1953 Southern Jaguars football team

1953 Southern Jaguars football
1953 Southern Jaguars football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	9–2 (5–1 SWAC)
Head coach	Ace Mumford (18th season);
Home stadium	University Stadium; Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

The 1953 Southern Jaguars football team was an American football team that represented Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1953 college football season. Led by Ace Mumford in his 18th season as head coach, the Jaguars compiled an overall record of 9–2, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished second in the SWAC.

Record9–2 (5–1 SWAC)

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1953 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Prairie View A&M $	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Southern	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Texas College	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Arkansas AM&N	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
Langston	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Bishop	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Wiley	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 26	Texas Southern*	Memorial Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 28–6	^[1]
October 3	Alcorn A&M*	Memorial Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 33–0	^[2]
October 10	vs. Paul Quinn*	Dal-Hi Stadium Dallas, TX	W 18–12	^[3]^[4]
October 17	Arkansas AM&N	Memorial Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 60–0	^[5]
October 24	at Langston	Anderson Stadium Langston, OK	W 25–7	^[6]
October 31	Texas College	Memorial Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 58–0	^[7]
November 7	vs. Bishop	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA	W 79–0	^[8]
November 14	at Wiley	Wiley Field Marshall, TX	W 70–13	^[9]
November 21	at Florida A&M*	Bragg Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 25–33	^[10]
November 28	Prairie View A&M	Memorial Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–20	^[11]
December 5	at Xavier (LA)*	Xavier Stadium New Orleans, LA (Pelican State Classic)	W 41–15	^[12]
*Non-conference game

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