000
September 26Villanova*No. 11W 41–1227,000
October 3Houston*No. 17
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 28–730,000
October 10vs. No. 16 Oklahoma*No. 15
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)
L 14–1975,504
October 17at Arkansas
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)
W 16–719,654
October 24Rice
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 13–1848,000
October 31at No. 11 SMU
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX
W 16–751,000
November 7No. 3 BaylorNo. 19
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 21–2054,000
November 14TCUNo. 10
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 13–342,000
November 26at Texas A&MNo. 7
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
W 21–1242,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Awards and honors[]

  • Carlton Massey, end, Consensus All-American[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf


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