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1953 Utah Redskins football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1953
team	Utah Redskins
sport	football
conference	Skyline Conference
short_conf	Skyline
record	8–2
conf_record	5–0
head_coach	Jack Curtice
hc_year	4th
stadium	Ute Stadium
champion	Skyline champion

The 1953 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1953 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Jack Curtice, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 5–0 against conference opponents, winning Skyline title for the third consecutive year.

Utah played its first nationally televised game in the final game of the season, on November 26. NBC Sports televised 12 games during the season, making the BYU–Utah rivalry game played on Thanksgiving Day among the first nationally broadcast college football games. Utah was 7–2, had clinched their third consecutive Skyline Conference title the previous week, and BYU had won only twice. Utah was heavily favored to win the game, by up to 24 points. BYU played tough, though, and Utah prevailed by one point, 33–32.

Schedule

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NFL draft

Four Utah players were selected in the 1954 NFL draft.

Jim Durrant	Guard	20	241	Detroit Lions

References

Miller, Hack. (November 16, 1953). "Ute team celebrates third straight title". Deseret News.
Miller, Hack. (November 25, 1953). "Utes 24-point favorites over Cougars". Deseret News.
Miller, Hack. (November 27, 1953). "Redskins win, but nobody loses in tense 33-32 game". Deseret News.
Hinckley, Shane. (2010). "University of Utah Football Vault : The History of the Utes". Whitman Publishing, LLC.
(September 20, 1953). "Utah Indians crush Arizona Wildcats". The Ogden Standard-Examiner.
(September 26, 1953). "Utah is two-touchdown favorite over Vandals". Deseret News.
(September 27, 1953). "Utah clubs Idaho 21-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
Miller, Hack. (September 28, 1953). "Utes meet Hawaii". Deseret News.
(October 4, 1953). "Curtice machine dims Rainbow crew, 47–24". The Salt Lake Tribune.
(October 11, 1953). "Redskins Down Ags 33 to 13". The Daily Herald (Provo, UT).
Jack Schroeder. (October 18, 1953). "Lethargic Utes Win, 40–6, on Last Half Spurt". The Salt Lake Tribune.
(October 25, 1953). "Utah edges Wyoming 13–12". The Daily Inter Lake.
(November 1, 1953). "UW edges Redskins 21–14". Eugene Register-Guard.
(November 8, 1953). "Colorado surprises Utah Redskins with 21–0 win". The Ogden Standard-Examiner.
(November 15, 1953). "Utes romp to win Skyline crown". The Montana Standard.
(November 27, 1953). "Redskins win, but nobody loses in tense 33–32 game". Deseret News.
"Ute Record Book". University of Utah.
. ["1953–54 Schedule/Results (Utah)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/403160). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
"1954 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

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