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1953 Auburn Tigers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1953
team	Auburn Tigers
sport	football
image	Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
image_size	125
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
record	7–3–1
conf_record	4–2–1
APRank	17
captain	Vince Dooley
hc_year	3rd
head_coach	Ralph Jordan
stadium	Cliff Hare Stadium
Legion Field
Ladd Memorial Stadium
bowl	[Gator Bowl](1954-gator-bowl-january)
bowl_result	L 13–35 vs. [Texas Tech](1953-texas-tech-red-raiders-football-team)

Legion Field Ladd Memorial Stadium The 1953 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1953 college football season. It was the Tigers' 62nd overall and 21st season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his third year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn, the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery and Ladd Memorial Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished with a record of seven wins, three losses and one tie (7–3–1 overall, 4–2–1 in the SEC) and with a loss to Texas Tech in the Gator Bowl.

Schedule

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Notable players

Vince Dooley

Serving as team captain, Dooley played quarterback and corner back for the 53' Auburn Tigers. Vince completed 25 of 47 passes for a 53.1 completion percentage. This was the best mark by an Auburn signal caller since All-American Travis Tidwell. Dooley was named to the Senior Bowl at the conclusion of the season and was invited to the annual Blue-Gray Game. He was named Offensive MVP after the Gator Bowl.

Ed Baker

Big Ed was named team co-captain to the 1953 Auburn Tigers. He opened up running lanes for future All-SEC back Fob James and was voted the SEC's "Best Offensive Center" at the conclusion of the regular season.

References

(September 26, 1953). "Stetson clawed, 47 to 0". The Miami Herald.
(October 4, 1953). "Auburn slashes Ole Miss, 13–0, flashes best form in 11 years". The Atlanta Journal.
(October 11, 1953). "Auburn rally ties Maroons". The Chattanooga Times.
(October 18, 1953). "Georgia Tech buries Auburn hopes, 36–6". The Orlando Sentinel.
(October 25, 1953). "Auburn routs Tulane, 34–7". The Montgomery Advertiser.
(November 1, 1953). "Auburn Plainsmen trample Gators 16–7". Fort Myers News-Press.
(November 7, 1953). "Ruffled War Eagle weathers Hurricane, 29 to 20". The Birmingham News.
(November 15, 1953). "Auburn continues bowl bid with 39–18 win over Georgia". The Montgomery Advertiser.
(November 22, 1953). "Auburn gains 45–19 nod over Clemson". Tampa Sunday Tribune.
(November 29, 1953). "Luna kicks Tide into Cotton Bowl". The Birmingham News.
(January 2, 1954). "Powerful Texas Tech topples Auburn with big second half". San Angelo Standard-Times.
(2009). "2009 Auburn Football Media Guide". Auburn Media Relations Office.
"1953 Auburn University Football Schedule". [[Auburn Tigers.

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