1953 Pacific

4–⁠4–⁠2.

Schedule and results

Pacific in 1953, game by game: won at Stanford 25–20; lost vs. Washington State 20–26; lost vs. Tulsa 13–22; won vs. Hawai’i 26–8; lost at Texas Tech 7–34; tied at Marquette 20–20; lost at San José State 6–7; won at Idaho 33–0; tied vs. Fresno State 21–21; won vs. Utah State 20–14+33−27Won 25–20 at Stanford+5StanfordLost 20–26 vs. Washington State-6Washington StateLost 13–22 vs. Tulsa-9TulsaWon 26–8 vs. Hawai’i+18Hawai’iLost 7–34 at Texas Tech-27Texas TechTied 20–20 at Marquette0MarquetteLost 6–7 at San José State-1San José StateWon 33–0 at Idaho+33IdahoTied 21–21 vs. Fresno State0Fresno StateWon 20–14 vs. Utah State+6Utah State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah State 20–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 64 on file).

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
4–⁠4–⁠2
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
191–⁠172
Coach
—
Elo
1492 −19 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−2.5 No. 65 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1954

The 1954 draft
Rd 2Ken Buck ENew York Giants

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

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