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1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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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.

CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 8
Record9–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
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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
Captains
  • Sam Hensley
  • Ed Gossage
  • Orville Vereen
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Alabama $4–0–36–3–3
No. 8 Georgia Tech4–1–19–2–1
No. 16 Kentucky4–1–17–2–1
Ole Miss4–1–17–2–1
No. 17 Auburn4–2–17–3–1
Mississippi State3–1–35–2–3
Tennessee3–2–16–4–1
LSU2–3–35–3–3
Florida1–3–23–5–2
Vanderbilt1–5–03–7–0
Georgia1–5–03–8–0
Tulane0–7–01–8–1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 19Davidson*No. 3W 53–022,000[3]
September 26at No. 15 FloridaNo. 3T 0–041,000[4]
October 3SMU*No. 9
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 6–437,000[5]
October 10at TulaneNo. 10W 27–1330,000[6]
October 17No. 19 AuburnNo. 6
W 36–639,500[7]
October 24at No. 1 Notre Dame*No. 4L 14–2758,254[8]
October 31at VanderbiltNo. 8W 43–024,000[9]
November 7Clemson*daggerNo. 6
W 20–735,000[10]
November 14at AlabamaNo. 5L 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
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