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Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 8
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
Georgien 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, Georgia. 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.

Zeitplan

September 19Davidson*No. 3

W 53–0 22,000 September 26at No. 15 FloridaNo. 3

T 0–0 41,000 October 3SMU*No. 9

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA

W 6–4 37,000 October 10at TulaneNo. 10

W 27–13 30,000 October 17No. 19 AuburnNo. 6

W 36–6 39,500 October 24at No. 1 Notre Dame*No. 4

L 14–27 58,254 October 31at VanderbiltNo. 8

W 43–0 24,000 November 7Clemson*daggerNo. 6

W 20–7 35,000 November 14at AlabamaNo. 5

L 6–13 42,500 November 21No. 15 Duke*No. 12

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA

W 13–10 40,000 November 28GeorgienNo. 10

W 28–12 41,000 January 1vs. No. 10 West Virginia*No. 8

ABCW 42–19 70,500

Template:CFB Schedule End 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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