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1953 Texas Longhorns football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 11
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

September 19at LSU*No. 11

L 7–20 45,000 September 26Villanova*No. 11

W 41–12 27,000 October 3Houston*No. 17

  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

W 28–7 30,000 October 10vs. No. 16 Oklahoma*No. 15

L 14–19 75,504 October 17at Arkansas

W 16–7 19,654 October 24Rice

  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

L 13–18 48,000 October 31at No. 11 SMU

  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX

W 16–7 51,000 November 7No. 3 BaylorNo. 19

  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

W 21–20 54,000 November 14TCUNo. 10

  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

W 13–3 42,000 November 26at Texas A&MNo. 7

W 21–12 42,000

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Awards and honors

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

References