1953 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
American college football season
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The 1953 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1953 college football season. In its fourth year under head coach Frank Zazula, the team compiled a 6–1–1 record (3–1–1 against NCC opponents), finished in third place out of seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 154 to 107.[1] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record6–1–1 (3–1–1 NCC)
Headcoach
- Frank Zazula (4th season)
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
| 1953 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football | |
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| Conference | North Central Conference |
| Record | 6–1–1 (3–1–1 NCC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State Teachers | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Augustana (SD) | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 19 | at Bemidji State* | Bemidji, MN | W 21–13 | [2] | |||
| September 26 | Augustana (SD) | W 35–0 | |||||
| October 3 | South Dakota State |
| T 13–13 | [3] | |||
| October 10 | Morningside |
| W 21–20 | ||||
| October 17 | Iowa State Teachers |
| L 6–34 | ||||
| October 24 | Montana State* |
| W 14–7 | [4] | |||
| October 31 | at North Dakota State | Fargo, ND | W 26–6 | [5] | |||
| November 14 | at South Dakota | Vermillion, SD | W 18–14 | [6] | |||
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