1953 LSU Tigers football team

1953 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#13 Alabama $	4	–	0	–	3	6	–	3	–	3
#8 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
#16 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
#17 Auburn	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
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	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Tulane	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 1953 college football season. Under head coach Gaynell Tinsley, the Tigers had a record of 5–3–3 with an SEC record of 2–3–3.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 19	No. 11 Texas*		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 20–7
September 26	No. 5 Alabama		Ladd Memorial Stadium • Mobile, AL (Rivalry)	T 7–7
October 3	Boston College*	No. 19	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 42–6
October 10	Kentucky	No. 14	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	T 6–6
October 17	at Georgia		Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 14–6
October 24	at Florida	No. 14	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL (Rivalry)	T 21–21
October 31	No. 18 Ole Miss		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)	L 16–27
November 7	at Tennessee		Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	L 14–32
November 14	Mississippi State		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 13–26
November 21	at Arkansas*		War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR (Rivalry)	W 9–8
November 28	at Tulane		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Rag)	W 32–13
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

Name	Position	Seasons at LSU	Alma Mater
Gaynell (Gus) Tinsley	Head coach	6	LSU (1936)
Marty Broussard	Trainer
Perry Moss	Backfield Coach
Abner Wimberly	End Coach
Clarence (Pop) Strange	Freshman Coach
Charles McClendon	Line Coach
Will Walls	Line Coach
Cecil Isbell	Backfield Coach
Reference:^[3]

Name	Position	Number	Name	Position	Number
Arnold Alexander			Larry Jones	Center
Andy Alford	Left Guard	65	Bob Lawrence		70
Phil Beron			Sam Leake
George Brancato	Halfback	44	Jerry Marchand	Fullback	34
Larry Brooks			Joe McAdam
Ivan Camp	Center		Paul Miller	Guard
Art Croy			Jim Mitchell	End	87
Tommy Davis	Kicker/Fullback	33	Larry Mobley
Richard Desonier	Right End		Sammy Murphy	Right End
Lou Deutschman	Halfback	23	Charles Oakley	Fullback	21
Gary Dildy	Center		George Oliver
Al Doggett	Quarterback/Halfback	24	Ted Paris
Jerry Dumas		81	Enos Parker	Tackle
Donald Dye			Dickie Prescott
Ed Fogg	Left Tackle		Al Robichaux	Tackle
Sid Fournet	Defensive Tackle/Offensive Tackle		Vincent Roy
Russell Gautreaux	Fullback		Billy Sheehy
Vincent Gonzales			Don Stinson
Al Guglielmo	Right End		Cliff Stringfield	Quarterback
Bill Harris	Left Tackle	77	Joe Tuminello	End	84
Bobby Gene Hartley			Win Turner	Quarterback	12
Harry Hodges			Mack Wampold
Levi (Chuck) Johns	Halfback	11	Reference:^[4]

LSU Tigers football

Venues	State Field (1893–1924) Tiger Stadium (1924–present) Charles McClendon Practice Facility LSU Football Operations Center LSU Indoor Practice Facility LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Mississippi State Ole Miss: Magnolia Bowl Texas A&M Tulane: Battle for the Rag

Culture & lore	History Traditions Mike the Tiger LSU Tiger Marching Band Songs of LSU Chinese Bandits Cannon's Halloween Run Earthquake Game Bluegrass Miracle 2011 "Game of the Century"

People	Head coaches All-Americans LSU Hall of Fame inductees College Football Hall of Fame inductees NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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