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1953 Florida

3–⁠5–⁠2 (1–⁠3–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Woodruff.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1953, game by game: lost at Rice 16–20; tied vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech 0–0; lost at Kentucky 13–26; won vs. Stetson 45–0; won vs. The Citadel 60–0; tied vs. No. 14 LSU 21–21; lost at Auburn 7–16; won vs. Georgia 21–7; lost vs. No. 18 Tennessee 7–9; lost at Miami 10–14+60−13Lost 16–20 at Rice-4RiceTied 0–0 vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech0No. 3 Georgia TechLost 13–26 at Kentucky-13KentuckyWon 45–0 vs. Stetson+45StetsonWon 60–0 vs. The Citadel+60The CitadelTied 21–21 vs. No. 14 LSU0No. 14 LSULost 7–16 at Auburn-9AuburnWon 21–7 vs. Georgia+14GeorgiaLost 7–9 vs. No. 18 Tennessee-2No. 18 TennesseeLost 10–14 at Miami-4Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atRiceL 16–⁠2051%
Sep 26vs3Georgia TechT 0–⁠039%
Oct 3atKentuckyL 13–⁠2647%
Oct 10vsStetsonW 45–⁠094%
Oct 17vsThe CitadelW 60–⁠085%
Oct 24vs14LSUT 21–⁠2155%
Oct 31atAuburnL 7–⁠1656%
Nov 7vsGeorgiaW 21–⁠752%
Nov 14vs18TennesseeL 7–⁠949%
Nov 28atMiamiL 10–⁠1459%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 14–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1953.

Record
3–⁠5–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠3–⁠2 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
200–⁠113
Coach
Bob Woodruff
Elo
1534 −56 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.2 No. 29 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1954

The 1954 draft
Rd 2Rick Casares BChicago Bears
Rd 7Jack O’Brien EPittsburgh Steelers

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

  • Joe D’AgostinoOGAP-2; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1953 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama4–⁠0–⁠36–⁠3–⁠313
Georgia Tech4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠18
Kentucky4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠116
Ole Miss4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Auburn4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠117
Mississippi State3–⁠1–⁠35–⁠2–⁠3
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
LSU2–⁠3–⁠35–⁠3–⁠3
Florida1–⁠3–⁠23–⁠5–⁠2
Vanderbilt1–⁠53–⁠7
Georgia1–⁠53–⁠8
Tulane0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.