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1953 Ole Miss

7–⁠2–⁠1 (4–⁠1–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Vaught.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1953, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 39–6; won vs. Kentucky 22–6; lost at Auburn 0–13; won vs. Vanderbilt 28–6; won at Tulane 45–14; won vs. Arkansas 28–0; won at LSU 27–16; won vs. North Texas 40–7; lost at No. 2 Maryland 0–38; tied at Mississippi State 7–7+33−38Won 39–6 vs. Chattanooga+33ChattanoogaWon 22–6 vs. Kentucky+16KentuckyLost 0–13 at Auburn-13AuburnWon 28–6 vs. Vanderbilt+22VanderbiltWon 45–14 at Tulane+31TulaneWon 28–0 vs. Arkansas+28ArkansasWon 27–16 at LSU+11LSUWon 40–7 vs. North Texas+33North TexasLost 0–38 at No. 2 Maryland-38No. 2 MarylandTied 7–7 at Mississippi State0Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsChattanoogaW 39–⁠694%
Sep 26vsKentuckyW 22–⁠666%
Oct 3atAuburnL 0–⁠1374%
Oct 10vsVanderbiltW 28–⁠675%
Oct 17atTulaneW 45–⁠1461%
Oct 24vsArkansasW 28–⁠077%
Oct 31atLSUW 27–⁠1651%
Nov 7vsNorth TexasW 40–⁠793%
Nov 14at2MarylandL 0–⁠3831%
Nov 28atMississippi StateT 7–⁠754%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Mississippi State 7–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 15
  2. Wk 6: 18
  3. Wk 7: 12
  4. Wk 8: 11

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.

Consensus All-AmericanCrawford Mims, OG

Record
7–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠1 tied for 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
236–⁠113
Coach
John Vaught
Elo
1656 +42 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.2 No. 10 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ed Beatty

Drafted in 1954

The 1954 draft
Rd 1Ed Beatty CLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

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.