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1953 Texas

7–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Edwin Price, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1953, game by game: lost at LSU 7–20; won vs. Villanova 41–12; won vs. Houston 28–7; lost vs. No. 16 Oklahoma 14–19; won at Arkansas 16–7; lost vs. Rice 13–18; won at No. 11 SMU 16–7; won vs. No. 3 Baylor 21–20; won vs. TCU 13–3; won at Texas A&M 21–12+29−13Lost 7–20 at LSU-13LSUWon 41–12 vs. Villanova+29VillanovaWon 28–7 vs. Houston+21HoustonLost 14–19 vs. No. 16 Oklahoma-5No. 16 OklahomaWon 16–7 at Arkansas+9ArkansasLost 13–18 vs. Rice-5RiceWon 16–7 at No. 11 SMU+9No. 11 SMUWon 21–20 vs. No. 3 Baylor+1No. 3 BaylorWon 13–3 vs. TCU+10TCUWon 21–12 at Texas A&M+9Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atLSUL 7–⁠2063%
Sep 26vsVillanovaW 41–⁠1266%
Oct 3vsHoustonW 28–⁠766%
Oct 10vs16OklahomaL 14–⁠1953%
Oct 17atArkansasW 16–⁠770%
Oct 24vsRiceL 13–⁠1868%
Oct 31at11SMUW 16–⁠749%
Nov 7vs3BaylorW 21–⁠2057%
Nov 14vsTCUW 13–⁠376%
Nov 26atTexas A&MW 21–⁠1269%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas A&M 21–⁠12; No. 11 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The tied 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 17
  3. Wk 3: 15
  4. Wk 7: 19
  5. Wk 8: 10
  6. Wk 9: 6
  7. Wk 10: 7
  8. Final: 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.

Southwest Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Rice

Consensus All-AmericanCarlton Massey, E

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 shared first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 6
Points
190–⁠125
Coach
Edwin Price
Elo
1682 +28 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.7 No. 12 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Gilmer SpringEAP-2; UP-2
  • Dougal CameronOTAP-2
  • Herb GrayOTUP-2
  • John TatumCUP-2

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

1953 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Rice5–⁠19–⁠26
Texas5–⁠17–⁠311
Baylor4–⁠27–⁠3
SMU3–⁠35–⁠5
Arkansas2–⁠43–⁠7
Texas A&M1–⁠54–⁠5–⁠1
TCU1–⁠53–⁠7

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