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1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 42–19 vs. West Virginia
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 8
Record9–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainSam Hensley
Ed Gossage
Orville Vereen
Home stadiumGrant Field
(Capacity: 44,000)
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

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.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 19Davidson*No. 3
W 53–022,000[3]
September 26at No. 15 FloridaNo. 3
T 0–041,000[4]
October 3SMU*No. 9
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 6–437,000[5]
October 10at TulaneNo. 10
W 27–1330,000[6]
October 17No. 19 AuburnNo. 6
W 36–639,500[7]
October 24at No. 1 Notre Dame*No. 4
L 14–2758,254[8]
October 31at VanderbiltNo. 8
W 43–024,000[9]
November 7Clemson*daggerNo. 6
W 20–735,000[10]
November 14at AlabamaNo. 5
L 6–1342,500[11]
November 21No. 15 Duke*No. 12
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 13–1040,000[12]
November 28GeorgiaNo. 10
W 28–1241,000[13]
January 1vs. No. 10 West Virginia*No. 8
ABCW 42–1971,666[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[15]

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. ^ "Davidson no test for romping Tech in 53–0 victory". The Birmingham News. September 20, 1953. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Georgia Tech tied by 'Gators". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 27, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia Tech squeezes pat SMU Mustangs, 6–4". The Brownsville Herald. October 4, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Georgia Tech trounces crippled Tulane, 27 to 13". Monroe Morning World. October 11, 1953. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Georgia Tech buries Auburn hopes, 36–6". The Orlando Sentinel. October 18, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Notre Dame snips Georgia Tech string, 27–14". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 25, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Georgia Tech rolls to easy win over Vanderbilt, 43–0". Durham Morning-Herald. November 1, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Georgia Tech trims Clemson 20–7". Florence Morning News. November 8, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Alabama turns back Georgia Tech 13 to 6". The Tuscaloosa News. November 15, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  12. ^ "Georgia Tech overhauls Duke, 13–10". The Dayton Daily News. November 22, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Georgia Tech rolls, 28–12, over crippled Georgia U." Casper Star-Tribune. November 29, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Georgia Tech crushes WVU, 42–19, smashing six records". Richmond Times-Dispatch. January 2, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. p. 170.


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