1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1953 college football season.[1] The Yellow Jackets were led by ninth-year head coach Bobby Dodd and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. They finished second in the Southeastern Conference to Alabama, who had upset then-No. 5 Georgia Tech in Birmingham, giving the Yellow Jackets their first conference loss since 1950.[2] The Yellow Jackets were invited to the 1954 Sugar Bowl, where they defeated West Virginia, 42–19.

1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 42–19 vs. West Virginia
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 8
1953 record9–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainSam Hensley
Ed Gossage
Orville Vereen
Home stadiumGrant Field
(Capacity: 44,000)
1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 19Davidson*No. 3W 53–022,000
September 26at No. 15 FloridaNo. 3T 0–041,000
October 3SMU*No. 9
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta
W 6–437,000
October 10at TulaneNo. 10W 27–1330,000
October 17No. 19 AuburnNo. 6
W 36–639,500
October 24at No. 1 Notre Dame*No. 4L 14–2758,254
October 31at VanderbiltNo. 8W 43–024,000
November 7Clemson*No. 6
W 20–735,000
November 14at AlabamaNo. 5L 6–1342,500
November 21No. 15 Duke*No. 12
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta
W 13–1040,000
November 28GeorgiaNo. 10
W 28–1241,000
January 1vs. No. 10 West Virginia*No. 8
ABCW 42–1970,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[3]

References

  1. "1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
  2. "Alabama, Capitalizing on Two Pass Interceptions, Upsets Georgia Tech Team". New York Times. November 15, 1953. p. S4.
  3. 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 170.
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