1953 Michigan
6–3 (3–3 Big Ten), coached by Bennie Oosterbaan, finished No. 20 in the AP poll. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Washington 50–0Sep 26
By 50 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs Washington | W 50–0 | 57% |
| Oct 3 | vs Tulane | W 26–7 | 68% |
| Oct 10 | vs Iowa | W 14–13 | 74% |
| Oct 17 | vs Northwestern | W 20–12 | 75% |
| Oct 24 | at Minnesota | L 0–22 | 60% |
| Oct 31 | vs Pennsylvania | W 24–14 | 66% |
| Nov 7 | at 4Illinois | L 3–19 | 35% |
| Nov 14 | at 4Michigan State | L 6–14 | 22% |
| Nov 21 | vs Ohio State | W 20–0 | 52% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Ohio State 20–0; No. 20 in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 97th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 140 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 2: 4
- Wk 3: 5
- Wk 4: 5
- Wk 5: 5
- Wk 6: 16
- Wk 7: 17
- Final: 20
- Record
- 6–3
- Conference
- 3–3 tied for 5th in Big Ten
- AP final
- No. 20 peak No. 4
- Points
- 163–101
- Coach
- Bennie Oosterbaan
- Elo
- 1592 +43 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 12.7 No. 18 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Dick O’Shaughnessy
- Most valuable player
- Tony Branoff
All-Big Ten
1 first teamFirst team
Bob ToppEAP-1; 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 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State | 5–1 | 9–1 | 3 |
| Illinois | 5–1 | 7–1–1 | 7 |
 Wisconsin | 4–1–1 | 6–2–1 | 15 |
| Ohio State | 4–3 | 6–3 | |
| Michigan | 3–3 | 6–3 | 20 |
| Iowa | 3–3 | 5–3–1 | 9 |
| Minnesota | 3–3–1 | 4–4–1 | |
 Purdue | 2–4 | 2–7 | |
 Indiana | 1–5 | 2–7 | |
| Northwestern | 0–6 | 3–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.