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1953 Southern Miss

6–⁠2. The season’s Wikipedia article records 9–⁠2, over 11 games to the eight on file here.

Schedule and results

Southern Miss in 1953, game by game: won at Alabama 25–19; won vs. Parris Island Marines 40–0; won vs. Tampa 42–6; won at Louisiana 41–14; won vs. SE Louisiana 7–0; lost at Memphis 13–27; won vs. Georgia 14–0; lost vs. UTEP 14–37+40−23Won 25–19 at Alabama+6AlabamaWon 40–0 vs. Parris Island Marines+40Parris Island M…Won 42–6 vs. Tampa+36TampaWon 41–14 at Louisiana+27LouisianaWon 7–0 vs. SE Louisiana+7SE LouisianaLost 13–27 at Memphis-14MemphisWon 14–0 vs. Georgia+14GeorgiaLost 14–37 vs. UTEP-23UTEP
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atAlabamaW 25–⁠194%
Sep 26vsParris Island MarinesW 40–⁠052%
Oct 3vsTampaW 42–⁠665%
Oct 10atLouisianaW 41–⁠1461%
Oct 17vsSE LouisianaW 7–⁠075%
Oct 31atMemphisL 13–⁠2767%
Nov 21vsGeorgiaW 14–⁠025%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsUTEPSun BowlL 14–⁠3724%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UTEP 37–⁠14 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 90 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Southern Miss’s 1953 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Nov 7vsFlorida StateW 21–⁠0Florida State’s article

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 20
  2. Wk 4: 17
  3. Wk 5: 19

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
6–⁠2
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
196–⁠103
Coach
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Elo
1254 +137 this season
SP+ rating
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Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1954

The 1954 draft
Rd 6Laurin Pepper BPittsburgh Steelers