1953 Tennessee

• Biggest winBeat Louisville 59–⁠6Oct 24

  By 53 points, its widest win.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Sep 26	vsMississippi State	L 0–⁠26		74%
Oct 3	vs12Duke	L 7–⁠21		50%
Oct 10	vsChattanooga	W 40–⁠7		92%
Oct 17	vsAlabama	T 0–⁠0		50%
Oct 24	vsLouisville	W 59–⁠6		76%
Oct 31	atNorth Carolina	W 20–⁠6		54%
Nov 7	vsLSU	W 32–⁠14		64%
Nov 14	atFlorida	W 9–⁠7		51%
Nov 21	at13Kentucky	L 21–⁠27		40%
Nov 28	vsVanderbilt	W 33–⁠6		78%
Dec 5	atHouston	L 19–⁠33		52%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

1. Wk 1: 17
2. Wk 8: 18

• Johnny MajorsRunning back
• Darris McCordOffensive tackle
• Jerry DeLuccaOffensive tackle

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.