1953 Mississippi State

• Biggest upsetBeat No. 17 Tennessee 26–⁠0Sep 26

  Tennessee was ranked No. 17, above it.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Sep 19	atMemphis	W 34–⁠6		89%
Sep 26	at17Tennessee	W 26–⁠0		26%
Oct 3	vsNorth Texas	W 21–⁠6		90%
Oct 10	vsAuburn	T 21–⁠21		74%
Oct 17	atKentucky	L 13–⁠32		42%
Oct 24	atAlabama	T 7–⁠7		32%
Oct 31	vsTexas Tech	L 20–⁠27		58%
Nov 7	atTulane	W 21–⁠0		56%
Nov 14	atLSU	W 26–⁠13		43%
Nov 28	vsOle Miss	T 7–⁠7		46%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

1. Wk 2: 11
2. Wk 3: 13
3. Wk 4: 20

• Art DavisRunning back

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.

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

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Alabama	4–⁠0–⁠3	6–⁠3–⁠3	13
Georgia Tech	4–⁠1–⁠1	9–⁠2–⁠1	8
Kentucky	4–⁠1–⁠1	7–⁠2–⁠1	16
Ole Miss	4–⁠1–⁠1	7–⁠2–⁠1
Auburn	4–⁠2–⁠1	7–⁠3–⁠1	17
Mississippi State	3–⁠1–⁠3	5–⁠2–⁠3
Tennessee	3–⁠2–⁠1	6–⁠4–⁠1
LSU	2–⁠3–⁠3	5–⁠3–⁠3
Florida	1–⁠3–⁠2	3–⁠5–⁠2
Vanderbilt	1–⁠5	3–⁠7
Georgia	1–⁠5	3–⁠8
Tulane	0–⁠7	1–⁠8–⁠1

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