1953 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
| 1953 Texas Tech Red Raiders football | |
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Border champion Gator Bowl champion | |
Gator Bowl, W 35–13 vs. Auburn | |
| Conference | Border Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 12 |
| AP | No. 12 |
| Record | 11–1 (5–0 Border) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive scheme | T formation |
| Base defense | 5–3 |
| Home stadium | Jones Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Western | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University—as a member of the Border Conference during the 1953 college football season. Led by third-year head coach DeWitt Weaver, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 11–1 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the Border Conference title. Texas Tech was invited to the Gator Bowl, where they beat the Auburn Tigers.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | 8:00 p.m. | West Texas State | W 40–14 | 13,000–15,000 | [1][2][3] | ||
| September 26 | at Texas Western | W 27–6 | 7,000 | [4] | |||
| October 3 | at Oklahoma A&M* | W 27–13 | 10,000 | [5] | |||
| October 10 | Texas A&M* |
| L 14–27 | 26,114 | [6] | ||
| October 17 | Pacific (CA)* |
| W 34–7 | 12,000 | [7] | ||
| October 24 | New Mexico A&M |
| W 71–0 | 6,000 | [8] | ||
| October 31 | at Mississippi State* | W 27–20 | 16,000 | [9] | |||
| November 7 | Arizona |
| W 52–27 | 16,500 | [10] | ||
| November 14 | at Tulsa* | No. 19 | W 49–7 | 9,000–12,000 | [11][12] | ||
| November 21 | at Houston* | No. 17 | W 41–21 | 15,000–20,000 | [13] | ||
| November 28 | Hardin–Simmons | No. 14 |
| W 46–12 | 15,000 | [14] | |
| January 1 | vs. No. 17 Auburn* | No. 12 | W 35–13 | 28,641 | [15] | ||
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References
- ^ Kelly, Joe (September 19, 1953). "Invading Buffs Of WTSC Face Raiders Tonight". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. Lubbock, Texas. pp. 4, 6 (section II). Retrieved April 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Kelly, Joe (September 20, 1953). "Tech Opens Season On 40-14 Win Over Buffs". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Lubbock, Texas. pp. 1, 6 (section II). Retrieved April 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Tech smashes WTS 40–14 in opener". The Abilene Reporter-News. September 20, 1953. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Red Raiders batter Texas Western, 27 to 6". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. September 27, 1953. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Tech smashes Sooner Aggies, 27–13". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 4, 1953. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Aggies spoil Texas Tech record". The Commercial Appeal. October 11, 1953. Retrieved March 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Tech rolls over COP, 34–7". The Odessa American. October 18, 1953. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Tech mauls New Mexico Aggies". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 25, 1953. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Raiders upset Maroons, 27–20". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 1, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cavazos leads Tech to 52–27 win over 'Cats". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. November 8, 1953. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech Red Raiders romp over outclassed Tulsa". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 15, 1953. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Record & Fact Book 2022" (PDF). University of Tulsa. p. 182. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ^ "Tech tears Cougars for Sugar Bowl scouts". The Victoria Advocate. November 22, 1953. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tex. Tech raps H–SU, 46 to 12". Brownwood Bulletin. November 29, 1953. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Powerful Texas Tech topples Auburn with big second half". San Angelo Standard-Times. January 2, 1954. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1953 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- ^ "2012 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.