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1953 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1953
team	Florida Gators
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
record	3–5–2
conf_record	1–3–2
head_coach	Bob Woodruff
hc_year	4th
stadium	Florida Field

The 1953 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1953 college football season. The season was the fourth for Bob Woodruff as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The 1953 season was a year of rebuilding and backsliding after the graduation of All-American Charlie LaPradd and the loss of fullback Rick Casares to the U.S. Army. The highlight of the season was the Gators' second consecutive victory over the Georgia Bulldogs, but the Gators began a pattern of agonizingly close losses to the Rice Owls (16–20), Auburn Tigers (7–16), Tennessee Volunteers (7–9) and Miami Hurricanes (10–14), as well as two ties with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (0–0) and LSU Tigers (21–21). Woodruff's 1953 Florida Gators finished with a 3–5–2 overall record and a 1–3–2 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing ninth of twelve SEC teams.

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References

(September 20, 1953). "Gator rally fails as Rice wins, 20–16". Fort Lauderdale News.
(September 27, 1953). "Georgia Tech tied by 'Gators". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(October 4, 1953). "Kentucky stops Florida Gators in 26–13 clash". The Selma Times-Journal.
(October 11, 1953). "Gator underclassmen overpower Stetson, 45–0". St. Petersburg Times.
(October 18, 1953). "Florida rips wildly over Citadel, 60–0". The Greenville News.
(October 25, 1953). "Florida wrestles LSU to tie, 21–21". Tallahassee Democrat.
(November 1, 1953). "Auburn Plainsmen trample Gators 16–7". Fort Myers News-Press.
(November 8, 1953). "Florida Gators wallop Georgia in 21–7 game". Panama City News-Herald.
(November 15, 1953). "Late Tennessee field goal nips Florida, 9–7". The Tampa Tribune.
(November 29, 1953). "Late Miami score sinks Florida, 14–10". Pensacola News Journal.
''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2015/media_guide.pdf 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive. link. (2015-12-08 '', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.)

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