1953 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
American college football season
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The 1953 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1953 college football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Rex Enright, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the ACC. The team played home games at Carolina Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.
- Rex Enright (13th season)
| 1953 South Carolina Gamecocks football | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 7–3 (2–3 ACC) |
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| Captain | Gene Wilson |
| Home stadium | Carolina Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Maryland + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Duke + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1953 was the ACC's inaugural year of competition. South Carolina and six other schools from the Southern Conference (SoCon) broke off to form the new conference in 1953.
Also this year, South Carolina entered the AP Poll for the first time in school history, though it would be another five years before it would finish a season ranked in that poll.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | No. 10 Duke | L 7–20 | 30,000 | [3] | |||
| September 28 | The Citadel* |
| W 25–0 | 15,000 | [4] | ||
| October 3 | at Virginia* | W 19–0 | 12,000 | [5] | |||
| October 10 | Furman* |
| W 27–13 | 15,000 | [6] | ||
| October 22 | Clemson |
| W 14–7 | 35,000 | [7] | ||
| October 31 | at No. 2 Maryland | L 6–24 | 22,000 | [8] | |||
| November 7 | North Carolina |
| W 18–0 | 23,000 | [9] | ||
| November 14 | at No. 8 West Virginia* | W 20–14 | 31,000 | [10] | |||
| November 21 | Wofford* | No. 18 |
| W 49–0 | 8,000 | [11] | |
| November 26 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. Wake Forest | No. 15 | L 13–19 | 11,000 | [12] | |
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